Championship begins on Thursday, May 30 with VORTEX Misadventure Great Lakes 100

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Jim Beaver eSports and #Yes2Motorsport have teamed up to bring iRacers the 2024 Virtual Off-Road Team Endurocross (VORTEX) season, starting Thursday, May 30 with the 3rd Annual VORTEX Misadventure Great Lakes 100 presented by Jim Beaver eSports at Bark River International Raceway. This will mark the third full season of VORTEX racing on the iRacing platform, following the creation of the multi-class off-road team racing series in December 2021 with the inaugural Group Therapy 100.

The partnership joins an existing relationship to promote Virtual Off-Road Endurocross (VOREX), a similar series of endurance off-road events that feature shorter race lengths and solo drivers. VORTEX races last for 100 minutes and feature teams of two or three drivers per entry. Classes for iRacing’s Pro 4, Subaru WRX STI, and Volkswagen Beetle Lite return for 2024, with the full-power Pro 2 joining the series for the first time this year.

The full 2024 VORTEX schedule is as follows:

• Thursday, May 30: 3rd Annual VORTEX Misadventure Great Lakes 100 at Bark River
• Thursday, August 29: 3rd Annual VORTEX Sierra Nevada 100 at Wild West
• Thursday, December 26: 4th Annual VORTEX Group Therapy 100 at Crandon Full

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It’s that time of year again! #Yes2Motorsport’s Virtual Off-Road Team Endurocross (VORTEX) kicks off its season on Thursday, April 25 with the 3rd Annual Great Lakes 100 at Bark River International Raceway. Race schedule is like normal: three days of timed practice leading up before Happy Hour and the race session itself on Thursday.

New for the 2024 VORTEX season, Pro 2s have replaced Pro 2 Lites as the second truck class. Specific protocols for entries that fail to meet the criteria for an official team (2-3 drivers) have also been established. Most other rules have not changed.

To compete, please file your entry here: https://forms.gle/rEBFfUHYTwm8pzWn9

The full event schedule is as follows:

MONDAY, APRIL 22

• 9-11PM ET: Open Practice 1 (120 mins)

TUESDAY, APRIL 23

• 9-11PM ET: Open Practice 2 (120 mins)

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24

• 9-11PM ET: Open Practice 3 (120 mins)

THURSDAY, APRIL 25

• 7-8PM ET: TBD
• 8:35PM ET: Race session opens/Final Practice (20 mins)
• 8:55PM ET: Qualifying (10 mins)
• 9:05PM ET: 3rd Annual VORTEX Great Lakes 100 (100 mins)

Finally, remember that Yes2 events are regularly held every Thursday starting at 7PM ET and Saturday starting at 8PM ET. Other events of note coming up soon:

• SATURDAY, MAY 4: Off-Road Championship Grand Prix—six-week series with six championships featuring free cars on short course tracks
• THURSDAY, MAY 23: Indiana 500 Jr. at Lucas Oil IRP—multiple races featuring the Dallara DW12
• THURSDAY, MAY 30: VOREX Wild Country National at Crandon Short—solo variant of VORTEX. 10 minute GT3 race, 10 minute Pro Lite race, 20 minute RX Supercar race with a pit stop

Jim Beaver eSports has teamed up with #Yes2Motorsport to promote the re-imagined Virtual Off-Road Endurocross (VOREX) series in 2024. The nine-race series, run within the Y2M iRacing league on Thursday nights, features three distinct events and championships.

How to Participate

• Join the #Yes2Motorsport iRacing league: Click here
• Join the #Yes2Motorsport Discord: Click here
• No additional entry forms or other requirements. These races are open to all!

Race Details

• Round 1 of 9: VOREX Sagebrush National
• Wild West Motorsports Park | January 25, 2024

Event Schedule

7:00, 7:20, 7:40PM ET: #Yes2Motorsport races

• Refer to the Y2M Discord for more information.

