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Cameron Martineau
Age: 27
From: Manchester, NH, USA
Cameron Martineau is an up-and-coming sim racer, with an iRating of over 6000, over 250 race wins and 3 championships. Cameron won the Ricmotech Sports Car Series GT4 Pro Championship in 2022 and started taking his skills to ACC with immediate success. He competed in his first season of the SRO Esports America Championship in the Pro category and finished 3rd in the first ever SRO Esports ROG Invitational at the Indianapolis 8 Hour.
When Cameron isn't racing in the virtual world he is racing karts. In 2020, Cameron finished second in the LaFayette Motorsports Park KA100 Championship. Cameron’s love for speed started at the age of 7 when he began alpine ski racing and continued to until he graduated from Alfred University in 2018. Cameron lives in New Hampshire and is a Mechanical Engineer in the automotive field.
Chris Walsh
Age: 34
From: Pittsboro, NC, USA
Chris Walsh is an all-around athlete – a professional racing driver, former United States bobsledder, and an overall fan of all things fast. Chris Walsh currently drives for Rule One Investing in World Racing League and STR38 Motorsports in TC America. Chris has been able to capture multiple podiums in World Racing League and in TC America as well as a pole position in the final round of the SRO season. His pole position lap is the lap record for the TC America series at Indianapolis Motorspeedway.
Chris Walsh is also extremely active in competitive eSports, beginning on the Air Force competitive gaming team in sim racing and currently for Samantha Tan Racing – all alongside being an active duty service member in the United States Air Force. Chris has been able to win the iRacing Creventic endurance championship finishing 1st overall on the iRacing service. He also captured the team championship with teammate Cameron Martineau in the Ricmotech GT4 series and finished 4th overall.
Not only does Chris Walsh have quite a bit of range in his career, but he also represents and advocates for non-profits supporting U.S. veterans and their families, including Wear Blue: Run to Remember, Operation Motorsport and Operation Vet Now.
Cyrus Cross
Age: 38
From: Portland, OR, USA
Cyrus Cross is a full time streamer, stuntman, former martial arts and tricking instructor, and has been competing in sim racing since the days of Hard Drivin' in the early 90s. He started competing casually in sim drifting in 2006, with a more serious dedication to competition in 2011 when he started pursuing GT Academy. In 2014 he made it to the New York stage of the semi finals of GT Academy, narrowly missing the Silverstone finals.
After a hiatus from competitive sim racing, Cyrus began his journey down the path of streaming and Gran Turismo World Series/FIA in 2018. In 2020, Jaguar invited Cyrus to be the first content creator to see the Jaguar SV GT Vision Concept car, interview the lead design, and produce an exclusive video for the community revealing the car.
2022 is when Cyrus met Samantha when Toyota Gazoo Racing flew him to LA in a unique sim racing meets IRL racing activation featuring competition in a Toyota GR86 as well as Gran Turismo. When he returned, he earned verification as a Twitch partner, continuing his path as a full time streamer. In September, he competed in the finals of the Porsche Esports Challenge - taking place at the Porsche Sports Together Festival at Indianapolis Motor Speedway - and made it into the top 12 qualifiers. At the same time he qualified 2nd in the Toyota GR GT Cup, earning him a spot at the Gran Turismo World Series event in Monaco.
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Simon Bauer
Age: 24
From: Regensburg, BY, Germany
Simon Bauer only started sim-racing in late 2020, but has built up a sizeable collection of achievements since then. Active almost exclusively in ACC, Simon has won both the OOR Europe Sprint and Endurance Series, along with several other championships and one-off events. His foray into the top flight of the ACC esports scene started in 2022, when Simon made it into the top 10 finishers of the Mercedes Benz ATK Pro Series. After that, most of his esports activities took place in endurance racing, with the VCO x LFM FLExTREME championship, the SimGrid x VCO World Cup and the Virtual Endurance Masters. Now, Simon has made the jump into SRO and competes in the virtual SRO Intercontinental GT Challenge with STR Esports.
Simon's involvement in sim-racing extends behind the scenes though, where he serves as a commentator for Octane Online Racing and has spent time in the shoes of both a steward and race director. As an avid streamer, Simon also broadcasts all of his races live on Twitch and creates content for his Youtube channel.
In the real world, Simon's love for motorsport is at odds with his love for history. While studying Classical Archaeology and History at the University of Regensburg, he aims at eventually being involved in the world of motorsport media. In the driver seat, Simon is a passionate go-karter and has a single test in the KTM X-Bow GT4 at the Red Bull Ring under his belt, but he certainly dreams of more.
Marius Fredriksen
Age: 33
From: Oslo, Norway
Marius Fredriksen is a 33 year old sim racer who was born and raised in Norway close to Oslo. He started sim racing in October of 2020 and joined the STR Esports in 2023 as an engineer supporting the sim racing team with strategy, spotting, and setups. Since an early age he has always been interested in anything with an engine but cars hold a special place in his heart. He completed a master certification as a car mechanic and currently works as a truck driver for construction contracts. Aside from his day to day responsibilities, Marius competed as a powerboat racer from 2005-2011 adding to his diverse resume.
Valentin Goppelt
Age: 25
From: Hamburg, Germany
Valentin Goppelt started his sim racing career on the playstation with f1 games. In November 2022 he changed to the PC and gave ACC a go. Until August 2023 he reached 5400 ELO in the LFM community. Right now his main focus is on iRacing, starting the year with P5 at the Daytona 24 Friday evening top split. Valentin lives in Hamburg and works as a Business Analyst in the insurance industry.
Tim Holz
Age: 23
From: Germany
Engineer for STR Esports, covering anything that needs a race strategy. Also drives a few times and likes tech.
