{"id":7322,"date":"2009-04-23T05:48:30","date_gmt":"2009-04-23T05:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=7322"},"modified":"2016-01-11T12:15:36","modified_gmt":"2016-01-11T12:15:36","slug":"international-gt-open-starts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/international-gt-open-starts\/","title":{"rendered":"International GT Open Starts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"copy-paste-block\">\n<p>A new series to Supercars.net, the International GT Open is hosted by Spanish GT Sport and has a racing calender that extends throughout Europe. Dedicated to GT2 and GT3-spec supercars, these races have a great field of teams including some from FIAGT and ACO.<\/p>\n<p>The 2009 season began at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.supercars.net\/gallery\/119513\/2029\/1.html\">Imola<\/a> last weekend and we were undoubtedly interested with the Ferrari F430 Scuderia&#8217;s debut race. Kessel Racing brought <a href=\"http:\/\/www.supercars.net\/cars\/4421.html\">two examples<\/a> and took the most points in the GT3-spec GTS class.<\/p>\n<p>Another peculiarity of the the International GT Open is their own homologation which allows cars such as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.supercars.net\/cars\/154.html\">Sun-Red SR21<\/a>. Some might recognize this car as finished version of the Hispano Suiza HS21 released in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>Our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.supercars.net\/gallery\/119513\/2029\/1.html\">Imola gallery<\/a> features some spectacular photography of last weekend&#8217;s two races. The season still has rounds at SPA, Donnington Park, Algarve, Valencia, Monza and Catalunya this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new series to Supercars.net, the International GT Open is hosted by Spanish GT Sport and has a racing calender that extends throughout Europe. 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