Exciting annoucement!

[Zippy]

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I am proud to annouce that I will be racing in a very competitive series on Iracing starting March 7th @8pm EST.
I will be competing in the Iracing Porsche Esports Sprint Challenge Canada series.
I have been recruited by Porsche Centre Oakville to represent them in this series, along side my teammate Alex Ellis.
I will be piloting the GT4 Cayman in the PESCC series, and my teammate, Alex Ellis, will be driving the GT3 Porsche Cup Car in the PECCC series.

Really excited to see what I can do in a very competitive environment!
Qualifying starts at 8pm EST
Green flag for PESCC is at 8:50pm EST

Fingers crossed for some clean competitive racing
Here we go!

Races will be broadcasted on Racespot TV.
~ Broadcast link to come

[RedSN]

That’s anazing news Ross!

Keep us us posted.

[MUSTANGWOP]

Amazing news Ross, congratulations!!!
All the best in the race, it'll be a great experience.

[Stephen06GT]

Congrats Ross.

[ZR]

Proud of you Ross, give it hell.

[Scrape]

Congrats Ross!

[Uncle Buck]

Wow that’s outstanding

[Blackmare]

Congrats!

[mavrrrick]

Congrats!!! Give em shite!!

[CON VERT]

Congrats !

[Zippy]

Link for the race tomorrow

https://www.twitch.tv/porsche

[Zippy]

First race in the books
From 2nd to 8th in qualifying was only seperated by under 1tenth.
I started P7... if I ran a .066 faster... I would have started 2nd. Crazy how close the competition is.

Got up to P4 by lap 5, fell back to P5 until the last lap on lap 19.
Went for a move in T8/T9/T10 and it just didn't work out.
Fell back to P6 crossing the line.
Dipped the LR in the dirt and the car snapped loose on me as I turned the car into the corner.

Thanks for all the support guys.

Replay of last couple corners.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7bqrDz6e6o

Next race is next Thursday night at Fuji.
I wish these races were longer!

My team currently sits P8 in the Team Championship with our sister team sitting P2!

[MUSTANGWOP]

Great exposure Ross!

[Zippy]

Round 2!
Tonight at 8pm EST!
Tune in to https://www.twitch.tv/porsche !
Hoping for a top 5 tonight! Let's get after it!

[Zippy]

Round 2 of the Porsche Canada GT4 League (PESCC) was last night and it didn't go that well.
A last minute rule change to qually got me off my game and I ended up P9.
The race start was an absolute mess.
9 of 23 drivers jumped the race start putting me on the back foot.
I had to avoid a pile up in T4/T5 area which made me fall back to 13th.


I was able to battle all the way back up to P9 in this short 25minute race.
Really disappointed with the result, had top 5 pace.


We go again at Road America in two weeks times
Got acouple of videos / race highlights of all that happened if you missed it!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZcEnuZRcCw
GT4 Porsche Full Race Highlights


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JHvRwQnazY
GT4 Porsche Last lap - Battle for 9th

[Zippy]

Something pretty cool happened today....

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[RedSN]

Details!!!

Was this just a showcase? Or did they hand you the keys!?

[MUSTANGWOP]

You're killing us Ross.....details!

[Zippy]

Sorry for the cliff hanger...

But the other day I was invited out for a little photo shoot with my Teammate Alex Ellis.
This is to help with social media posts and will be a 'meet the drivers' type post when they get the photo's all set up.

Here are some behind the scenes photo's of the day.
This was at the Policaro Group head office in Oakville.
Got to look at some of Mr. Policaro's car collection (at least 4 early gen NSX's, a brand new NSX and a bunch of super high end Porsche's and bmw's)
One of them on the rack there is 1 of 7 in a super rare colour... that's never been driven.

The highlight of the day was climbing into the Cayman GT4 racecar. Even with me being a pretty big guy, was pretty comfy and roomy.
The car I was sitting in and shown in the photo's will be the same car Alex Ellis will be a driver coach for and also one of the engineers on the car. This means he'll be getting to drive it abunch during practice to help with setup and trying to extract as much pace as possible out of the car.
Super grateful for the opportunity to represent them... hope to get better results for the rounds to come.

