Vulcan Sim Racing

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Vulcan Sim Racing
Information
Founding date 13 April 2020
Country United Kingdom
Team manager Lucas Adam
Simulations iRacing
Sponsors
Race Anywhere[1]
Rogue Energy [2]
Links

History

Vulcan Sim Racing was an iRacing team founded in April 2020 by Steven Leahy and Neil Goodacre. The first evolution of Vulcan Sim Racing comprised of the duo and two other drivers from Paul King's community Discord (Lucas Adam and Dominik Förster). They initially banded together to run the 12 hours of Suzuka in the iRacing Endurance Series, coming out with a 2nd place in the Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 in the team's first endurance race.


From there the team grew in size in the next four months, gaining notable members such as Steven Norman, Mohammed Janko, Tom Male, Adam Gladden and Luke McKeown all of whom were key in helping to grow Vulcan in its first phase as a sim racing team.


Departures of long-time drivers Steven Norman, Antonio Baptista Fernandes, and Luke McKeown in late 2020 and early 2021 opened the door for a new cohort of Vulcan drivers including former manager Rob Sutherland and former iRacing World Championship Grand Prix Series driver Blake Townend. The Vulcan Sim Racing Academy was launched around this time to act as a junior team.


In September 2021, Rob Sutherland departed the team and Steven Leahy stepped down prompting a re-shuffle in the management and handing ownership to Lucas Adam.


In November 2022, Vulcan Sim Racing shut it's doors, with the majority of remaining drivers joining ATRS eSports.

Driver roster

Former drivers

Name Join date Leave date New team
Neil Goodacre 04/2020 08/2020
Adrian Campfield 06/2020 08/2020 Puresims Esports
Davide Fashole 08/2020 09/2020
Paul King 04/2020 10/2020 Ignium Motorsport
Antonio Baptista Fernandes 05/2020 10/2020
Daniel Kovacs 08/2020 11/2020
Steven Norman 05/2020 01/2021 Ignium Motorsport
Jason Hodgson 10/2020 01/2021 Altitude Esports
Luke McKeown 07/2020 01/2021 Team Redline
Leon Penn 12/2020 03/2021 Puresims Esports
Alessandro Longoni 03/2021 05/2021
Nick Luedeke 04/2021 06/2021 Vendaval Simracing
Rob Sutherland 02/2021 09/2021 RD Simsport
Steven Leahy 04/2020 09/2021
Bjørn Andersen 08/2021 09/2021
Mohammed Janko 07/2020 09/2021 Apex Tech Racing
Edin Bilal 07/2021 10/2021 ATRS Academy
Mick Anderson 11/2020 10/2021 RD Simsport
Tom Male 05/2020 10/2021 RD Simsport
Tom Edmunds 04/2021 10/2021 RD Simsport
James Holman 04/2021 10/2021 RD Simsport
Anders Ankersen 07/2021 10/2021 RD Simsport
Kenzy Nieuwhof 05/2021 10/2021 Team Down Under
Frederik Van Eeckhoven 10/2021 10/2021 Team Down Under
Blake Townend 02/2021 10/2021 RD Simsport
Ed Bridle 10/2021 10/2021 RD Simsport
Rob Gilford 08/2021 10/2021 Weenus Simantics
Joel Evans 11/2020 10/2021
Steve Melo 10/2021 10/2021 RD Simsport
Luis Moura 10/2021 10/2021 Bluechew Americas
Filipe Goucha 10/2021 10/2021 Bluechew Americas
Will Blackwell-Chambers 10/2021 10/2021 RD Simsport
Jordan Wisbey 10/2021 10/2021
Maxim Knaz 03/2021 10/2021 Team RSO
Niels Tiesters 10/2021 10/2021 RSR Esports
Mads Jensen 10/2021 11/2021 Team Slowpace
Jonas Wiese 10/2021 11/2021 Team Slowpace
Callam Brant 07/2020 11/2021 RD Simsport
Archie Coveney 10/2021 11/2021 RD Simsport
Jonathan Hitchen 08/2021 11/2021
Lucas Adam 04/2020 11/2022 ATRS Racing
Adam Gladden 04/2020 11/2022 ATRS Racing
Dominik Förster 04/2020 11/2022 ATRS Racing
Brandon Blakesley 07/2021 11/2022 ATRS Academy
Sam Colman 10/2021 11/2022 ATRS Academy
James Hall 02/2022 11/2022

Special events results

12 Hours of Bathurst

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car Class Drivers Laps Class Pos Split
2021 Vulcan Sim Racing BMW M4 GT3 GT3 Mohammed Janko 18 48th 4
Callam Brant
Leon Penn
Vulcan Sim Racing Black BMW M4 GT3 GT3 Mick Anderson 335 19th 6
Joel Evans
EJ O'Donnell-Lines
2022 Vulcan Sim Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 EVO GT3 Adam Gladden 106 32nd 8
Brandon Blakesley

12 Hours of Sebring

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car Class Drivers Laps Class Pos Split
2021 Vulcan Sim Racing BMW M4 GT3 GTD Mohammed Janko 346 5th 5
Joel Evans
Mick Anderson
Vulcan Sim Racing Black Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO GTD Tom Male 346 4th 8
Lucas Adam
Filipe Goucha
Vulcan Sim Racing White Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO GTD Steven Leahy 339 4th 12
Rob Sutherland
Adam Gladden
2022 Vulcan Sim Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO GTD Sam Colman 107 22nd 9
James R Hall
Lucas Adam
Vulcan Sim Racing Black Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO GTD Adam Gladden 352 6th 10
Brandon Blakesley


