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Sprints at Oxford Anything But Plain

August 27th, 2013 by

Oxford Plains Speedway is one of iRacing’s most popular short tracks in its service. With no retaining walls save for the front stretch around this .375 mile oval, sprint car racers are hard-pressed to concentrate and hit their marks as they churn laps averaging 14 seconds. With the low groove the quickest yet most treacherous … Read the Rest »

Paquin Takes Another Win

August 27th, 2013 by

After all the hype and effort that went into preparing for the first online race of our McLaren MP4-12C GT3 mini-series at Champion Motorsports, I have completely avoided a few tasks —  such as letting you all know how it actually went and sharing the screenshots. No matter how hard I try, the world continues … Read the Rest »

Prototype & GT Challenge Week 4: Mid Ohio

August 27th, 2013 by

The iRacing.com Prototype & GT Challenge headed to the legendary Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for the fourth round of the season.  The circuit has hosted nearly every series you can think of, including NASCAR, Grand-Am, American Le Mans Series, and IndyCar . . . not to mention USRRC, F5000, Can-Am and the SCCA National Championships. … Read the Rest »

Via Victorious at Suzuka

August 26th, 2013 by

This week, the iRacing.com Skip Barber Race Series visited the beautiful and technical Suzuka International Racing Course, or simply Suzuka Circuit. This is the track where Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost had their controversial accidents in 1989 and 1990. It’s also where Jacques Villeneuve almost made history where he could have been the first driver … Read the Rest »

Hudson Rolls Through Thunder Valley

August 26th, 2013 by

Last week the NASCAR iRacing.com Series made its second stop of the season to the world’s fastest half mile: Bristol Motor Speedway. Tyler D Hudson is still the man on top of the points in the series over Landon Harrison. Thursday night was the first of the week’s four online races and Rafael Doninelli and … Read the Rest »

Tatts Winning Streak Continues

August 26th, 2013 by

Round 3 of iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series headed back to Barber Motorsport Park. The last time the series came here it was a Tatts.com one-two, a domination the Tatts Ford Falcons continued so far in 2013 Season 2 by winning both online races this season. Qualifying for Round 3 was led by Madison Down with … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Brandon Hauff

August 26th, 2013 by

This week I interviewed 18 year old Brandon Hauff from Wantagh, New York. Since he joined iRacing two years ago, Brandon has started over 1,500 oval races and has won 103 times. So far in 2013, he has won nearly 10% of the races he has entered. Whether it is a short track like Richmond … Read the Rest »

New Tyres Deliver at Interlagos

August 24th, 2013 by

Interlagos Circuit – known officially as the Autodromo José Carlos Pace – played host to Round Three of the iRacing.com Grand Prix Series (iGPS), and the dawn of potentially a new era with the whole paddock anticipating the hyped changes to its open-wheel racing car, the Williams-Toyota FW31. With discontent lingering on many fronts, a … Read the Rest »

Valentjius Storms to Top of Radical Challenge

August 23rd, 2013 by

Audrius Valantiejus had a strong week at the tricky Interlagos circuit to storm to the top of the iRacing.com Radical Challenge table with an excellent 198 point haul. The smooth Grand Prix circuit was expected to suit the Radical SR8 but the changes in camber throughout the circuit made setups trickier than expected. Turns One … Read the Rest »

Fritsche, Hackett Lead CTC

August 23rd, 2013 by

With business as usual at the top of the tables, attention is turning to the F2 battle in this year’s Lotus 79-based Classic Teams Championship. While defending champion Gernot Fritsche extended his lead at Road Atlanta and Mosport, the Formula 2 battle hotted up. After two strong opening weeks, Team Tiga driver Paul Hackett faultered … Read the Rest »