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So Near Yet So Far
May 26th, 2015 by Jaime Baker
NASCAR iRacing Seres Open – Week 12: 400 Laps at Charlotte Motor Speedway This is one of the races I look forward to more than most. The reasons are many, but the long green flag runs and pitting under green as well as the raw tactics of the long race always get me pumped. How … Read the Rest »
The Chicane of Many Moves
May 26th, 2015 by Jaime Baker
Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, Montreal, Canada; the circuit that week 10 of the iRacing Grand Prix Series will be tackling. The drivers had 42 laps awaiting them where concentration needed to be incredibly high. With the concrete walls in close proximity of each of the 13 turns, over the 4.361km distance, a small misjudgement could prove costly … Read the Rest »
Apex Racing UK’s second charity race: Diabetes UK 3 hour Enduro!
May 23rd, 2015 by Jaime Baker
On June 13th 2015, starting at 13:00 GMT Apex Racing UK will be hosting their second charity event on iRacing’s service. Last year saw an incredibly successful charity event at Spa Francorchamps (over £1000 raised overall!) where people took part in a 2.4 hour event by donating towards the chosen cause of Cancer Research UK. This … Read the Rest »
Oltmanns Takes Win #2 at Daytona
May 22nd, 2015 by Jaime Baker
Jason Oltmanns’ single car operation became the first team to take multiple Feature Race wins on the 2015 iSuperSpeedway.com Racing Series Season 4 campaign, with his first career win at the World Center of Racing. Oltmanns parked his #51 Best Buy Ford Fusion in Gatorade Victory Lane in Race 9 of the season, after qualifying … Read the Rest »
Grigg-Gault Wins Sebring Thriller
May 22nd, 2015 by Jaime Baker
Sebring International Raceway is one of the oldest and most historic race tracks still in existence in the United States. A former training base during World War II for the U.S. Army Air Corp, Sebring has been continuously operating since 1950 and is home to the world famous 12 Hours of Sebring. Although the 65-year … Read the Rest »
New face, New rival? Storm Dominates Okayama
May 21st, 2015 by Jaime Baker
After a one week sabbatical for many drivers in the iRacing Pro Mazda Series, the road courses returned for Week 9 at Japan’s Okayama International Circuit. The track features 11 corners over its 3.703km course. Much to my surprise we had a totally new front row! It featured none of the common iRacing Pro Mazda … Read the Rest »
iRacing Blancpain GT Series Planned for 2016
May 21st, 2015 by Jaime Baker
iRacing.com and the SRO Motorsports Group are joining forces to establish the world’s first professional endurance sim racing series: the iRacing Blancpain GT Series. Scheduled to debut next spring, the iRacing Blancpain GT Series will feature the world’s elite endurance sim racing teams in GT3 cars competing for cash prizes and merchandise in races broadcast … Read the Rest »
Warren’s Bold Pit Call Wins Charlotte
May 20th, 2015 by Jaime Baker
Alex Warren made it the second straight week an underdog has found his way to victory lane in the NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series Powered by iRacing, winning last night’s long, drawn-out race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Warren did not have a car that could win on outright speed but his gutsy pit call under caution … Read the Rest »
IndyCar Reality Check: GP of Indianapolis
May 20th, 2015 by Jaime Baker
Contained withinnfield of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway — and utilizing the oval’s Turn One and front straightaway — is a 14-turn, 2.439-mile road course that was re-designed in 2014. While we can race on a road course at The Brickyard, we use the old 13-turn, 2.605-mile configuration used by Formula One in its all-too brief … Read the Rest »
Behind the Scenes: The NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series powered by iRacing.com – Seconds, please
May 20th, 2015 by Jaime Baker
I built this one setup. It was awesome, if I’m allowed to say that about my own work. Purpose-built specifically for the virtual high-banks of the Daytona International Speedway, it was meant to run in one, and only one, race of the 2015 NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series. I built it knowing that once the checkered … Read the Rest »