All News: Mitchell deJong

Huttu Wins Watkins Glen iRacing World Championship Grand Prix Series

May 4th, 2016 by Jonny Simon

Greger Huttu and Team Redline scored their second win of the 2016 iRacing World Championship Grand Prix Series at Watkins Glen International.  If that sounds vaguely familiar it’s because the five time world champion remains undefeated at The Glen, having won every race there since the inaugural season of the championship in 2010. Coanda Simsport’s … Read the Rest »

All Aboard the ineX Express

April 7th, 2016 by Wil Vincent & Jonny Simon

For six years, there have really been two teams at the top of the iRacing World Championship Grand Prix Series mountain: Team Redline and Coanda Simsport.  After the first round of the 2016 season, some were wondering if they would be joined by a third in ineX Racing. After all, ineX’s Joni Törmälä had not only … Read the Rest »

Krönke, DeJong Score Coanda Simsport 1-2 at Sebring

March 24th, 2016 by Jonny Simon

Martin Krönke led home team-mate Mitchell DeJong in a VRS Coanda Simsport 1-2 finish at Sebring International Raceway for Round 3 of the 2016 iRacing World Championship Grand Prix Series.  In a scintillating race going down to the final laps, Finnish drivers Greger Huttu and Joni Törmälä collided at high speed into Turn 1 with … Read the Rest »

Huttu’s High Five

October 23rd, 2015 by

The number five figured prominently in Greger Huttu’s run to the 2015 iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series, from his 50th victory in World Championship competition at Twin Ring Motegi (followed by wins #51 and #52 at Indianapolis and Spa) to the (virtual) high fives he and his Team Redline teammates exchanged after he clinched … Read the Rest »

Huttu Inches Closer

September 2nd, 2015 by

Round 13 of the iRacing World Championship Grand Prix Series saw a return to Spa-Francorchamps, the track which hosted the opening round of the season. A fan and driver favourite, it’s one that always sees a lot of participation, evident in qualifying as drivers were eliminated for the first time in seven races. Qualifying saw … Read the Rest »

Huttu Makes 50

July 21st, 2015 by

The summer break for the iRacing World Championship Grand Prix Series gave teams and drivers the chance to regroup after a busy first half of the season. For some, it was the chance to reflect upon their successes, and use this as a platform to improve further for the back end of the season.  For … Read the Rest »

iRacing World Championship Grand Prix Series Saturday!

April 9th, 2015 by

Aleksi Uusi-Jaakkola leads the world’s top sim racers to Road America on Saturday for Round Four of the 2015 iRacing World Championship Grand Prix Series in an online race that will be broadcast on iracing.com/live starting at 14:00 GMT (10 am eastern). As he has been since he grabbed the pole at Interlagos in his … Read the Rest »

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 »

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 »