Greetings Fellow iRacers,

The iRacing tour spent last weekend at Lime Rock Park, getting to visit with race fans that came out to watch the Grand Am Koni ST and GS races, along with two awesome Historic Grand Prix races.  Historic Grand Prix was awesome to watch, and we got to see a lot of the cars as we were paddocked with our trailer right next to the almost 20 vintage F1 cars from the 1960s to the early 1980s.  iRacing’s own Divina Galica expertly piloted both a rare Brabham and Hesketh to two top 10 finishes… and considering the competition, this was a great achievement.  In case you didn’t know, Divina actually drove an F1 car in the early 1970s.  This is quite an excellent accomplishment, especially in the 1970s.  Watching Duncan Dayton’s John Player Special Lotus 79 got us all pretty excited for the launch of our iRacing version. 

In support of the event, we hosted a fast lap competition so that some of the fans could try their iRacing skills against a few pro drivers.  Spencer Pumpelly, from the Koni GS Porsche TRG team posted the weekend’s quickest time in the Star Mazda of 47.9 seconds around Lime Rock Park in the Lime Rock Basic setup.  Good friends of ours Adam Burrows and Trevor Hopwood of the ST-classed RSR Camping World Mini Cooper S came by to put in some fast laps as well. 

I guess news of our tour has traveled well as we were bombarded by fellow iRacing members who came by to check out our trailer and simulators.  I was pleasantly surprised to meet all of you and definitely enjoyed getting to talk to you.  The following members came by to visit us:  Jared Vaughan, Bob Brodeur, Harry White, Charles Stout, John Nelson, Peter Gustafson, Jeffrey M. Strong, Brian Oritz, John Capello and Dan Montanaro.  Thanks for your continued support!

For all of you members who have not had a chance to see us on the road, you should know that we have had the privilege of working with some excellent iRacing driver coaches along the way.  Elivan Goulart and Duncan Burke both from the Sport Car Drivers Association worked with us this past weekend and helped coach the public through many demos of our software.  Big Thanks!

As of right now, we are in Milwaukee for the IRL race.  If you are in the area, definitely come by and see us.  Back in the office we have been hard at work in the wake of the NASCAR announcement planning out the rest of the year. 

In answer to some of your questions, we will be continuing the tour into the summer.  We have not yet finalized any dates after June, but when we do, I will be sure to share them with you through this blog or through the online event calendar.  See you on the road!

SCHEDULE UPDATE:

June 4-7:  Watkins Glen NY:  Grand Am 6 Hour

June 9:  Fenway Park, Boston MA:  Red Sox Tour Stop

June 12-14:  Watkins Glen NY:  Historic Sports Car Racing

June 18-21:  Road America, Elkhard Lake, WI:  SCCA June Sprints