All News: Tim Holgate


Trost Takes Iowa as Apex InfoTech Elite Standings Tighten

July 28th, 2017 by Dan Ensch

Brandon Trost used a path of patience and a little bit of good fortune to outlast Vinicius Gotardello and Adam Dock to win the Apex InfoTech Elite Oval series race at Iowa Speedway on Sunday, July 23rd. With a short field of 13 picking up where the series left off nearly two months earlier, series … Read the Rest »

Contact Can’t Keep Holgate from Elite Win at Auto Club

March 6th, 2017 by Dan Ensch

The age-old adage that it’s better to be lucky than good can win you a race now and then even if you’re not the most skilled pilot on the track. But when you’re both lucky and good, you must be either Tim Holgate or Brandon Trost. And, if you’re Holgate, you also just won the … Read the Rest »

Trost Wins New Hampshire; Holgate Moves to First in Elite

February 21st, 2017 by Dan Ensch

Pole sitter Brandon Trost accidentally chose the right pit strategy after a late yellow, then held off hard-charger Tim Holgate and his fresh tires to win the Lionheart Retro Series 150 at New Hampshire International Speedway on Sunday night. Holgate, who started 31st after leaving his paint scheme on the turn two wall in qualifying, … Read the Rest »

Espitee Outlasts Holgate for Apex InfoTech Grand Prix Win

February 14th, 2017 by Dan Ensch

Austin Espitee used a pick from lapped traffic to sneak by defending champion Tim Holgate with four laps remaining, then made the high side of the track work in a side-by-side battle to the final corner to win the season-opening Apex InfoTech Grand Prix of Miami Sunday night. “Without a doubt, that traffic got me … Read the Rest »

Holgate a Fast Moving Target for Indy Oval Elite Season 2

February 7th, 2017 by Dan Ensch

If any entrant in the second season of the Indy Oval Elite Series plans to graduate with honors they’re going to have to expel the teacher. That isn’t going to be easy. To put it simply, Fairfield, California native Tim Holgate took the field to school in the inaugural season, and there’s a good chance … Read the Rest »

Gooden Plenty Good at Long Beach

April 14th, 2016 by Donald Wayne Strout

17 sim racers took the green flag in the only street course scheduled as part ot the 2016 iAdvance Motorsports Indy Elite Series (12 races—11 ovals and one street course in Long Beach). Wyatt Gooden took the pole with an impressive time of 1:07.925, almost 0.5 seconds a lap quicker than Tim Holgate, with Bradley … Read the Rest »

Wild Conclusion to 16th Street Indy 500

January 6th, 2016 by Paul Slavonik

It’s been a season of ups and downs for many drivers in the official Verizon IndyCar Sim Racing League. Over the past 12-weeks, sim-racers from all over the world traded paint with the likes of Will Power, Simon Pagenaud and Sage Karam as they battled for victory. It all culminated in the final event at … Read the Rest »

IndyCar at Watkins Glen Visualized in 16th Street Race

December 30th, 2015 by Paul Slavonik

The penultimate round of the official Verizon IndyCar Sim Racing League powered by iRacing.com and RACER got underway on Tuesday night at Watkins Glen International. For 35 laps, the virtual field of 17 cars traversed the 3.4-mile circuit which would be the final road race of the season. Although there were no professional drivers participating, … Read the Rest »

Showdown at Texas

December 16th, 2015 by Paul Slavonik

As the official Verizon IndyCar Sim Racing League powered by iRacing.com and RACER arrived at the high banks of Texas Motor Speedway, the old adage that “everything is bigger in Texas” rang true once again. Known for its high-speed action across its 1.5 mile surface, the 140-lap race at TMS did little to separate the … Read the Rest »

Sonoma Takes Its Toll on 16th Street

December 2nd, 2015 by Paul Slavonik

Whether you’re strapped into a Dallara DW-12 in real life or you’re in a plush office chair and using a simulator at home, you’ll quickly come to realize that Sonoma Raceway is a difficult track to master. Such was the case on Tuesday night during the official Verizon IndyCar Sim Racing League sponsored by iRacing.com … Read the Rest »