Greetings!
iRace of Remembrance -
Sebring International Raceway
Sunday November 8th, 2020

On the heels of a decision to cancel the 2020 Race of Remembrance at Anglesey Circuit, UK due to COVID-19, Operation eMotorsport has decided this event must live on even during a pandemic, so we will be hosting an iRacing virtual 6 hr iRace of Remembrance 2020 edition from virtual Sebring, FL on Sunday November 8th.

The intent of the event is to bring together as many of the beneficiaries, veterans, military members, race car drivers/crew members, and other supporters/fans that have, or would have participated in Race of Remembrance, in a friendly virtual sports car racing environment on Remembrance Sunday. We will red flag the event at 11:00 am for a remembrance service and a minute of silence to honor service and those who have given everything.

The event will run in EST and therefore not interfere with Remembrance Sunday services in the UK, allowing anyone in the UK to participate.

Event Overview
This is a 6-hr multi-class / multi-driver virtual endurance sportscar event with max / min drive times using the Porsche Cayman GT4 & BMW M4 GT4 on the iRacing platform at the iconic Hendricks Field.

Beneficiaries
RECARO will continue to support approved Operation Motorsport beneficiaries in the Operation eMotorsport iRacing program by covering the initial 3-month iRacing subscription, track, and car cost.

Event Schedule

Open Practice: 7:00 am
Mandatory Driver’s Meeting: 8:15 am
Open Qualifying: 8:30 am
Green Flag: 9:00 am
Red Flag: 10:55 am   
iRoR Service: 11:00 am
Green Flag: 11:10 am
Checkered Flag: 3:15 pm

YouTube Live Stream
https://www.youtube.com/c/OPERATIONMOTORSPORT

More details and entry forms coming soon

To register individually or as a team, volunteer or queries please contact;
Race Director - Jason Leach
jason.leach@oprationmotorsport.org

More info:
Winning Weekend at COTA Puts Boehm, CrowdStrike in Championship Position
AUSTIN, Texas (Sept. 22, 2020) – CrowdStrike Racing came away with another weekend of strong performances as SRO Motorsports America made its second visit of the season to Circuit of The Americas. With momentum clearly in-hand, the program turns its focus to closing out the season in championship form at the historic Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
 
CrowdStrike Racing drivers Kevin Boehm and CJ Moses turned heads with their performances in the TC America category at COTA with each establishing significant momentum ahead of the Indianapolis finale.
TOURING CAR AMERICA
One of the biggest stories of the weekend was the performance of CrowdStrike’s Boehm, who surged into the TCA Drivers Championship lead with a stellar showing at COTA.
 
Piloting the No. 9 CrowdStrike/AWS/DXDT Honda Performance Development (HPD) Civic Si, Boehm won twice at COTA to go along with a three-race sweep at Road America. He arrived in Austin three points out of the championship lead but unofficially is 32 points in front headed to Indianapolis.
 
Boehm had the dominant TCA car all weekend. He set the fastest time in Friday’s qualifying session and began out front in each 40-minute Touring Car race. Boehm led by more than seven seconds after the first eight minutes, won by 12.705 seconds and set the fastest lap in class.
 
It was more of the same Saturday as he raced out to another lead in the opening 20 minutes and again set the fastest lap of the race. He ended the weekend with a hard-fought, fourth-place finish.
 
“I’m really trying to take things one race at a time, and that’s what we’ve been doing all year,” said Boehm. “We’re still new to this series and the car is still new to us. I’m amazed at how much we’ve learned since we were here in March. To come back here and to get the results we did is pretty memorable. Everything has come together really well. We have the CrowdStrike/AWS/DXDT HPD Civic Si in a great spot heading into Indianapolis. It may have looked easy this weekend, but believe me, it wasn’t!”
BEYOND THE TRACK
Kevin Boehm also shared more of his winning success at COTA with his teammates at Operation Motorsport. The organization seeks to place retired or injured service members within teams during the weekend. It is one of many ways CrowdStrike supports and lifts up those who have sacrificed by their military service.
 
At Circuit of the Americas, Staff Sgt. William Babineau (Ret.) - an Operation Motorsport team member - was part of Boehm’s victorious effort and will be with the Boehm Racing team again at Indianapolis.
 
He is one of the many veterans whom Operation Motorsport has helped transition into new careers following their military service. Operation Motorsport is a veteran-led and operated, not-for-profit (US 501(c)(3)) that serves American & Canadian service members and veterans, and was founded on the basis of three simple words: Excite, Engage and Empower. 
 
The premise is to engage ill and injured service members and veterans affected by military service, through motorsport activities and opportunities to aid in their recovery and rehabilitation. Operation Motorsport provides a chance for veterans to use their skill sets in a variety of areas including paddock operations, car and tire prep, marketing, social media and other key areas that are part of a racing program.
 
The GT World Challenge Powered by AWS and TC America will wrap up their seasons at Indianapolis Motor Speedway along with the Intercontinental GT Challenge from October 1-4. For more information on the series, visit the new crowdstrikeracing.com.
ACURA SPORTS CAR CHALLENGE AT MID-OHIO
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This coming weekend sees 3 OpMo beneficiaries heading back to the track with IMSA teams at Mid-Ohio.

The COVID-19 restrictions in place that limit the number of crew members that teams can bring to race weekends has made it very challenging to activate beneficiaries in motorsport immersion crew roles. OpMo's decision to not activate any new beneficiaries that were not in the programs prior to the pandemic have also limited the number of available beneficiaries.

Archangel Principle Mike Johnson made the request for 2 beneficiaries to join the team for Mid-Ohio and medically transitioning long time beneficiary Staff Sergeant Katrina Williams and Sergeant First Class (RET) Andrew Ostman answered the call. Katrina has not been with a team since last season due to COVID travel restrictions placed on DOD members and is excited to return to the track.

In a late call Chris Mitchum Director of Race Team Operations at Action Express Racing made a request to have OpMo Beneficary Trustee and Chief Warrant Officer Three (CW3) DeWayne Crawford, retired US Army Paratrooper rejoin the Action Express Racing team for Mid-Ohio. DeWayne was with AXR for a number of races in 2019.

DeWayne will have the added responsibility of OpMo event coordinator for this event.
with Operation eMotorsport
September 29th @ 8:15 pm EDT.

With the continuing support from RECARO, who help us make this form of Diversionary Therapy available to any beneficiary who wants to participate in our 8 race virtual racing league, at no cost to them.

To ensure fair and friendly competition, encouraging consistent participation we will have 3 classes of drivers; Beneficiary Class, Open Class, and Pro Class.

Prizes are awarded by class for each event and championship prizes after the 8 rounds. For this event Michelin Raceway is providing a pair of 2020 Petit Le Mans tickets to every podium finisher by class.

Follow all the action from our YouTube channel as PitStop TV provides all the play play action live.

https://www.youtube.com/c/OPERATIONMOTORSPORT

A complete schedule, links and set of regulations can be found on our website on the eMotorsport page.

If you are interested in participating, sponsoring or supporting please contact;
Jason Leach at Jason.Leach@OperationMotorsport.org.
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About Operation Motorsport -

Operation Motorsport is a veteran-led 501(c)(3) not-for-profit Foundation based in Raleigh, NC & Brighton, ON and was founded on the basis of three simple words – Excite, Engage and Empower. Its mission is to engage, through motorsport activities, ill & injured service members and disabled veterans, affected by military service, leading to aiding in their recovery and rehabilitation. For more information, please visit: http://operationmotorsport.org/
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