![]() What followed is a relatively quiet period for the field, a few lead changes all around and a couple spins as drivers struggled to get to grips with Turn 6. This resulted in him shattering his suspension and causing him to, once again, go head-on into the barrier at turn 6. ![]() On the 10th lap of the race, Nicholas Maynard in the No 171 HundredForce Dallara P217 prototype went head on into the barrier into turn 5, having out-braking himself passed a Porsche GT3. ![]() Immediately after this incident, another incident put Darren Mowbray of SimHQ motorsports in the wall after making contact with the No 56 CanAm racing team Lamborghini heading into the bus stop. Thomas Fisher successfully nursed his broken car back to the pits and took their one and only fast repair, emerging 1:24s behind the leaders. One more car made contact with the No 26 but successfully returned to the pits. Thomas Fisher, driver for Champion Motorsports Pro, was overtaking a GT3 at the time and was stuck on the outside, unable to avoid the stricken Sikdar, he aimed for a gap between the car and wall, but hit both, breaking his left front suspension. Peter Sikdar looked to the inside of the No 69 We Too Fast Motorsports car, who then spun his tyres, collecting and spinning Sikdar. The first sign of trouble was noted at just under the 10 minute mark, when RD Simsport II in the No 26 BMW LMDh machine spun out of turn 6. Once the race began, all was calm for the first few laps. The rest of the field was separated by 2.3 seconds which, given the slipstream effect at Daytona, will yield some close racing up and down the class. The No 101 Tempus Simsport followed closely in second place by a tenth of a second. ![]() In GT3, Steve Melo took pole for RD Simsport in his No 258 BMW M4 GT3 machine. With the rest of the LMP2 field split by two seconds, Tempus was certainly the favorites heading into race day on Sunday. In the P2 class, Tempus Simsport took pole in the No 92 with a time of 1:34.549, a massive seven tenths ahead of closest rivals SimHQ in their No 15 Dallara P217. With margins this small, it was sure to be a fantastic race in between all members of the class. The rest of the top eight were separated by a tiny margin of just three tenths of a second. The No 66 Penguin R/C Simulation took pole in LMDh with a time of 1:31.03, a tenth of a second ahead of second place Obsidian Racing in their No 13 BMW. This new class replaces the outgoing Daytona Prototype class, completing the lap just a few seconds faster than its predecessor. Starting at the head of the action was the LMDh class driving the brand new BMW v8 Hybrids. With a fantastic grid of 38 cars taking the green flag, the field set off for three hours of intense action around the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. The 5th of March marked the date for the opening race of the 2023 iRacing Team endurance championship (iRTES). The racing never stops in 2023 as CMS and the Team Endurance Series in iRacing headed to the high speed and legendary circuit of Daytona.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |