LMP2 – Champion Motorsports

iRTES Round 4 at Monza

Race Report by Doug Atkinson Results / Data by Jason Lundy April 18, 2021 – Round 4 of the Champion Motorsports 2021 iRacing Team Endurance Series (iRTES) at Monza was rinse and repeat. At the end of the day, the VRS Satellite Racing Team of Paul Darling and David Williams won again in LMP2, while the Unified Performance Racing Team of Justin Hess and Kurt Polter took home another win. LMP2 start at Monza GTE start at Monza LMP2 Pulling in the second spot in the prototypes was the TNT Racing (Carbon) of Everett Paddock and Scott McIntyre. The third place was taken by the Imperial Motorsports - Shake Team of Chris Paiz and George Kuekes. The winning VRS Satellite Team of David Williams and Paul Darling. GTE The podium in the GTE class after Unified was the SimHQ Motorsports 2 Team of > more

Categories: Race Reports|Tags: GTE, iRacing, iRTES, LMP2, Monza|

iRTES Round 3 at Le Mans

Race Report by Doug Atkinson Images by George Deane Results / Data by Jason Lundy March 21, 2021 – Round 3 of the Champion Motorsports 2021 iRacing Team Endurance Series (iRTES) at Le Mans had the same class winners as previous events, but the action until the finish was anything but dull. LMP2 No surprise the REVO Satellite Team of Paul Darling and David Williams again pulled out the win, climbing to a lead of nearly a minute at one point in the race. Three-in-a-row for REVO Satellite and now the discussion begins if anyone can take home the top spot at any track the rest of the 2021 iRTES year. Second place was won by the Imperial Motorsports - Shake Texas Team of Chris Paiz and Leif Peterson. After some first lap woes, they stormed back to the podium result. The TNT Racing (Carbon) Team of Everett Paddock > more

Categories: Race Reports|Tags: GTE, iRacing, iRTES, Le Mans, LMP2|

iRTES Round 2 at Sebring

Race Report by Doug Atkinson Images by Brian van Beusekom & Andrew Cheslock Results / Data by Jason Lundy February 21, 2021 – Round 2 of the Champion Motorsports 2021 iRacing Team Endurance Series (iRTES) is now over, and while it was a flag-to-flag win in LMP2 and GTE classes, the in-between action was intense, including one of the most epic early laps crashes appropriately nicknamed "the carpark". Just as the first iRTES Round last month at Daytona, the event was well attended with 35 teams taking the green flag in the central Florida morning sunshine. LMP2 The REVO Satellite Team of Paul Darling and David Williams again led the way. While there were moments of challenges from other LMP2 teams, it was the second-in-a-row win for the REVO team. Do they do a hat trick at Le Mans next month? Coming in second place was the always strong > more

Categories: Race Reports|Tags: GTE, iRacing, iRTES, LMP2, Sebring|

CMS Wins at Daytona 24 in LMP2

Race Report by David Anderson January 24, 2021 - The CMS Pro Team of Jordan Johnson, Chris Chmelir, and Chris Taylor were joined by Matthew Overton, Doug Hintze, and Andrew Cheslock to round out a six-man roster that took the win at the 24 Hours of Daytona this past weekend on iRacing. The team qualified fifth in the 30th of 47 total race splits. No doubt, the largest sim racing event in history. The team had a great start fighting up to 2nd place in the opening laps but as night fell their luck would change. After a couple of close calls with slower traffic, a spin, and some miscommunication in the pits, the team found themselves back in 6th place but had high hopes of catching back up. While contending with the challenge of consistently setting competitive lap times in constant traffic with slower class cars, the team > more

Categories: Race Reports|Tags: Daytona, iRacing, LMP2|

iRTES Round 1 at Daytona Road Course

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 > more

Categories: Race Reports|Tags: Daytona, GTE, iRacing, iRTES, LMP2|