ST RACING ESPORTS

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.