Race Wraps
Momentous Third
In the final round of the Australian Turbo Touring cars series, Rhys battled hard and fair, wore a few wounds and held of a charging herd. Race 1, great start found himself with a battling trio. It was hard going, rubbings racing, banging bumpers, Rhys drove the paint off the #26 FSR Audi. Racing for 3rd at the time, unfortunately slightly overcooking it and crossed the line in P6. Still a great points haul and good for the championship standings.
Into the final race of the night and se...
Read MoreRhys Piles on the Pressure
Australian Turbo Touring Car IRacing Series Round 5 headed to Brands Hatch, a great little layout for the TCR Audi's. Race 1 and it was close tight racing all night and battles galore. Rhys was at in again, his aim - "I wanted to stick with the top guys". Rhys was finding it hard to find a way past Michael Yip. A pressure mistake and he went off. Gained a position, P7 at the end, but not without a few dings and scary moments.
Race 2, and Rhys has a massive off on the opening lap, decided to...
Read MoreIts another 1-2 for FSR
Tuesday night madness and Fusion SimRacing took to the Red Pepper Racing V8's for a blast around Okayama International Circuit with 23 laps of Supercars action. Great qualifying from all 3 drivers saw Josh Burdon and Warren Pickering starting out of positions 2 and 3, while Brock Cremer was just sitting outside the top 10 in 11th.
A great start from Brock moved him nicely into the top 10, in 8th position. A battle group all race long, Brock eventually maintaining position and finished in 8t...
Read MoreFSR 1-2-3
Race Wrap: FSR takes 1-2-3
Round 4 of the Aussie Mixed & Fixed Iracing League and Fusion SimRacing had big numbers across two splits at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.
8 FSR drivers took to the undulating track in the fixed setup GTE field, 6 in top split and 2 in split two. For our top split it was a mix of talent through the field with Craig Edwards claiming pole and leading the charge into turn 1. Craig would never look back and opened up a margin to the competition, eve...
Read MoreAussie Mixed & Fixed Iracing League Season 11 - Round 1
Aussie Mixed & Fixed Iracing League Season 11 - Round 1
AMF has gone big this season, many new names, new teams all entering the GT championship. FSR having 5 drivers within the series so far and have a very good chance of doing well and securing a couple of class championships.
For round 1, we saw 3 drivers competing across 2 splits. As a late entry and no laps under his belt, Josh Burdon landed himself a split 2 start, while Nathan Huppatz and Scott Stephens made split 1. Unfortunately...
Read MoreOpen Wheeler action at LRP
Round 5 of the Red Pepper Racing league saw a change from the Porsche Cup cars to the Skip Barber Formula 2000 cars for a 35 minute battle at Lime Rock Park. FSR drivers Brock Cremer and Warren Pickering took the grid after qualifying in 10th and 8th respectively. After the lights went green the 30 car field hip and shouldered their way around the first lap with some car to car contact into the chicane going up the hill. Brock and Warren both would have a clean start, but Warren ran wide on...
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Sunday night was a busy 24 hours for two of the FSR drivers, both Nathan Huppatz and Josh Burdon not only completing in the Bathurst 12 hours, securing a 2nd position, but the two decided to head to Barcelona-Catalunga for the Aussie Mixed & Fixed Iracing League race.
Great job in qualifying saw Nathan pipped by Mach-1 Esports driver Tim Feben and put him P2 off the start and Josh sitting P9. The start was critical, holding track position was vital. Nathan dropped to 3rd, ...
Read MoreRPR Porsche Cup Series - R3
Round 3 in season 17 of Red Pepper Racing's Tuesday night league found Brock Cremer and Warren Pickering take the starting line on a very hot and slippery track.
Warren had an excellent qualifying session and managed to put his car on the second row in position 3, however Brock was simply trying to set a time and managed 16th.The start was rather calm and people gave each other plenty of room as they headed up the hill into turn 1 and 2. Brock went in the middle to take it three wide, surviv...
Read MoreBathurst 12 Hour - It's P2!!!
The iRacing Bathurst 12 Hour has been run and the team and drivers couldn't be happier with the result. Entering one car this race and the team decided to bring the old trusty Mercedes-AMG GT3.
Last years setup created a great base to start from and found only minor tweaks were needed to be up to speed and forgiving around the concrete walls.
Starting the race out from 53rd position, Josh made quick work of the cars in front of him and picking off each driver as the sun came up and things be...
Read MoreRPR Porsche Cup Series - R2
A long set of flights took 3 drivers to the famous Watkins Glen International Raceway. It was time for some Porsche Cup racing in the Red Pepper Racing Series.
