Club
Mass Proves They Can Turn Right As Well As Left
Daniel Rowe - 13-Aug-2009
On Wednesday,
August 12th, 2009 Club Massachusetts competed again in the
weekly
Face-to-Face Club Competitions presented by
Jax Coffee.
Club Massachusetts had a total of 6 Drivers turn out to show
that Club Massachusetts could turn right as well as they
could left against Club West in the Skip Barber RT2000 at
Virginia International Raceway (Full Configuration). Club
Massachusetts drivers finished 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th, 9th, and
10th across two of the three heats for the race, giving a
total of 23 points, against Club West's 67 points.
Congratulations to Ryan Field for taking home Club
Massachusetts lone victory this week. Full Results are
below.
Next Week Club Massachussetts tries to keep the perfect
season alive against Club Ohio in what is scheduled to be
another road course showdown.
Club Mass Week 2 Totals
1st- Ryan Field
2nd- Robert Latuga
5th- JP Smith
6th- Mark Royer
9th- James Locke
10th- Daniel Rowe
23 points
Club Comptition:
Week 2 Results
Week 1 Results
Standings
Schedule
Heat 1 Race Results
Heat 2 Race Results
Heat 3 Race Results
Massachussetts iRacers Win First Face to Face Club
Competition Race
Daniel Rowe - 07-Aug-2009
Club
Massachusetts had a strong start to the first ever
Face-to-Face Club Competitions presented by
Jax Coffee
this week. Hosted by
iRacerstuff.com,
with the help of club Massachusetts own Mark Royer, six
clubs will face-off against each other through a ten week
schedule, followed by a 3 week brackets-playoff, to
determine the inaugural
iRacerstuff.com
Face to Face Club Series champion.
The First week showcased late models at USA Speedway. Club
Massachusetts was matched against Club Illinois to see who
would start the season on a good note. Fifty laps of intense
late model action, and 5 different race splits later, Club
Massachusetts proved the victor, by a score of 16 to 61, low
score winning. In fact, Club Massachusetts managed the
lowest score of the entire week with two wins, a second,
fifth, and seventh.
Club Massachusetts had nine drivers turnout to secure the
victory over Illinois. The drivers are listed below
with their finishing position.
1st- Kevin V Turcotte
1st- Thomas Mackey
2nd- Mark Royer
5th- Mark Surprenant
7th- Daniel Rowe
8th- Alan Pontbriand
9th- JP Smith
9th- Adam Goldberg
11th- Scott Freeman
Next Wednesday Club Massachusetts faces off against Club
West in the Skip Barber at Virginia International Raceway
- Long configuration, at 10:15 PM EDT, so get your Club
Massachusetts road racing buddies and help Club
Massachusetts secure another victory!
Club Mass To
Visit iRacing.com
Mark Royer - 05-Aug-2009
Arrangements
have been completed with Steve Potter of
iRacing.comTM
and Club Massachusetts is scheduled for a visit to the
iRacing offices in Bedford, Massachusetts on Wednesday,
August 26th at 3PM ET. The visit will include a tour of the
iRacing facility and a meeting with Dave Kaemmer to discuss
heretofore undisclosed topics of "keen interest to club
members". It should be a very interesting visit.
The visit is limited to 12 club members on a
first-come-first-serve basis. Respond in
this forum thread if you wish to go.
Club Mass
On the Podium - 2009
Season 2
Mark Royer - 28-Jul-2009
Club
Massachusetts placed a number of drivers on the podium for
overall iRacing Global honors in various divisions (the left column
below).
The right column is the results of the internal Club
Massachusetts competition. Nice job to all
participants!
Club Massachusetts Shines, Rain or Rain
iRacing.com Staff - 08-Jul-2009
- Reprinted from the iRacing Member Site.
