TNT Racing News

TNT 2012 Season 1 Sponsorship - LIVESTRONG

TNT Racing is proud to announce a new sponsor for Season 1 of 2012 - The Lance Armstrong Foundation (LIVESTRONG). LIVESTRONG is a non-profit foundation whose primary goal is support for cancer survivors.

LIVESTRONG

The team will be known as LIVESTRONG TNT Racing. We look forward to a long-term partnership and are proud to carry the LIVESTRONG colors for such a worthy cause. If you want to find out more or make a donation, please go to http://www.livestrong.org.

 

TNT 2012 Season 1 Lineup

TNT Racing is proud to announce the newest members of the team, Joshua Chin and Nenad Matijevic. We're really looking forward to the things these two dynamic racers bring to the track. Apart from flat-out speed and excellent racecraft, they each bring enthusiasm and dedication that really makes it fun.

 

Sad News

Our friend and teammate Gary W. Clark passed away January 7th, 2012 in Knoxville, TN at the age of 53. A line from his obituary really rings true, "Gary never met a stranger." We'll all miss his him greatly. He was fun to race against, a great teammate, and truly one of the good guys.

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Star Mazda Season 4 Team Report

After 8 weeks of the 2011 Season 4, TNT still holds 4 of the top 22 positions in the Star Mazda Championship. Troy is 4th, Mark is 9th, James is 20th and Andrew is 22nd. This is a great all-around performance that is going to make the last 4 weeks very interesting indeed!

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TNT Season 4 Lineup

TNT Racing is proud to announce the newest members of the team, Mikko Nassi and Andrew Le. We had over a dozen applicants for the seats and were very pleased to see drivers of such high skill and quality wanting to join us. Season 4 is going to be a lot of fun with all kinds of intra-team rivalries sure to develop.

 

Gary Clark - Welcome!

TNT Racing welcomes a true icon of iRacing's Star Mazda community, Gary Clark. Gary's racing talent and friendly, easy-going attitude will certainly fit right in with the team. We look forward to Gary being a TNT regular!

 

Dion Polk - Welcome!

TNT Racing welcomes our newest member of the team, Dion Polk. Dion has been simracing for almost a decade and brings a wealth of experience and dedication to the team. Concentrating primarily on the Star Mazda, Dion will fly the TNT flag high and proud. Look out Division 4, I think there's a challenger here.

 

Star Mazda Setup Pack

Two seasons of team development led to a pretty good selection of setups for almost all the tracks in the Star Mazda series. The Star Mazda community has been tremendous to us, and as a way of giving back, we're posting 36 of our qualifying setups.

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James Wyckoff - Welcome!

TNT Racing is proud to announce another new member of the team, James Wyckoff. Paul also brings enthusiasm and dedication, as well as expertise on the oval side of iRacing. We look forward to having him help us in our oval efforts.

 

Practice, Practice, Practice...

How can I improve my times and become more competitive in my series of choice? The true answer to how to become faster and more competitive is solely through seat time and practice. Charlie Bass talks about the role of seat time in improving your times.

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Five Star Mazda Setup Tips

The Star Mazda car is relatively simple to set up. It’s a medium-technology car, and has enough settings and adjustments available to get a good taste of what it takes to tweak the handling. Mark Ursel explains the basics of setups for the Star Mazda.

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5 Tips to Get Faster in the Star Mazda

If you're new to the Star Mazda, it can be a mystery. Techniques used in the Skippy or the TDI don't translate well to this higher-downforce car. Troy Schulz brings us these 5 great tips to help you get faster in the Star Mazda.

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An Interview with Lawrence Smyth

We caught up with TNT Racing's fastest racer to find out a little more about what makes him tick. Lawrence is originally from Christchurch, New Zealand and now lives in Sydney, Australia.

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TNT Racing 2011 Season 1 Final Stats


 		Overall Div# DivP iRating ttRating sRating Starts Wins Win% Top 5 Top5% Poles Laps Led Led% Inc Inc/Lap Pts
Mark Ursel 39 3 2 2085 1885 2.29 65 7 10.8% 24 36.9% 11 1215 251 20.7% 269 .22 924
Charlie Bass 42 2 11 2481 1591 2.33 27 5 18.5% 17 63.0% 3 492 173 35.2% 114 .23 916
Felipe Scarel 64 3 6 2344 1325 2.13 55 3 5.5% 27 49.1% 6 1077 68 6.3% 260 .24 821
Richard Todd 66 5 1 2333 1251 2.81 16 3 18.8% 11 68.8% 2 374 30 8.0% 73 .20 816
Troy Schulz 70 3 8 2484 2078 2.54 31 3 9.7% 12 38.7% 3 833 58 7.0% 143 .17 795
Corrado Conti 111 6 5 1736 1456 2.77 15 1 6.7% 5 33.3% 0 362 18 5.0% 68 .19 672
Lawrence Smyth 122 2 32 2758 1316 2.95 13 6 46.2% 9 69.2% 10 233 159 68.2% 38 .16 641
David Kadlčák 132 3 30 1961 1877 2.46 12 0 0.0% 5 41.7% 0 277 0 0.0% 90 .32 621
Tyler King 179 2 44 1347 1342 2.46 46 10 21.7% 18 39.1% 11 594 291 49.0% 194 .33 546