iRace Round 2 - Car or Driver - Part 3 - Racing Results from Sam Dale on Vimeo.

iRace Round 2 - Car or Driver - Part 2 - Racing Methods from Sam Dale on Vimeo.

iRace Round 2 - Car or Driver - Part 1 - Racing Goals from Sam Dale on Vimeo.

Replay XD Hot Lap - Round 2 - Chris Farrell from Sam Dale on Vimeo.

iRace Round 2 - Muscle Division Touring Car Challenge Highlights from Sam Dale on Vimeo.

iRace Round 2 - PRC and RocketSports Highlights from Sam Dale on Vimeo.

iRace Round 2 - Formula Tasman LeMans Sports Highlights from Sam Dale on Vimeo.

Round Two of the Independent Race Series was held at Sydney’s Eastern Creek 29 April. The one-day format saw the action coming thick and fast, with wet and changeable conditions thrown in to boot.

Photos from the round can be viewed here. Thanks to John Smith and Ezanee Cooper for providing the terrific photos.

Round results are available here. Congratulations to all our round winners.

In Acuform Muscle Division, it was John Bright who took overall honours in his Nissan Skyline. Second went to Joe Wolvey and third to Michael Hiscoe. John Bright also took out the Japanese Turbo class, with Hans Riehs taking the honours in Improved Production/Sports Sedan, Paul Boschert in HDT Cup and Rod Gurney in Classic Tourer.

K-Mac Touring Car Challenge saw some great battles between the Oz Trucks and V8 Supercars, with the trucks taking the honours in the changeable conditions. Steve Coulter was overall round winner, and class winner for Oz Truck. Michael Coulter placed second overall, with Graham Struber third. In the V8 Supercars, Stuart Inwood took the class win.

West End Mazda Production Racing Cars was the scene of some fast and furious action, with Daniel Flanagan crossing the line first in all three races, and taking out the V8 Class. Class X went to Adam Dodd, fresh from Targa. Class A was won by Clark Stott, Class B by newcomer Jayson Darke and Class C by the windblown James Flanagan (he lost his windscreen early in the day!).

Austbrokers Coast to Coast Formula Tasman saw both races held in wet conditions, making the open-wheeled beasts particularly twitchy to drive. The win went to Sam Dale, with Guido Belgiorno-Nettis taking second. LeMans Sports saw some very spirited drives by the Radical racers, Michael Shaw won both races to win the round, and second was Greg Smith, third for the round was Simon Haggarty.

In the RocketSports, the Future Racers were able to make the most of the tricky conditions, and they filled the top three outright placings. First was Nathan Jess, second Robert Free, and third was Matthew Dyer. In the Holden Roadsters Graham Smith took the class win.

Congratulations also to our Smartest Racer winner, Daniel Flanagan – who is no doubt working towards going even quicker at the next round, using some of the knowledge from the great book “Think Fast”.

Some onboard video from the round is available here. Thanks to Launch Helmet Cams for providing some great cameras.

A big thank you as always to our great volunteer officials. At this round, thanks to Gurney Racing and Karcher, iRace was able to express our gratitude to the officials by presenting Garry Oliver with a Karcher pressure washer. If you know anyone who may want to help out by officiating at one of our events, put them in touch here.

TV coverage from the round will screen on Fox InsideSpeed in the near future, and when its available, it will also be online here.

Round Three of the Independent Race Series will be held at Lakeside Raceway, 18-19 June. Entries are now open for that round.

At iRace we work hard to make sure everyone enjoys their motorsport. Sometimes for our volunteer officials, the weather conditions can make this a challenge, as was the case for Round 2 at Eastern Creek, with cold conditions and heavy rain making it particularly tough. Every competitor is grateful for the job done by the officials, and Gurney Racing teamed with Karcher at Round 2 to offer a fantastic Karcher Pressure Washer to one lucky official. This time around it was Garry Oliver, from Dapto whose name was pulled from the hat.

Congratulations to Garry, and a huge thank you to you and all the officials.

Thank you also to the Gurneys, Karcher, and all our fantastic supporters. See you at the next event!

We're into the second quarter of 2010, and we've already seen plenty of action in the 2010 Independent Race Series. Here are some of the highlights since our last update:

• Round 2 took place at Morgan Park: friendly atmosphere, great racing
• Speedweek coverage from Morgan Park available online
• Round 3 was held at Eastern Creek: one day format proved a success
• Speedweek coverage for Eastern Creek scheduled for 6 June
• More onboard footage than you can poke a stick at!
• iPhone application released
• Flag signals feature article
• VHoldR ContourHD Helmet/Onboard camera review
• Basic editing of onboard footage tutorial
• Blackberry Store comes onboard as official communications partner
• Loads of photos in the gallery (mostly from R3)
• iRace Series Rules & Regulations available for download

Our next event is Round Four, to be held at Lakeside in Queensland. Spaces are limited at this event, so if you haven't already, get your entry in asap!