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[Old Fart]

Awesome!!

[MUSTANGWOP]

Amazing experience Ross, you've earned it!!

[Zippy]

Round 3 of the PESCC Championship is tonight @ 8pm EST. Green flag 8:50pm EST
We will be racing at the beautiful Road America track this evening.
Should be a wild race tonight.
Hope to have a good qual and keep it clean!
I currently sit tied for P6 in the championship and only 3points behind 5th after 2 races. The Team Championship, we are sitting 7th with a lot of racing to go!
Lets get after it!


https://www.twitch.tv/porsche/schedule

[ZR]

Give it hell Ross.

[Rino]

Good Luck:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumb sup::thumbsup:

[Zippy]

Round 4 of the Porsche Canada Series on iracing is tonight at 8pm EST. Racing at the legendary RedBull Ring in Austria
You can watch it live on https://www.twitch.tv/porsche
Qual 8pm EST
Race Start 8:50pm EST

Looking to bounce back after getting caught up in the lap 1 wreck in Round 3.
Still holding in 8th in the points, still lots of points to be gained!

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[CON VERT]

Good Luck Zippy ! :dragster:

[RedSN]

Will have to watch it on replay (last curling game tonight).
Good luck Ross!

[Stephen06GT]

Good luck Ross.

[MUSTANGWOP]

Good luck Ross!!

[Zippy]

P10
The racing midpack in this series is nuts.

[Scrape]

Good Luck Ross. Have a blast.

[Zippy]

Photo's have been sent to me from the photoshoot that I had acouple of weeks back.
I got a driverspotlight today on Porsche Oakville's Instagram page
https://www.instagram.com/porschecentreoakville/

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[ZR]

Great pictures Ross.

[Zippy]

Round 5 @ COTA Tomorrow!
Qual is at 8pm EST
Race is at 8:50pm EST

I put my back out last week and majority of this week... but still managed to put in nearly 150laps of practice... which is close to 15hours of on track lapping.
Hope the hard work pays off, I need a good result this week to stay in the top 5 hunt in points.

[CON VERT]

Go get'em ZIP.

[ZR]

Give er shiat Rosco.

[Stephen06GT]

Give it hell Zip!!

[Zippy]

P11 result. Not terrible for the circumstances with my back.
We go again next Thursday.
Racing at the legendary Spa track.
Striving for a Top 5, that'll feel like a win at this point.

[Zippy]

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[RAT ATK]

You clean up pretty good there Rosco

[Zippy]

You clean up pretty good there Rosco

Photoshop is a wonderful thing :spitcoffee:

[Zippy]

INSANE RACE!!!!
P8 Qual into a P5 RESULT
letssssssssssssssss gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Finally!

If you missed it, I timestamped it. Definetely worth the watch!
Going to be posting up a POV from me on the epic battle for P5.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2129603531?t=1h25m28s

[ZR]

Thats freakin cool, well done.

[RedSN]

Striving for a Top 5.



P5 RESULT
letssssssssssssssss gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Finally!
:party::clap2::rockon::thumbsup:

[Zippy]

Incase you missed it!
Round 6 of the PESCC series was last night ... and it was probably the most insane race I have been apart of in my sim racing career.

Qual'd in 8th and managed to get up to P6 with 2 laps to go
I made a quick video of the amazing battle I had for P5.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYS58KGyiO4

Big thanks to the Policaro Group and Porsche Centre Oakville for the opportunity in representing them in this competition!
Also wanted to give a shoutout to my teammates, Justin Rehm, Alex Ellis & Juliano Romagnuolo for helping me get up to speed in a car I don't normally drive. We've got some momentum now... onto Road Atlanta in 2 weeks time!

