The
Greatest Spectacle in Racing—The INDY 500!!!
Get
Ready—Coming on May 1
by Donald Wayne Strout (04/22/2016)
Entering T1 at the Indy 500
The 6th event
of the new 2016 iAdvance Motorsports Indy Elite Series (12 races—11 ovals and one
street course in Long Beach) will be the Indy 500 on Sunday, May 1 at 7PM EDT. This race is presented by Real Gear.
As
usual the race will be broadcasted live on RacespotTV http://racespot.tv/ as well as iRacing Live. http://www.iracing.com/live/ and can be seen later on youtube. 33
iRacing drivers will take the green flag. In addition, the series invites
celebrity drivers to participate using the iAdvance Motorsports simulator.
Stephan Wilson competed at Homestead. Almost certainly, the Indy 500 will
attract a real life IndyCar “celebrity” driver.
The first of
many Indy events on iRacing in May. This one promises to unleash a crescendo of
drama as some of the most competitive iRacing DW12 drivers to ever compete for
the honor of winning this challenging event take the green flag. Whether one
favors oval or road racing venues, almost everyone acknowledges the Indy500 is
the pinnacle.
The IRL (in
real life) Indy500 takes place on May 29. Helio Castroneves will be the sole
competitor in 2016 who has won three victories. Juan Pablo Montoya with two. Will
other previous winners, like Ryan Hunter-Reay join this “multi-win
club” in 2016? Or, will we see a new champion!
Sure to be one
of the favorites in this year’s iAdvance Motorsports Indy Elite Series Indy 500
is Tim Holgate, the only competitor currently in this series with two previous
Indy 500 iRacing Open (or 16th Street) wins. Will he make history
and win for the third time? Experience
counts here, so several other past winners may “repeat”. These include this
year’s 16th Street Winner, Joe Branch, as well as Niles Anders and
Tim Doyle. Perhaps less well known, but also holding previous wins include Team
RFC’s Dan Lee Ensch and T. J. Massick.
But, certainly
you cannot count out anyone. Keep an eye on Christopher Demeritt, Champion of
the 2015-16 IndyCar Winter Series. Hardworking Brazilian, Marco Brazil is also
likely to be fast—watch for him to seek out the coveted Pole. Bradley
Walters, Jonathan Goke and Joe Flanagan
will surely be competitive. And, Walter’s teammate, Michael Peters is likely to
have had a bit of Darren Manning advice and time on the iAdvance simulator—and
maybe some good luck for a change. Joining the series recently from the left
coast is setup guru, and recent IndyCar Fixed Champion, Christian Steele and
verteran Randy Crossno, both likely to be formidable challengers. And, maybe,
Wyatt Gooden may show up?
In fact, there
will be at least 20 cars with a real chance of winning this long race where
BOTH strategy, cunning, and speed matter. The magic of Indy is you really never
know who will win until the last lap! And certainly any one of the 33 starters
could end up in the Top 5.
In this series Indy
gives DOUBLE Series Championship Points. There are still a couple of open spots
available. PM Joe Branch or visit the DW12 iRacing Forum. And, if you are not competing, be sure to
watch as 33 cars seek to make history with perhaps the best Indy 500 run on
iRacing..ever!
Series sponsors: http://www.iadvancemotorsports.com/ and http://www.ricmotech.com/
