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Nov 8, 2019

Race Preview: 2019 24H COTA

The season comes to an end next weekend as we head to our finale in Texas. It has been an amazing year being able to race with Sorg Rennsport in a GT4 BMW and one to never forget. With two second place finishes we currently find ourselves leading the GT4 championship in the Champion of the Continents division and competitively placed overall. The GT4 lineup in COTA will be strong so we need to focus on our own race and try to get up to speed quickly. While the championship ca

Aug 25, 2019

Race Preview: Barcelona 24 Hours

My next race takes us back overseas, this time to Spain, for the Barcelona 24 Hours. Home of the Spanish Grand Prix, the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya is a 4.627 km circuit nestled outside of Barcelona. This is the penultimate round of the 24H Series Champion of the Continents championship and the finale for the European Championship. After our last lap second place finish in Dubai, our Sorg Rennsport BMW M4 GT4 is in a good spot with points to continue our chase for the cha

May 3, 2019

Video: 2019 The Mitty

#video #cars #motorsport #themitty #simontibbett #life #carvideo

May 3, 2019

Race Recap: The Mitty 2019

The Mitty has been a fan favorite at Road Atlanta for forty-two years now and only continues to grow. For myself, it is always an exciting weekend of sprint racing which differs from our usual endurance racing events. It’s fun to just hop in the car and push hard without longevity in mind. The Mitty is also special to me as it marks one of the first races I ever went to as a kid. For those unfamiliar with The Mitty, it’s actually a vintage racing event where cars from through

Apr 23, 2019

Race Preview: 2019 The Mitty

It's that time of the year again! The sun is shining on occasion here in Georgia and the pollen is falling by the pound. It's time for the HSR's traditional "The Mitty" at Road Atlanta. Once again I'll be driving the Casey Carden Motorsports Mazda MX-5. I have had much success at The Mitty over the years with numerous class wins and even an overall podium in 2017. Last year we had a bit of a bad weekend when our weekend was ended prematurely on Friday after a huge crash on th

Apr 12, 2019

Ride Along: Dubai Autdrome

#BMW #SorgRennsport #Dubai #UAE #Emirates #M4 #GT4 #RaceCar #racecar #cars

Apr 3, 2019

Video: WRL Sportscar Showdown

#video #cars #athlete #movie #alabama #barbermotorsportspark #Mazda #classicmotorsports

Mar 24, 2019

Race Recap: 2019 WRL Sportscar Showdown

The 2019 World Racing League season kicked off at Barber Motorsports Park this past weekend. After winning the 2018 class championship the team was eager to get 2019 started to chase after another title. Our driver lineup in the #213 Mazda MX-5 was me, Jason Workman, Erick Melton, and Hunter Cestoni. Saturday started off well with a good first stint from Erick in the morning. The class was ultra-competitive, so we had to really be on our game the entire day. Hunter jumped in

Mar 14, 2019

Race Preview: WRL Sportscar Showdown

We head to Barber Motorsports Park outside of Birmingham, AL this weekend for the first round of the World Racing League 2019 season. I'll be once again driving with Casey Carden Motorsports in their Mazda MX-5, which won the class championship in 2018. We have a killer lineup of drivers this weekend and will have a good shot at a podium each day. Saturday is a nine-hour race followed by a seven-hour on Sunday. There is free admission if you're in the area, be sure to come ou

Feb 8, 2019

2019 Dubai 24H Sorg Rennsport Video

Check this out, huge thanks to one of my co-drivers Björn Simon for putting together this awesome video which really captures the team spirit and emotion within the team. #SorgRennsport #BMW #Dubai #Dubai24Hours #24HSeries #BMWBMWMotorsport #UAE #Emirates #Racing #Cars #Motorsport #Passion #Endurance

