Haapala looks to clinch 3rd in DWC!

August 9th, 2010
Ilkka Haapala put in a strong run Saturday finishing 2nd to try and crawl his way into the 3rd overall spot in iRacing's Driver's World Championship. The final podium spot will pay out $3,000.00 in cash, so the battle won't be an easy one. Especially since Haapala does not have any more races he can drop for the remainder of the season. Ilkka is battling it out with Ben Cornett from Team Redline, and after Ilkka's performance on Saturday, the two are now level in the championship. It should be an exciting rest of the season between Haapala and Cornet for that final podium spot.

Here is some  of what Ilkka had to say after his performance on Saturday:

"Ben leapfrogged us both in the pits, but couple of later he lost his momentum approaching a lapped car and I was able to sneak by. We had an awesome battle from there on, most fun I've had all season. All three of us did a good job holding our lines and was thinking to myself during the race that this must look nice in the broadcast. Those two and three wide moments are what road racing is all about, great stuff. After second pitstops it was just Richard and myself as Ben had a slower stop. Was happy I managed to hold on to second position and first podium of the season feels nice".

Chris Sommerfeld sweeps the MIRL

July 26th, 2010
For the second season in a row, Chris Sommerfeld has claimed all three championships in the MNRL's MIRL Cart Factor series. Chris was able to control the race at the famed Suzuka circuit, taking a 45 second victory to clinch the Road Course championship, as well as the Overall championship. Sommerfeld then went on to claim the Oval Championship the next week at California with a 3rd place finish (0.120 sec behind).