Trans Tasman Racing

Trans Tasman Racing – 2012 V8 Supercars Online Series Launch Trans Tasman Racing launched their cars today from Round 1’s venue, Okayama. The driver line up will remain the same within the team. Madison Down, Troy Cox and Josh Muggleton will once again head the V8 Supercars Online Series line up with Wayne Cullen, Wayne Tolley, Tony Autridge and Beau Cubis also racing but not as regularly. The Trans Tasman Racing Falcons have been completely revamped after 1 year of running the famous TT-R livery that took Down to 3 championship wins in 2011. However, unlike previous seasons, not all  [ Read More ]

The ‘V8 Supercars iRacing championship presented by BigPond’ runs across a twelve week format which roughly ends up as four seasons in a year. Although we are now in a new calendar year, the final season of 2011 still has two races left to run and it couldn’t be much closer between rivals Madison Down, Mitchell McLeod and Rens Broekman. Down currently leads the championship on 1898 points, only 77 points ahead of McLeod as the two share race wins from one week to another. Broekman although behind by just under 100 points, the dropping worst round rule could easily  [ Read More ]

Round 2 of the Intel GT Series saw Luke McLean (Aus/NZ) emerge as the overall winner in the week-long competition to qualify for the Africa/Asia/Australia Regional Finals. McLean came out on top of nearly 200 iRacers during the week of online racing featuring the HPD-ARX01C at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. For his efforts, McLean wins an Intel Core i5 Processor and Motherboard, along with $50 of iRacing credit. Along with the other 19 top finishers in Round 2 of the Intel GT Series, McLean now moves on to the Regional Finals, which has been rescheduled for Saturday, January 7, 2011 at  [ Read More ]

The iRacing V8 Supercars series headed to the historic Brands Hatch for race 7 of the series. Just past the half way point of the series and the competitors definitely turned it on for the fans. Qualifying was once again a close affair. Mitchell McLeods took pole by less than a thousandth of a second ahead of nfinity eSports teammate Rens Broekman who also qualified with a 1:26.122. Trans Tasman Racing’s Madison Down was a close 3rd with a 1:26.202. Troy Cox qualified 10th and Wayne Tolley 11th respectively just half a second behind the pole sitter. Madison Down got  [ Read More ]

The iRacing V8 Supercars series headed to Suzuka for race 6, mid point of the season and the field is once again out to catch Madison Down. Down took pole with a 2:03.511, Rens Broekman along side while Mitchell McLeod sat behind Down in 3rd. Down got a great start and led the field easily into turn one followed by Broekman, while Richard Hamstead got a good start from 4th and looked on the inside of Broekman for turn one, Broekman defended heavily forcing Hamstead out of the move but was in a good position to at least grab third  [ Read More ]

The iRacing V8 Supercars were back at their home circuit Phillip Island for race 4 of the final 2011 season jumping into endurance mode. Madison Down started from pole, a number of places ahead of the previous qualifying result with a 1:30.571, Mitchell McLeod beside him on the front row with a 30.671 and Shane van Gisbergen right behind on 30.686, Simon Madden and Rens Broekman completing the top 5 qualifiers. Down led the field into turn one and immediately was looking to make a gap on his fellow race contenders knowing that his tyre wear wasn’t up to par  [ Read More ]

The iRacing V8 Supercars series heads back to Watkins Glen, the same US circuit that greets the NASCAR series for one of their limited road races in the season. The fast paced circuit is a favourite among most drivers, the high speed corners and long straights suiting the high powered V8’s. Mitchell McLeod took pole position with a 1:10.885, followed by Rens Broekman, Richard Hamstead and Madison Down starting in 4th. McLeod easily leads through turn one while Broekman follows in 2nd, Down taking an outside line to run alongside Hamstead which sets him up to take the podium spot through the  [ Read More ]

The Online V8 Supercars series returned to the Canadian circuit of Mosport for the opening race of season 4 and the fast flowing circuit provided some great racing. Competition is certainly looking to tighten up again this season and nothing could represent this better than the two cars sitting on the front row, championship winners sharing the grid separated by hundreds of a second. Madison Down took pole with a 1:18.230, Mitchell McLeod with almost an identical time of 1:18.260, behind the front row was Richard Hamstead and Rens Broekman. Representative of the front row, Down’s TT-R team mate Joshua  [ Read More ]

Winning any championship is tough work, it requires a commitment of time and not to mention a fair chunk of skill. The iRacing V8 Supercars series runs over a 12 week schedule where the one Monday night race each week offers up the biggest points haul. The final race of 2011 season 3 headed to Road Atlanta, a track the iRacing V8 Supercars series has visited on many occasions and with its combination of fast flowing alternating corners and long straights, it has produced some of the best racing in the series. Mitchell McLeod set the qualifying pace with a  [ Read More ]

Virginia International Raceway, commonly known as VIR is one of the more beautiful race tracks in the iRacing calendar but also one of the most challenging with turns and inclines representative of our old friend Oran Park. The 5.2 km Full Course version of the circuit has 17 turns making qualifying a hard task to get a good solid time but it was Scott McLaughlin who set the fastest time of 1:48.785 followed by Rens Broekman and then championship rivals Mitchell McLeod then Madison Down. Off the start Madison Down gets a lightning start and easily pulls ahead and moves  [ Read More ]