It
was among the
coolest, dampest Junes on record in
Massachusetts. Given that
Club
Massachusetts is running neck and neck with
Connecticut for fifth (aka last) in the
Northeastern Region standings of the
World
Cup of iRacing, you could say their
performance reflects the weather. But the local
weather hasn’t dampened Club Massachusetts’
enthusiasm for the World Cup of iRacing; nor did it
prevent the club from staging a
Bar-B-Q and
simulator-building party at the home of
Ray
Bryden, in Holden, MA in June.
In addition to the unique simulator-building
exercise (more on that later), the
party
was a
first for all the iRacers in attendance.
“Not a single one of us had ever seen each other
before the party,” explains
Mark
Royer, Manager of Club Massachusetts. “Some
of us have gotten to know each other online through
iRacing and other race simulators, but this was the
first time any of us met one another
face-to-face.
“We’ve been trying to build a sense of
community within the club, but it’s hard when
the focus of our activities is online. It’s not like
we’re fishing buddies or even a group of friends who
physically get together to attend races. So we have
to make a special effort to get people from an
online community together. The good thing is
you’re never more than three hours away from someone
in Massachusetts, so it’s a little easier for us
than
Club South America or
Australia!”
In addition to the Bar-B-Q, the get-together focused
on “Cockpits
for Humanity,” the Club’s tongue-in-cheek
title for their effort to build simulators for
members in need of
quality SIM-space. Using plans provided by
Jeff
Strong, their own
power
tools and a hefty quantity of
MDF,
the members completed all the prep work (cutting,
routing, sanding) for two simulators at the party.
Two members took the pieces home. At last report,
one of the SIMs has been assembled and needs only a
coat of paint before it’s ready for action.
Royer considers the Bar-B-Q and SIM-building party a
success and says Club Massachusetts is looking to
stage another group event in the near future, be it
a visit to
F1
Boston’s indoor kart track,
Seekonk Speedway (the state’s only
operational auto racing facility) or perhaps even a
visit to the iRacing.com mother ship in
Bedford, just outside of Boston.
Meanwhile, there’s the lingering issue of Club
Massachusetts’ performance in the World Cup of
iRacing standings. In order to qualify for the
inaugural round of this unique global, team-style
competition, a club must win first at least one of
the four 12-week-long
Regional Season Club Championships
(RSCC) staged each year. Clubs that win one
or more RSCCs advance to the
Regional Annual Club Championship (RACC) to
determine the year’s top club in each region. The
regional champions then meet in the
World
Cup of iRacing Final to compete for trophies,
prizes and, of course, the honor of being crowned
World
Cup of iRacing Champions.
Given that Club Massachusetts placed
fifth in the Northeastern Region standings in
2009 Season 1, and that they are trailing
Club
New York by some 10,000 points in Season 2,
they will have to enjoy a
remarkable turnaround in Season 3 or 4 to
qualify for the RACC, slated for January 26-31,
2010.
Not that Royer is defensive, but he suggests there’s
more than meets the eye to the situation.
“Don’t click on ‘All
Series,’” he laughs. “Click on ‘Late
Models.’ We’re first in Late Models!”
Like a growing number of iRacing regions, Club
Massachusetts has its own
web
site to augment the iRacing members site in
keeping track of local activities and even promoting
future get-togethers like the
Bar-B-Q/SIM-building party. At their next
gathering, perhaps Club Massachusetts can devise a
way to transfer some of that Late Model form to “All
Series.”
To view photos of the Club Mass Bar-B-Q/SIM building
party, visit their website: www.iracingclubmass.com
Club Mass
Bar-B-Que - 2009
Mark Royer - 21-Jun-2009
The rain threatened all day but held off and we all had a
great time yacking, eating and building cockpits. Little did
Dan Rowe and Saleem know that "cockpits for humanity" really
meant build your own cockpit. In true motorsports fashion,
our BBQ ignored the nice lawn and pool out back in favor of
the asphalt drive and cement garage.
Thanks to Ray Bryden for hosting the event and Jeff Strong
for leading the cockpit building effort. And thanks to all
the guys to made the trek to Holden to make the event a
success.
