What am I of all people doing trying to write a bloggy thing? I struggle to sharpen a pencil and now I want to write stuff.. Well I have a lot to say about the things that interest me. Mainly my passion for iRacing and the pleasure I get from sitting in my living room…
Greetings Sim lovers this week we are at Silverstone in Northamptonshire for another round of this cracking series. My team Result Clothing; in various guises, has a strong presence in the TCR competition and supporting my team and the excellent Stream by the Backfire team of Clyde Bill Sam and Ryan is a highlight of…
Greetings and Salutations my Sim loving friends and welcome to Imola! So I have been pondering how to present a race when I have actually been taking part. Unfortunately I have been devoid of inspiration and have decide to just carry on in my usual ermm..style? These events are a different kettle of fish to…
After a not particularly well earned break hoping for Santa to hop down the chimney and with a ‘Happy New Year’ to my avid readers..I am back in the groove for the Oulton Park race. I very much enjoy this place to drive around; it is a classic English circuit with tasty corner’s to lurch…
Greetings and welcome to the 3rd season of this exiting motor challenge. As you can see from the mammoth intro there have been a few changes since the end of the last season. EDF Motorsports have come aboard as a major sponsor which is great news for everyone from fans like me, to the drivers…
Is it really 12 weeks? Crikey how the time flies when you are enjoying yourself. Over those weeks my interest in this league has grown, and continues to do so. In a series like this you have the time to get to know the drivers and they have the time to get to know one…
Well about time Alan! Late in the day due to circumstances beyond my control; but here we are. As this great series is coming towards the end of the current season there are still doubts about eventual outcomes, with pride and passion making for competitive races. So Suzuka.. a track I enjoy; but then I…
Greetings and welcome to England for the next round of the series. Oulton Park is a well beloved track with a layout that on the surface should give the agile Porsche 718 Cayman a leg-up against the sheer power of the M4 Beemer. In recent weeks the dominance of Andrew Hopley driving the BMW has…
Here we are in the familiar environs of Sebring Raceway. Following Our visit here with the Backfire/VRA series for the GT4 /TCR’s last Wednesday and the 24 Hours of Sebring event with GTE’s mixing it up with the LMP2 cars ending just 4 hours before the start of things here this evening. With some drivers…
This weeks instalment of the Backfire GT4/TCR Series is arriving from the famously bumpy and occasionally roasting Sebring International Raceway. Located in Florida the track makes up for it’s lack of gradient with a barrage of technical corners and surface changes. It’s a great place to race with braking zones offering overtaking opportunities and places…
The people at Backfire SimSports have asked me to try my hand at writing up a race or two for them so here we go. One must understand I’m not in any way a professional writer.. oh no! I’m not even sure I rate amateur. But I do love Sim Racing. Both behind a wheel…