Connor Barry Clinches Second Straight iRacing Off-Road Championship; Swane, Rafoss Win at Crandon

Nitro Circus Sim Racing Team’s Connor Barry became one of a select few drivers to earn multiple iRacing pro series titles on Wednesday night, clinching his second straight iRacing Off-Road Championship in the season finale from Crandon International Raceway presented by CBR Performance. Coming into the night with a 62-point advantage over Factory Simsport’s Keaton Swane, Barry posted finishes of third and fourth across the two pro races to lock up the championship and the largest share of the series’ $25,000 prize pool.

That didn’t stop Swane from keeping it interesting, though, as the former points leader continued to add to his win total on the season by taking the first checkered flag on the night. Despite qualifying 12th and having to start behind other front-runners like Barry, top qualifier Jarrett Liebert of Team Rogue, and his teammate Nicholas Dachelet—who he split the wins with in the first Crandon round of the year—Swane clawed his way up to second quickly behind Liebert and hounded the rookie all race before finally making the winning pass on the final lap.

In the second race, it was fellow Nitro Circus driver Jakob Rafoss taking a victory for the second week in a row, leading teammate Josh Edmundson in the early stages of the race before a four-truck battle between him, Machete, Barry, and Factory Simsport’s Tom Grady shuffled the running order. Grady ran in third for much of the night before challenging Edmundson for second, but a brief loss of control after the finish line late in the running opened the door for Team Gold’s Trenton Briley to knock Grady out of the top five. Dachelet and Edmundson would settle into the final two podium spots as Barry celebrated his title from the fourth spot.

iRacing Off-Road Championship Series Round 15 results at Crandon were as follows:

1. Keaton Swane, 10 laps
2. Jarrett Liebert, -0.531
3. Connor Barry, -3.008
4. Nicholas Dachelet, -5.220
5. Jakob Rafoss, -5.488

iRacing Off-Road Championship Series Round 16 results at Crandon were as follows:

1. Jakob Rafoss, 10 laps
2. Nicholas Dachelet, -3.052
3. Josh Edmundson, -3.228
4. Connor Barry, -3.996
5. Trenton Briley, -4.244

iRacing Off-Road Championship Series points after 16 rounds are as follows:

1. Connor Barry, 744
2. Keaton Swane, 673
3. Jarrett Liebert, 613
4. Killian Dall’olmo, 570
5. Jakob Rafoss, 557
6. Joel Blewitt, 528
7. Josh Edmundson, 510
8. Quentin Dall’olmo, 449
9. Trenton Briley, 439
10. Nicholas Dachelet, 423
11. Alex Bergeron, 412
12. Josh Fox, 409

In the All-Star Pro 4 action, it was once again Team Gold’s Luke Knupp and Zachary Drapkin running first and second in both races, with Nitro Circus drivers Zach Knowles and Scott Kerr completing the podiums and Knowles and Wes Graham splitting the Celebrity class race wins. The biggest drama of the night came for the Celebrity class title, as both lead contenders Keenan Kusan and Trever Teal were caught up in incidents with other drivers on the night. Teal eventually came out on top in the standings by five points when the night was finished.

iRacing Off-Road All-Star Pro 4 Pro eSports points are as follows:

1. Luke Knupp, 522
2. Zachary Drapkin, 343
3. Scott Kerr, 388

iRacing Off-Road All-Star Pro 4 Celebrity points are as follows:

1. Trever Teal, 392
2. Keenan Kusan, 387
3. Wes Graham, 372

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Images via Justin Melillo

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