UPDATE: Please note that due to a scheduling change with SBS (as a result of their cycling coverage), the telecast dates have changed by one week. The date shown above is the revised date.

TV coverage of the latest round of the Independent Race Series from Morgan Park will screen on SBS Speedweek Sunday 4 April. The iRace segment will start at around 2pm, but as always, check your local TV guide to confirm.

The coverage will also appear on Fox Sports InsideSpeed, Wednesday 7 April.

Put it in your diary to make sure you don't miss any of the action!

The Independent Race Series visited Morgan Park on the weekend, and despite the early threat of monsoon conditions associated with Tropical Cyclone Ului, the conditions were fine and sunny, and the racing top class.

The Morgan Park facility and the friendly and accommodating volunteers and circuit staff fitted perfectly with iRace's brand of racing, and the relaxed, friendly atmosphere the series takes to every round.

Super Hoist Plus Production Racing Cars fielded a very strong grid, word-of-mouth spreading since the 2009 round, and the racing was close, fair and fun. Frank Donniaux maintained the upper hand over Anthony Soole in Class X, taking three of the four race wins, and winning a BlackBerry from BlackBerryStore.com.au in the process. In the V8 Class it was Daniel Flanagan who took the honours (despite a suspension drama causing a DNF in the final race). In Class A, Richard Mork was strongest, with Sean Soole taking out Class B, and winning the second BlackBerry. John Willmington, driving a Pulsar custom-made for the Morgan Park layout took out Class C (finishing ahead of almost all the Class B cars). Full Super Hoist Plus Production Racing Cars results are available here.

HDT Muscle Division and McHitch Touring Car Challenge were combined for this round, and the result was some action packed racing. Frank Donniaux joined the field in his Subaru WRX, and looked to be the early pace-setter, while Joe McGinnes was lifting wheels all over the place as he jetted around in his XY GT Falcon. Norm Stokes was consistently quick all day though, and proved that consistency counts for a lot in the handicap format by taking the McHitch Touring Car Challenge round win, ahead of McGinnes and Donniaux. In the Muscle Division, Rod Gurney drove some fantastic races to take the round win, ahead of Merrick Malouf and Maria Mare. Full McHitch Touring Car Challenge results here. Full HDT Muscle Division results here.

Formula Tasman was dominated by Chris Farrell in his 2001 Swift Formula Atlantic, but Farrell was kept honest in all races by Sam Dale in his Reynard 94D. Dale overcame early gearbox dramas to shadow Farrell all weekend, the pair setting their quickest times in Race 2, with 60.2 seconds for Farrell and 60.4 sec for Dale. Full Formula Tasman results here.

Robert Free looked like the early favourite in RocketSports, but a spin in the opening race, and an engine gremlin for the final race saw local boy Matt Clift take the honours. Free and Clift battled in every race, the most exciting tussle coming at the end of Race Three, where the pair swapped the lead repeatedly, with Clift just managing to get the upper hand at the flag. Adam Dodd, driving a Holden Roadster for the first time, managed to take second place for the round, with another local, John Woolcock taking third. Full RocketSports results here.

All in all a fantastic meeting, and enjoyed by all who attended. There's already some onboard video action available at onboard.irace.net.au, with more to be added soon thanks to Launch Helmet Cams. Look out for some photos in the gallery in the near future (in the meantime, click here to check out some great photos), and details of the TV coverage will be announced as soon as they are available.

Your next chance to get a dose of iRace action is in just under three weeks time! At the fantastic Eastern Creek, 9 April. Get your entries in now!

We're hosting another competition for those running at Round 2 at Morgan Park on our Facebook page.

To enter the competition, you need to:

• Visit the Launch Helmet Cams website (link on the front page of the iRace site).
• Find out the price of the VHoldR ContourHD.
• Post the price in the comments to competition post on the iRace Facebook page.

We will randomly select one of the correct entries to carry the Launch Helmet Cams VHoldR ContourHD at Morgan Park, with the footage featured on onboard.irace.net.au and possibly on Speedweek!

Additional conditions: the winner must be entered for Round 2, they must be a Facebook fan of iRace (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Independent-Race-Series/217908244004 ) and a member of the Launch Helmet Cams Facebook group (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=96569660724 ). Good luck!

iRace is shooting for a big year in 2010, and with your support, we're already on our way.

