Iracing & Mustang Challenge Series

I've had neck surgery and can't race SCCA anymore so what do I do now? I race in my A/C room against the best.

I am forming a team currently and I've asked Companies to get involved but I'm also looking for behind the scenes people that can be spotters and do website stuff. If we do get corporate sponsorship we can get better equipment.

Currently Greger Huttu is ranked #1 in road racing. He's won 3 iRacing Championships and collected $10,500 in the process. He's fully funded by Fanantec (wheels, pedals, etc.). Got a tryout with a real Formula 3 team and did well.

iRacing oval Champion Ray Alfalla got a try out with a real team and I was there. I wrote an article for iRacing.
http://www.iracing.com/iracingnews/nascar-news/in-the-drivers-seat-at-last

Everything you know about cars applies in iRacing. This is the future here so don't miss out. Sounds cheesy but all the gearheads are there. Steve@CJPony

It's $12.00 a month or $99 for the year. They do summer promos for $49 per year in July. You get 6 cars / 6 tracks. All you need is a PC / Laptop and steering wheel. I clamped a G27 ($209) wheel to a coffee table and hooked my PC up to my HDTV (HDMI cable) and I was racing that night. Console games are dead, they are unrealistic and hackers win. In iRacing, it's totally realistic down the pebbles on track, you feel it all in the wheel and drivers win.

Here is race 2 at Daytona Road at night (that's why it's so dark). Jared beat Mike (our two drivers) by 0.022 seconds which is the picture above.

Here is the video of him working it. Race 3 is tonight so I'll post that race too.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WrctNFFWE0

Here is the Continental Endurance Series - Mustang's and Mazda MX-5's which is broadcast live with commentary. Motor Racing Network (MRN) even broadcasts iRacing events. This thing is huge boys and growing, now is the time.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9icrjpHBr34

Here is the iRacing World Champion Road Race at Interlagos.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwD0OLTEQnI&list=PLNMJ_c2cCPTVAlFiHGs7J2kdJ-nF_ztrH

Race 3 at Oultan Park UK went pretty well. Both our drivers started 2nd-Mike Wille and 3rd-Jared Jewell.

Both driver stalked the leader for 12 of 17 laps when Jared bumped Mike in one of the turns. The leader got out to a longer lead and we finished were we started.

However we took over 1st & 2nd in the Championship points.

Video of the race from Jared.
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFmKTB7WsZg


Mustang Season 2 / Week 3- Oultan Park

Both driver's are mentioned in the iRacing News. You do well you're in the news.

http://www.iracing.com/iracingnews/all-news/mustangs-face-hairpin-havoc-at-oulton-park


Mustangs Face Hairpin Havoc at Oulton Park
by Jeff Jacobs on May 20th, 2014
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For the first time the history of the iRacing.com Mustang Challenge, sim-racers took on the “Island Historic” configuration at Oulton Park, which introduced a tight hairpin turn after the fast exit from Turn 3. The new turn challenged the Mustang racers to go from a flat-out 115mph to 30mph for the 180-degree pivot and back to 115mph+ in the other direction. The combination mixed brave late-brakers and those with an itchy throttle foot, bringing opportunities for contact going in and out.
The typical result was a car spun mid-corner facing oncoming traffic or sideways across mid-track, with Mustangs dodging left and right to avoid the victim. Several drivers noted the likelihood for mayhem in a series that otherwise earns lots of praise for clean driving. “This could be checkers or wreckers racing this week,” said Joe Pisciotta Jr. Seemingly unaware of the irony early in the week, Jared Jewell predicted: “Time to polish the chrome horn.” One driver not complaining was “local” boy Antony Woodward: “Ahhh home sweet home! This is my local track. Welcome to Oulton Park Mustang wrestlers, have fun and please take all rubbish/wrecked car parts with you when you leave!”

Brakes glow red as Mike Wille (#7) catches his slide following a tap from Jared Jewell (#3) who then received a tap from Kevin Ford (#2) in a demonstration of the accordion effect seen all week as the Mustang drivers wrestled with the hairpin at Turn 4.


One driver seemingly immune to the havoc behind him was Patrick Bieri, a benefit of his top qualifying time for the week (1:27.355) that allowed him to start from the pole on his way to winning Sunday’s 20:15 GMT Strength-of-Field race. Bieri’s haul of 205 points was the most in Week 3, moving him up to fourth overall in the championship standings. Pressuring Bieri throughout the race was second-place finisher Mike Wille, whose 186 point-consolation prize was enough to make him the overall championship points leader. He takes a 13-point lead over Jared Jewell who led after Week 2. Liam Hackwith holds the third spot in the overall standings, followed by Bieri and Kevin Ford.

Patrick Bieri (#1) set the qualifying World Record and won Sunday’s SOF race to claim the most points in Week 3.

As these were the first official laps for the Mustang series on this configuration, two drivers established new world record qualifying and race laps. After setting a new race lap record in Week 2 at Daytona, Kevin Ford repeated the feat by setting the race lap record on Oulton Park’s Island Historic configuration with a 1:27.536. Bieri’s time of 1:27.356 set the qualifying record.
By the time Week 3 came to a close, 99 sim-racers had taken the grid in at least one of the 15 official races at Oulton Park. Twelve different drivers came away with wins, with the most checkered flags claimed by Kevin Ford who took three wins out of the seven races he entered (also making him the top participant for the week). In the Rookie Division, current leader Philip Lake extended his considerable lead in the division championship being the only Rookie Division driver to make at least one start in each of the first three weeks of Season 2.

Liam Hackwith took the win in Friday’s SOF race on Oulton Park’s Island Historic configuration.

Week 4 returns the Mustangs to a favorite – Watkins Glen International’s Boot configuration. Sim-racers love winding out the pony car’s V8 through the hills of The Glen along with the thrilling challenges for position going into the chicane. Typically drawing the most drivers of any track on the schedule, last season saw 365 competitors run at least one race during the week at the The Glen. Everyone will find the track map, lap guide, video laps and other helpful information in the Series Forum

iRacing is web based and used by a PC only. Most new laptops and PC's can run iRacing. The requirements are decent now.

We used a GoPro in Week 3. We lowered the video so you can see more shifting and feet work. Should we put the GoPro on his head.

In the video I guess you can hear our strategy with 6 laps to go. I need to talk in code next time. We were going to use a bumper if needed but after Jared touched Mike (orange car in front of us) the leader got away. Only Jared can hear me though (team radio).