Story and Images by Matthew Overton February 26th, 2022 - It was an active week at CMS for rF2 drivers, as the MNRL took the TA U2 Datsun 510s to Watkins Glen while NARS were at Mid-Ohio with the the SC2018X stock cars. A busy night for MNRL saw two sprint races on the Short, No Chicane circuit with 15 drivers for the first race and then 17 for the second.  It was Eduardo Beninca over Pedro Crulas Gomez and Gilles Lalonde for the R1 honours, with Lalonde taking the checkered in R2 followed by Beninca and then Joe Miller in third. After three race meetings, Beninca shares the top of the championship standings with Jason Whited at 70 points while Lalonde at 65 points is holding off Zander Tallman just behind at 64.  In the Seniors Division, it is Steve Carman leading with 42 points ahead of Jerry Hamilton > more

Touring/GT4 Series Heads North of the Border, Johnson and Hudson Come Out on Top Story By Tim Collier Images by Tim Collier Michael Parker leads the Touring Class field to the green flag February 26th, 2022 - After a short one-week break the Champion Motorsports Touring/GT4 Series headed North to Canada, specifically to Canadian Tire Motorsports Park formerly known as Mosport for the second race of the season.  The weather was unusually warm for a May afternoon and drivers found themselves having to adapt quickly to the slick track. Qualifying in the Touring Class saw CMS veteran Kris Hudson take the pole edging out Michael Parker who won the first race of the season.  The TCR Class had 18 cars take the grid at the start, another large field for the second race in a row! The GT4 Class Pole Position was won by Marc Johnson, edging out Drew > more

Race Report by David Anderson Images by David Anderson and JT Tami February 20th, 2022 - We would like to congratulate Thomas Twomey and Miguel Colon for their victories this week in our extremely fun and competitive Porsche Cup Spec Series! Twomey would take victory at Belle Isle Street Circuit in the North American Cup Series race, while Miguel Colon would win his third race in a row in the iRacing Team Endurance Series (iRTES) support series race at Phillip Island. Both Drivers would lead flag to flag starting from the front row in each race, as these respective tracks were challenging and put an emphasis on track and starting position. The Porsche Cup cars requiring a lot of focus, both drivers were able to keep their heads down and keep the strong competition at bay behind them. Thomas Twomey Leads the field into Turn 1 at Belle > more

The GT4 field takes the green flag to start the season! Race Report by Tim Collier Images by Tim Collier February 9th, 2022 - Champion Motorsports’ Wednesday Night iRacing Series got underway this week with the 2022 Touring/GT4 Series by hitting the oft familiar Watkins Glen Boot circuit. The semi parking and garages began to overflow in the early hours of the day, and by the time qualifying began a total of 46 cars, 25 Touring and 21 GT4s, were ready to hit the grid for the one-hour race ahead! In the GT4 Class it was Nathan Sullano taking the pole position by two/tenths of a second over Marc Johnson. Behind them the next 9 car qualified within one second of the pole making for a tight field to kick off the season! Michael Parker and Trenton Jump lead the Touring Class into Turn 1 The Touring Class pole > more

Race Report by David Anderson Images by David Anderson February 6th, 2022 - CMS Newcomers to our iRacing Team Endurance Series, HashTag Racing are fielding two cars in the 2022 championship and they made a bold and impressive statement in Round 2 of the series at Spa, sweeping both the Prototype 2 and GT3 categories in the race. First up congratulations to the dynamic duo of Flavio Saturnino and Ivo Costa for their in in the GT3 class, in their Lamborghini. The Iberia based drivers each drove very well, quick and safe at the challenging Spa circuit. They would benefit from some other teams having mistakes and issues as well to show they had the endurance mindset in this event. They would edge out TPRT Midpack and VG Racing Esport Academy on the podium. HashTag Racing GT3 Team in their Lambo Coming to the Win at Spa > more

Race Report by David Anderson Images by David Anderson February 10th, 2022 - The second round of the Champion Motorsports Porsche Cup Series races had visits this past week to both Watkins Glen International for our North American offering and Spa in Belgium for the iRTES Support Series. Both races highly attended with great fixed setup iRacing Porsche Cup 992 racing. Beginning at Watkins Glen, Christian Gomez would take a fantastic win with a comfortable four second lead over Justin Rehm. The win was the second top 5 of the early season for Christian and puts him in the early points lead after two of six rounds. An important win for Christian as knowing he will miss one of the upcoming races on the schedule he needed the result to be able to get off to a comfortable start in the standings. Christian Gomez wins at Watkins Glen > more

Race Report by Patrice Cote Images by Patrice Cote January 23rd, 2022 - After very intense last two weeks of work by all drivers to get familiar with their new ride for the winter season, the ever cool Lotus 72D, it was finally time to officially kick off the season at Silverstone 67. The unofficial practice session showed the dedication of the drivers to tame the beast with over 2000 practice laps before the race even started. The pole went to Connor Levy closely followed by Aaron Roberts, they were the only ones breaking into 1:20 territory after a tensed and suspenseful session with fastest time holder changing many times. At the start line there were fifteen brave souls seeking to grab a share of (sim) motorsport glory and have a blast while doing so. The race start made all the marshal nervous as the grid is very compact. > more

Rally Report by Steve Carman Images by Steve Carman January 18th, 2022 - Monaco was the first event on the calendar for the 2022 CMS Rally Championship and 26 entrants took to the starting line in a wide variety of machines.  The venerable BMW E30 M3 was the most popular weapon, but a surprising number of drivers opted for the old tech Datsun 240Z and Lancia Stratos.  Michael Mortensen opted for the short wheelbase high power R5 Turbo and Manuel Sentino opted for the turbo kick of the Sierra Cosworth.  The daytime stages were relatively good weather with occasional snow flurries.  When the sun went down the going got more treacherous with snow and frozen roads at higher altitudes to challenge the entrants. Straight out of the start control on the first stage Marvin Warthöfe in his 240Z showed the red-hot pace he became known for last year.  Putting > more

Race Report by David Anderson Images by David Anderson January 9th, 2022 - The first round of the 2022 Champion Motorsports iRacing Team Endurance Series (iRTES) is in the books as we have completed our annual trip to Daytona International Speedway.  Coming home very happy from the four hour endurance race was the team(s) of Satellite Racing as they took a clean sweep of the first event in both the Prototype LMP2 class as well as the GT3 class. Congratulations to David Williams and Paul Darling for picking up right where they left off last season as defending Champions in the LMP2 category by continuing their winning ways at Daytona to start 2022. The sister car in GT3 the McLaren which was piloted by Mateusz Drozda and Alex Gal would share similar success with their first win in the series for 2022 and first win overall in the GT3 > more

Race Report by David Anderson Images by Various The 2022 Champion Motorsports iRacing Season has started in thrilling fashion. The first action of the year featured two highly attended Porsche Cup Spec Races.  Each racing having over 30 drivers in the field provided for some great racing to start the year. Drew Lidkea would take the win at his home track in the North American Series as the Canadian born driver would win at Mosport Drew Lidkea Edges for Win at Mosport (above) In the International iRTES Support Cup Series, Miguel Colon would back up his fantastic Summer/Fall GT3 series with a win at Daytona Road Course.  Miguel had to hold off a hungry pack of cars and teams drafting him on the last lap for a very special win. Miguel Colon Sprints to the line at Daytona in Porsche Cup Round 1 for the Win Both > more