8:00PM ET: VOREX Sports Car Trophy

• Vehicle(s): [Legacy] Audi R8 LMS, Ferrari 488, Mercedes-AMG, and Porsche 911 R GT3s
• Setup: Custom-built
• Qualifying: 10 minutes open, worn track state
• Race: 10 minutes, worn track state

8:25PM ET: VOREX Light Truck Trophy

• Vehicle(s): Pro 2 Lite
• Setup: Track-specific
• Qualifying: 10 minutes open, clean track state
• Race: 10 minutes, clean track state

8:50PM ET: VOREX Super Car Trophy

• Vehicle(s): Rallycross Supercars
• Setup: baseline_fullfuel.sto
• Qualifying: 10 minutes open, clean track state
• Race: 20 minutes, clean track state (ONE PIT STOP)

Jim Beaver eSports will team up with #Yes2Motorsport to promote the re-imagined Virtual Off-Road Endurocross (VOREX) series in 2024. The nine-race series, run within the Y2M iRacing league on Thursday nights, will feature three distinct events and championships this year, starting with next week’s Sagebrush National at the virtual Wild West Motorsports Park.

VOREX events will fill the last Thursdays of each month not occupied by Y2M’s VORTEX team-based events, with the exceptions of October and November, where they’ll be moved up one week each for the Halloween and Thanksgiving holiday. VOREX events will kick off with a 10-minute Sports race (assorted FWD and RWD road racing cars) at 8PM ET, followed by a 10-minute Pro 2 Lite race and a 20-minute Rallycross Supercars race. Unlike VORTEX, all of these races will feature single-driver entries. There will also be an hour of non-VOREX racing beginning at 7PM ET on each race night.

The full 2024 Jim Beaver eSports/#Yes2Motorsport VOREX schedule is as follows:

• January 25, 2024: 2nd VOREX Sagebrush National at Wild West
• February 29, 2024: 2nd VOREX Frozen Lake National at Bark River
• March 28, 2024: 2nd VOREX Dairyland National at Crandon Full
• May 30, 2024: 2nd VOREX Wild Country National at Crandon Short
• June 27, 2024: 2nd VOREX Tahoe National at Wild West
• July 25, 2024: 2nd VOREX Saguaro National at Wild Horse Pass
• September 26, 2024: 1st VOREX Oktoberfest National at Crandon Full
• October 24, 2024: 1st VOREX Roadrunner National at Wild Horse Pass
• November 21, 2024: 2nd VOREX Wolverine National at Bark River

The alignment marks a return to off-road racing for Jim Beaver eSports, which was one of the first dominant off-road esports teams in the history of not only iRacing, but also the genre as a whole. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, JBE organized a World Cup event that was attended by top sim racers and real-world pros alike, and was dominated by team driver Cameron Pedersen. The reception was so significant that two further events were organized, creating a Triple Crown, and further races were created that year to celebrate iRacing’s releases of Crandon International Raceway and the Long Beach Street Circuit.

From there, the growth only continued. JBE put its World Cup on the CBS Sports Network for 2021 and broadcast the entire Triple Crown in 2022, once again highlighting a mix of top sim pros and real-world stars. Names like Travis Pastrana, Ron Capps, Conor Daly, Greg Biffle, Christopher Polvoorde, Ronnie Anderson, Ryan Vargas, Parker Kligerman, Landon Cassill, Jim DeChamp, and hundreds of others brought the star power to these events. When iRacing unveiled its first $25,000 Off-Road Championship Series in 2022, JBE took a sabbatical from event promotion, but dominated the series by winning its inaugural championship with driver Connor Barry.

Concurrently, Jim Beaver eSports also ran an eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series team from midway through 2019 through the 2023 season. As JBE’s profile grew in the off-road space, the team worked its way through the ranks of eNASCAR, eventually establishing itself as a regular contender for the playoffs and team championship. 2023 was the best season in team history, with drivers Garrett Lowe and Malik Ray both spending plenty of time up front and Lowe earning his way into the Championship 4. Jim Beaver eSports will not be returning to eNASCAR for 2024, but would like to thank iRacing and NASCAR for its time in the series.

The following rule changes will be made for the 2024 season of Virtual Off-Road Team Endurocross (VORTEX):

Vehicles and Classes

The Pro 2 Lite (Limited Truck) will be replaced with the full-power Pro 2. The Pro 4 and Pro 2 classes will officially be known as Unlimited Truck-4 and Unlimited Truck-2.

Vehicle Numbers

All numbers will be free for all classes to select on a first-come, first-serve basis. However, the traditional number format will still be encouraged:

• Unlimited Truck-4 (Pro 4): 00-09, 1-99
• Unlimited Car (Subaru WRX STI): 100-199
• Unlimited Truck-2 (Pro 2): 200-299
• Limited Car (Volkswagen Beetle Lite): 500-599

Point System

The final “0” will be removed from all points totals moving forward. Last place class points will go from 500 to 50. Gaps between positions will go from 100 to 10.