All drivers, ( Brock Cremer, Craig Edwards and Josh Burdon ) landing themselves within the top 10 after qualifying. A mishap (not putting the car into gear......cough cough) off the start line saw Craig plummet quickly down the order, while Brock and Josh made great starts and a few spots before the end of the opening lap.
A few min...
Read MoreAMF GT Fixed Series
Sunday night saw Josh Burdon and Nathan Huppatz compete in the Aussie Mixed & Fixed Iracing League round. Heading to one, if not the most iconic and most loves tracks of Australian's, Mt Panorama - Bathurst.
Qualifying went well, Nathan and Josh both starting within the top ten. A bit of a messy start, with drivers fanning out across the start line 4-5 wide. Settling into steady comfortable pace and trying to keep as clean as they could.
Unfortunately the race was marred with a few Safet...
Read MoreOne Two finish for Fusion SimRacing at Le Mans
Nathan Huppatz and Josh Burdon jumped into their BMW M8 GTE cars at Circuit des 24 Heures du Mans for Round 4 of the AMF GT Series.
Josh managed to put his car on pole with Nathan on the second row in 4th. With Josh controlling the rolling start, he managed to get a slight jump on the field and cleanly cross the start finish line to start the race. Over the first few laps, the top 4 would pull a slight gap and change positions on most of the straights. A few errors by other competitors and d...
Read MoreCount down to the 2019 iRacing Bathurst 12 Hour!
We're counting down the hours until the 2019 iRacing Bathurst 12 Hour!
With driver pairings and setups finalized our three teams look like this;
Fusion SimRacing - AWS AMG #347Trent ThomasJoshua BurdonAlex Bird
Fusion SimRacing - AWS AMG #28Colin SchweckeTim SchweckeCraig Edwards
Fusion SimRacing - AWS AMG #000Scott StephensMatthew BarronAndrew Gaines
We wish all teams the best of luck, and a special thanks to our SponsorsAmazon Web ServicesDripping Paint GraffixEclipse Signage
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Read MoreRace Wrap - AMF GT3 Dev Series - Season 5 Round 1
Round 1 of Season 5 found 7 drivers from Fusion SimRacing take on a very competitive field at the Nürburgring on the Grand-Prix-Strecke layout. All 7 drivers made it into the top split with Alex Bird, Trent Thomas and Craig Edwards representing the Elite class, Scott Stephens, Scott Goodman and Heath Brennan in the Pro class and Brock Cremer rocking it in Amateur.
Alex took his Ferrari out onto the very busy race track and managed to secure pole position by 0.2 seconds over Craig. Heath would...
Read MoreDaryl Debuts With a Podium
Round 10 of the V8Scops championship and the teams headed to Autodromo Nazionale Monza, in what saw an influx of FSR’s drivers hit the pre-qualifying nights and make it through to split two race. Spearheading the pre-qualifying results was Warren Pickering starting out of 8th, with Josh Burdon in 11th and Daryl Carter on debut with the team round out in 14th. The guys had great pace, and were amongst the fastest cars on the grid. All drivers getting good clean starts, but within a few laps a cou...
Read MoreRace Wrap - Oceanic Endurance Championship R3
Round three saw the Oceanic Endurance Championship travel Imola for another six hour teams enduro. The #54 car was piloted by Tim and Colin Schwecke who put in a lot of time working on the setup and managed to make the Audi great on low fuel and fresh tires. Their setup really gave them confidence and allowed them to lean on the car. This resulted in the first pole position for the #54 in OEC.
Tim lead the field for the start, which ended up being quite a strange event to put it mildly. Ente...
Read MoreDiary of Gentleman Driver - An OEC Race Retrospective
My name is Brock and I have used almost every excuse you can think of not to jump online and race in a sport I love. Recently I committed to racing in the Oceanic Endurance Series as a way to force myself to get back behind the wheel after a bit of a hiatus. This post isn't going to be your usual race report post as I intend to talk about the stress of getting back behind the wheel in a multi-class endurance race after an extended time off. I hope you enjoy a this different look at what happens ...
Read MoreRace Wrap - V8 Development Series R3
Round 3 of the OSR - VRS / CPR V8 Development Series saw Trent Thomas returning to the V8 after a successful hit out last week. Sebring International Raceway is a favourite track for the Fusion SimRacing driver and he was looking forward to the 18 lap race in his Amazon Web Services Ford Falcon FG V8.
Thomas managed another front row start, but this time around missed out on pole by 2 tenths of a second. Once again an absolutely appalling start off the line, although better than last week, ...
Read MorePickering Wins AllStar Shootout 5
FSR Driver Warren Pickering crowned champion In the 5th running of the Australian AllStar Shootout.