Jan 18, 2019

Race Recap: 2019 Dubai 24 Hours

If you told me in November as I left COTA that I’d be racing the opening round of the 2019 24H Series and Champion of the Continents championship I would have laughed. The crazy reality is we had no idea we’d be starting 2019 off in Dubai until December and I didn’t know I’d be driving a GT4 car until the week of the race itself as you'll see my last post I was scheduled to be in the TCR car. This event was special for many reasons. Special doesn’t even title it correctly, it

Dec 9, 2018

Race Preview: 2019 Dubai 24 Hours

The 2018 season may have just wrapped up but we're heading into 2019 at full throttle. It's with my utmost excitement that I can finally announce I will be racing with Sorg Rennsport at the 2019 Dubai 24 Hours next month. This time in their Audi RS3 LMS (TCR) car. The ultra competitive TCR class is a worldwide touring car format. Dubai already has thirteen TCR cars in class for the race with potentially more. I have been very eager to drive a TCR car since the class was creat

Nov 27, 2018

Race Recap: 2018 24H COTA USA

My final race of the year was at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin Texas. I was lucky to join Sorg Rennsport again in their BMW M235I Racing Cup car competing in the Cup 1 class within the Creventic 24H Series. Our weekend started on Thursday where the team finished up some prep work and we decided to opt out of the optional test. However, with permission from the series, the team asked me to go out for the final twenty-minutes of the optional free test to shake the car d

Sep 6, 2018

In-Car Video: Barber Motorsports Park

Ride along in the Casey Carden Motorsports Mazda MX-5 at Barber Motorsports Park during the 2018 World Racing League Sportscar Showdown. #mazda #mx5 #simontibbett #caseycardenmotorsports #barbermotorsportspark #video #cars #motorsport

Aug 1, 2018

Race Recap: 2018 SCCA Hazel Harrell Memorial @ Road Atlanta

July always marks the return to Road Atlanta of the Sports Car Club of America for the South Atlantic Road Racing Championship (SARRC) series. I would have a chance to take a break from the usual endurance racing and run a double sprint race weekend in the same Mazda MX-5 that I race in the World Racing League and the American Endurance Racing series. While I am passionate about endurance racing, sprint racing is always a fun challenge. Instead of driving with conservation in

May 11, 2018

In-Car Video: The Mitty

Ride along with me for a lap during qualifying from the 2018 The Mitty at Road Atlanta. #mazda #mx5 #roadatlanta #racing #cars #motorsport #drift #crash #nascar #f1

May 7, 2018

Race Recap: 2018 Classic Motorsports The Mitty

Well, the 2018 Classic Motorsports The Mitty is now past and won’t be remembered as one of the best weekends for us. Things started off Friday for us with practice and qualifying sessions. I was driving the new to Casey Carden Motorsports #213 Mazda MX-5. The first was cut very short with only one or two laps before the black flag came out for oil on the race track. The second session ended short as well as we needed to make some adjustments to the car so we ended the day wit

Mar 1, 2018

In-Car Video: 2018 AER Road Atlanta

Ride with me during the Sunday stint from the AER weekend at Road Atlanta. #videos #cars #motorsport #racecar #miata #roadatlanta

Mar 1, 2018

Race Recap: 2018 AER @ Road Atlanta

Well the 2018 season has finally started! It wasn't a very long "off-season" but any time not behind the wheel of a race car is a boring time. Our season kicked off at Road Atlanta on February 17-18. It was round one of the AER (American Endurance Racing) series and after a successful 2017 season we were eager to pickup where we left off. Friday was a combination of practice and qualifying. All four of us drivers had driven this Casey Carden Motorsports Mazda Miata before, so

Dec 11, 2017

Race Recap: 24H Series COTA USA

November 9-11 marked my first international sports car race. Although it was on U.S. soil, the field was made up of over twenty nationalities with teams and drivers from countries ranging from Germany to Iran. The team I was driving for was Sorg Rennsport, a highly successful German team with high fame at the Nurburgring. The car we would be racing was a BMW M235I Racing Cup car which competes in the all BMW “Cup 1” class. On Thursday, we opted to run a test day which allowed