Our TCR sim racers move up to second place

Posted January 2, 2025

Our sim racing team RD Simsport has moved up to second place in the Backfire Simsport TCR Challenge after the two latest events this week.

The prestigious online touring car series visited Oschersleben in Germany on Sunday (29 December) and Thruxton, England last night (Wednesday 1 January), with a sprint and feature race at each event.

The RD Simsport cars are carrying the Weltch Media logo throughout the season, which takes the TCR touring cars to major circuits around the world.

On Sunday, Daniel Mills (RD II) was second in the sprint race with fastest lap and James Holman came fourth.

Other RD Simsport results were: 10th Chris Young (RD III, 1st in Pro-am category), 17th Rob Sutherland (RD II, 1st in Am), 19th Tommy Battelle (RD III – 2nd in Am), 43rd Greg Daffron (RD), after picking up damage.

In the feature race, James Holman (RD Simsport) finished third, ahead of: 16th Chris Young (RD Simsport III, 3rd in Pro-am), 19th Daniel Mills (RD Simsport II and fastest lap), 27th Greg Daffron (RD Simsport), 31st Rob Sutherland (RD Simsport II, 4th in Am), 39th Tommy Battelle (RD III, 8th in Am).

Last night at Thruxton, the sprint race saw victory for Greg Daffron (RD), with Daniel Mills (RD II) 2nd (from pole), 8th James Holman (RD), 12th Chris Young (RD III and 2nd in Pro-Am), 16th Callam Brant (RD III), 23rd Rob Sutherland (RD II and 1st in Am), 38th Tommy Battelle (RD III and 5th in Am).

In the feature race, James Holman (RD) ws third, with 8th Greg Daffron (RD), 14th Chris Young (RD III and 3rd in Pro-Am), 27th Rob Sutherland (RD II and 1st Am), 28th Daniel Mills (RD II), 32nd Callam Brant (RD III), 37th Tommy Battelle (RD III and 4th in Am).

The results move the RD team up to second in the team standings with James Holman fifth in the individual championship (fourth taking dropped scores into account) and only six points behind the leader.

You can watch a replay of the Oscherleben races here and the Thruxton races here.

The next event is at Daytona, Florida on Wednesday 8 January for another sprint-and-feature double header.

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