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60+ Racing Adventures: An interview with Ralph Kemmerer

January 9th, 2018 by Bill Lawrence

60Plus Racing Adventures is posting an interview we had with our most senior driver, Ralph Kemmerer. We thought a wider audience might be interested in reading Ralph’s story. Sim Racing and the sim racing community can be of immense value and interest to us as we age. Back before Christmas 2017 I had a wonderful … Read the Rest »

60Plus Racing Adventures League: Lime Rock Race 3 Season 5

January 8th, 2018 by Bill Lawrence

Photo Credit Bruce Poole Welcome to the third race of our fifth season taking place at the historic Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut. Since 1957 this has been New England’s classic road racing home. A free track in iRacing’s collection simply means everyone should very familiar with the layout. Familiarity may reduce racing incidents … Read the Rest »

60Plus Racing Adventures Drivers Championship tightens at Week 11 in New Hampshire

November 28th, 2017 by Bill Lawrence

One more week until Spa and the finale of season 4 in the 60Plus Racing Adventures league. Looking ahead to next week we anticipate an excellent finish which will be broadcast on RaceSpot TV. But that is next week, the story that unfolded before us is this week’s penultimate race. We are at New Hampshire … Read the Rest »

60+ Racing Adventures Round 7: Montreal-Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

July 28th, 2017 by Wayne Strout

Round 7 of the 60+ Racing Adventures League for drivers age 60 and older ran Wednesday, 7/26 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal and featured the Pro Mazda.  27 sim racers participated, with Pennsylvania’s Donald Strout posting his first win of the Season in a Group 1 race by following Juan Manue Fangio’s advice.  Fangio, … Read the Rest »

60+ Racing Adventures Round 6: Suzuka

July 21st, 2017 by Wayne Strout

Round 6 of the 60+ Racing Adventures League for drivers age 60 and older ran Wednesday, 7/19 at Japan’s Suzuka Grand Prix Circuit featuring the Pro Mazda. 26 sim racers participated in an event that lived-up to the league’s name–an adventure! So much so, this report is in two parts – one for the Group … Read the Rest »

60+ Racing Adventures Round 5: Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca

July 17th, 2017 by Wayne Strout

Round 5 of the 60+ Racing Adventures League for drivers age 60 and older ran Wednesday, July 12 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and featured the Pro Mazda.  25 sim racers participated in an event that was broadcast live and memorialized on YouTube by RaceSpot.TV.  The stars of the day were Portugal’s Antonio Reis and … Read the Rest »

60+ Racing Adventures Round 4: Brands Hatch

July 6th, 2017 by Wayne Strout

Carkner Sets the Pace at Brands Hatch The Round 4 of the 60+ Racing Adventures League for sim racers age 60 and older ran on Wednesday at Brands Hatch, and featured a field of 29 Pro Mazdas.  In almost a repeat of the Round 3 contest at Monza, the Group 1 race was dominated by … Read the Rest »

60+ Racing Adventures Round 2: Monza

June 26th, 2017 by Wayne Strout

The 2nd Round of the 60+ Racing Adventures League for drivers age 60 and older ran at Monza on the Grand Prix layout, featuring the Pro Mazda. 29 sim racers qualified for the first session with several drivers breaking below the 1:50 lap mark. If the first two rounds of the season at Watkins Glen … Read the Rest »

60+ Racing Adventures Debuts at Watkins Glen

June 15th, 2017 by Wayne Strout

The 60+ Racing Adventures League kicked off it’s 12 race Season 3 at Watkins Glen (Classic Boot) with live broadcast and Youtube video by RaceSpot TV on Wednesday, June 14. The winner in the first “Group 1” race was UK’s 61 year old Andrew Fidler from Sheffield. Starting from P3, Fidler stayed in the lead … Read the Rest »