FSR Drivers Blake Neck and Warren Pickering represented Fusion SimRacing in the AllStar invitational event which pitted 20 drivers from 10 of the best Australian sim racing teams against one another in an elimination style showdown format of hosted races in the iRacing service.
The 5th ever running of this milestone event saw the return to the Zandvoort Club circuit in the Netherlands where ...
Read MoreRace Wrap - V8 Development Series R2
Two Fusion SimRacing drivers have decided to sweep out the cobwebs from their V8 rides and compete in Season 21 of the OSR - VRS / CPR V8 Development Series. Our drivers missed the first round of this fixed setup series so Round 2 at Watkins Glen was their first hit out. Not expecting any level of success upon joining the series, Trent Thomas and Warren Pickering were quite surprised when Thomas took pole and Pickering completed the front row ahead of 90+ cars.
Practice starts in the pitlane ...
Read MoreRace Wrap - AMF GT3 Dev Series R9
Sunday night was the final round of season 2 for the CM Security AMF Development GT3 series. With the overall and Pro class title already wrapped up last week by Fusion SimRacing driver Trent Thomas, it was still all to play for in the Amateur and Rookie classes as the drivers set out to take on the mother of all Aussie tracks: Mt Panorama, Bathurst.
Qualifying was a messy affair with drivers jostling for track position. Race stewards took to the air waves to calm down the shenanigans of som...
Read MoreRace Wrap - Oceanic Sprint Championship R3
Three Fusion SimRacing drivers took part in round 3 at Silverstone of the GT-Leagues Australia run Oceanic Sprint Championship broadcast by V8sonline. One word would describe qualifying for drivers Craig Edwards and Blake Neck in their Amazon Web Services Audi GT3’s, “Dominating”. Edwards with a 1:42.509 time, 5 tenths clear of 3rd place and Neck’s 1:42.623 some 4 tenths clear. Trent Thomas was the third driver, struggling through brake pedal issues and coming to terms with the track, managed ...
Read MoreRace Wrap - AMF GT3 Dev Series R8
Round 8 of the AMF GT3 Development series took place on Sunday Night at Oulton Park, with all competing FSR drivers making it to the top split in Qualifying. Only a storming mic-drop lap from RPR’s Wayne Hewitt could stop the FSR train in qualifying with Trent, Alex, Warren, and Craig securing 2nd-5th place. Andy headed the AM field in 11th, and Brock qualified for the top split in 21st position, not apparently destined for an interesting race - yet.At the race start Wayne Hewitt lagged out se...
Read MoreRace Wrap - AMF GT3 Dev Series R3
Sunday night saw us hit the track for round 3 of the CM Security - AMF GT3 Development Series at the famous Nurburgring Grand-Prix-Strecke on the BES/WEC layout. 4 of our drivers took part in the race and all qualified well filling 1st, 3rd, 4th and 13th on the grid. Trent Thomas, Andrew Gaines, Warren Pickering and Brock Cremer as they lined up. Series regulars Blake Neck, Craig Edwards and Alex Bird were unable to take part for various reasons, the latter two were overseeing the final sti...
Read MoreRace Wrap - iRacing Daytona 24 2018
This weekend's iRacing 24 Hours of Daytona marked the first big event for Fusion SimRacing in our new Amazon Web Services colour scheme, and with our compatriots - Evolution Racing Team, Performance Sim Sports, Pro Force Racing, TTL eSports, All Star Motorsports and Synergy Sim Racing among many others - the Australian representation at this year's race was incredible, and we were all looking to make our mark.
Race preparations went well, with the team fielding two GTEs on race night: a Ferra...
Read MoreRace Wrap - OEC R2
A MIXED BAG
Oceanic Racing's second round of the OEC was one that the team went into optimistic of their chances. Every car had pace coming into the round at Indianapolis. However, despite our HPDs qualifying 2nd and 3rd, and Alex Bird putting the GT3 on pole, the #245 squad did not have the best time of it, qualifying at the rear of the GTE grid.
It was Performance Sim Sports who brought the goods for the overall pole, edging us out by three tenths. The guys in the #97 were the faster car all...
Read MoreRace Wrap - OEC R1
Weekend Race Wrap:
The first round of the Oceanic Racing Endurance series kicked off on Sunday with 6 hours of Monza. Fielding 4 cars (2x HPD, 1x GTE and 1x GT3) It ended with a bag of mixed results and feelings. A great result for both HPD teams, #45 taking the win and #54 and new recruits to the team crossing the line just shy of the podium in P4. GTE class and it was a day of getting as many points as they could, with a late race incident ending up on their lid, the #245 finished the race i...
