All News: UK&I Skip Barber League

Skippy Mid-Season at Mid-Ohio

July 3rd, 2014 by

Last season at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course the UK&I Skip Barber League saw one of the largest accidents of the year on the first lap at Turn One when minor contact resulted in something out of a Blues Brothers movie.  This season, as the circus returned to Mid-Ohio, the sim-racers would have been well … Read the Rest »

UK&I Skip Barbers at Brands Hatch

June 18th, 2014 by

Brands Hatch seems to be all over iRacingNews in June as regular readers may have noticed the Grand Prix Legends high SOF race article I wrote not long ago.  The temperatures are rising in the northern hemisphere and what better way to spend your time than sim-racing in a single-seater around a circuit as thrilling … Read the Rest »

UK&I Skippies Return to Laguna Seca

June 9th, 2014 by

Last season at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca it was George Streetly taking the top step for the UK&I Skip Barber League.  Streetly was followed by Sebastian Job and Blake Townend who, like the Streetly, are not racing in this second season of 2014. After missing the opening races Marc Mercer is on a mission to … Read the Rest »

UK&I Skippies Return to Oulton Park

May 30th, 2014 by

Oulton Park in Cheshire is a track the UK&I Skip Barber League didn’t get to race last season because of the limited number of pit boxes, but this season an exception was made and the field broken into two groups.  This article is about the top split of qualifiers, the top 27 of the league … Read the Rest »

Skip Barber UK&I League Season Two Opener

May 12th, 2014 by

The inaugural race of 2014’s second season with the UK&I Skip Barber league took place at Okayama in Japan.  Last season was dominated by mostly British and American tracks, while the new season threw a curve-ball at word go.  Last season’s champion – Marc Mercer – was absent from the festivities as he was racing … Read the Rest »

Behind the Curtain, with Allan Paterson of the UK&I Skip Barber League

May 12th, 2014 by

The full interview can be listened to on YouTube here:  http://youtu.be/_G1ixSR-6lY So, first question I have for you, the UK&I Skip Barber league is among the most popular in iRacing, boasting well over 300 members.  How much effort went into signing members and advertising and generating interest? Well the league has been going for many … Read the Rest »

Quiet Yet Chaotic Corkscrew

March 8th, 2014 by

Last time out it was Marc Mercer who nabbed the victory by less than a tenth at Watkins Glen, becoming the first person to win a second race this season for the UK&I Skip Barber league (and giving himself a 30 point lead in the championship ahead of Blake Townend and Wojciech Swirydowicz).  Mercer was … Read the Rest »

UK&I Skip Barber League Heats Up

March 3rd, 2014 by

After technical difficulties and some illness prevented the full broadcasting and coverage of the UK&I Skip Barber League’s third round of this season at Watkins Glen, it was Wojciech Swirydowicz who came out on top.  Swirydowicz edged-out championship leader Marc Mercer by less than two tenths of a second and passed Blake Townend in the … Read the Rest »