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Weekly Pit Stop

  • Season V eMotorsport iRacing League
  • Race 1 - Road America virtual
  • First hand control beneficiary class win
  • Podium eSport is back with live broadcast

  • Motorsport Immersion
  • SRO - Road America
  • See our first hand control virtual race class winner go from virtual to real life in same week.


  • Thank you to everyone who supported the PCA Sim Racing 6 hrs of Le Mans fund raiser.
  • PCA Sim Racers raised just shy of $12,000.00 in donations.

  • 22 Pit Crew

  • This is our team
eMotorsport Season V Round #1









Last Tuusday was the 1st round of Season V in the OpMo eMotorsports league. It was fittingly held at the same track as last weekend's Motorsport Immersion activation with SRO Motorsports America at Road America.

Season V has started with a bumper grid starting with 38 entries taking the green flag for th round 1 30 minute sprint race.

This round was also a milestone for the eMotorsport program as for the first time in the leagues history a double amputee beneficiary would take the green using a special hand control Sim Rig. Adam Poppenhouse is that driver who would also go on to take the class victory in the class and went on activate in his first in person event as a Motorsports Immersion beneficiary with Skip Barber Racing at Road America. BZ Adam.
Pro class
Congratulations to our winners of round #1 of the Operation eMotorsport iRacing fall '22 league.

The overall and Pro class victory in the 30 minute race went to the #104 Porsche GT3R of Chris Walsh, the #5 Mercedes AMG GT3 of Matt Smothermon finished in second place and in third place went to Edward Nelson in the #996 Porsche GT3R.
Beneficiary Class
In the beneficiary class on the top step of the podium, Adam poppenhouse in the #12 Resilience Racing Hand Control Aston Martin GT4, second place went to the #11 Aston Martin GT4 of Connor Parise and the final step of the podium went to Jonathan Winker.
Open Class
The open class victory went to Mason Smothermon in the #Aston Martin Vantage GT4, followed by the #25 Aston Martin of Jesse Elliott and rounding out in third was Brian Knight in the #29 Mercedes - AMG GT4.
This was the first round of the eight round fall 2022 season, the year of the 22 Pit Crew, thanks to everyone that tuned in to the live broadcasts via our Operation Motorsport YouTube channel. Thank you to our Podium Esports broadcast team, our sponsors, partners, supporters and our volunteers....... and most of all our beneficiaries. Next up on Tuesday August 23, Sonoma.
Watch the Road America race replay here
Next up Sonoma
Tuesday Aug 23rd
Meet the beneficiaries
Sgt (ret) Adam Poppenhouse
Attended tank school at the "School of Hard Knox" Ft. Knox, KY. after joining the REAL Army in 2004.
 
Deployed with the 3rd Stryker Brigade to Iraq in 2006. Receiving the Purple Heart for injuries that resulted in the amputations of both legs. During the subsequent 3 year hospital stay-cation I found a love for wrenches and racing. Interning at a dyno tuning facility, and then competing in local NASA and TimeAttack events before attending The Mid-Ohio School and eventually working for the Richard Petty Driving Experience after settling in Las Vegas. Most recently having the honor of navigating in "The Mint 400" for the second time. Enjoys throttle therapy of all sorts. Husband to his smokin' hot, yoga teaching, wife, Megan and proud father of two boys Adam Jr. (A.J.), 6 and Senna, 3. Spent 2021, traveling the country in a motorhome, as a family, seeing both oceans and the faces on the mountain.
 
" Becoming involved with Resilience Racing and Operation Motorsports has truly helped to reshape my post separation life in a positive and exciting way. Being a part of this RRe team, smoking tire, burning fuel, the real stuff and the virtual, that's my happy place."
 
Recently, Adam received a set of full hand-controls for use in sim racing from Sim-Ability, through Resilience Racing. In the Operation Motorsport eMotorsports Season 5 Opener, Adam used them to take pole position in the beneficiary class at Road America! Though that’s not to say he wasn’t fast before! Adam is a great symbol of perseverance and adaptability!
#OneAtATime
Road America with SRO
in Pictures
Calabogie with FEL Motorsports
Our Canadian beneficiaries found themselves back at Calabogie Motorsports Park this past weekend. Charles with Rilli Racing, Matt at TWOth Autosport and Darren with FEL Motorsports Tech Team. Only one weekend off and it's back to Canadian Tire Motorsports Park for the final rounds in Radical Cup Canada and Sportscar Championship Canada.
"This is our Team"
This is Operation Motorsport, who we are, what we do and why we do it!
About iRacing.com 

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ABOUT OPERATION MOTORSPORT:

Operation Motorsport is a Veteran Led and Operated, 501(c)3 Not for Profit, based in Brighton, Ontario, and Raleigh, North Carolina serving Canadian & American service members and veterans and was founded on the basis of three simple words: Excite, Engage and Empower. The premise is to engage ill and injured Service Members and veterans affected by military service, through Motorsport activities to aid in their recovery and rehabilitation.



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