VORTEX Classic Trophy

A new championship, the VORTEX Classic Trophy, will be awarded alongside the five existing VORTEX championships (Overall and the four classes) for 2024. To be eligible for the VORTEX Classic Trophy, racers must meet the following criteria:

• Compete in all three events for the 2024 season.
• Compete in the same class in each event.
• Compete in an entry that uses the traditional number format.

As long as all of this criteria is met, it doesn’t matter if the driver switches teams or teammates during the season. For example: an Unlimited Car racer that runs for a team with #124 in the Great Lakes 100 and Sierra Nevada 100, but runs for a new team with the #186 in the Group Therapy 100, is still eligible for the VORTEX Classic Trophy.

Solo Race Penalties

VORTEX, in its name and by its nature, is a team championship. While drivers who show up and race solo will not be barred from competing, the following penalties will be applied to drivers who complete a race without sharing their vehicle:

• Loss of one completed lap on their final score, to compensate for the time saved without undergoing a driver change;
• Being moved to the end of their final scored lap, for not following the rules of the event;
• A five-point penalty, to ensure that a driver who soloed a race cannot win a tiebreaker.

Teams whose second driver was unable to compete due to a genuine hardship, such as a medical emergency, may have penalties waived on a case-by-case basis after a review of their circumstances. Teams whose second driver joined the session incorrectly (such as creating a second team or joining as a spotter) will not have their penalties waived. Teams whose drivers shared a simulator or iRacing account in person will not be penalized.

Deliberately running VORTEX races solo is not permitted under series rules because it constitutes a competitive advantage to not have to spend the time required in the pits to do a driver change in an iRacing team event. However, to foster competition and ensure everyone can play, drivers are allowed to run the entire race in the event of issues joining the race with their team, with the results and points finalized in post.

Because many such cases existed in the Kemimoto Group Therapy 100, a universal penalty will be applied evenly to each of these entries. The universal penalties that will be applied to solo entries are as follows:

• Each entry that ran with a solo driver will be penalized by one lap in its final scoring.
• Solo entries will then be moved to the last spot on the lap where they were scored.
• These penalties do not apply to entries that featured in-person driver changes. There was one such entry in this race, the #157 Unlimited Car, that was restored to its original lap count and finishing position.

This will be the universal scoring penalty standard for solo VORTEX entries moving forward. With penalties applied, official Kemimoto Group Therapy 100 results are as follows:

Unlimited Truck (Pro 4)

1. #51 Dirty Dane Racing, 75 laps
2. #75 The Fighting Mongooses, 75 laps
3. #35 TG Racing, 75 laps
4. #33 Short Bus Heroes, 75 laps* (76 solo laps; 1^st before penalty)
5. #4 Team Pro 4x, 74 laps
6. #3 Zero-G, 74 laps
7. #28 Crazy House, 74 laps
8. #37 KES InDustries Trux, 74 laps
9. #13 Simagic Nitro Circus Simracing Team, 74 laps* (75 solo laps; 2^nd before penalty)
10. #29 10mm Sockets, 73 laps
11. #74 GRILLS GRILLS GRILLS, 73 laps
12. #34 Shockeye Off-Road, 73 laps
13. #69 PFAaFO, 72 laps

Unlimited Car (Subaru WRX STI)

1. #548 Team Pimax, 76 laps
2. #93 OSS Racing Division, 75 laps
3. #112 PLT Motorsports, 75 laps
4. #137 KES Industries, 74 laps
5. #169 Team RICK, 74 laps
6. #188 WaK On WaK Off, 72 laps
7. #126 Iron Rock Motorsports, 72 laps
8. #20 Zero Sheep Given Racing, 71 laps
9. #157 Sconnie Autosport, 70 laps^ (in-person driver change)
10. #155 xepyalS, 69 laps* (70 solo laps; 9^th before penalty)
11. #115 Moving Chicane Motorsports, 67 laps
12. #59 Squadra StunZeed, 66 laps
13. #81 The Loaner, 66 laps* (67 solo laps; 12^th before penalty)