To those who couldn't make it, we'll see ya next time!
Photos
click here.
Bar-B-Que Time
Mark Royer - 07-Jun-2009
Club Massachusetts is holding it's first get-together in the
form of a Bar-B-Que. We will probably set up a couple
wheels/pedals and give some live-action sim-racing a go as
well. We may possibly even build a cockpit.
So, if you're interested in attending check this thread in
the Club Mass forums for details:
http://members.iracing.com/iforum/thread.jspa?threadID=39635&tstart=0
Florida
Challenges Massachusetts
Mark Royer - 26-May-2009
The southern gentlemen of Club Florida have challenged Club
Massachusetts to a first-of-it's-kind-on-iRacing,
face-to-face club duel.
Florida vs. Massachusetts - North/South Grudge Match
Winner takes all bragging rights
Two races:
Daytona – Nationwide
Lowes RC Full – Ford Spec Racer
For details and times, go to your Club Massachusetts forums:
Click Here.
Don't let the South rise again!!!
Announcements, Hints and Rumors
Raymond Bryden - 23-May-2009
My research on the big iRacing announcements:
Click here.
NASCAR is Here.
Racing.comTM
Press Release - 16-May-2009
CONCORD, NC (May 16, 2009) - NASCAR and iRacing.com
Motorsport Simulations announced today that the two
organizations are joining forces to create a
NASCAR-sanctioned online racing series, a new competition
division that will be licensed by NASCAR and organized and
hosted by iRacing. Beginning early in 2010, NASCAR fans
anywhere in the world will be able to log onto the internet
and compete against one another, as well as a number of
NASCAR drivers, in an official NASCAR series featuring
digital duplicates of real-world NASCAR cars and tracks in
the most realistic NASCAR racing environment ever created.
More...
New Cars, New Tracks, New
Build - and Club Logos.
Mark Royer - 28-April-2009
The new build is here and includes a ton of new updates
including the NASCAR Nationwide car, the Spec Racer Ford,
Talladega, Texas, Road Atlanta, physics updates, spotter
additions and on an on. Details on the
main member website.
Spotted... Club Mass Logo on
new Spec Racer Ford at Road Atlanta!
Mark Royer - 26-April-2009
Club members Ryan Field and Daniel Rowe spotted this picture
of the new Spec Racer Ford at Road Atlanta sporting the Club
Massachusetts logo. The car, track and ability to
apply club logos to your vehicles will all be available in
the next software build from
Racing.comTM
scheduled for release this coming Tuesday (April 28th).
Club Mass Store - Open For
Business
Mark Royer - 04-April-2009
Club Massachusetts T-Shirts, Mugs, Bumper Stickers, Hats and
other stuff are now available at our store front on Cafe
Press:
http://www.cafepress.com/iRacingClubMass
These items are offered at rock bottom Cafe Press prices.
Club Mass collects no revenue from sales of this stuff.
We've been given the green light from Brian Simpson that our
logo will appear exactly as Sam Dobie submitted it. No
changes are necessary to make it fit on the cars.
BEDFORD, MA (March 31, 2009)
iRacing.com
has been named title sponsor of the American Speed
Association's 2009 Northwest Late Model Tour. The
sponsorship program includes the iRacing.com Hard
Charger contingency program, which will reward
competitors in the Northwest-U.S. based stock car series
who display exceptional driving at each event on the
11-race schedule.
Following a rain postponement, the
iRacing.com ASA Northwest Late Model Tour is scheduled
to kick off its season Saturday, May 2nd at Wenatchee
Valley's Super Oval in Wenatchee, WA.
"All of us at ASA are pleased to welcome iRacing.com to
the Northwest Late Model Tour," said Scott Ellsworth,
the tour's director. "This is a collaboration that will
benefit both of our organizations and most of all the
racers who compete in our events. The addition of
iRacing helps complete a package that features the best
drivers, teams and officials." [more...]
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