iRacing

http://www.simtrophy.com/ have opened the sign-up’s for the special event on the 5th & 6th of December.

Race will be run on the Silverstone GP Circuit. 

Who and how many drivers transfer to the main events will be dependant on the number of entries. If the race fills up (100) entries, the following would be an example of how the system will work:

4 Heat races

1s to 5th in each heat go to the  A-Main
6th to 10th in each heat go to the B-Main
11th-15th in each heat go to C-Main
All remaining drivers go to the D-Main

Each Main event will use the ‘bump-up system’. As I know you can count, 5*4=20. All the heat races will have a max field of 25 drivers. Sunday will start off the day with the D-Main and the top 5 finishers from the D-Main will be able to compete in the C-Main. This will also be true all the way up to the A-Main event. This system does a couple of things, it  #1 ensures everyone who signs up gets at least 2 races, 1 heat race and 1 main event. #2 if you are a badass, and we all know you are, but just had some bad luck in your heat race this gives you a second chance to show your stuff big boy!

Showdown at Silverstone

Skip Barber

With a week to go before the season starts, this was the final pre-season event. It gave us an opportunity to get a fairly large grid and to assess the competition.

Despite a few ‘regulars’ missing, we had a nice 15 driver grid at 28 lap (approx. 40 minute) race at Summit Point Raceway.

Qualifying was a close affair. iRacing Pro driver Paul Richards was out in front with a qualifying time of 1:21.950 but then the rest of the field was oh-so-close with less than 1 second covering 2nd down to 12th.

Unfortunately for me, I wasn’t able to pull together a decent lap during the 15 minute qualifying period and only qualified in a disappointing 10th.

The race was anything but disappointing though. After some early pressure from Ken Murray in 11th he dropped back after some minor contact and I was able to concentrate on mounting a challenge on the car in front, Don Wright in 9th. As it turned out, we were nose-to-tail for the entire race picking up the odd place here and there and in a train of 3-4 cars the whole time, it was thrilling stuff, trying to force that crucial mistake that could lead to a passing attempt.

In the end I just couldn’t manufacture the opening to pass Don and finished less than a second down in 7th place somewhat relieved to have made it to the end unscathed.

Paul Richards was in a different class as expected and won by 14s over Dave Gymer in 2nd and Brendan Wright another 14 seconds down in 3rd, rounding out the podium places.

Don Wright (6th) put together this great video of the race highlights;

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• Simracing.org.uk Hosted Skip Barber league (popabawa.net)

Skip Barber

We’ll be running a Hosted Skip Barber league over the forthcoming season at simracing.org.uk

It’s open to all members but it’s particularly beginner friendly as we’re trying to use as many of the layouts included with membership so as it currently stands (we may alter it slightly) the only entry requirement is the Skip Barber 2000.

There’s a trial race tomorrow (Tuesday 3 Nov.) at Summit Point Raceway and the season starts on November 10 with 6 races every fortnight after that.

Here’s the proposed schedule – http://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=7014.msg122374#msg122374