Limited Truck (Pro 2 Lite)

1. #230 Omega Racing Team Off Road, 70 laps
2. #96 Team Core, 69 laps
3. #294 PBR Racing, 69 laps
4. #7 Exiled e-Sports, 69 laps* (70 solo laps; 1^st before penalty)
5. #204 Tentucky Racing, 67 laps
6. #249 Herkin Dirt Racing, 67 laps* (68 solo laps; 5^th before penalty)
7. #219 PBR Racing, 65 laps
8. #217 PBR Racing, 64 laps
9. #39 Herkin Dirt Racing, 56 laps* (57 solo laps)

Limited Car (Volkswagen Beetle Lite)

1. #535 Volkswagen Auto Group, 74 laps
2. #555 Snoop There It Is, 73 laps
3. #577 Dirty Starfish, 72 laps
4. #581 JC Simsport, 71 laps
5. #543 The Highlighter Bros, 69 laps
6. #599 Team Sausage Party, 68 laps
7. #511 Dr. Peppas, 66 laps
8. #553 Mick eMouse Clubhouse, 66 laps
9. #569 Slaypex Racing Team, 15 laps

Registration for the Kemimoto Group Therapy 100 is open now. As always, the race will feature four classes of action—Pro 4, Pro 2 Lite, Subaru WRX STI, and Volkswagen Beetle Lite—competing for 100 minutes at iRacing’s virtual Crandon International Raceway. Each team will consist of 2-3 drivers. The event is the third and final round of the 2023 VORTEX (Virtual Off-Road Team Endurocross) championship.

#Yes2Motorsport is thrilled to announce Kemimoto as the title sponsor for the 3rd Annual Group Therapy 100, returning on Thursday, December 28. Kemimoto is a leading provider of aftermarket UTV parts for the industry’s top brands, and also offers accessories for your ATV, motorcycle, golf cart, bike, or boat.

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Be sure to follow Kemimoto on Instagram at @kemimoto_us and thank them for their support! And if you’re in the Havasu area, be sure to join them this weekend for the Havasu Havoc UTV Fest.

#Yes2Motorsport is pleased to unveil the 2024 VORTEX (Virtual Off-Road Team Endurocross) and VOREX (Virtual Off-Road Endurocross) schedules. All three VORTEX events from 2023 will return for 2024, while VOREX will see a completely new format.

2024 VORTEX Details

All three established VORTEX events will return for 2024 in their respective April, August, and December dates. The only change that VORTEX will see is the replacement of the Pro 2 Lite truck with the full-powered Pro 2 truck. The Pro 4 truck, Subaru WRX STI, and Volkswagen Beetle Lite will each return.

• April 25, 2024: 3rd VORTEX Great Lakes 100 at Bark River
• August 29, 2024: 3rd VORTEX Sierra Nevada 100 at Wild West
• December 26, 2024: 4th VORTEX Group Therapy 100 at Crandon Full

2024 VOREX Details

VOREX will undergo a complete overhaul for 2024. Rather than running a season in three-event blocks in the weeks following each VORTEX race, VOREX will fill the last Thursdays of the month not already occupied by VORTEX events (excepting the Halloween and Thanksgiving holidays, where races will move up by one week).

Instead of a single 40-minute multiclass race, each VOREX event will be split into three races. Events will kick off with a 10-minute Sports race (assorted FWD and RWD road racing cars), followed by a 10-minute Pro 2 Lite race and a 20-minute Rallycross Supercars race.

• January 25, 2024: 2nd VOREX Sagebrush National at Wild West
• February 29, 2024: 2nd VOREX Frozen Lake National at Bark River
• March 28, 2024: 2nd VOREX Dairyland National at Crandon Full
• May 30, 2024: 2nd VOREX Badger National at Crandon Short
• June 27, 2024: 2nd VOREX Tahoe National at Wild West
• July 25, 2024: 2nd VOREX Saguaro National at Wild Horse Pass
• September 26, 2024: 1st VOREX Oktoberfest National at Crandon Full
• October 24, 2024: 1st VOREX Roadrunner National at Wild Horse Pass
• November 21, 2024: 2nd VOREX Wolverine National at Bark River

At #Yes2Motorsport, a key part of what we do is try to keep everyone on the track as much as possible. When you’re running a ton of sessions on any given night, it’s important to be mindful of people’s content in hand, and keep to a predictable list. We’ve been trying to integrate some more niche tracks that have fit some of our race formats, but a good layout is only worth the people that are able to race with us.

