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Making His Fortune

April 3rd, 2015 by

One of the most-used words in Mitchell deJong’s vocabulary is “fortunately.”   Indeed, just about every time he discusses some aspect of his burgeoning career as a race driver he employs some variation of the word. While there’s no doubt fortune has smiled on the 17 year old Californian, his accomplishments to date suggest he makes … Read the Rest »

De Jong, Radicals Online and Foracer Coanda Simsport Win at Sebring

March 30th, 2015 by

A busy day of sim racing at Sebring International Raceway on Saturday saw Mitchell deJong capture Round Three of the iRacing World Championship Grand Prix Series even as Radicals Online (prototype) and Forarcer Coanda Simsport (GT3) motored to the class wins in the top split of the iRacing 12 Hours of Sebring. DeJong scored an … Read the Rest »

Two for Two for Uusi-Jaakkola

March 19th, 2015 by

For the second round of the iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series, teams headed from South America to Australasia, and to the ultra fast Phillip Island. The first round of the championship saw Team Redline’s new recruit Aleksi Uusi- Jaakkola claim a dominant victory, placing himself firmly in the pool of drivers considered to be … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Justin Lindsay (Part 2)

March 2nd, 2015 by

Two weeks ago readers had the chance to learn about iRacer Justin Lindsay, the 31 year old sim racing out of Cincinnati, Ohio. An accomplished road racer on iRacing, having won 93 career races in 825 starts, and Pro/WC licensed driver, Lindsay has come a long way since winning his first career race at Okayama … Read the Rest »

NEO Endurance Series Preview: P class

November 19th, 2014 by

With the previews on the NEO Endurance Series’ GTC and GT classes completed, in this third article we will focus on the Prototype (P) class. In this class all 15 teams use the HPD ARX-01C car. It is time to take a look at the possibilities for each team. Radicals Online (#1) Starting-off with one … Read the Rest »

Martti’s Blog – Tough Luck?

October 27th, 2014 by

Coanda Simsport‘s Martti Pietilä endured a roller coaster of a 2014 iRacing World Championship Grand Prix season, one that started out with great promise only to gradually turn uncompetitive before a late season resurgence.  Martti takes us along for the ride with his blog . . . I guess I could say that I got … Read the Rest »

Q&A with Martin Krönke

September 19th, 2014 by

As August morphed into September, the only thing that appeared more certain than Greger Huttu claiming a fourth iRacing World Championship Grand Prix Series title was the impending the arrival of the autumnal equinox.  But that was before Martin Krönke reeled-off successive victories at Interlagos and Suzuka . . . with Huttu finishing on the … Read the Rest »

Krönke Doubles-Up at Surprising Suzuka

September 17th, 2014 by

Nothing is ever certain in the iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series. The 14th round of the sim racing championship demonstrated that point perfectly, and emphasised why drivers need to be at their very best every race. Whilst Fanatec Team Redline’s Greger Huttu came to Suzuka as odds-on favourite to win the title, his worst … Read the Rest »

Krönke Headlines Coanda’s Coming-Out Party

September 3rd, 2014 by

Coanda Simsport had a spectacular coming-out party in its official debut in the 2014 iRacing World Championship Grand Prix Series last weekend at Interlagos, as co-founder Martin Krönke started from pole and led all 71 laps en route to a convincing win over Glacier Racing’s Olli Pahkala and Team Redline’s Greger Huttu. Krönke’s dominant performance … Read the Rest »

Coanda Simsport Debuts in iRacing World Championship Grand Prix Series

August 29th, 2014 by

Some of the most accomplished drivers in sim racing have joined forces to form the Coanda Simsport team.  The new team will make its official debut Saturday in Round 13 of the 2014 iRacing World Championship Grand Prix Series at the virtual Interlagos circuit.  broadcast Saturday on iRacing.com/live beginning at 10 AM EDT (14:00 GMT). … Read the Rest »