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TCR/MX-5 Club Series at CTMP

Race Report by Tim Collier June 10, 2020 - With only two races left in the season, a trip to the Great White North for the TCR/MX-5 Club Series to the famed Canadian Tire Motorsports Park as the series ramps up to set the stage for the season finale ahead. Qualifying would set the stage for a gritty battle in the TCR class, with Brian Szabelski taking the pole position with JT Tami starting alongside on the front row. The MX-5's would be led by Samuel Scott with points leader Kurt Polter taking second spot on the MX-5 grid. The race start would be uneventful in the TCR class, with the field battling throughout the race for the top spot with four different drivers taking turns leading the race. Szabelski and Tami would exchange the lead early until Lap 5 when Miguel Antonio Alcrudo would take a turn upfront. > more

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Slee and Jerome Winners at CMS Raceroom Experience Round 1 Daytona

Race Report by David Anderson June 5, 2020 - Congratulations to Dave Slee in the GT4 Class and Josiah Jerome in the TCR class for their respective wins in the newly launched CMS Raceroom experience Friday night series. Our first race of the season was at Daytona International Speedway Road Course. We saw a strong field of entrants in both classes, and it was a great way to kick off a months-long of racing with the Raceroom platform on Friday nights in June 2020. Our series will be modeling it’s real-life IMSA counterpart, as we make way to Road America, Laguna Seca, and Mid Ohio in the coming weeks. All CMS members are welcome to join us. Come out and have some Friday night fun and get on the track with an exciting sim we haven’t run much in the past at CMS. Race Results Series Info and Sign-up > more

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GTE / GT4 Cup Series at Detroit Belle Isle

Race Report by Tim Collier June 3, 2020 - Throughout a season of racing, there are races that go beyond the battle between drivers to include the struggle with the circuit itself. Detroit Belle Isle street circuit is one of those places, with its tight confines, a mix of long straights and fast curves with the lack of run-off and tall kerbs, it only takes a moment to go from the lead to the hauler. For the GTE/GT4 Cup Series, this was race six of the season and set the stage for the final run to the championship. Qualifying was no surprise once again in the GT4 class with Kurt Polter taking the top spot once again, this time by nearly two seconds! JT Tami would start alongside to lead the Porsche 718 Cayman field to the green. Ahead of them, the GTE class pole was won by Miguel > more

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Matt Geddes Does it Again, Celebrates Championship with a Win

Race Report by David Anderson May 24, 2020 - One race left after finding out he clinched the Sunday Night Assetto Corsa Championship a week prior. No problem for Matt Geddes as he would cement his Championship season with dominance, by taking yet another win in the season finale this Sunday night at Calabogie, one of the most challenging courses to date that the series would see. Behind him again with another phenomenal drive was Aaron Roberts on the Podium. Justin Poteet would also take his second podium in a row to round out 3rd. This series as incredible with high attendance in every event and a great sign of things to come in our Sunday Night Assetto Corsa Series. Stay tuned for some special event announcements and a new season coming after the traditional summer break. Full Results

Categories: Race Reports|Tags: Assetto Corsa, Historics|

TCR/MX-5 Club Series at VIR-North

Race Report by Tim Collier May 20, 2020 - For this week's TCR/MX-5 Club Series race, the haulers took a drive through the hills of Virginia to the famed VIR circuit where the drivers would negotiate the tight and twisty North Circuit layout. Weather conditions were ideal, and the lap times confirmed this would be a race where the least mistakes make the difference. The qualifying session showed no surprise in the MX-5 class, where Kurt Polter put his Mazda on the pole once again, this time by a gap of half a second over Bryan Ortiz. The Audis however had quite the battle and in the end it was Kris Hudson winning the pole position by a mere 0.179 seconds over JT Tami. With the grid of 6 Audis and 8 Mazdas taking the green flag, the battle throughout the first turn saw Hudson overshoot, and Tami takes > more

