Race Report by David Anderson
January 18th, 2021 – Round 1 of the Champion Motorsports 2021 iRacing Team Endurance Series (iRTES) is complete, and big congratulations to “Revo Satellite Racing” for the overall win and class victory within LMP2, as well as “Unified Racing” for their class win in GTE.
The race featured 36 teams taking the green flag and nearly all completed the race.
It was a very strong and overall clean start to the five-race season for iRTES.
LMP2
The Revo team piloted by Paul Darling and David Williams led 83 of the 93 laps in a dominant performance for the first win of the year.
They were joined by “CMS Pro Summit” and “Imperial Motorsports -Shake” on the podium in LMP2.

Paul Darling and David Williams
GTE
In the GTE Class, Justin Hess and Kurt Polter would lead and win from the Pole for the “Unified Racing” team, joined by “SimHQ Motorsports 3” and “PG13 Racing” on the podium.

Justin Hess and Kurt Polter
Congratulations!
Congratulations to our Contingency and Award Winners from Daytona!
The Complx Simworks Highest Climber Award
LMP2 – Backroad Bandit Racing
GTE – CanAm Express
The Complex Simworks Safest Team Award
(leading teams for the season-long cumulative award)
LMP2 – PNUMatik Motorsports – Purple
GTE – CanAm Express
The Grid Finder Fastest Lap of the Race Award
LMP2 – CMS Pro Summit Team
GTE – Unified Performance
The Grid Finder Fastest Qualifier Award
LMP2 – Revo Satellite Racing
GTE – Unified Performance
All awards subject to post-race Incident Race Reviews (IRRs) and paid at season end.
Results
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Championship Standings after Round 1
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