Rapid Recap: Titles Decided in a Le Mans Nail-Biter
Entering this weekend’s RaceSpot 24 Hours of Le Mans — the NEO Endurance Series season-five finale — the championship leaders in each class knew what they needed to do to lock up the titles, while their opponents had their sights set on victory if they…
Race Preview: RaceSpot 24 Hours of Le Mans
One name is known around the world for its association with endurance racing: Le Mans. Whether you’re talking about Le Mans prototypes, various continental Le Mans series, or the famous French circuit itself, they all hearken back to the heritage of the race that started…
Rapid Recap: Points Leaders Find Pace in Le Mans Qualifying
For the only time this NEO Endurance Series season, teams showed up to the track one week early to qualify on Sunday afternoon to set the grid for next weekend’s RaceSpot 24 Hours of Le Mans. Each class had just 30 minutes to record their…
GT Championship Preview: Three Porsches to Fight for Top Honors
Entering this season in the ultra-competitive GT class, we thought veteran experience may be an advantage in the title fight that promised to be a tight one. Instead, three teams in their first full NEO Endurance Series seasons sit atop the standings entering the RaceSpot…
P2 Championship Preview: AVA Awaits its Biggest Award
NEO’s longest-tenured car, the HPD ARX-01c, is has tested teams for five seasons now, but after 24 hours of racing at Le Mans later this month, a first-time P2-class champion will be crowned. The start of this season saw plenty of unknowns for the prototype…
P1 Championship Preview: Mivano Looks to Lock Up a Title in Style
The newest class in the NEO Endurance Series will crown its first champion later this month in the season-ending RaceSpot 24 Hours of Le Mans, and thanks to the double points wrinkle for the longest race of the season, we don’t yet know who will…
10 Turns with Joris Thielen
Welcome everyone to another edition of 10 Turns. Today, we’re joined by Joris Thielen. He’s from Team Buschfink Racing, and we’ve talked about Joris a lot this season in our race preview articles because he is a NEO veteran and a former winner, especially in…
NEO Notebook: BMW M8 Headlines iRacing’s New Build
Okay, let’s start by addressing the elephant in the room: the jokes about the BMW M8 GTE. “How will NEO enforce blocking when it already takes up the entire width of the track?” Yes, the biggest 2018 motorsports meme this side of “Valtteri, it’s James”…
Roundtable: Spa Showdowns and Le Mans Expectations
The Spa race featured fantastic finishes in both prototype classes. Was your team watching those battles late in the race, and if so, what did you think about them? Marcus Hamilton, Thrustmaster Mivano Racing #3: Yes, I literally couldn’t take my eyes off the battle…