This Week in iRacing: February 18-24, 2025

Welcome back to This Week in iRacing, our weekly post that details all you need to know about what is going on in the world of iRacing!

As always, This Week includes topics ranging from official eSports to some of the top community-driven events, and everything in between.

Here’s what to expect from 2025 Season 1, Week 10, from February 18th to February 24th in 2025.

For the Members: iRacing Official Series Highlights

Every week, iRacing offers daily, even hourly racing that members can get into, based on where their license level is at. There are also some special series that run at specific times that anyone can jump into, with the right credentials, that offer a more meaningful sim racing experience. 

Here are a few of the highlighted series taking place this week.

iRACING SPECIAL EVENT: iRACING BATHURST 12HR

The next race on the 2025 iRacing Special Events Calendar is the Bathurst 12 presented by Ready Set Sim. This single class, team event takes the GT3 cars to Mount Panorama Circuit for 12 hours of endurance racing.

From February 21st to 23rd, teams can participate in any of the four sessions scheduled for the weekend.

Those times are:

Friday 22:00 GMT; Saturday 7:00 GMT, 12:00 GMT, and 16:00 GMT

For more information on the iRacing Bathurst 12 -> CLICK HERE
For more information on the 2025 iRacing Special Events calendar -> CLICK HERE

NASCAR iRACING SERIES

Back again in 2025, the NASCAR iRacing Series (Open Setup and Fixed Setup) follows the NASCAR Cup Series schedule for a 36-week racing season. The series visits the tracks on the real-world schedule, utilizing the NASCAR Next Gen Stock Cars from Chevrolet, Ford and Toyota.

Week 2 of 36 is set to take place at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

The races this week are scheduled for:

Fixed Schedule: Wednesday, 20:00 GMT; Friday, 01:00 GMT; Saturday, 09:00 GMT and 16:00 GMT; Monday, 01:00 GMT
Open Schedule: Thursday, 01:00 GMT and 18:00 GMT; Saturday, 01:00 GMT; Sunday, 14:00 GMT

For more information on the NASCAR iRacing Series -> CLICK HERE

DIRT SUPER LATE MODEL TOUR

iRacing is pleased to reveal two yearlong championships for top Dirt Oval racers for the 2025 season. Modeled heavily after real-world events and featuring dozens of America’s top dirt tracks, the Dirt Super Late Model Tour and Dirt 410 Sprint Car Tour will feature more than 35 weeks of championship racing apiece for iRacing’s premier dirt racing machines.

Week 5 of 39 for the Super Late Models will take place at Oswego Speedway – Dirt.

The races this week are scheduled for: Tuesday 22:00 GMT, Thursday 02:00 GMT, Saturday 17:00 GMT, Monday 02:00 GMT

For more information on the Dirt Super Late Model Tour -> CLICK HERE

DIRT 410 SPRINT CAR TOUR

iRacing is pleased to reveal two yearlong championships for top Dirt Oval racers for the 2025 season. Modeled heavily after real-world events and featuring dozens of America’s top dirt tracks, the Dirt Super Late Model Tour and Dirt 410 Sprint Car Tour will feature more than 35 weeks of championship racing apiece for iRacing’s premier dirt racing machines.

Week 3 of 37 for the 410 Sprint Cars will take place at Cedar Lake Speedway.

The races this week are scheduled for:

Wednesday 01:00 GMT and 21:00 GMT, Friday 01:00 GMT, Sunday 09:00 GMT

For more information on the Dirt 410 Sprint Car Tour -> CLICK HERE

BMW M2 CUP – NEW ROOKIE SERIES!

With the introduction of the BMW M2 CS, we have a new series at the Rookie ranks called the BMW M2 Cup. This fixed setup series will run on base package tracks. A base content car on base content tracks, this series has the potential to be one of the biggest yet!

Week 10 Schedule:

• at WeatherTech Raceway at Laguna Seca – Full Course

FIA F4 ESPORTS REGIONAL TOURS

The Regional and Global editions of the FIA F4 Esports Series returns returns with a slightly different format in 2025 Season 1. Both the fixed and open setup Global series will be going off hourly on the hour (at the same time) while the Regional series will be going off hourly on the :30.

Week 10 Schedule: 

• Americas: Summit Point Raceway
• Asia-Pacific: Oran Park Raceway – Grand Prix
• Europe: Circuito de Navarra – Speed Circuit
• Global: Circuit de Lédenon

RICMOTECH RING MEISTER / DRAFT MASTER CHALLENGE BY SIMAGIC COMBINATIONS

Two of the more unique daily racing series on iRacing are the Ring Meister Ricmotech Series and the Draft Master Challenge by SIMAGIC Series, where the cars change every week as opposed to the tracks. The setups are fixed in both series, which means it’s all about jumping in and racing the combination at hand.

The Ring Meister Ricmotech Series (races on every odd 2 hours | qualifying every even 2 hours at :30) takes place at the Nürburgring Nordschleife – Industriefahrten and cycles through mostly road-type racing vehicles every week. As for Draft Master Challenge by SIMAGIC (races every hour on the hour), the series contests six weeks at Talladega Superspeedway and six weeks at Daytona International Speedway, featuring many common NASCAR-oval style cars.

Week 10 Schedule: 

• Ring Meister: GTE Class at Nürburgring Nordschleife – Industriefahrten
• Draft Master: NASCAR Xfinity cars at Daytona International Speedway

RAIN MASTER

For wet weather racing enthusiasts, Rain Master is one of the latest Special Series available on iRacing. Introduced in 2024 Season 4, those looking for some fixed setup wet weather racing can now jump into select GT3 vehicles, including the BMW M4, Lamborghini Huracán EVO, Mercedes-AMG, Porsche 911, Ferrari 296, Audi R8 LMS EVO II, Chevrolet Corvette Z06, and Ford Mustang, at 12 different road courses around the world. 2025 Season 1 introduces the Acura NSX GT3 EVO to the fold.

The forecasts will include light rain throughout the short, 15 minute events. Races run every hour at 15 minutes past the hour.

Week 10 Schedule:

• at Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli – Grand Prix

OFF THIS WEEK:

• INDYCAR iRacing Series | Next Race (#1 of 16) at Sebring International Raceway (iRacing Season 1, Week 11)
• NASCAR Modified Tour | Next Race (#2 of 21) at Hickory Motor Speedway (iRacing Season 1, Week 11)
• Super Late Model Tour | Next Race (#2 of 23) at Hickory Motor Speedway (iRacing Season 1, Week 12)
• iRacing Grand Prix Tour | Next Race (#1 of 24) at Phillip Island Circuit (iRacing Season 1, Week 13)

For more information on the NASCAR Modified Tour and Super Late Model Tour -> CLICK HERE
For more information on the various Sports Car and Open Wheel year-long series -> CLICK HERE

Official iRacing eSports

We’re taking a quick break from the eSports action this week, with all the major official series off until next. The eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series will be the first to return for the last race in February. Then in March, the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series will continue along with the Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup and the eNASCAR College iRacing Series.

OFF THIS WEEK:

• eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series
  • Next Race -> Race #2 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (February 25th)
• Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup
  • Next Race -> Race #4 (MID SEASON TOURNAMENT) at Sachenring (March 8th)
• eNASCAR College iRacing Series
  • Next Race -> Race #7 at Iowa Speedway (March 18th)

For more information on the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series -> CLICK HERE
For more details on the Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup -> CLICK HERE
For more information on the eNASCAR College iRacing Series -> CLICK HERE

For more information on iRacing and for special offers, visit www.iracing.com.

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