Read MoreRace Wrap - ESCC R7 & V8SCOPS R7
WEEKEND WARRIORS
What a weekend it was and here is the wrap from the teams outings.
V8 Supercar Online Premier Series and the Endurance Series kicked off at sunny Philip Island Raceway. The #9 Ford Falcon piloted by Will Dodd and Josh Burdon made it through pre-qualifying and just missed the cut for the top 15 shootout qualifying for the race in 17th position. Both drivers knowing it was key to stay out of trouble and let the race come to them. Josh starting the race and moving, dodging and p...
Read MoreRace Wrap - ESCC R6 & V8SCOPS R6
THE WEEKEND THAT WASWhat a weekend it was, great rewards for the team. Sunday was race day and it brought rewards. Will and Josh both making it through V8 Supercar Online Premier Series pre-qualifying for Sundays race at Okayama. Steady and consistent lap times saw the two be very competitive moving up through the field with some fantastic passing and great driving. Josh stormed into the top ten to finish on the podium in P3 and Will moving up 5 spots with yet another solid drive to just shy of ...
Read MoreRace Wrap - ESCC R5 & V8SCOPS R5
GREAT WEEKEND - GREAT RESULTS
The weekend saw the team competing in a couple of championships and finished up with a few unexpected results. The team had Will Dodd flying the flag in the V8 Supercar Online Premier Series round at Watkins Glen, a fantastic effort of making top split. In a series where Will is the only driver in FSR still cutting laps, this is a great effort and we (the whole team) is so impressed and happy for Will and his results. While other teams are able to work together on...
Read MoreRace Wrap - V8SCOPS R4
ROUND 4 - SCOPS:
While most of the team has taken a year off from the V8SC and concentrating on other championships, series and cars, one man stands tall in continuing his progress in the V8 Supercar Online Premier Series.
Will Dodd is still pursing the V8 beast, working on sets and racing with minimal input he has managed to not miss a round so far this year.
The team is very proud of Will and his exploits not only with the series, but his continued persistence with the car. The team will ...
Read MoreRace Wrap - All Star Shootout #2
ALL STAR SHOOTOUT #2Awesome night of racing in the AllStar Shootout 2. Hosted by Clint Smith the racing was epic, good close battles and 1 Team and 1 Driver announced as the AllStar.
Our guys (Rhys and Matthew) did a fantastic job, but just couldn't get the points haul to move through to the drivers Finals. Fusion SimRacing finishing up in 7th position.
Congratulations go to Trans Tasman Racing for the teams champions and Jarrad Filsell drivers champion.
Thanks for the awesome coms from the...
Read MoreRace Wrap - ESCC R4
ESCC 3 PEAT
In what was a bizarre event that saw the use of two servers, the team were to restart a new race from where they left off in the 1st sever, it basically became a new race over just under 8 hours.
That didn't stop the team from letting go of its goals and after another win tonight, Its now 3 in a row for the 145 Fusion SimRacing HPD at round 4 of the ESCC Endurance Championship. 3 wins from the last 3 start, a phenomenal effort from all the team and drivers in the 145, they just ke...
Read MoreRace Wrap - ESCC R3 & V8SCOPS
BACK TO BACK:
Back to back results for the team on the weekend. With Round 3 of the ESCC Endurance series heading to the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit for 10 hours of racing.
The team had been working hard all week, some long hours and head scratching along the way. Add to that a mid week update throwing everything out the door and starting again. Our HPD Class A entry really dominated the race, a few hick ups in a few stints, but they had their act together, car pace and strategy that wor...
Read MoreRace Wrap - ESCC R2
WEEKEND WARRIORS:
A tough weekend for the team, stretched for man power, but we fought on like warriors and got some outstanding results.
What was a tough weekend for the team, sure brought us all closer together as we worked with what we had to put some serious silverware in the trophy cabinet. The team was stretched pretty hard over the weekend for man power, drivers off doing real world racing, recovering from surgery, commitments to commentary to name a few. Entering the ESCC championship...
Read MoreRace Wrap - ESCC R1
A strong result in the first round of the Selby Endurance Sports Car Championship!
After a long and difficult ten hours of racing, FSR's three cars came home in some great positions. The #145 HPD ARX-01c finished P2 in Class 1 after fighting for the lead all race, overcoming incidents which put them up to a lap down at one point. Shrewd planning of fuel strategy meant that #145 could recover. Congratulations to Dynamic Sim Racing Motorsports on taking the win, and to TD Racing on completing the...
