iRacing Pro Series -- A CMS representative?

[davidan]

Would be Super Cool to see someone from CMS get into this!!! It is not going to be easy ... as there is some super stuff competition in this thing ... Dale Jr is Ranked #1 on Ovals and Greg Huttu on Roads ... but the top 250 from each get in -- and it's sure to be pretty cool to follow.

June 02,2009 - iRacing Pro Series Qualifying Snapshot - Who will make the cut?
Professional-level road and oval competition comes to the world of iRacing beginning on August 4, with the kick-off of the 25-week 2009 iRacing Pro Series (iPS). And iRacers with aspirations to be part of the 2010 iRacing Drivers World Championship (iDWC) for Road Racing and Ovals – which promise to be the top virtual racing series in the world, complete with broadcast coverage, cash and prizes – know that the only way to qualify is to be in the top 50 in the respective 2009 iPS, which serve as the steppingstones to the iDWC.

But first you’ve got to get your Pro License. That’s the ticket to the pros, and they’ll only be issued to the top 250 iRacers (Class C and above for this inaugural iPS season) in each category at the end of 2009 Season 2. With Pro License eligibility rating based on a 70/30 weighted average of iRating and Safety Rating, to qualify a driver will need to be both safe and fast – very fast.

Competition to earn a Pro License promises to be intense, so every two weeks between now and the beginning of the 2009 iPS, a rank-ordered, searchable current standing for road racing and oval racing will be posted along with an update story, letting you know who’s in, who’s out and who’s on the bubble as of that date. Final standings will be posted following the conclusion of this season.

Top qualifiers get bragging rights of course – right now, NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and virtual racing legend Greger Huttu lead the oval and road categories respectively – but the real action and interest will be further down the rankings as drivers tussle for the last few spots on the eligibility list. Bill Malicoat, Tyler Price, Wes Propst, Milos Miljkovic and Brett Stephens hold down the final five spots in the oval rankings. With less than nine points separating 246th and 255th, how hard do you think the next five in line, Bryan Marchant, Michael Watson, David Holzwarth, Dave Long and Aaron Markham, will be trying to up their rankings and be among the select Pro License holders? Even the 300th-rated racer, currently, Otis Aldridge, is just 52 points from making the cut – not out of it by a long shot.

In road-racing the ten bubble racers (those currently rated between 246 and 255) – Roberto Betori, Ryan Hieronymus, Duane Burns, Barry Blocker, Sandeep Banerjee (#250), Kari Nyman, Russell Daly, Istvan Pasztor, Wolfgang Koch and Kurt Krumm – are covered by an eight-point blanket. Just qualifying for a Pro License will be a significant accomplishment.

Complete details of the iPS and iDWC are available in the Reference section.

[vendsale]

I'm trying to get in on the road course side. I'm at 160 right now, hopefully I can keep it up!

http://members.iracing.com/public_html/Road.htm

[davidan]

Kris that would awesome and Super Cool to have you represent CMS if you can get in! I think we'd love to all give you the support and even chronicle your progress! I think getting in this will be a huge accomplishment into itself.

[vendsale]

I really hope I can get in and represent CMS! It definitely adds some pressure when driving to know that position and incidents are being taken into account. I decided to drop running the spec racer ford and just focus on the DP for the rest of this season. I'm going to try and do one race a week and see if that will be good enough to keep in the top 250.