• Round 1 was our biggest meeting yet, read the full report here. Check out all the multimedia here.
• TV coverage from Round 1 was made possible by Super Hoist Plus, McHitch.com.au and HDT. Check out the episode here. There are also some excellent excerpts from this episode, available here.
• We've got a ton of onboard video from Round 1, thanks to Launch Helmet Cams. Check out the video here, or on our Vimeo group here. You can share your videos too!
• We started a Facebook "Fan Page" in January, and we've just cracked the century, with 101 fans at the time of writing. If you use Facebook, check out the iRace page and become a fan (if you haven't already).
• We've also added a couple of feature articles to the website. A review of the VIO POV1.5 helmet/onboard camera, click here to view. And a (hopefully) simple explanation of how an anti roll bar works - read it here.

Which brings us to our next round. It's a little over a month away, and will be held at the awesome Morgan Park circuit 20-21 March. This track is fantastic as anyone who attended the round in 2009 will tell you. The round needs your support to make sure it is successful. Entries are open now, and you can enter online here, or download the form to mail or fax in here. Get behind the round, make the trip to Warwick, and encourage your mates to do the same!

The SBS Speedweek coverage from Round Two at Oran Park screened on the weekend. The full episode is expected to be available from the brand new Speedweek website in the near future, but in the meantime, an excerpt from the program is available now.

Click here to view the video.

Click here to check out the excellent Speedweek website.

An iRace Open Day will be held at Marulan Driver Training Centre Saturday 20 June, and the next round of the series will be at Oran Park 14-15 August 2009.

With thanks to John Smith of Photos 'n' Things, more photos from Round Two of the Independent Race Series have been added to the website.

Click here to view the full gallery.

Television coverage from Round Two of the Independent Race Series will air on SBS Speedweek, Sunday 7 June at 1pm.

The coverage will feature highlights of the action from Oran Park, and plenty of driver interviews. Tune in to catch all the action.

The show will also be screened on Fox Sports InsideSpeed 1 to 2 weeks later (date TBC).

As always, check your local guides for details.

Check out YouTube for some more videos from Round Two at Oran Park:

SuperTruck farewell demonstration (burnouts)

Onboard with Gerry Murphy - RX7 - Muscle Division Race One

Onboard with Gerry Murphy - RX7 - Muscle Division Race Two Part One

Onboard with Gerry Murphy - RX7 - Muscle Division Race Two Part Two

Onboard with Gerry Murphy - RX7 - Muscle Division Race Three Part One

Onboard with Gerry Murphy - RX7 - Muscle Division Race Three Part Two

Onboard with Sam Dale - Reynard 94D - Formula Tasman Race Two

Onboard with Anthony Soole - Lotus Exige - Production Racing Cars

Click the links to view the videos.

The first installment of photos from Round Two of the Independent Race Series has been posted, with photos from a selection of categories.

Check out the new gallery by clicking here.



More photos will be added over the coming days.

IRACE PRC LOTUS EXIGE from Anthony Soole on Vimeo.

Independent Race Series fields have doubled in size since the series made a humble start to 2009, back in March at the wonderful Morgan Park circuit.

Round Two is nearly upon us, and for this round the series heads to Sydney's Oran Park. Bumper fields in Production Racing Cars and RocketSports are expected, plus the fantastic SuperTrucks, and a strong lineup including Touring Car Challenge, Muscle Division, Formula Tasman and LeMans Sports.

The flowing Oran Park South Circuit will play host to some fantastic action, with Practice and Qualifying on Friday (15 May), a couple of races on Friday afternoon, and the bulk of racing on Saturday 16 May.

As always, the Independent Race Series features a relaxed, friendly atmosphere, where fans can get an up close look at the cars, meet the drivers, and generally get amongst it. For drivers, it is an affordable, mate-against-mate platform to enjoy motorsport.

To view the schedule for Round Two, please click here.

If you would like to compete at the event, it's not too late! Check out the online entry form here, and get in touch with our Competitor Liaison via email, or on 0412 785 486, to secure your entry.

If you can't make it to Oran Park for the event, you can keep an eye on the official website: www.irace.net.au for updates during the event.

So, do you want to go motor racing?

We can help get you in a car for the upcoming round at Sydney's Oran Park!

There are affordable drives available in a variety of lease cars. Check out Mal Rose's brilliant Mitsubishi Mirages, or the awesome Reynard 91D Formula Tasman, the brilliant Minetti and Lincspeed Le Mans Sports cars, and there are many more great cars available for lease in just about every category - contact our Competitor Liaison, Rod Dale, for all the details - click here, or call 0412 785 486.

If you don't have a racing licence yet, no problem. Our friends at the Marulan Driver Training Centre can help you out with driver training, and a licence evaluation for the fantastic value iRace licence. Head over to www.mdtc.com.au for all the details on the Marulan Driver Training Centre.

For more information on the licencing requirements for iRace, check out the Getting Involved page for Drivers.

So, the round is just under a month away, but with the Independent Race Series, anything is possible, and we really can get you into a car at Oran Park.

Round Two, Oran Park, 15-16 May 2009. Be there.