All News: Kimmo Suominen


Sindre Setsaas Triumphs in Top Split of IMSA 90 Minutes of Sebring

March 18th, 2020 by

Sindre Setsaas took top honors in the IMSA 90 Minutes of Sebring, the inaugural iRacing special event for the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge as a multi-class series, with a dominant victory in the top split on Sunday. Setsaas, who qualified for the 2020 Porsche Esports Supercup and will join that series as a rookie later … Read the Rest »

Blancpain Endurance Sees Deml Dominate at Mosport

August 28th, 2015 by

As the iRacing.com Blancpain Endurance Series enters the twilight stage of Season Three, teams and drivers from all over the world had the difficult task of navigating the slippery surface and sloping elevation changes at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park last week. Affectionately known as Mosport, the popular track didn’t bring about the participation numbers … Read the Rest »

Mustang Records Fall at Road Atlanta

March 20th, 2014 by

With V8 motors feasting on the cool Georgia air at Road Atlanta, Mustang sim-racers broke qualifying and race lap records in Week 7 of the iRacing.com Mustang Challenge. Matthew Pilus set a new qualifying record of 1:32.323, just edging out Kimmo Suominen’s 1:32.387. But at race time, it was Patrick Bieri setting the new competition … Read the Rest »

When One Millisecond is Too Long

January 28th, 2014 by

It had been 13 weeks since the inaugural SpecRacer Ford Big Grid race. As a commentator for the Global SimRacing Channel, I had watched and participated in plenty of online races since then. However, once I heard of plans for a second rendition of the race at Road America, I instantly circled the day on … Read the Rest »

Prototype & GT Challenge Week 2: Road America

August 14th, 2013 by

The iRacing.com Prototype & GT Challenge series arrived at fast and narrow Road America Circuit in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin for the second round of 2013 Season 3. With Sebring in the books last week, we discovered this season may be one of the closest we’ve had in the series.  Once again the drivers did not … Read the Rest »

Huge Turnout for Mustang Season Opener at Summit Point

August 6th, 2013 by

With an exciting new schedule and a newly-crowned champion from Season 2, the iRacing.com Mustang Challenge opened Season 3 at Summit Point with 44 official races and 31 different winners.  A total of 301 sim-racers competed in at least one online race in the Mustang FR500S to start the battle for the Season 3 championship. … Read the Rest »

Flying Finns Invade SRFord Challenge at Brands Hatch

August 17th, 2012 by

The SpecRacer Ford Challenge sailed across the pond to Kent, England, to visit the famous Brands Hatch GP course for Week 2.  This marked the first official visit to Brands for the series, and the track proved to be particularly well-suited for the SpecRacer Ford. Unlike Watkins Glen, though, Brands Hatch is one of those … Read the Rest »

Three for One; Suominen for Two

October 31st, 2011 by

Season 3 was the inaugural season of the reformed GT & Prototype Challenge, which for the first time in iRacing history saw three different classes on the track at the same time. With the start of the season, the newly released HPD ARX-01c (a Le Mans Prototype of the LMP2 class) and the Ford GT … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile – Kimmo Suominen

October 29th, 2011 by

For a guy whose favorite quote reads “all good things must come to an end. Preferably in a humongous explosion,” Kimmo Suominen enjoyed a particularly “un-volatile” 2011 Season 3.  No surprise, really, given his safety rating of 4.80 and iRating of 6812.  Given those impressive mumbers, it’s also no surprise the resident of Salo, Finland … Read the Rest »

Southern Flavor

July 21st, 2011 by

Week Eleven in the Thrustmaster Mustang Challenge took the sim racers to Braselton, Georgia for the twists and turns of one of the United States’ most famous road courses: 2.54-mile, 12-turn Road Atlanta.  During the week a total of 426 drivers attempted to conquer the monster of a track, but it was Laszlo Kotrocz (England) … Read the Rest »