Categories: Race Reports|Tags: iRacing, Mazda MX-5, TCR, VIR|

Matt Geddes Clinches Championship in Spring Assetto Corsa Series

Race Report by David Anderson May 17, 2020 - Congratulations to Matt Geddes for clinching the 2020 Spring Assetto Corsa Championship, with one race remaining, as he drove to another dominant performance, this week at Kyalami. Matt has been a front runner in every one of our five races to date, including multiple wins and podiums in every event. Aaron Roberts and Michael Kolar were on the podium with Matt at Kyalami. Next week the series will visit Calabogie for our season finale in what has been one of the most fun and most well attended Assetto Corsa series to date. The fields have been strong with 20+ each event and the racing in the Ford Escort vs Alfa Romeo GT AM car has been spectacular. Congrats Matt for the Championship! Full Results

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GTE/GT4 Cup Series at Road Atlanta

Race Report by Tim Collier As the GTE/GT4 Cup season crests the halfway point, this week's race took to the hills of Road Atlanta for the second endurance length event of the season. With the sun setting and the longer race length, nothing was for certain until the checkered flag fell. The qualifying session was inadvertently limited to one flying lap, but it didn't keep Kurt Polter from claiming the GT4 class pole once again this season, with a margin of 1.2 seconds back to Jason Lundy. In the GTE class, Humberto Roca took the front starting spot by half a second over Miguel Antonio Alcrudo, which would set up some crazy laps early in the race. At the start Roca would lead the first 6 laps before encountering troubles, along with Alcrudo and Angel Ledesma and Miguel Alcrudo who also had issues early, and Rafael Sosa would take > more

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Whited Wins in Assetto Corsa Historics Visit to Algarve

Race Report by David Anderson Round 4 May 10, 2020 - The Champion Motorsports Sunday Night Assetto Corsa Historics League continued rolling with a very special and fun event on Mothers Day evening this week. A strong field showed up to tackle the very technical and challenging Algarve Circuit. The weapons would again be either the Alfa Romeo GT AM car or the Ford Escort. We saw a few drivers, including a few of the front runners, use their one-time car switch allowance to move from the Ford to the Alfa for this race. With a great strategy and blazing pace, Jason Whited would take his first win in the series. Congrats Jason! He was followed by mainstays on the podium Matt Geddes and Michael Kolar. Next week things head to South Africa as we will visit Kyalami in this very popular series!

Categories: Race Reports|Tags: Algarve, Assetto Corsa|

GTE/GT4 Cup Series at Brands Hatch

Race Report by Tim Collier May 6, 2020 - On a beautiful Fall afternoon in England, the Champion Motorsports MX-5 Club Series met to take on the full circuit for the seventh race of the season. If there's one thing about this series that proves to be true, even 30 minutes is more than enough time for plenty of racing action. In the qualifying session, the TCR class would see Kris Hudson grab the pole by almost half a second with a lap time of 1:34.096, edging out JT Tami who would start alongside on the front row. In the MX-5 class, Samuel Scott would take the top spot from Kurt Polter with a time of 1:41.955, a half-second over Polter to lead the MX-5 field at the start. The race start was smooth, with plenty of racing throughout the field, but upfront Hudson would lead the first two > more

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Matt Geddes Wins Again in Round 3 at Ahvenisto Race Circuit

Race Report by David Anderson Round 3 May 3, 2020 - The CMS Assetto Corsa Historics Series took to Finland this week for a really fun track at the unique Ahvenisto Race Circuit, a track we do not visit often. Ahvenisto presents a winding roll through the hills that is both fun and challenging. Matt Geddes would make it two race wins in a row and three podiums in each of the first rounds in our season, taking a solid lead in the Championship. He would again be joined by Aaron Roberts on the podium and Justin Poteet would be on the podium as well this week for the first time. A shoutout to Patrice Cote for another solid run and our highest of the Alfa Romeo GT AM cars as they look to have a slight disadvantage to the powerful Escorts. Next week we return to an all > more

