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iGPS Points Lottery at the Glen

August 17th, 2013 by

In the shortest race-to-race journey across the season, the iRacing.com Grand Prix Series (iGPS) makes three US state crossings, as we progress from Indianapolis, Indiana to Watkins Glen, New York. The forever popular track, Watkins Glen remains a favourite amongst racers alike, regardless of which types of cars take to the track. The easy-going 3.4 … Read the Rest »

Hughson, Baird Top iRNC After Summit Point

August 16th, 2013 by

The inRacing News Challenge mixed-class racing series made the trip from Japan to West Virginia, United States in Week Two for one of four trips to Summit Point Raceway this season.  The 1.1 mile Jefferson road course in its “Reverse” configuration offers sim racers seven technical corners, elevation changes and two long drafting straights. Last … Read the Rest »

Tempers Flare at Irwindale

August 16th, 2013 by

Irwindale, home of this year’s X-Games Global Rally Cross events, was the destination for Week Two of the NASCAR iRacing.com Late Model Tour. For sim-racers this track was a unique challenge, one with a very different racing groove than many anticipated. Late Models would prefer to stay above the dotted white line on the track … Read the Rest »

Red Sox Gentleman Jim 24 at Daytona

August 16th, 2013 by

The real race was in front of Vincent at the start. Second place starter Marty Sponsler hounded Troy Vincent from the start of the race and the two battled for position throughout the first lap, with Sponsler drafting for the lead at the end of lap one. Having already made slight contact in turn four … Read the Rest »

Prototype & GT Challenge Week 2: Road America

August 14th, 2013 by

The iRacing.com Prototype & GT Challenge series arrived at fast and narrow Road America Circuit in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin for the second round of 2013 Season 3. With Sebring in the books last week, we discovered this season may be one of the closest we’ve had in the series.  Once again the drivers did not … Read the Rest »

Masterful Huttu Wins at Motegi

August 13th, 2013 by

Round 12 of the iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series brought the virtual Williams-Toyota FW31 Formula 1 cars to Japan’s Twin Ring Motegi complex, where Greger Huttu continued his rich vein of form to extend his lead in the standings. The Finn has 500 points to his name and now leads his closest rival, Hugo … Read the Rest »

2013 iGPS Opener: Well Worth the Wait

August 12th, 2013 by

With 2013 Season Two of the iRacing Grand Prix Series (iGPS) finally water under the bridge, Season Three is now upon us. Now that the top finishers from S2 have achieved their long-awaited promotion, new opportunities present themselves for those awaiting S3 as this is the last chance during 2013 to join the sim racing … Read the Rest »

Conti’s Excellent Road Trip

August 12th, 2013 by

The NASCAR iRacing Series made its 20th stop of the season at Watkins Glen International for the final road race on the calendars. Tyler D Hudson was the points leader coming into the weekend with second place Landon Harrison 920 points back. Lance Gomez Jr was the first guy to grab a pole this week … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Jesse Atchison

August 12th, 2013 by

This week, I interviewed someone who could be considered one of the original iRacers. He joined the iRacing service on June 26, 2008 and has since started 1,129 official oval races, and 172 road races. On the oval side of iRacing, he has 252 career wins and has finished in the top five 67% of … Read the Rest »

Fisher Catches the Big One in Lakeland

August 9th, 2013 by

USA International Raceway was located in Lakeland, Florida – the key word there being “was.” Alas, like all too many tracks the world over, it no longer exists. Luckily for sim-racers, however, iRacing.com scanned and built a digital version of the track before ceased operations.  So, like Australia’s Oran Park, USA International Raceway lives on … Read the Rest »