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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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A track comparison featuring iRacing’s latest track, Mosport. Audio is from iRacing. Real-world footage courtesy of Anders Krohn.

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

Unfortunately iRacing (and therefore this blog) have had to take a bit of a back seat recently but I’m hoping to be back racing with the new season and getting involved with a Skip Barber hosted league with simracing.org.uk.

Looking forward to the Dallara Indycar and Corvette CR6 which should be with us later today!

Skip Barber

Finally, iRacing are offering a free one month trial.

They’ve sweetened the deal though, as well as the free month you can get a free car and track too.

You can chose between a road package or oval package;

• Skip Barber Formula 2000 + Virginia International Raceway
• Chevy Monte-Carlo SS Late Model + Martinsville Speedway

Read more about the offer on iRacing’s official Facebook page;

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=128241125479&ref=mf

iRacing TV have put together this awesome track comparison of Lime Rock Park.

Watch the front wheels closely. Impressive stuff!

2 new images have been added to the screenshots section.

Start of the race

Rear suspension of the Skip Barber

Awesome, I’d love to see how the Skip feels for real, in the wet would be a fantasic challenge.

I love these side-by-side videos. This time the Skip Barber at Laguna Seca gets the treatment.

Who could possibly have predicted the carnage with mixed class racing like this?

Some great driving to avoid the carnage;