Categories: Race Reports|Tags: Ahvenisto, Alfa Romeo GT AM, Assetto Corsa, Ford Escort|

NARS at The Green Hell 2020

Feature by George Angelidis April 30, 2020 – The Nürburgring. This is the world’s most challenging racetrack. 154 bends. 20.83km. Too dangerous for Formula 1. No wonder Jackie Stewart called it “The Green Hell”. So, what is it, that brings us back here? What drives us to go faster? To push harder? And brake later? I guess it’s what we do. It’s what we have always done. So, did we do it? 20 drivers were brave enough to tackle the race! > more

Categories: Feature, Race Reports|Tags: Green Hell, NARS Special Event, Nordschleife, rFactor 2, rFactor2|

GTE/GT4 Cup Series at Mid-Ohio

Race Report by Tim Collier April 29, 2020 - As the GTE/GT4 Cup Series hits halfway on the season schedule, the field would regroup at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for this week's battleground. The tight, twisty confines of this circuit would create few passing opportunities between drivers, and between classes. With the sun setting low on the front stretch, the fight would last until the end of the 1-hour race time. Qualifying in the GTE class would see Humberto Roca taking the front spot by two-tenths, while in GT4 Kurt Polter took the pole position in class by less than half a second. The start was clean through the first few turns, but it didn't take long before spots started changing hands. In the GT4 class, Polter would take off with Justin Hess right behind, and the two would stay close for many laps running 1-2 the majority of > more

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Geddes Backs up his Performance at Goodwood with Win at Jerez in CMS Historic Assetto Corsa Race

Race Report by David Anderson Round 2 April 26, 2020 - Congratulations to Matt Geddes for winning this week at Jerez in Round 2 of the CMS Assetto Corsa Historics Series featuring the Ford Escort vs the Alfa Romeo GT Am car. After a wild and fun event at Goodwood we saw another large field take to the Spanish links of Jerez for another really close battle. This series is proving to have much beating, banging, and lots of laughs with some great drifting to go with it in these cars. Along Matt on the podium were Aaron Roberts, and Jason Whited. Results & Standings

Categories: Race Reports|Tags: Alfa Romeo GT AM, Assetto Corsa, Ford Escort, Jerez|

TCR/MX-5 Club Series at Silverstone

Race Report by Tim Collier April 22, 2020 - As with last week's race at the Historic Barcelona layout, this week the TCR/MX-5 Series would take a trip back in time to the 2008 layout of Silverstone's Grand Prix circuit for a 30-minute duel in the sun. With 7 TCR entries and 10 Mazdas, things were shaping up where qualifying would be very important as always, and Turn 1 a high-speed bend that would cause some to lose, and others to gain. In the MX-5 class, Justin Hess would grab the pole with a very impressive 2:11.479, and in the TCR class, it was Brian Szabelski on top again with a 2:00.281 lap, more than a second over the second-place qualifier. The start was clean, but positions were definitely gained and lost between Turns 1 and 6, and upfront Szabelski would lead lap 1 with Dave Slee moving up > more

Categories: Race Reports|Tags: iRacing, Mazda MX-5, MX5, Silverstone, TCR|

CMS Historics Series starts Ford vs Alfa Series at Goodwood

Round 1 April 19, 2020 - The Sunday Night Assetto Corsa Series kicked off a new 6-week mini-season on April 19th to help classic racing fans and members of Champion Motorsports pass the fine with some door-to-door banging on Sunday nights. For this 6 week season, we are going to see the Alfa Romeo GT AM car take on the Ford Escort. This is going to be a popular combination to watch on the track and if Round 1 at Goodwood was any indication will be very well attended. Over 20 cars took the green flag at the Iconic Goodwood Circuit in these phenomenal cars. Congratulations to Aaron Roberts for the win. A shout-out as well to Michael Kolar and Matt Geddes for their podium finishes. Results & Standings

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GTE/GT4 Cup Series at Barcelona

