All News: Mitchell deJong

Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup Race Preview: Montreal

February 25th, 2021 by

“Time flies when you’re having fun,” according to an old saying, and it’s a fair adage to apply to the 2021 Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup. For one, compressing the schedule by a few months has certainly accelerated the pace of the championship, as Saturday’s race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve already marks the start of … Read the Rest »

Keegan Leahy Scores First eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series Win of 2021 at Homestead

February 24th, 2021 by

Two years ago, Keegan Leahy was part of one of the most exciting finishes in eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series history at Homestead-Miami Speedway, although he ended up crossing the finish line second. On Tuesday night, the 23XI driver wasn’t involved in quite the same photo finish opportunity, but he had to be happier about the … Read the Rest »

eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series Race Preview: Homestead

February 23rd, 2021 by

Homestead-Miami Speedway will always hold a special place in eNASCAR lore. It’s where Zack Novak took the 2019 championship in a photo finish with Keegan Leahy in the first-ever nationally televised eNASCAR points race, and it’s where Nick Ottinger became eNASCAR’s first $100,000 champion last fall. It’s also where Denny Hamlin battled Dale Earnhardt Jr. … Read the Rest »

Rogers Benefits From Last-Lap Tussle in Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup Feature at Road Atlanta

February 22nd, 2021 by

Saturday looked to be the day that Mitchell deJong, one of iRacing’s most well-rounded World Championship drivers and a three-year veteran of the Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup, finally scored his first victory in the prestigious series at Road Atlanta. Until it wasn’t. In a heartbreaker for both drivers, last-lap contact between deJong and Kevin … Read the Rest »

Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup Race Preview: Road Atlanta

February 19th, 2021 by

The Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup rolls into the halfway point of its season with its lone visit to the United States on Saturday, as Road Atlanta makes its return to the schedule for the fifth round in the 10-race championship. The Braselton, Georgia-based circuit made its series debut last year, with 2019 series champion … Read the Rest »

Conti Kicks Off 2021 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series Season With Daytona Win

February 9th, 2021 by

18 years to the day after his boss, Dale Earnhardt Jr., won the NASCAR Cup Series Shootout at Daytona International Speedway, JR Motorsports driver Michael Conti marked the occasion by putting a different red #8 Chevrolet in victory lane. For Conti, though, Monday night’s triumph may have had bigger implications. By winning the first eNASCAR … Read the Rest »

eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series Race Preview: Daytona

February 8th, 2021 by

The wait is over: 40 of the top iRacers in the world finally take the green flag on the 2021 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series season tonight at Daytona International Speedway. And after multiple years of explosive growth across the series (and sim racing as a whole), what we see on track tonight just may foreshadow … Read the Rest »

Job Scores Second Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup Win of 2021 at Silverstone

February 7th, 2021 by

Sebastian Job’s quest to score his second consecutive Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup title is back on track after Saturday. Job became the first repeat winner of both the 2021 season, and in the series’ history at Silverstone Circuit, when he took the checkered flag in the feature race in spite of an early-race incident … Read the Rest »

Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup Race Preview: Silverstone

February 4th, 2021 by

Three races into the Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup season, Joshua Rogers is in control of the championship. The question now is, does anybody have what it takes to wrestle it away from him? Saturday’s visit to Silverstone Circuit will go a long way towards finding out the answer. A mainstay of the series schedule … Read the Rest »

Clampitt, Ottinger Go 1-2 for William Byron eSports in eNASCAR Clash at Daytona

February 2nd, 2021 by

.013 seconds was all that separated new William Byron eSports teammates Logan Clampitt and Nick Ottinger from one another in Monday night’s eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series Clash at Daytona International Speedway. The annual non-points exhibition and unofficial kickoff to the 2021 campaign went into overtime after a number of cautions, as drivers looked to dial … Read the Rest »