All News: Mitchell McLeod

Aussies Bet on Horsepower

November 7th, 2011 by

Season Four of the iRacing V8 Supercar Series by Bigpond Sport kicked off at Mosport, straight out of the starting gates the Down v McLeod show re-ignited. That said, there are some new-ish names looking awfully fast, and wanting a piece of the action. Aussies love a punt, and Season Three nearly-man Mitch McLeod gambled … Read the Rest »

Hunting Down

October 25th, 2011 by

The iRacers converged on Road Atlanta for Season Three’s final round of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series by Bigpond Sport. Much like the Las Vegas IZOD IndyCar finale’s celebrations were horribly muted by the loss of Dan Wheldon, this end-of-term party was spoiled by yet another motorsport tragedy, this time the death of MotoGP rider … Read the Rest »

Cream rises at the Resort

October 3rd, 2011 by

Week Nine of the iRacing V8 Supercar Series by Bigpond Sport kicked back at the resort, Virginia International Raceway. But nobody was relaxing. With daylight savings in effect in Australia, it spread the massive interest in this series over both evening timeslots. This report covers the first event (7.45pm EDST). Real world V8 Supercar racer … Read the Rest »

Down the Hatch

September 20th, 2011 by

Week Seven of the iRacing V8 Supercar Series by Bigpond Sport travelled to the Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit. The Indy “club” section, with its tight, narrow confines, is a stark contrast to the wide-open, sweeping curves of the forest section. With its dramatic elevation changes and awkward cambers, it would prove to be another … Read the Rest »

Title Tension at Suzuka

September 13th, 2011 by

Week Six of the iRacing V8 Supercar series by Bigpond Sport headed north to iRacing’s new Suzuka Circuit for the first time. It meant starting from scratch with no existing setup data, here at the full 5.8 kilometres of the Suzuka GP track. At the halfway mark of the iRacing V8 Supercar Series, as expected, … Read the Rest »

McLeod’s Mojo returns at Mosport.

July 19th, 2011 by

Defending iRacing V8 Supercar Season One champ Mitchell McLeod will not go quietly, despite his Season Two not going to as much to plan as he would have liked. At Canada’s Mosport Park, he came out fighting and the McLeod magic returned. After a reasonable start to the online racing season including a win at … Read the Rest »

McLeod's Mojo returns at Mosport.

July 19th, 2011 by

Defending iRacing V8 Supercar Season One champ Mitchell McLeod will not go quietly, despite his Season Two not going to as much to plan as he would have liked. At Canada’s Mosport Park, he came out fighting and the McLeod magic returned. After a reasonable start to the online racing season including a win at … Read the Rest »

Mitchell McLeod – TV star

May 25th, 2011 by

You can call Mitchell McLeod a lot of things:  two-time Golden Power kart series champion; nitro-buggy racer; finalist in the Intel GP Masters online racing tournament; champion of the 2011 Season One iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series. Now you can add “television star” to the list.  Maybe that’s overdoing it just a tad, but the 20 … Read the Rest »

Down At The Summit

March 22nd, 2011 by

The iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series headed  from the classic long, picturesque stretches of Spa Francorchamps to the short but exciting blast of Summit Point Raceway, for Week Seven of 2011 Season One. Quite a contrast, but this strip of tarmac in the West Virginian countryside was still popular with the virtual V8 field, especially with … Read the Rest »

McCabe’s Belgian Renaissance

March 16th, 2011 by

iRacing’s unique simulation service not only replicates real-world physics and geography down to the nearest umpteenth of an inch, it provides a platform to realise some ultimate motorsport fantasies, and create some killer competition to boot.  Case in point: There would be a veritable army of fans, drivers and teams who have dreamt of seeing … Read the Rest »