Rogers and deJong Go Back-to-Back in BMW SIM GT Cup with Road Atlanta Triumph

May 3rd, 2021 by

The last time the BMW SIM GT Cup was in action, Joshua Rogers and Mitchell deJong dominated the top split at Silverstone Circuit in March, leading all but two laps on the way to taking the checkered flag to exorcise the bad luck they encountered in their first two races of 2021. This Sunday at Road Atlanta was more of the same, as the pairing led all but one of the 95 laps completed to score a decisive victory.

Just like in Silverstone, Maximilian Benecke and Enzo Bonito would take second place, but it’d be a close fight; .131 seconds was all that separated the #1 BMW M8 GTE from the #81 car shared by Charlie Collins and Jeremy Bouteloup at the finish line. But while Bonito would hang onto the second position in the chase to the finish line, Collins would lay claim to leading the one lap that Rogers or deJong didn’t over the course of the race.

Road Atlanta saw 49 starters in the top split, a record for 2021 so far. Only 18 of them would finish on the lead lap, five less than Silverstone, but 18 more would finish just one lap down as a vast majority of starters were still running at the checkered flag.

Top split results from Sunday’s BMW SIM GT Cup round at Road Atlanta were as follows:

Fin.

St.

No.

Team

Laps

Interval

Led

Best
1 1 8 VRS Coanda Simsport $8 95 94 1:14.836
2 6 1 Team Redline Red 95 -9.850 0 1:15.220
3 3 81 VRS Coanda Simsport $81 95 -9.981 1 1:15.103
4 2 474 MSi eSports 120 95 -23.534 0 1:15.162
5 8 90 BS COMPETITION #89 95 -30.751 0 1:15.229
6 11 18 VRS Coanda Simsport $18 95 -32.626 0 1:15.225
7 4 707 KOVA 95 -36.311 0 1:15.151
8 16 5 URANO eSports HUAWEI 95 -42.084 0 1:15.359
9 25 2 BS COMPETITION #90 95 -47.946 0 1:15.512
10 12 4 R8G Esports #8 95 -50.532 0 1:15.358
11 13 260 Zennith Esports 95 -54.154 0 1:15.496
12 10 42 Williams Esports Razer 95 -57.171 0 1:15.301
13 9 20 Team Redline Blue 95 -1:00.255 0 1:15.197
14 14 1 R8G Esports Junior 2 95 -1:00.386 0 1:15.649
15 21 10 R8G eSports Junior 1 95 -1:01.055 0 1:15.531
16 22 6 P1 Esports 95 -1:01.496 0 1:15.693
17 7 99 Apex Racing Team $99 95 -1:08.210 0 1:15.423
18 38 14 NoName Racing GTE 95 -1:11.232 0 1:15.579
19 15 450 Biela Racing Team EURONICS 94 -1 L 0 1:15.374
20 17 13 PRT Ronin SimSport 94 -1 L 0 1:15.375
21 27 7 BS COMPETITION #58 94 -1 L 0 1:15.780
22 28 11 URANO eSports HP 94 -1 L 0 1:15.747
23 19 999 Estremadura e Ribatejo 94 -1 L 0 1:15.676
24 33 68 GermanSimRacing.de by Hetzner 94 -1 L 0 1:15.773
25 36 856 CUBE RACING #856 94 -1 L 0 1:15.409
26 46 55 RSR  by G-Performance #55 94 -1 L 0 1:15.747
27 35 116 Puresims Esports 94 -1 L 0 1:15.759
28 41 888 Cube Racing #888 94 -1 L 0 1:15.676
29 26 78 Ronin SimSport 94 -1 L 0 1:15.594
30 40 15 RSR By G-Performance #69 94 -1 L 0 1:15.744
31 37 77 United Sim Sports GT 2EzyFinance 94 -1 L 0 1:15.937
32 42 67 GermanSimRacing.de by ACV 94 -1 L 0 1:16.119
33 34 25 Boost5mentos 94 -1 L 0 1:15.674
34 29 15 United Sim Sports GT Valvoline 94 -1 L 0 1:15.413
35 44 555 Pailler Compétition Esport Red 94 -1 L 0 1:15.778
36 48 17 Mario Kart Motorsports 94 -1 L 0 1:16.006
37 47 77 Volante Racing 93 -2 L 0 1:16.412
38 18 12 R8G eSports Junior 3 92 -3 L 0 1:15.414
39 45 21 LAST MINUTE MOTORSPORT 92 -3 L 0 1:16.039
40 39 228 Sportteam Competicion #208 68 -27 L 0 1:15.313
41 31 16 Obsidian Racing 0 -95 L 0
42 32 51 United Sim Sports GT SRH24 0 -95 L 0
43 5 88 VRS Coanda Simsport $88 0 -95 L 0
44 30 75 United Sim Sports GT Harrop 0 -95 L 0
45 24 9 Williams Esports Fanatec 0 -95 L 0
46 43 523 Pailler Compétition Esport Green 0 -95 L 0
47 20 3 Williams Esports Chillblast 0 -95 L 0
48 23 48 RaceKraft Esports 0 -95 L 0
49 49 19 Last Minute Motorsport 0 -95 L 0

 

The BMW SIM GT Cup will feature 10 races over the course of 2021, split into two seasons. The first five-race season will feature the BMW M8 GTE, while the second will shift to the new BMW M4 GT3 that made its iRacing debut in December. Each race features a mandatory driver changeover and a $4,200 prize pool split among the top three finishers in the top split, with the winning duo taking home $2,400. 2021 Season 1 will conclude on May 16 at the Nurburgring GP-Strecke.

For more information on BMW Motorsport, including BMW Motorsport Sim Racing, visit www.bmw-motorsport.com. For more information on iRacing and for special offers, visit www.iracing.com.

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