Edmundson, Barry Take iRacing Off-Road Championship Series Pro 2 Exhibition Wins at Crandon

Nitro Circus Sim Racing Team teammates Josh Edmundson and Connor Barry gave their team a sweep of Wednesday night’s iRacing Off-Road Championship Series Pro 2 Exhibition event at Crandon International Raceway. The night saw a trio of firsts for the series: a non-points race to break up the season, an event on Crandon’s short layout, and a showcase of the Pro 2 truck, forcing drivers to adapt their skills to a rear-wheel drive machine.

Barry posted the top qualifying time with a 42.202, but it was Virtual Drivers by TX3 racer Quentin Dall’olmo who came from 10^th on the grid to take the lead after the 10-wide land rush start and a major wreck behind him. Eventual race winner Edmundson wrapped up the first lap in fourth, but jumped to second on Lap 4 and began carving time out of Dall’olmo’s lead. He and Barry both made their way past on Lap 8, while Killian Dall’olmo of Altus Esports took the final podium place from his brother on Lap 11.

The second race was down to the same showdown between Barry and Factory Simsport’s Keaton Swane that has dominated so much of iRacing’s pro off-road action over the past two years. Swane led the first lap ahead of Killian Dall’olmo and Barry, but Barry posted the fastest lap of the race on Lap 2 to pull into second. Five laps later, the lead changed hands for good. Once again, the driver who led early would fall to fourth, as both Dall’olmo and Edmundson would make their way past Barry.

iRacing Off-Road Championship Series Pro 2 Exhibition Race 1 results were as follows:

1. Josh Edmundson, 16 laps
2. Connor Barry, -0.524
3. Killian Dall’olmo, -1.912
4. Quentin Dall’olmo, -3.033
5. Connor Parise, -4.677

iRacing Off-Road Championship Series Pro 2 Exhibition Race 2 results were as follows:

1. Connor Barry, 16 laps
2. Killian Dall’olmo, -1.530
3. Josh Edmundson, -2.952
4. Keaton Swane, -4.404
5. Christopher Plumley, -5.769

In the All-Star division, racers traded in the Pro 2 Lite for the Pro 4, which they’ll run for the remainder of the campaign. Pro eSports division drivers Luke Knupp and Scott Kerr took the two victories, with Knupp beating Zachary Drapkin by just .004 seconds at the line in the first race and Kerr pulling away early to beat Knupp by more than five seconds in the second. Former iRacing Rallycross pro Beau Albert and Travis Sollenberger took the third place finishes on offer.

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

1. Luke Knupp, 103
2. Zachary Drapkin, 92
3. Beau Albert, 86

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

1. Travis Sollenberger, 90
2. Adam Briggs, 82
3. Keenan Kusan, 80

The 2023 iRacing Off-Road Championship Series continues next week with a return to points racing at Wild West Motorsports Park. Coverage will kick off once again at 8PM ET across iRacing social media channels with the All-Star action, followed by the sim racing pros at 9PM ET.

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