Race Report by Tim Collier April 15, 2020 - One of the greatest things about GT racing is the fact that the cars have headlights because not every course is lit for night racing without them. This opens the door for duels in the dark such as the GTE/GT4 Series pulled off this week at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, running the historic layout. In qualifying, the GT4 class top spot was the sole property of Kurt Polter once again winning that front starting spot by more than 2 seconds!! In the GTE class, Dion Smith would take the overall pole position by a half-second after leading the field in P1 as well. The start was uneventful, and as the GTE's jockeyed in the dark to gain ground on Smith, there was also the possibility that some GTE's would take tires and others would not. Smith would lead > more

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TCR/MX-5 Club Series at Laguna Seca

Race Report by Tim Collier April 8, 2020 - As the TCR/MX-5 Club Series hits his stride, the teams headed to sunny California and Weathertech Raceway at Laguna Seca for the fifth race of the season marking the halfway point to the title. Another large field for both classes provided some great action on the track, and for some in the sand. In qualifying, Brian Szabelski would grab his second pole of the season in the TCR class to lead the entire field at the start. In the MX-5's it was Justin Hess grabbing yet another pole, this time by four-tenths over second place. It was a clean start for both classes, and up front Szabelski would hold the lead for the first 5 laps of the race, with constant pressure from behind by Miguel Antonio Alcrudo and JT Tami. Hard racing all while negotiating class traffic would make > more

Categories: Race Reports|Tags: iRacing, Laguna Seca, Mazda, MX-5, TCR|

GTE/GT4 Cup Series at Spa

Race Report by Tim Collier April 1, 2020 - Who doesn't love Belgium in the morning? This week's GTE/GT4 Cup Series race started with the sun just over the mountains and with quite a chilly track temperature to go along with a 34 car field and the endurance length race, this event was destined to have a very interesting outcome with tire strategy playing a large part of the final standings. Qualifying went as usual in the GTE class with Humberto Roca nailing a fast lap of 2:13.673 edging out Angle Ledesma by a mere 0.067 seconds for the top spot. In the GT4, Kurt Polter put in a fast lap of 2:30.659 to take the pole position in class, with Justin Hess starting shotgun missing the pole by a few tenths. The race start saw many drivers pushing extra hard to make up for qualifying woes, and by > more

Categories: Race Reports|Tags: GT4, GTE, iRacing, Spa|

TCR/MX-5 Club Series at Barber

Race Report by Tim Collier March 25, 2020 - This week the TCR/MX-5 Club Series took a trip to Alabama, but not that big oval everyone knows, but the twisty Barber Motorsports Park circuit with its multiple elevation changes, corkscrews up and down, and few passing zones. As the mid-season stretch starts, the points battles and on-track duels are heating up, and there's a lot of racing left to do! In qualifying, it was Mario Teixeira snatching the TCR class pole by less than two-tenths to lead the entire field at the start. In the MX-5 class, it was Samuel Scott on top with a qualifying lap of 1:39.844 edging out second by 0.17 seconds! The rest of the field in both classes had many drivers almost setting identical times, foreshadowing the battles ahead. As the green dropped, Teixeira would take the lead but an off-track on Lap 2 > more

Categories: Race Reports|Tags: Barber Motorsport Park, iRacing, MX-5, TCR|

GTE/GT4 Cup Series at Sebring

Race Report by Tim Collier March 18, 2020 - The first race of a new season always brings about many questions...which drivers will excel, what's the secret to saving those tires, and of course, what does it take to put my car in victory lane?! The questions were about to have answers as Champion Motorsports drivers, both new and seasoned took to the track at Sebring in the first official GTE/GT4 Cup Series race of the season!! The pre-season event two weeks ago at Road America was an awakening for many with the new Porsche Cayman GT4 as well as the updated tire models for all the cars in this series. The weather was warm, and the track a bit on the slick side with 34 drivers taking to the track! Qualifying was a tight in both classes, with Humberto Roca taking the GTE and overall pole position edging > more

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