All News: Mitchell deJong
eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series Race Preview: Homestead
February 23rd, 2021 by Chris Leone
Homestead-Miami Speedway will always hold a special place in eNASCAR lore. It’s where Zack Novak took the 2019 championship in a photo finish with Keegan Leahy in the first-ever nationally televised eNASCAR points race, and it’s where Nick Ottinger became eNASCAR’s first $100,000 champion last fall. It’s also where Denny Hamlin battled Dale Earnhardt Jr. … Read the Rest »
Rogers Benefits From Last-Lap Tussle in Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup Feature at Road Atlanta
February 22nd, 2021 by Chris Leone
Saturday looked to be the day that Mitchell deJong, one of iRacing’s most well-rounded World Championship drivers and a three-year veteran of the Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup, finally scored his first victory in the prestigious series at Road Atlanta. Until it wasn’t. In a heartbreaker for both drivers, last-lap contact between deJong and Kevin … Read the Rest »
Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup Race Preview: Road Atlanta
February 19th, 2021 by Chris Leone
The Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup rolls into the halfway point of its season with its lone visit to the United States on Saturday, as Road Atlanta makes its return to the schedule for the fifth round in the 10-race championship. The Braselton, Georgia-based circuit made its series debut last year, with 2019 series champion … Read the Rest »
Conti Kicks Off 2021 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series Season With Daytona Win
February 9th, 2021 by Chris Leone
18 years to the day after his boss, Dale Earnhardt Jr., won the NASCAR Cup Series Shootout at Daytona International Speedway, JR Motorsports driver Michael Conti marked the occasion by putting a different red #8 Chevrolet in victory lane. For Conti, though, Monday night’s triumph may have had bigger implications. By winning the first eNASCAR … Read the Rest »
eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series Race Preview: Daytona
February 8th, 2021 by Chris Leone
The wait is over: 40 of the top iRacers in the world finally take the green flag on the 2021 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series season tonight at Daytona International Speedway. And after multiple years of explosive growth across the series (and sim racing as a whole), what we see on track tonight just may foreshadow … Read the Rest »
Job Scores Second Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup Win of 2021 at Silverstone
February 7th, 2021 by Chris Leone
Sebastian Job’s quest to score his second consecutive Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup title is back on track after Saturday. Job became the first repeat winner of both the 2021 season, and in the series’ history at Silverstone Circuit, when he took the checkered flag in the feature race in spite of an early-race incident … Read the Rest »
Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup Race Preview: Silverstone
February 4th, 2021 by Chris Leone
Three races into the Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup season, Joshua Rogers is in control of the championship. The question now is, does anybody have what it takes to wrestle it away from him? Saturday’s visit to Silverstone Circuit will go a long way towards finding out the answer. A mainstay of the series schedule … Read the Rest »
Clampitt, Ottinger Go 1-2 for William Byron eSports in eNASCAR Clash at Daytona
February 2nd, 2021 by Chris Leone
.013 seconds was all that separated new William Byron eSports teammates Logan Clampitt and Nick Ottinger from one another in Monday night’s eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series Clash at Daytona International Speedway. The annual non-points exhibition and unofficial kickoff to the 2021 campaign went into overtime after a number of cautions, as drivers looked to dial … Read the Rest »
eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series 2021 Driver and Team Pairings Set
February 1st, 2021 by Chris Leone
After five days of free agency to determine the grid, the 2021 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series field is officially set, with the 40 qualified drivers and 20 professional teams aligning to create on-track partnerships for the coming season. An exciting mix of big names heading to new locations, as well as some of last year’s … Read the Rest »
Rogers Takes Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup Points Lead With Imola Win
January 31st, 2021 by Chris Leone
Two years ago, Joshua Rogers became the first champion in Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup history with a dominant 2019 season. Three races into the 2021 season, his motivation to become the series’ first two-time champion couldn’t be any clearer. After scoring sprint race victories in the first two rounds of the season, the Australian … Read the Rest »