Le Mans

Rev It Up Racing eSports Team drivers Jeremiah Morton, Jack Godden & Thomas Pendergrass have come home in Position 5, after a hard fought 6 Hours of Road America.

The iRacing Endurance Le Mans Series Season Opener (For Season 4 of 2019) got underway with a strong start from Thomas Pendergrass (USA), before getting pushed into the fence at the fastest corner on the circuit. After a stop for repairs, the job was handed to Jeremiah Morton (AUS) and Jack Godden (UK), to salvage a result.

Strong, consistent driving from all 3 drivers enabled a result of 5th – a great salvage after an unavoidable incident.

Round 2 will be from the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya – a brand new track to the iRacing service.

Another season of iRacing competition is complete. For one group of drivers, it was the first season as the re branded Rev It Up Racing eSports Team.

After 12 weeks of tough racing, the Championship Results are in! Highlights for the team include 3 drivers in the Top 10 of the Endurance Standings, and 3 drivers in the Top 50 of the Solo Standings, including a fantastic 2nd place for Jeremiah Morton.

Full Team Results:

iRacing Endurance Le Mans Series (227 Drivers)

4th – Jeremiah Morton

7th – Jackson Freer

8th – Mia Ott

98th – Clint Smith

123rd – Thomas Pendergrass

141st – Sean Grimmond

141st – Benn Anthony

iRacing Le Mans Series (1070 Drivers)

2nd – Jeremiah Morton

19th – Clint Smith

45th – Jackson Freer

111th – Mia Ott

404th – Jack Godden

545th – Nicholas Crofton

579th – Benn Anthony

636th – Thomas Pendergrass

Rev It Up Racing eSports Team drivers Jeremiah Morton & Corey Ott salvaged a 5th position in the iELMS 6 Hours of Nurburgring, after a tough and hard fought race.

Following a dramatic stint by Corey Ott, that saw 58 incident points racked up (out of a maximum of 60), Morton was charged with the near-impossible task of driving for 3 hours, with only 1 incident point in the bank before disqualification.

And he did it!

Driving on his tip toes for 3 hours, Morton managed to only pick up the single incident point, to bring the car home in 5th, with 59/60 incident points recorded. Team-mate, Clint Smith, hailed it as Morton’s “best drive of the year” – which says a lot.

Meanwhile, in the #002 B Car, Cedric Finsac & Nicholas Crofton started their first endurance race for the season. Unfortunately the pair had to retire the car about 1 hour into the race.

The team moves onto Daytona this week for solo racing, before heading to Spa-Francorchamps next weekend for the last 24 Hour race of the year!

Rev It Up Racing eSports Team drivers Jeremiah Morton & Corey Ott have started the new season of LMP2 racing just as they finished the last, winning the iELMS 6 Hours of Monza!

Commanding drives from the #001 pair saw them take the lead, and control the entire back half of the race, eventually winning by a full lap in the Top Split.

Meanwhile, in the second split, Car B #002 drivers Thomas Pendergrass & Jackson Freer fought hard to pick up 2nd place at the end of 6 Hours of racing. Both drivers were reasonably happy with the result, but pointed out flaws in their own respective performances that cost them a chance at the victory.

Car C #003 was driven by Sean Grimmond & Benn Anthony, and an impressive, rock solid race from both drivers saw them picking up the final step on the second split podium!

The team will enjoy a week of solo-only racing, before heading to the Nurburgring for the next 6 Hour iELMS endurance race in two weeks.

After 23 Hours of racing, 22 seconds split Car A of the Rev It Up Racing eSports Team from the leaders at the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans. After solid driving by the all-Australian squad of Corey Ott, Clint Smith & Jackson Freer, the task of closing the gap was on the shoulders of Jeremiah Morton.

Lap after lap Morton closed the gap, and when both cars had made their final Pit Stops, there was just 1 second between 1st & 2nd, with 25 Minutes remaining! Morton made a move for the lead and started to build a small gap, before the smallest of mistakes would prove costly. A ‘slow down’ penalty coming onto the Mulsanne Straight allowed the #20 car to retake the lead, triggering a close battle into the following corners. Braking late and sliding across the apex, Morton was just tagged by the #20 car as it went back past. It seemed the battle would continue into the final 10 minutes, but the slightest of touches caused damage to the rear wing, and Morton was no longer able to stay in the fight. The Rev It Up Racing eSports Team car A came home in 2nd place, 7 seconds shy of a dream Le Mans victory.

“I’m sorry guys,” a despondent Morton explained to his team mates, “I made a mistake, ran too deep and then they (Car #20) came through and [there was] contact to my rear, then I had no grip because of rear damage.”

Despite eventually losing the race in the heat of battle, the entire team performed extremely well to be in with a chance during the final laps, and proved once again that they are one of the strongest teams in the LMP2 class.

Meanwhile, Car B #002 brought their HPD home with a rock solid Top 10 finish, after a challenging 24 Hours of racing! A few incidents – some at fault and some caused by others, forced a little more time spent in the Pit Lane than ideal. However, the squad of Jack Godden, Sean Grimmond, Christopher Norton, Sam Doecke & Kristofer Foster produced a strong, committed & hard fought race to secure a Top 10 result.

This race concludes a fantastic Season 2 of 2019 for the team, taking a two week break before returning for an exciting full season of Endurance Racing!