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CARUSO PICKS UP FOURTH WIN OF THE V8SCOPS SEASON!

After another strong qualifying with all three cars lined up from P2-P4, another strong race was on the cards. Belle Isle is one of those circuits where the chance of a safety car or two is high, and through much of the race we’d been able to manage this well.

All three drivers were running inside the Top 8 before a crazy sequence events saw Cooper put into the fence hard and out of it, with James unfortunately hitting the stricken #37 and blowing his engine. Two cars out in the space of seconds. Jordan was fortunate enough to be free of the melee, and on the final safety car restart was able to drive away from the field and win the race by just under 10 seconds.

It’s another win in V8 SCOPS, but also one that could have been so much more too. Nevertheless this signals the last single driver round for a while, with the V8 SCOPS Enduro Cup up next. Our attention on that will be lower than it has been however due to other racing priorities however we will race as hard as we can where possible to do so!

GG Jordan – too good!

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LOPEZ GOES P2 IN ROAD TO PRO RACE 2!

The iRacing eNASCAR Road to Pro Qualifying Round 2 is in full flight, with Race 2 of the series taking place at Homestead in Florida. The palm trees clearly agree with Jordy Lopez, as he is a former winner at the circuit, and almost did it again running a close P2 behind eventual winner Briar LaPradd, despite only starting in 24th place! Christian Pedersen also made a solid move up from P22 to P10 in the snake Split 1 race.

In the snake Split 2 race, the fortunes faired a little different. Merch and Cosey had a good run in qualifying, however would drop back during the race to ultimately finish P10 and P12 respectively.

Nevertheless, another great round by our quartet of drivers, all sitting inside the qualification zone and placed as follows:

8th – Jordy Lopez
11th – Seth DeMerchant
13th – Christian Pedersen
14th – Michael Cosey Jr

Race 3 moves to famed road course Watkins Glen where we’re blending both our road racing and NASCAR experience to put together our best chance of a good result. We can not wait to hit the track!

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VRS SCO 24 HOURS OF SPA – DONE

The Virtual Racing School SCO 24 Hours of Spa was raced yesterday, with our Audi and Lamborghini teams racing. As is always the case with 24 hour races, it is always a challenge in itself to make the finish safely. It may be a surprise to some also, but this was our team’s first ever Spa 24 Hour race as well too!

It was a tough race though with such depth in the field. Our drivers fought valiantly in their cars which were missing a little bit relative to some of the others. Nevertheless they all drove smartly to bring each car home without even a scratch, and were the 2nd best teams in the same machinery, finishing in 10th and 11th at the race’s end.

Plenty of rest and recovery, and a bit of homework from our side to further improve for next time, however we are pretty content with this result in what was such a strong field. SCO Masters returns in a couple of weeks where the busy schedule only gets busier!

Congratulations to the podium finishers from Team Redline and MSI eSports.

MIXED BAG IN PESC QUAL OPENER

The Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup Qualifying Series kicked off at the weekend at the Hockenheim circuit. With only a small amount of spots available in the qualifying series before moving to the second stage, and only a single timeslot to record a result, the process is more difficult than ever.

Cooper Webster got his campaign off to a very strong start, climbing the field from 13th to a 5th placed finish in the 7.8K SOF, netting himself a handy 362 points.

For Jordan Caruso it was P8 grid slot but the race was all over just three corners into the race after a car in front spun under traction leaving him with nowhere to go, and the following pack failing to slow and avoid a major wreck.

Onto the next round this coming weekend at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Let’s go fellas!

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NÚÑEZ BOUNCES BACK TO PODIUM FINISH

Entering the 3rd round of the iRX World Championship Qualifying Series, Luis Núñez was sitting 10th in the standings having had some unlucky feature runs. Brands Hatch seemed to be going worse, with bad runs in both the heat race and the consolation race leaving him second last on the grid for the feature. Three corners later… he moved from 9th to 2nd driving ‘through the smoke’ of what was a very big crash. He drove solidly to come home in 3rd place, and a welcome first podium finish.

Beau had a stronger round than he had expected, winning his heat race and starting on pole for the feature. However he would get caught up in the major crash, dropping him well back to almost last place. A spirited drive through the pack would see him fight back to 4th place, and another good points haul.

Beau and Luis are now 6th and 7th in the series, and well ahead of the qualifying cut line

ALBERT CLAIMS ROUND 2 VICTORY!

The iRX World Championship Qualifying Series made its way to Atlanta, and after a disappointing Round 1 for both Luis and Beau, they were looking to make amends. In both camps there was a change of equipment, with Luis moving to a Logitech G923 TRUEFORCE wheel and Beau racing with VRS DirectForce Pro Pedals for the first time as well.

As fate would have it, their performances would yield a very strong result, with Beau Albert claiming victory from the second row of the grid in the Feature in a massive 6.8K SOF field, the second highest in Dirt Road history. Luis also had a strong race, running 2nd for much of the race before dropping back to 5th after some very hard racing in what was an unlucky finish.

Nevertheless this result vaults Beau from 30th in the standings to 6th place, while Luis moves from 14th to 10th after 2 rounds. The series now moves to Brands Hatch next week where absolutely anything can happen!

VICTORY IN SPORTS CAR OPEN MASTERS!

Round 3 of the Sports Car Open Masters was held at the glorious Circuit Zolder, and having missed Round 2 due to real world racing commitments we were looking forward to sinking our teeth into this one.

Cooper Webster did a phenomenal job in the opening qualifying session, taking Pole Position by 0.18sec in the end. The race got off to a good start, with Jordan Caruso converting the race start to a solid margin ahead of the Coanda Simsport duo of Mitchell Dejong & Josh Rogers at the pitstop, before handing the car over to Cooper to bring it home. On a slightly different strategy, it was about maintaining the 2 second gap back on slightly older tyres and Cooper did a masterful job to take our first victory of the series, and also as the only BMW in the Top 15 points paying positions.

Whilst Race 1 went pretty well perfect, Race 2 got off to a rocky start right away, being nudged off at Turn 1 and dropping well back, then taking avoiding action down in the pack from an incident at the middle chicane. The race went from bad to worse getting collected in other people’s accidents and they’d bring the damaged M4 home in 18th place and out of the points.

Nevertheless it was a momentous result for the team and for Jordan and Cooper. We can take this momentum forward to the second half of the season when it returns in August.

STRONG SIGNS IN ROUND 1 OF IRX WCS QUALIFIERS

Round 1 of the iRX World Championship Qualifying Series was a tough one in Top Split. Beau Albert & Luis Núñez had bulk pace and strong heat results including a win, but nothing is a guarantee in the feature. A tough opening lap dropped them both right back and facing an uphill climb. With little time to respond, it was a less than ideal result.

Bring on Round 2!

Q – Beau 2nd // Luis 3rd
Heat 1 // Luis 2nd
Heat 2 // Beau 1st
Feature – Luis P5 // Beau P7

MIXED NIGHT IN SCO MASTERS

Jordan & Cooper had the Altus BMW M4 flying, and the strategies throughout the field made for some really exciting races. Race 1 was tricky with a few sloppy issues, however Race 2 was a great bounceback to narrowly miss a podium finish.

RESULTS
Race 1: 28th*
Race 2: 4th*

Round 2 kicks off next week at Barcelona and we’re looking forward to it already.

BROADCAST REPLAY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB-KrmJgzEo

*Provisional Results