So we’re going #BACK2BASICS and trimming the Fair Game track list back down. The tracks that will always be on Fair Game are:

• All free tracks
• All legacy tracks
• All paid tracks with Rallycross layouts (Atlanta, Barcelona, Brands Hatch, Hell, Iowa, Knockhill, Lucas Oil/IRP, Sonoma)
• All paid tracks with Off-Road layouts (Bark River, Crandon, Wild Horse Pass, Wild West)
• All paid tracks with Figure 8 layouts (Irwindale)
• All street circuits (Chicago, Detroit, Long Beach)

Tracks that don’t fit any of the above criteria, but are both popular and multi-use enough to justify sticking around in moderation, include:

• Auto Club (3 road courses and a high-speed oval)
• Barber (3 road courses)
• Daytona (2 generations of scans, oval and road layouts)
• Hockenheimring (10 layouts)
• Homestead-Miami (universally beloved, oval and road layouts)
• Mid-Ohio (multiple road courses, 2 weird ovals)
• New Hampshire (multiple oval and road layouts)
• Road Atlanta (universally beloved)
• Suzuka (4 layouts)
• Twin Ring Motegi (3 road courses and a high-speed oval)

This is more than enough to do something interesting with just about any combo we ever want to work with, and keep most people in the game for a lot of the night. As an example, here’s an eight-race playlist of just very short road courses and weird ovals where almost every Yes2 member can run just about all night:

• Oran Park North (free)
• Tsukuba 1000 Outer (free)
• Concord (free)
• Oxford Plains (free)
• Texas Road Short B (legacy)
• Knockhill Tri-Oval (rallycross)
• Mid-Ohio Alt Oval (paid)
• Barber Short B (paid)

And here’s one of just high-speed ovals geared towards open-wheel cars:

• Charlotte (free/rallycross)
• [Legacy] Phoenix (free/rallycross)
• [Legacy] Kentucky (legacy)
• [Legacy] Michigan (legacy)
• [Legacy] Pocono (legacy)
• Iowa (rallycross)
• New Hampshire (paid)
• Motegi (paid)

So, you know. Between all the weird car/track combos we do, we’ve got more than enough to play with on Thursday and Saturday nights keeping it to the above. See you out there!

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RACE SESSIONS

• First race session launches at 7PM ET
• Subsequent sessions will launch rapid-fire after the previous session finishes

SETUPS

• Track-specific setups will be used whenever applicable
• baseline.sto will be used for all other sessions

RACE FORMATS

• Mega Rally Mini: 10 mins open qualifying, 10 mins race
• All other races: max 7 mins open practice, 1 lap (max 3 mins) qualifying, 5 mins race with fully inverted grid

OCTOBER 26

• Class 11X at Crandon Short
• Champ Car World Trophy (SF23) at Iowa Oval
• Mega Mini Field of Dreams Rally at Iowa RX
• Class 11X at Limaland
• MEGATRUCK (Pro 2) at Sonoma Open Wheel pre-2008
• Mega Mini Rally of Coyotes at Sonoma RX

NOVEMBER 2

• Class 11X at Wild Horse Pass
• SuperTour (6 assorted GT cars) at Knockhill International
• Mega Mini Rally of the North Sea at Knockhill RX
• Class 11X at USA Dirt
• Tarmac Attack (RX Supercars vs. GT4) at Barcelona Club
• Mega Mini Rally de Basilica at Barcelona RX

NOVEMBER 9

• Class 11X at Wild West
• Tarmac Attack (RX Supercars vs. GT4) at Daytona Short
• Mega Mini Rally of Mermaids at Daytona RX Short
• Class 11X at Lanier Dirt
• Champ Car World Trophy (SF23) at Atlanta Oval
• Mega Mini Hummingbird Rally at Atlanta RX Long

NOVEMBER 16

• Class 11X at Bark River
• MEGATRUCK (Pro 2) at Charlotte Roval
• Mega Mini Queen City Rally at Charlotte RX
• Class 11X at Crandon Full
• SuperTour (6 assorted GT cars) at Iowa Road – Sunset
• Mega Mini Night Owl Rally at Iowa RX – Night