Read MoreRace Wrap - Torque Inc Bathurst 12 Hour
P5, A FANTASTIC RESULT FOR THE TEAM - BATHURST 12 HOUR:
#147 brings home a great result for the team in the TorqueInc Bathurst 12 hour. Craig, Josh and Kurt drove fantastically, keeping to their own race plan & strategy, keeping it off the walls and having a nice straight car throughout the 12 hours, bringing the car across the line in P5 on the lead lap. The race had its ups and down for both teams, with some fairly average passing attempts that could have put a end to the race. The #147 ...
Read MoreRace Wrap - Le Mans 24 & V8SCOPS VIR
Big weekend for the team - Bigger result today.
The weekend we had drivers head in two directions, some to ViR and some to Le Mans and some even to both. We launched into the weekend at ViR with the final round of the V8 Supercar Online Premier Series Endurance Championship. The sprint races kicking off the weekend races, results setting our places for the grid on Sunday. Some up and down results in the races, but knew the 95 lap race on Sunday was key.
Le Mans: Saturday night and the iRacing ...
Read MoreRace Wrap - V8SCOPS Endurance Season - Bathurst 1000
ITS P2 FOR BRENNAN AND STEPHENS
In what has turned out to be one of the most incredible V8 Supercar Online Premier Series Bathurst 1000 races so far, it has concluded, with Fusion SimRacing on the podium!
The team was not overly feeling confident in the lead up to the biggest race of the year, issues with setup for the track dominating the conversation. But once the flag dropped, so did the hammer.
The #93 of Lord and Connors had a great qualifying make it into the top 15 shootout on Saturday...
Read MoreRace Wrap - V8SCOPS Endurance Season - Philip Island
TOUGH DAY IN THE OFFICE:
Round 11 of the V8 Supercar Online Premier Series came to a close yesterday, the first round of the endurance season. While we reflect on the race, the finishing positions were not what we were after, but that's racing.
However the team has positives to take away from Sunday Phillip Island 500. Speed, Speed, Speed!!! Those were the words spoken by all drivers across the FSR teams. We are sure we can convert that speed to the next round. The boys and the fan club are ex...
Read MoreRace Wrap - R8 V8SCOPS
TOUGH BUT SOLID WEEKEND
As the team looks back over the weekends racing, we all agreed it had one common theme, we learned!!! A good start saw Josh Burdon in split 2 of V8 Supercar Online Premier Series take out another podium position finishing behind TTR's Stephen Clark.
For the main split, it was a race of could have been. Will Dodd suffering from internet issues during practice and unable to set a lap time down in qualifying started out in P39, while a little further up the field Kurt St...
Read MoreRace Wrap - Official iRacing 6 Hours of the Glen
6 HOURS OF THE GLEN - Fusion SimRacing DOMINATION!!!
Burdon / Shepherd have shown their domination of C7 Corvette Class with a win and outright win. Getting back to fighting for a podium after some computer failures, the boys fought back with some very quick lap times, strategy and patient driving. Negotiating traffic and maintaining great speed was key along with clean passing.
The guys were ecstatic after the win and had this to say.
Dylan Shepherd- Bloody awesome, this is great. First wi...
Read MoreRace Wrap - R2 AEC
FSR DAYCO MOTORSPORT WINS AT MONZA!
In today's Australian Endurance Championship Monza 4 Hour race, Rhys Gardiner and Kurt Stenberg took to the track in the #100 machine, while Josh Burdon and Craig Edwards piloted the #104 GT Omega Racing AU / NZ car, both in Class A.
The cars started 2nd and 6th in class respectively, and the race got off to a good start for both cars, with Gardiner assuming the lead by the first corner. Unfortunately problems hit both cars early on, with #100 getting floor ...
Read MoreRace Wrap - R1 AEC
The Australian Endurance Championship 12 hours of Sebring is done and dusted, and after a long hard day of racing, there have been fortunes on either end of the scale for Fusion SimRacing.
The #100 FSR HPD battled hard to finish 2nd in Class A. Internet dramas in the middle of the race set #100 back a fair way, but all three drivers drove well to finish on the lead lap, even leading 25 laps at one point. The reigning champion car crossed the line less than 43 seconds behind the winning car of T...
Read MoreRace Wrap - R1 V8SCOPS
OSR - Oceanic Sim Racing V8 Supercar Online Premier Series Round 1 - Race Wrap.
Round 1 of the championship is done and dusted and a very mixed bag of results for the Fusion SimRacing team.
Split 1: Munro and Stenberg had a few difficulties through out the race, trying to battle with the cream of the crop technical issues plagued both drivers through out the race. Stenny having massive performance issues with his computer, while Munro having 80-90% throttle. Both drivers trying to make it to t...
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