All News: Justin Sutton
(Se)bring It On
January 30th, 2015 by Jaime Baker
Over three dozen sim-racers from the UK&I Skip Barber League took to the grid at Sebring for the sixth round of the season. Wojciech Swirydowicz took pole position with a 2:24.747 with championship leader Sebastian Job and also Simon Povey behind him as the only other drivers to dip into the 2:24s during the 20 … Read the Rest »
The Rowdy Roval
January 26th, 2015 by Jaime Baker
After four races of the UK&I Skip Barber League’s first season in 2015 it was Sebastian Job who topped the points standings as Graham Carroll slipped to fourth at Mosport. The fifth round of the season headed to a notoriously exciting and dangerous track, for a 21 lap race of the r-oval with South Oval … Read the Rest »
Mosport Thrills for Skippies
January 21st, 2015 by Jaime Baker
A field of nearly three dozen sim-racers sat on the grid for the 16 lap race at Mosport prior to what would be one of the hardest fought races seen recently. Paul F. Grillo took pole position with a 1:32.731, just two and a half hundredths quicker than Wojciech Swirydwocz. Simon Povey sat in third … Read the Rest »
Tactics — and Ward — Reign Supreme at COTA
January 9th, 2015 by Jaime Baker
The Circuit of the Americas Grand Prix layout played host to the third round of the season for the UK&I Skip Barber league. The nearly 3.5 mile circuit took roughly two and a half minutes to complete for the F2000s, so a ten lap race was in store for the sim-racers. Sebastian Job took pole … Read the Rest »
The Skippy Suzuka West Shocker
January 6th, 2015 by Jaime Baker
The second round of the UK&I Skip Barber League’s first season of 2015 ventured to a track layout not seen in recent times for a 16 lap race of the Suzuka West layout. The western half of the legendary Suzuka circuit features the infamous 130R along with Spoon Curve and also Kamui Kobayashi’s favorite overtaking … Read the Rest »
UK&I Skip Barber Kicks Off 2015 in Style
December 29th, 2014 by Jaime Baker
The opening round of the UK&I Skip Barber League’s first season in 2015 landed in Okayama for a 14 lap race of the full circuit, one that has proven to be a thriller in seasons past. Taking the first pole position of 2015 was Simon Povey, but he shared the front row with Sebastian Job. … Read the Rest »
Marc Mercer, Seven Times a Champion
December 17th, 2014 by Jaime Baker
With a 100% bonafide UK&I Skip Barber League championship on the line, the circus returned to Zandvoort for a 13 lap race of the Grand Prix layout to determine the final champion of 2014. After the sim racing thrills at Barber Motorsports Park the only championship contenders still remaining were Marc Mercer with 108 points … Read the Rest »
Season’s Swan Song at Sonoma
December 16th, 2014 by Jaime Baker
The final week of the first season with the Team GT3 Challenge landed at the tricky Sonoma Raceway for another 60 minute sim racing enduro on the Long Layout. On the front row for the big SOF race were Massimo Erra of GT World and Joonas Savolainen in the Putkarit Racing BMW. Heading to the … Read the Rest »
Barbers Battle at Barber
December 8th, 2014 by Jaime Baker
With only two races remaining in the truncated Season 4 of 2014, the UK&I Skip Barber League made the short journey from Road America to Barber Motorsports Park for a 15 lap sprint. Last time out Marc Mercer grabbed the championship by the horns and lept ahead of Dominic Brennan with 83 points to Brennan’s … Read the Rest »
Team GT3 Soars at Suzuka
December 5th, 2014 by Jaime Baker
Week Five of the Team GT3 Challenge took to the serpentine Suzuka circuit, and saw a return to the one hour race length seen in Weeks 1,2 and 3. Taking the front row for the rolling start were Angelo Peter in the Trinity-Motorsports.de BMW Z4 with the familiar RUF of GT World piloted by Massimo … Read the Rest »