Gade Goes Back-to-Back in Skip Barber Formula iRacing Series Action From Road America

For the second time in the Skip Barber Formula iRacing Series season, Mikkel Gade swept both rounds of an event in Sunday’s action from Road America. After battling with polesitter Elvis Rankin, Gade would hold off Deagen Fairclough and Nicolas Mateo for the win in the first feature, before leading every lap of the second race to lock in his fifth and sixth wins of the season.

The Skip Barber Formula iRacing Series closely mirrors the real-world Skip Barber Formula Race Series in vehicle formula and racing circuits, with the added caveat that the top performers in the virtual series earn racing opportunities in the real one. Each week, a new slate of 20 drivers qualifies their way into the next race round, receiving coaching from Skip Barber Racing School instructors before taking to the track for a pair of 15-minute timed races. The champion at the end of the six-week series earns a full-season ride in the Skip Barber Formula Race Series, and more than $500,000 worth of prizes is on the line overall.

Rankin would post the fastest qualifying lap with a 2:08.362, with Michael Janney and Gade qualifying second and third and the top 10 all within a second of Rankin’s top time. That speed would serve him well after getting knocked back to 11th in the first race, as he carved back through the field to get to third in the second. Bruno F Carneiro would hold Rankin off by .022 seconds for second place, while Fairclough and Mateo would be separated by just .002 seconds for fourth and fifth in the same pack.

Gade’s five race wins across five doubleheader events have him in control of the championship, with a 207-179 advantage over Rankin with each driver’s worst two events already dropped. Mateo is third, just one point back of Rankin, while Fairclough (163 points) and Janney (150) complete the top five. However, with a maximum of 70 points on the line per event,

Skip Barber Formula iRacing Series feature one results at Road America were as follows:

Fin.

St.

No.

Driver

Laps

Interval

Led

Best

Pts.

131Mikkel Gade752:08.66935
21011Deagen Fairclough7-0.20702:08.54432
3719Nicolas Mateo7-0.26702:08.19330
4516Matt Bussa7-3.24602:09.03328
548Lyden Lee7-4.32302:09.97926
626Michael Janney7-5.34902:09.22825
7174Michael Romanidis7-7.79502:08.55524
8810Bruno F Carneiro7-7.83902:08.84823
9613Simon De Mori7-7.98502:10.57322
10185Felipe Cabrera Loyola7-12.27602:09.41921
1112Elvis Rankin7-12.44422:08.63420
1293Matthew Zeis7-12.48702:09.23219
131217Ross Banfield7-14.83402:08.64618
14147Pierfrancesco Patricolo7-14.98302:09.91817
15119Matt M Adams7-20.65802:08.74516
161312Jordan Johnson57-35.835015
171915Jeffrey Decker7-47.31002:13.85914
181520Zach Holden6-1 L02:09.07013
191618Julien Bachmann25-2 L02:12.13512

 

Skip Barber Formula iRacing Series feature two results at Road America were as follows:

Fin.

St.

No.

Driver

Laps

Interval

Led

Best

Pts.

111Mikkel Gade772:08.29535
2810Bruno F Carneiro7-3.41002:08.17132
3112Elvis Rankin7-3.43202:08.40730
4211Deagen Fairclough7-3.60402:08.22828
5319Nicolas Mateo7-3.60602:08.33226
6105Felipe Cabrera Loyola7-3.82302:08.12825
774Michael Romanidis7-5.36902:08.87824
8913Simon De Mori7-5.72802:08.52623
91612Jordan Johnson57-9.65202:09.15622
101715Jeffrey Decker7-9.78002:08.44921
111820Zach Holden7-12.67002:08.56920
121918Julien Bachmann27-12.95102:08.25719
13123Matthew Zeis7-13.01002:08.40618
1458Lyden Lee7-14.23102:08.81217
1566Michael Janney7-21.00202:10.33816
161317Ross Banfield5-2 L02:09.64815
17147Pierfrancesco Patricolo3-4 L014
18159Matt M Adams3-4 L02:09.21613
19416Matt Bussa1-6 L012

 

The Skip Barber Formula iRacing Series season concludes next week with a visit to Sebring International Raceway, with Time Attack qualifying open now and the race airing on Sunday at 3PM ET. For more information on the Skip Barber Racing School, visit www.skipbarber.com. For more information on iRacing and for special offers, visit www.iracing.com.