2009 Highlights - Full Review
2009 Highlights - Full Review
DHR had by far its best year to date in 2009 with the team collecting five team titles and seven driver’s titles and establishing its self as one of the top teams in SimRacing once again.
The two SimRacing Team Challenge titles were the major success and full focus for the team in 2009, but overall the team was very busy with other racing and goals including recruiting some highly talented driver’s and securing key partnership deals with SimCraft, Fanatec and Naturalpoint’s TrackIR.
The Partners
The year started out with the team securing a deal with Naturalpoint’s TrackIR. Their TrackIR system takes your SimRacing view to the next level by judging where your apexes are much earlier and giving you a better field of view letting you have a much better awareness of what’s around you. Not long after the team secured a deal with Fanatec, the official manufacturer of the Porsche wheels for us SimRacers. Their wheels like the GT3 RSR have the best FFB on the market and their Clubsport pedals give you that extra advantage with precise braking and throttle control.
Then at the end of the year a title sponsor deal with SimCraft was announced. SimCraft offers complete turnkey racing simulator systems, like the APEX sc830, they also recently announced STAR - the motion simulation development kit. Hi-fidelity, physics based motion for SimRacing and flight simulation is now possible for anyone.
And finally a special thanks to our Technical partner Global Motorsport Technologies for their support and help throughout the year. Global Motorsport Technologies can provide you with turnkey professional driver training solutions as well as ways to entertain your sponsors and partners with state of the art motorsport software and high end racing simulators.
Results
Highlight Achievement of 2009
SimRacing Team Challenge | Back to back champions in the fastest GT series in SimRacing. Winning the Blue Cup in the team’s first full season then winning the Black Cup the following season.
Drivers who shared the honours where: Damian Dainhumain, Jack Keithley, Keith Barrick, Mikko Korkiakoski, Panu Ronkainen, Ries Notenboom, Robin Taylor, Teo Bubicic, Thor Qualmaan and Vincent Staal.
(Includes the entire driver’s who were involved in lifting the titles in both cups. Names are sorted by alphabetical order)
All results from 2009:
Team:
• 2 x SimRacing Team Challenge Champions
• BeTCC Winter Champions
• BeTCC Summer Champions
• R2P S14 - Skoda Challenge Champions
• GRC Championship Season 6: 2nd
• Formula SimRacing WS AMA: 2nd & 7th
• Formula SimRacing WS ADV: 5th
• Formula SimRacing WS PRO: 5th
Driver Hall Of Fame: (No particular order)
• Jack Keithley wins the winter BeTCC Driver’s Title
• Ryan Mortimer wins the BeRacing Mini Cooper Challenge
• Keith Barrick wins the ATCC Championship Driver’s Title
• Keith Barrick wins the R2P S14 Mini Challenge [USA]
• Keith Barrick wins the R2P S14 - Skoda Challenge [USA]
• Teo Bubicic wins the R2P S14 GT Club [Euro]
• Teo Bubicic wins the R2P S14 Weltreisen Auto Meisterschaft [Euro]
• Karl Dubois finished 3rd in the winter BeTCC
• Ryan Mortimer finished 5th in the winter BeTCC
• Jack Keithley finished 2nd in GRC Season 7
• Jack Keithley finished 2nd in GRC Season 6
• Mike Wrightson finished 5th in GRC Season 6
• Damian Dainhumain finished 3rd in the RDGTC
• Mirko Lupini finished 3rd in Formula SimRacing WS AMA
• Ivan Kaloyanov finished 4th in Formula SimRacing WS AMA
• Luca Lupini finished 6th in Formula SimRacing WS AMA
• Teo Bubicic finished 5th in Formula SimRacing WS ADV
• Damian Dainhumain, Jack Keithley, Keith Barrick, Mikko Korkiakoski, Thor Qualmaan and Vincent Staal, win the STC Black Cup 09 Title
• Damian Dainhumain, Jack Keithley, Mikko Korkiakoski, Panu Ronkainen, Ries Notenboom, Robin Taylor, Teo Bubicic and Vincent Staal, win the STC Blue Cup 09 Title
(All results are based on the top ten in the final standings)
After a great year of racing the team is looking forward to a big 2010 with more wins and titles. A review of what the team has planned this year will be posted soon.
