All News: Richard Avery

Skip Barber 2k World Cup – Round 12 at Monza

September 14th, 2015 by

Entering the final week of the Skip Barber 2k World Cup, Richard Avery has already wrapped-up the championship. He gets to do a victory lap here while others fight for the final podium and top 10 standings. Standings, results and links to video replays can be found at http://2kworldcup.com/ Qualifying At Monza qualifying is not … Read the Rest »

Skip Barber 2k World Cup Round 11: Oran Park

September 2nd, 2015 by

Heading down the home stretch of the season, the Skip Barber 2k World Cup is at Oran Park this week.  The championship is still up for grabs by a few people, but could be decided in this race.   Richard Avery held a 14 point lead over Vinicius Rocha, with Philippe Leybaert and Ricardo Faria still … Read the Rest »

Skip Barber 2k World Cup Round 10: Spa

August 25th, 2015 by

Entering week 10 of the Skip Barber 2k World Cup, there is still a real battle for the championship.  Richard Avery held a 21 point lead over Vinicius Rocha and a 22 point lead over Ricardo Faria. Close on their heels was Philippe Leybaert a further 21 points back. This set the stage for a … Read the Rest »

The Wall of Champions Shocker

February 16th, 2015 by

The eighth round of the UK&I Skip Barber League’s first season in 2015 took place at Montreal’s legendary Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.  Championship leader Sebastian Job took pole position for the second race running with his nearest points rival Tom Ward sharing the front row with him, while Rob Cain took an impressive third in qualifying. … Read the Rest »

(Se)bring It On

January 30th, 2015 by

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 »

Mosport Thrills for Skippies

January 21st, 2015 by

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 »

UK&I Skippy Season Opener at Mosport

November 12th, 2014 by

The opening race for the truncated fourth season of 2014 for the UK&I Skip Barber League headed to Canadian Tire Motorsport Park for a 16 lap sprint.  Many of the usual suspects returned, including former champion Marcus Hamilton, who qualified in fourth position for his first race back with the league since Sebring where he … Read the Rest »

Vaz Zaps IndyCar Field at Phillip Island

October 27th, 2014 by

Coming into Week 11 of the iRacing IndyCar Road Series, Jeffrey Rietveld had all but locked-up his title. It would take the incredible turn of event to overturn his authority on the championship. As such, he was not in attendance to the broadcast SOF race. In that race, Joao Vaz was on pole, followed by … Read the Rest »

More Thrills at Summit Point

October 23rd, 2014 by

The UK&I Skip Barber League has had an exciting history with Summit Point.  The two-mile track has produced some of the best sim racing I’ve personally witnessed from the drivers in this league. So it was with considerable degree of anticipation that well over two-dozen F2000s lined up on the Start/Finish straight of the West … Read the Rest »

Less is More

October 14th, 2014 by

With a grid of only 15 sim-racers to do battle over the 3.4 mile long Circuit of the Americas you’d expect a relatively tame event for the UK&I Skip Barber League, but the ten lap sprint proved to be anything but tame.  In qualifying it was two-time race winner Sebastian Job who stamped his authority … Read the Rest »