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Welcome back! - Round 2 iRacing Endurance Series 2017
Greetings all! The second iRacing endurance race for 2017 is upon us, the 12 Hours of Sebring! This storied race will be held today with RSR attending in force with our largest number of car entrants to date. A massive 5 cars and 10 of our bravest drivers will be pushed to the limit as they take on the mammoth task of a grueling real-time 12hr race.
The race will be streamed from multiple perspectives so you don't miss a second of the action. Our built-in multiview plugin gives you the possibility to watch all streams at the same time!
Tune in to see familiar iRacing endurance veterans including @falcon2081 who will finally start his first endurance race of the year after being away for an entire year! We also have @OBigO joining us for the first time as well. Let's cheer these guy's on as they are giving it their all and representing RSR in an awesome way.
A very special thank you to @Yorkie_065, @Dutchtastic for creating the livery for this event! We are very thankful for your hard work, thank you a thousand times!
Audi R8 LMS GT3 [#64] - @t0daY & @falcon2081
Audi R8 LMS GT3 [#65] - @Yorkie_065 & @Puffpirat
Mercedes AMG GT3 [#66] - @Bassetts & @2scoops
Audi R8 LMS GT3 [#67] - @Alex du Plessis & @Corbs
Audi R8 LMS GT3 [#68] - @Mr Beas & @OBigO
t0daY (Manuel Dürr): "Back to endurance racing baby! Very excited for the 12 hours of Sebring. I love the flow of the track, just awesome to drive around here. Last year I could manage to get a 3rd place together with Puffpirat. This year I am very happy to team up for the very first time with falcon after his 1-year deployement. Another podium would be sweet for both of us, but we will see. Maximum attack!"
falcon2081 (Jay Vigo): "Can't believe it's been a year without racing! I'm definitely ready to shake off those cow-webs and get back to racing. It will be interesting to see how well I fair after so much time off. I am still getting used to a couple of things that I have changed driving wise and the car is very well set up. Sebring is an awesome track and I am so happy that I finally get to run it with the RSR guy's. Personal expectations aren't very high but we are definitely going to fight as best as we can. I hope you guy's enjoy the show and thanks for supporting us!"
falcon2081 (Jay Vigo): "Can't believe it's been a year without racing! I'm definitely ready to shake off those cow-webs and get back to racing. It will be interesting to see how well I fair after so much time off. I am still getting used to a couple of things that I have changed driving wise and the car is very well set up. Sebring is an awesome track and I am so happy that I finally get to run it with the RSR guy's. Personal expectations aren't very high but we are definitely going to fight as best as we can. I hope you guy's enjoy the show and thanks for supporting us!"
Yorkie_065 (Matt York): "Ahh Sebring! My first endurance race on iRacing was here with RSR one year ago and it was one to learn a lot from. The main point taken away from the race is survival! Whilst our pace is looking good, and me and puffi could potentially be on for a nice result if things go our way, we're going to have to first finish. With 59 other cars on track, it is going to be a tough task to overcome but we're both up to the challenge and looking forward to the race. Here is hoping that RSR can get another great result in the Endurance calendar."
Puffpirat (Christian Steinhäusser): "Sebring will be the first race I'll do together with Yorkie. Let's see where this new combo takes us, it looks promising with Yorkie strong as ever and me slowly getting to grips. The preparations went good and we're exited for the main event!"
Puffpirat (Christian Steinhäusser): "Sebring will be the first race I'll do together with Yorkie. Let's see where this new combo takes us, it looks promising with Yorkie strong as ever and me slowly getting to grips. The preparations went good and we're exited for the main event!"
Bassetts (David Berry): "How the time flies, it seems like only yesterday that we were running through the night in the Daytona 24, For Sebring i'm re-united with my fellow veteran @2scoops and following a solid first endurance race at Daytona I'm hoping we can draw on our experience and bring it home with another solid finish for RSR."
2scoops (Anthony Beck): "Having completed my first iRacing endurance event with the Daytona 24 Hour, i'm thirsty for more. The Sebring 12 Hour, I love the track and have only been driving it for just over a week now. The Blancpain Sprint Series is their this week, so great race prep. I'm teaming up again with @Bassetts, we drove together at Daytona and worked together very well. It's now time to fine tune the setup and get those race juices flowing."
Oki (Alex du Plessis): "So the Rookie team signed up for the 12HR of Sebring minus the hilarious Kman, any ways that does not bother Corbs and myself, had such a blast in the 24HRS of Daytona and I am also hoping to cross the line with no major incidents (yeah right). Been practicing for a week now and had Falcon look at me to help me out (thanks Buddy). So now let us hope I can get a second or more from what he told me to look out for. Looking so forward to racing this event and I wish the best of luck to all the Teams RSR have entered into the Event. Would love to see the Cluckster take part in one of these events (wishful thinking??). Just wish the preparation for this race was as easy as it was with Daytona, I am far more anxious and nervous about this event than the 24hrs of Daytona, don't know why but it just is."
Corbs (Andrew Langham): "Enjoying teaming up again with Alex. We had a good run in Daytona and it was a lot of fun as well as a nice experience. Looking too survive and grab a great result for RSR here at Sebring!"
Corbs (Andrew Langham): "Enjoying teaming up again with Alex. We had a good run in Daytona and it was a lot of fun as well as a nice experience. Looking too survive and grab a great result for RSR here at Sebring!"
Mr.Beas (Luke Beasor): "Great to be running here with the RSR folks again. We had some great practice leading up to the event and it was great seeing falcon2081 behind the wheel again. Its going to be interesting how the new tires will play out during the race but I look forward to the challenge!"
OBigO (Olly Blundell): "I am hoping I am in Team5 with Mr. Beas! I have never done an endurance race before and until this week I had never done a lap around Sebring. Most of my sim racing career has been in openwheelers and my only real GT3 race was the crossover event at Spa. That was however probably one of my most memorable races and was a really great experience.
I have enjoyed practicing at Sebring this week, I am a bit off the pace but all my focus will be on getting the car to the finish in one piece! I haven't spoken to my teammate yet so you could say we are a bit under-prepared however come raceday I am sure everything will fall in to place!"
OBigO (Olly Blundell): "I am hoping I am in Team5 with Mr. Beas! I have never done an endurance race before and until this week I had never done a lap around Sebring. Most of my sim racing career has been in openwheelers and my only real GT3 race was the crossover event at Spa. That was however probably one of my most memorable races and was a really great experience.
I have enjoyed practicing at Sebring this week, I am a bit off the pace but all my focus will be on getting the car to the finish in one piece! I haven't spoken to my teammate yet so you could say we are a bit under-prepared however come raceday I am sure everything will fall in to place!"
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