By alley - Jan 29, 2016, 12:31 PM ET

PWC: COTA round unaffected by SRO GT cancellation

The announcement by the SRO Blancpain GT Series that

it was canceling its 6-hour International Endurance round

set for March 3-6 at the Circuit of The Americas will not affect the Pirelli World Challenge season opener at the Austin facility that weekend.

“The SRO has confirmed the cancellation of their 2016 North American Blancpain GT debut race at COTA,” said Greg Gill, president and CEO of WC Vision, producers of the Pirelli World Challenge road racing series. “We, as a series, are very disappointed by this development, and we are especially disappointed for the competitors and teams from the USA who had entered the event. However, we understand the reasons behind the difficult decision the SRO Blancpain organization was forced to make.

“WC Vision and Pirelli World Challenge has over 75 cars already entered to race at COTA and we look forward to an excellent season opener in March. An updated event schedule will be released this coming week.”