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UK&I Skip Barber League Silverstone

August 15th, 2014 by

Round Two of the UK&I Skip Barber League’s third season of 2014 headed to Silverstone for 12 laps of the Historical Grand Prix layout.  Over 30 sim-racers participated as last week’s race winner and pole sitter Sebastian Job continued his winning ways with his second consecutive pole of the season putting in a 2:01.171, 0.130s … Read the Rest »

A New Champion in Bathurst – Part II

July 24th, 2014 by

Editor’s note: When we last left you UK&I championship sim racing rivals Wojciech Rabsztyn and Marcus Hamilton were duking it out for fourth place behind Marc Mercer while Simon Povey and Tom Ward took turns in the lead . . . On Lap Five the anticipated battle between championship hopefuls Hamilton and Rabsztyn resumed, but … Read the Rest »

Sonoma: The Return of Townend

July 8th, 2014 by

The last time Blake Townend had won a race in the UK&I Skip Barber League was the penultimate race of last season, at Sonoma.  Is it a coincidence that this would be the site of his triumphant return for Season 2 of 2014?  Possibly, but his dominant victory saw him take the checkered flag by … Read the Rest »

Última Batalha, Skippies in Brazil

April 28th, 2014 by

As the F2000s of the UK&I Skip Barber league lined up for the final time this season in Brazil it was Thomas O’Leary who snagged pole with a 1:51.772, only eight thousandths ahead of Marcus Hamilton.  After the front row it would be Wojciech Swirydowicz, Tom Ward, Marc Mercer, Stuart Adcock, Clarke Williams, Allen Piercy, … Read the Rest »

Plenty to Play for in Penultimate Race

April 16th, 2014 by

With the championship already in Marc Mercer’s pocket the UK&I Skippies headed to Sonoma Raceway for the penultimate round of the first 2014 season.  Following Blake Townend’s DNF last time out, the battle for “best of the rest” was still very much in play, with only eight points separating Townend from Wojciech Swirydowicz (in Woj’s … Read the Rest »

Mission: Mercer

April 14th, 2014 by

Three races remaining.  45 points separating Marc Mercer from Blake Townend.  253 corners from lights-out to checkered flag.  Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, Australia could be the place where Mercer clinches the championship.  With his current lead all he needs to do is outscore Townend by six points, and not get outscored by Wojciech Swirydowicz, … Read the Rest »

A Pretty Sweet Lime (Rock)

April 7th, 2014 by

With only four races left in the season the folks at UK&I Skip Barber League ventured Stateside once again for Round Eight at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut (one of the few tracks in the world I’ve had the pleasure of seeing outside of sim-racing).  Going into the race Blake Townend was a solid 40 … Read the Rest »

Spectacular Skippies at Spa

March 31st, 2014 by

There is only one Circuit de Spa Francorchamps.  Few tracks boast the kind of  history of Spa; even fewer can match the exhilaration of a fast lap through the Ardennes.  When the four dozen competitors from the UK&I Skip Barber league lined-up for the run down to La Source the excitement was palpable.  Blake Townend … Read the Rest »

UK&I Skip Barber Passes Halfway Point

March 24th, 2014 by

Last week the legendary Brands Hatch played host to the swarm of F2000s from the UK&I Skip Barber league as they entered round six of their first 2014 season.  Race winner Sebastian Job grabbed pole from Wojciech Swirydowicz and George Streetley and the three drivers battled in close proximity for more than 75% of the … Read the Rest »

Quiet Yet Chaotic Corkscrew

March 8th, 2014 by

Last time out it was Marc Mercer who nabbed the victory by less than a tenth at Watkins Glen, becoming the first person to win a second race this season for the UK&I Skip Barber league (and giving himself a 30 point lead in the championship ahead of Blake Townend and Wojciech Swirydowicz).  Mercer was … Read the Rest »