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Laguna Seca Intercontinental GT Challenge entry above 20-car target

The entry for the inaugural Laguna Seca Intercontinental GT Challenge fixture later this month has surpassed the organiser's 20-car target

A total of 22 cars are entered for the California 8 Hours on October 15, which joins the Bathurst, Spa and Sepang GT3 enduros on the IGTC schedule this year.

Pirelli World Challenge boss Greg Gill, whose organisation is putting on the event as part of a double-header with the PWC, told Autosport: "We thought 18 to 20 would be a good point to start at.

"We're surprised and pleased at the entries we are getting, particularly the mix between North American and European teams."

The entry list includes a pair of Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3s run by the factory RJN Academy team, which has yet to confirm drivers for the cars.

Nissan has joined Audi, Acura, Porsche and McLaren with works-supported teams on the entry.

IGTS manufacturers' points leader Audi will be represented by two factory-supported teams.

Land Motorsport, winner of this year's Nurburgring 24 Hours, and IMSA SportsCar Championship regular Magnus Racing will each field solo Audi R8 LMS.

Both will be driven by a roster of factory drivers: Connor De Phillippi, Christopher Mies and Christopher Haase will drive the Land entry; and Markus Winkelhock, Pierre Kaffer and Kelvin van der Linde the Magnus entry.

A seventh Audi factory driver in Robin Frijns will line up in a WRT-run R8 with fellow team regulars Jake Dennis and Stuart Leonard.

Honda brand Acura is fielding a two-car team of NSX GT3s for the race with its PWC partner RealTime Racing.

Dane Cameron, who has signed to drive Penske's new Acura Daytona Prototype international in next year's IMSA series, will drive one car together with Ryan Eversley and Tom Dyer

Peter Kox and Mark Wilkins will be joined in the second car by Jules Gounon, winner of the Spa 24 Hours in July with Audi.

The K-PAX Mclaren team has confirmed a 650S GT3 for Alvaro Parente, Ben Barnicoat and Bryan Sellers.

Porsche, which announced its commitment to the full IGTC in July, is represented by three teams in Black Swan Racing, Wright Motorsports and Calvert Dynamic/GMG.

Wright's 911 GT3-R will be driven by factory drivers Romain Dumas, Jorg Bergmeister and Patrick Long, while Wolf Henzler is on the roster in GMG's three-car line-up

The entry for the California 8 Hours includes seven GT4 cars and two invitational entries.

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