24 Hours of Nurburgring

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car Class Drivers Laps Class Pos Split
2021 Vulcan Sim Racing BMW M4 GT3 SP9 Mick Anderson 26 19th 7
Tom Male
Dominik Forster
Nick Luedeke
Maxim Knaz

24 Hours of Spa

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car Class Drivers Laps Class Pos Split
2020 Vulcan Sim Racing Audi R8 LMS GT3 Callam Brant 592 13th 10
Luke McKeown
Lucas Adam
Mohammed Janko
Tom Male
2021 Vulcan Sim Racing BMW M4 GT3 GT3 Callam Brant 103 43rd 2
Joel Evans
James Holman
Mick Anderson
Vulcan Sim Racing Black Porsche 911 GT3.R GT3 Mohammed Janko 209 41st 2
Tom Edmunds
Kenzy Nieuwhof
Vulcan Sim Racing White Porsche 911 GT3.R GT3 Tom Male 603 12th 4
Lucas Adam
Will Blackwell-Chambers
Frederik Van Eeckhoven
2022 Vulcan Sim Racing Mercedes AMG GT3 EVO GT3 Lucas Adam 613 6th 6
James Hall
Brandon Blakesley
Adam Gladden

24 Hours of Le Mans

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car Class Drivers Laps Class Pos Split
2020 Vulcan Sim Racing Ferrari 488 GTE GTE Steven Leahy 359 7th 20
Paul King
Vulcan Sim Racing Black Ferrari 488 GTE GTE Lucas Adam 354 19th 20
Adam Gladden
Tom Male
Antonio Baptista Fernandes
2021 Vulcan Sim Racing Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTE Tom Male 225 15th 1
Brandon Blakesley
Adam Gladden
Joel Evans

Daytona 24

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car Class Drivers Laps Class Pos Split
2021 Vulcan Sim Racing Porsche 911 RSR GTLM Mohammed Janko 72 14th 4
Luke McKeown
Leon Penn
Joel Evans
Vulcan Sim Racing Yellow Dallara P217 LMP2 Steven Leahy 121 20th 21
Lucas Adam
Tom Male
Adam Gladden

Petit Le Mans

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car Class Drivers Laps Class Pos Split
2020 Vulcan Sim Racing Audi R8 LMS GTD Steven Leahy 430 2nd 7
Luke McKeown
Dominik Förster
Vulcan Sim Racing Black BMW M8 GTLM Tom Male 431 12th 12
Jason Hodgson
Daniel Kovacs
Vulcan Sim Racing Yellow Dallara P217 LMP2 Lucas Adam 117 20th 19
Mohammed Janko
Antonio Baptista Fernandes
2021 Vulcan Sim Racing Porsche 911 RSR GTLM Anders Ankersen 352 7th 2
Tom Male
James Holman
Vulcan Sim Racing Black Dallara P217 LMP2 Rob Gilford 239 9th 3
Maxim Knaz
2022 Vulcan Sim Racing BMW M4 GT3 GTD Brandon Blakesley 436 11th 3
Sam Colman


League racing results

SIM3D GT Series by FTR

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Season Team Car Class No. Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pos Points
2 Vulcan Sim Racing PCUP Porsche 911 (992) GT3 Cup 911 Cup 269 Brandon Blakesley 3 3 3 2 2 3 1 1st 178
Dominik Förster
Frederik Van Eeckhoven

IVRA Endurance Series

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Season Team Car Class No. Drivers 1 2 3 Pos Points Rounds
2021-22

(Fall)

Vulcan Sim Racing Black BMW M4 GT3 GT3 PRO 239 Callam Brant 9 12 13th 102 1,2
Mick Anderson 1
Jonathan Hitchen 1
Kenzy Nieuwhof 2

IVRA Clubsport Series

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Season Team Car Class No. Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pos Points Rounds
2021-22 Vulcan Sim Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (992) Cup 69 James Holman 8 11 13 12th 126 1
Brandon Blakesley 1-3
Anders Ankersen 1
Frederik Van Eeckhoven 2,3
Dominik Forster 2

Next Level Endurance Series

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Season Team Car Class No. Drivers 1 2 3 Pos Points Rounds
1 Vulcan Sim Racing Dallara P217 LMP2 PRO 77 Mohammed Janko 6 1 3 3rd 70 All
Lucas Adam 1
Maxim Knaz 1,2
Anders Ankersen 1
Nick Luedeke 2
James Holman 3


Endurance Racing Online

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Season Team Car Class No. Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 Pos Points Rounds
1 Vulcan Sim Racing Ferrari 488 GTE GTE PRO 213 Mohammed Janko 12 7 3 6 5 6th 39 All
Tom Male 1
Luke McKeown 2,3,5
Antonio Baptista Fernandes 2
Lucas Adam 3
Callam Brant 3
James Boniface 4
Adam Gladden 4

Porsche Esports Sprint Challenge Canada

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Season Driver Car Class No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pos Points
2021 Blake Townend Porsche 911 (991) GT3 Cup 911 Cup 57 7 8 17 11 4 7 3 5 8th 69