All News: Kenneth O’Keefe

Quattropani, Nanzer on Top in Brazil

March 29th, 2013 by

Week 8 saw the iRacing.com GRAND-AM Sports Car Series journey to the Interlagos Circuit, now known as Autódromo José Carlos Pace.  Located in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the 2.676 mile (4.309 km) circuit features fifteen turns over a minute and a half lap.  The Prototype pole time was 1.25.969 by Cesc Riu (Iberia) while Enzo Bonito … Read the Rest »

O’Keefe Extends Point Lead

March 22nd, 2013 by

Week Seven brought the iRacing.com Skip Barber Race Series to the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.  Using the short layout, drivers attacked 13 turns over 2.0 miles (3.22 km) of asphalt, Jon Tanko (Iberia) being the fastest with the blazing pole speed of 1:17.280.  All told, 844 drivers took to the track in a race session, … Read the Rest »

Sandman, Kiss Master the Homestead R-oval

March 22nd, 2013 by

Week Seven brought the iRacing.com GRAND-AM Sports Car Series to South Florida and Homestead-Miami Speedway.  Using the “Road Course B” layout, drivers attacked 2.3 miles (3.701 km) of asphalt consisting of 11 turns.  The R-oval format to the circuit gave drives a hard time setting up for both the high speed oval section along with … Read the Rest »

Hotlappin’ at Hotlanta

March 19th, 2013 by

Week Six of the NASCAR iRacing.com Class C Series (fixed setup) brings the sim racers to one of the fastest tracks on the NASCAR circuit in Atlanta Motor Speedway. The fast speeds always bring out tons of eager racers attempting to put their Silverado in victory lane at least once. Nearly 2,000 online racers took … Read the Rest »

California Dreamin’

March 14th, 2013 by

Week Six brought the iRacing.com GRAND-AM Sports Car Series to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.  The 2.238 mile (3.602 km) circuit features 11 turns through the hills overlooking Monterey, California, USA.  With another average week of participation, the Prototype class saw 302 drivers take part in a race, 148 place a qualifying lap, and 60 complete … Read the Rest »

Adcock Impresses at Okayama

March 14th, 2013 by

Week Six brought the iRacing.com Skip Barber Race Series to Okayama International Circuit located in Mimasaka, Japan.  The 1.3 mile (2.09 km) “Short” circuit features seven turns, mostly slow and tight. Mastering the tight turns was Jon Tanko (Iberia) setting a 58.700 second lap time as the pole position.  This was a very popular week … Read the Rest »

Eszenyi Dominates Daytona

March 3rd, 2013 by

Week Four of the NASCAR iRacing.com Class C Series (open setup) makes a trip to the Mecca of motorsports for high speed action at Daytona International Speedway. Races weren’t always held on the famous high banks of DIS. In fact, the initial races in were held on the sandy beaches until moving to the paved … Read the Rest »

Sulzer Sizzles To Victory

February 28th, 2013 by

Week Four brought the iRacing.com Skip Barber Series take to the famous Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps located in Francorchamps, Belgium.  The 4.35 mile (7.00 km), 19 turn circuit is the longest track on the Barber schedule, one pole sitter Norbert Sulzer (DE-AT-CH) lapped at 2:47.422.  Not only famous, but also very popular, Spa saw 903 race … Read the Rest »

Ward, Volyka Victorious at Zolder

February 28th, 2013 by

Week Four brought the GRAND-AM iRacing.com Online Sports Car Series to Circuit Zolder, located in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium.  The 2.492 mile (4.011 km) circuit is well known for its three chicanes breaking-up the long straights.  Some drivers love them, some hate them.  In the Prototype class, 189 drivers entered a race, 114 placed a qualifying lap, … Read the Rest »

Kis and Broekman Go Two For Three

February 25th, 2013 by

The iRacing.com GRAND-AM Sports Car Series visited Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit for Week Three of the season.  Located in Towcester, UK, the 3.194 mile (5.14 km), 17 turn circuit saw competitors enjoy the same venue which has hosted many a memorable British Grand Prix.  With a decrease in attendance this week in both cars, the … Read the Rest »