August 21, 2019 – The CMS-TXL GT3 Series took a trip across the pond, taking on the historic (but new layout) Silverstone for the sixth race of the season. Humberto Roca would take the overall pole and lead the field to green, with Marius Valiokas alongside on the front row. > more
August 20, 2019 - Val de Vienne proved itself a tough venue for all and claimed many victims. All the while, Joe Miller continued to prove he is untouchable during the 7th race of the 1987 Celica GTO International Tour. Brette Brooks came away with an impressive 2nd place finish. Rounding out the podium, Frank Radosti proved he could run near the front with an valiant 3rd place run that also rewarded him with a nice victory in the Seniors Championship. Results
August 15, 2019 – Show up last to finish first, that’s how JT Tami handles things. With real life responsibilities keeping JT from joining the server until the last minute of warmup, I asked if he would like for warmup to be restarted, only to hear “no, give me 30 seconds to make my setup and we’re good to go”. This was also JT’s first win in the Summer Series so a good night for him! Frank Radosti got his first win in the series taking the podium in Group B. > more
August 11, 2019 – Event #3 is history, and it was a challenging one! Let’s have a look at what the pure results tell us… 32 cars lined up for Rally Poland at Jagodno but only 20 saw the finish when returning to Jagodno. Everyone finished the first stage with a difference from 45s from P1 to P32. The second stage already saw 2 cars going out, Rallye_Co_Pilot_87 and Riggs, the only A-Sport member this time. Magnar’s PC had a CTD (Crash to Desktop) why he got no time for that stage. He had several CTD afterwards but finished the rally on 4 wheels – unfortunately he’ll be counted as a DNF. Torwith and Crazymotors joined the party of Non-finishers during stage 4, the last short stage before the first service park. > more
August 8, 2019 - A new track for the NARS Thursday night group, GingerMan Raceway. The Porsche's (errr, Flatsix) Cup cars went at it for the 60 minute race. Jason Whited took the poll spot, and held the lead in Group A for the first half of the race, then Adam Baldwin charged ahead. At the finish behind Adam was Greg Hall and Norm Graf. In Group B, Bill Brehm returned to grab the win from the points leader Brian Hall. Taking third was Derek Steffeck. Results
August 7, 2019 - The A-Sport team was on top once again with a 1-2 finish in snowy Sweden! Bombast1k took the top spot and a big 5 stage wins with teammate Riggs taking second, both piloting Ford Fiestas. Third on the podium was Wolfsmind in the Mitsubishi. A difficult rally for 1KorteX1 meant Bombast1k and Riggs moved ahead into the top 2 spots of the standings, with 1KorteX1 not far behind in third. Even with a challenging location, there was significantly less attrition this round with 74% of drivers able to finish all 12 stages. Results Standings After Round 2 Full Stage Results
August 7, 2019 - 37 cars rolled out for the start and already 6 didn’t see the finish of stage 1! Magnar (who is freakin fast but struggles with PC problems ever since there is Dirt Rally), Xsaros & Torwith (Fast guys but wait, wasn’t there a bridge…) and RallyManic1964. Kitakaze and pearlo81 complete the list of DNF’s for stage 1. On stage 2 only Russelcubs joined the group before the drivers calmed down until stage 6, when Huillaprima forced forum-members svt4cam and Roy Magnes to their knees. Biggest surprise was the DNF of Galvalao, member of esports team A-Sport, as he led the event by nearly 18s after the previous stage and winning the first five stages. So we should attest him that he always drove at the limits – great drive so far mate! San Isidro saw all starters finish before Ledesma set a DNF on stage > more
August 7, 2019 – This week, the CMS-TXL GT3 series took on Barber Motorsports Park for the fifth race of the season, marking the halfway point. The 29 car field took the start with Humberto Roca leading the field, followed closely by Victor Tanaka. The AM class was led by Marco Calabi, and Christopher Rines led the Silver class at the start. The 75-minute race took it’s toll on many, as this tight circuit combined with minimal run-offs led to more than a few bent fenders. > more
August 5, 2019 - This race was the first of two 30-minute sprints. It was a very dark night but the Nurburgring course provides an ample amount of light visibility within the race track. In this first race there was a lot of clustering of cars racing, and for the most part it was very clean. Race winner was Josh Staffin, Keith Briscoe finished second, and Jon Uyan finished third. Results
August 3, 2019 – This week’s race headed north to Elkhart Lake, home of Road America, a 4-mile high-speed road course that has both long straights and multiple passing zones. With 21 cars taking the grid, it was Greg Mac who took the pole position, with Samuel Scott alongside on Row 1. Several cars were late to the grid and had to start in back, including Paul Darling in his first appearance in the series. > more
August 2, 2019 - At the end, it was Greg Hall taking first place (again!) in Group A, and Brian Hall (again!) taking the win in Group B. But with the competition at the NARS Summer Series GT3 race at Japan's Autopolis putting on a real show, the winner wasn't a lock until the very end. Ben Dutton took the pole with a very fast 1:04.781 qualifying run followed by Colin Moore, Adam Baldwin, Greg Hall, and Jason Whitfield with a seperation of only .025 seconds amongst the top five qualifiers! Ben proved the quali time was no fluke by taking the win in the 15 minute race with Jon Uyan grabbing second and Norm Graf in third. For the 45-minute feature race, Greg Hall took the win while Jason (second) and Adam (third) battled and banged their way to the podium. Brian Hall had a little bit easier > more
July 30, 2019 – The CMS-TXL GT3 Sports Car Series went South of the Equator for Race 4 on the schedule, visiting the historic Autódromo José Carlos Pace, also known as Interlagos. A tight circuit with several elevation changes intermixed with long, fast straightaways, this circuit provides several opportunities for both gaining and losing positions each lap. This 75-minute event started with 35 cars on the grid, but it wouldn’t take long before attrition would rear it’s ugly head. > more
July 22, 2019 - It is six weeks into the iRacing 2019 Season 3 VRS GT Endurance Series and the Champion Motorsports Alpha Team continues their rise through the field after another strong showing this past weekend at Brands Hatch. The Alpha Team drivers JT Tami and Liam Park stayed calm, remained patient, and benefited in the tough field and tough race. Their result moved them into 19th overall in the standings. The CMS Delta 1 Team remains in top 10 overall. Both teams look to be solid contenders in the Championship with the next race at Interlagos.
July 14, 2019 - Jon Uyan grabbed the pole position then built an early lead that stuck for the whole race in Sunday's CMS 2.4 Belgium race. Early on, it looked like Jon would have some serious competition but due to incidents – usually at or around the infamous Eau Rouge coaster ride – it was not to be. Jon's chrome-domed Aston Martin never faltered providing a flag-to-flag win. Chad Bartrum drove a good race in the McLaren 720S to take second place, and Don Fryman rounded out the podium in his trusty Corvette.
July 14, 2019 - Paul Darling took the win in Round 3 of the CMS-TXL Wednesday night iRacing GT3 Series race run July 10th. It was a wild event with 35 entries running under the Belgium night skies.