Make sure you guys tune into the Porsche Twitch page to check out the action live!
https://www.twitch.tv/porsche

[Minaccia]

Nice driving there Ross, you should give pops some tips.

[RedSN]

Damn that was some tight racing!

[Stephen06GT]

Good job Zip!!!

[Zippy]

Thanks guys! Next race is May 9th!

A video of my teammate Alex Ellis doing some testing in the GT4 car I did the photo shoot with.
Pretty cool to have a car to root for this season.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ5OQ2Zvflw

[Zippy]

Some screenshots

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[Zippy]

Had my best qual so far this season with a P5 qual... but did not have a good start off the rip. Got caught sleeping and fell to P8.
Road atlanta is a super close track in terms of lap time... but managed to sneak by a wreck and get back to P6.
I'll take it. Finished ahead of everyone that is ahead of me in the points
Currently sitting P8, points will be released over the weekend... hope to maybe get to P6???

Next race at Montreal I will be racing at the Dealership in Oakville..... that should be fun!

[MUSTANGWOP]

Best of luck Ross. What an amazing experience this is for you!

[ZR]

Nicely done Ross.

[Zippy]

Standings update.
Sitting P7 in the GT4 Points, 8points back of P6
Team Championship we are sitting P6 and only a couple of points back from 5th...
1 race to go!

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[RedSN]

Good luck in the final race!

[Stephen06GT]

Give ‘em hell Ross!!!

[Zippy]

thanks boys!

[Zippy]

Big race tonight.
The last round of the Porsche Canada Series is tonight
I will be racing live at Porsche Center Oakville dealership!
Watch the race live on Twitch.com/porsche
Qual begins at 8pm EST, race @ 8:50pm EST
https://www.twitch.tv/porsche
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[MUSTANGWOP]

Best of luck Ross!

[ZR]

Best of luck Ross.

[ZR]

Congrats on a strong finish Ross.

[Zippy]

Yesterday was an epic day... more pics to come...

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[Zippy]

Unreal experience through this Porsche Canada iRacing series. Never in a million years would I thought I was good enough or ever get the opportunity to do something like this. Super proud of myself for even doing something like this. Hard work always paysoff.
Last night I raced infront of a bunch of people at the Porsche Centre Oakville dealership... LIVE. The stress and anxiety was all worth it in the end.

I got off to a rough start getting use to the new equipment. Qualified P12... and was able to race all the way up to P6!
The entire night was amazing.

Big thanks to the men and woman at the Policaro Group for putting on such a cool event.
Big thanks to Alex Ellis , Daniel Morad, Juliano Romagnuolo & Justin Rehm for their support and coaching throughout this event and all events prior.

Here are some photo's of the setup and me behind the wheel!

Points are not finalized... but I am pretty certain I was able to get all the way back up to P6 in the Driver Championship... not too bad for my rookie year.
For not driving this GT4 Porsche cayman before... I will take it.
It is also looking like Oakville will finish P6 in the Team Championship

Big thanks to everyone for your kind words and best wishes throughout the season. Means alot to me.
Till next year
:highfive:

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[RedSN]

Soooooo coooool
Congrats Ross!

Looks like it was a very well pu together event.

[MUSTANGWOP]

That's so amazing Ross!!

[Gabe]

I know absolutely nothing about gaming, but how did that simulator setup compare to what you have at home?

[Zippy]

I know absolutely nothing about gaming, but how did that simulator setup compare to what you have at home?

I have the exact same wheel base, that was my own steering wheel that i brought.
The pedals in sim racing is the biggest thing, the feel of the brake pedal especially is where all the time is.
I arrived at 4:30 and the race was at 8, I spent all that time setting everything up as close as what I could get at home... its just alot of moving parts.

Overall, the equipment they provide was very high end, it's just the amount of times I have pushed my brake vs. theirs is the factor.

I'd do some things different for next time.

But in terms of pace, I was off probably half a second vs. what I could do at home. With how tight the field is, spec setup etc, that is a massive difference.

[Zee]

Sweet!!!