All News: Lime Rock Park

European MX-5 Cup Charlotte: Coba-Lopez Edges Curri

May 31st, 2016 by Renaud LACROIX

A pole position for Kamil Franczak, contact with Aday Coba-Lopez, three-wide battles for every position and 22 thousandths of a second separating Coba-Lopez and Giuseppe Curri at the finish line… Week after week, there’s a strong feeling of déjà vu in the European MX-5 Cup, but who would complain? An exhaustive recap of the Charlotte … Read the Rest »

When Numbers Lie

May 4th, 2016 by Glen Alden

From the looks of the raw numbers, Round 7 of the European MX-5 Cup at Lime Rock Park was a pretty ho-hum affair.  Kamil Franczak started from pole, set fastest lap and led 26 of 26 laps to beat Aday Coba Lopez by 1.166 seconds, an eternity in European MX-5 competition.  What’s more, third place … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Justin Petschauer

April 5th, 2016 by David Ifeguni

A long time fan of motor sports and a veteran sim racer, 26 year old iRacer Justin Petschauer has certainly made a name for himself on iRacing. A member since October of 2015, Petschauer, racing out of Las Vegas, Nevada, has scored 15 oval victories and 12 road course victories in 719 total official races … Read the Rest »

Galvin Wins Lionheart MX-5 Challenge Thriller

March 25th, 2016 by Jason Galvin

In a wild race with plenty of carnage and action, Jason Galvin survived to capture the inaugural Lionheart MX-5 Challenge race at Charlotte Motor Speedway last night. The win marks the first for Galvin in an official Lionheart event. “I’m just happy I survived,” Galvin said from victory lane. “I can’t believe I was able … Read the Rest »

Xtreme League Takes on Long & Short of iRacing Tracks

March 20th, 2016 by Jeff Jacobs

The close confines of Lime Rock Park followed by the wide open spaces of Road America provided a study of contrasts between the short Connecticut track and the long Wisconsin road course in weeks seven and eight of the XtremeMotorsports99.com road series on iRacing.com.  The ST class Mazda MX-5 drivers continued to provide a thrillingly … Read the Rest »

Wootton, Shifflett Lead Classes at Xtreme League Midpoint

March 5th, 2016 by Jeff Jacobs

Six weeks of grids packed with Mustangs and MX-5s have produced amazing racing and two championship points battles much too close to declare a favorite at the season midpoint of the XtremeMotorsports99.com road series on iRacing.com.  Defending GS class champion Tyler Shifflett has two wins and four other podium finishes to lead the Mustang standings … Read the Rest »

Skip Barber 2k World Cup – Philippe Leybaert Dominates at Lime Rock

October 5th, 2015 by

After kicking-off the new season with a visit to an oval last week, the Skip Barber 2k World Cup moved on to more familiar terrain Sunday. The race was contested a Lime Rock Park. The expected contenders for the championship did not fair well at the oval, so this was a week where they were … Read the Rest »

A long time coming: Brunner’s first of the season

May 29th, 2015 by

Week 10 of the iRacing Star Mazda championship took the competitors to what would inevitably be the track which provided the most on throttle action throughout the whole of the season; Lime Rock Park was up next. The track located in Lakeville, Connecticut, USA, is an incredibly short, 2.41km circuit which features only 7 turns … Read the Rest »

New face, New rival? Storm Dominates Okayama

May 21st, 2015 by

After a one week sabbatical for many drivers in the iRacing Pro Mazda Series, the road courses returned for Week 9 at Japan’s Okayama International Circuit. The track features 11 corners over its 3.703km course. Much to my surprise we had a totally new front row! It featured none of the common iRacing Pro Mazda … Read the Rest »

Zolder’s Chicanes Challenge GTC

January 15th, 2015 by

After a week of sim-racing on the sweeping turns at Mosport, the iRacing.com Grand Touring Cup featured a completely different challenge with the tricky chicanes of Belgium’s Circuit Zolder. Having been absent from the GTC schedule for two years, Zolder was new to most of the drivers and had to be re-learned by the others. … Read the Rest »