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Starting in Style

November 10th, 2011 by

The new season for the Grand-Am iRacing.com Online Sports Car Series started in style at (where else?) Daytona International Speedway’s road course which also kicks-off the real life Grand-Am Rolex Series with its annual 24 hour race. The top race of the week took place at 1.00am (UTC) on Sunday for the Daytona Prototype class, … Read the Rest »

King Dominates Wild Race at PIR

November 9th, 2011 by

Nearly everyone in sim racing knows how much Kevin King likes Phoenix International Raceway . . . and it was not hard to see why on Tuesday night. King completely dominated Round Two of the NASCAR iRacing Pro Series (NiPS) at PIR, leading 120 of the 156 laps and never coming under any pressure to … Read the Rest »

A Radical start to the season…

November 8th, 2011 by

One week into 2011 Season4 of the Radical Racing Challenge and jaws are having to be scraped off virtual cockpit floors as sights, not seen before, surprised series regulars.  Last season bore witness to the second highest number of drivers ever in the series, but this season, opening at the popular Watkins Glen circuit has … Read the Rest »

Purcell Starts-Off Hot

November 8th, 2011 by

For Week 1 of Season 4, the iRacing.com Street Stock Series traveled up north to South Boston Speedway. This tight 4/10th mile oval is known for tight racing and trading paint. Sim racers looked to start-off the season right in their efforts to dethrone three-time champion Nick Ottinger (Carolina). This week would be an interesting … Read the Rest »

Kerkhof Dominates at Spa

November 7th, 2011 by

Taking his first steps towards the 2012 iRacing.com NVIDIA Grand Prix Series, Atze Kerkhof took the spoils of victory and maximum points at the opening round of the iRacing.com Pro Series Road Racing at Spa-Francorchamps with a dominant flag-to-flag performance. With the top 25 in the standings gaining entry to next years iNGPS following the … Read the Rest »

Radical Racing Challenge ROARs into action for Season 4

November 7th, 2011 by

The buzz around iRacing these days seems to be all about the New Tire Model, but the Radical Racing Challenge series has quietly been drawing its share of attention, with attendance for Week 1 of Season 4 showing roughly a 93% increase in participation over Week 1 of Season 3.  While others are struggling to … Read the Rest »

Vincent Turns Okayama Into Nightmare

November 5th, 2011 by

Mimasaka, Okayama Japan was the site for week seven of the Red Sox Racing League’s 2011 Season Three F1 Championship Series.   The “Spooktacular F1 GP at Okayama” was billed as a thrilling twenty-five lap shootout between some of sim-racing’s cleanest drivers.  In reality, it was a nightmare for anyone not named Brad Vincent!  Vincent used … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile – Keith Melhiser

November 5th, 2011 by

Keith Melhiser knows what he likes.  When it comes to racing, it’s open wheel racing, preferably USAC, and most certainly preferably on dirt.  That’s a good thing for the resident of Petersburg, IN is within driving distance of scores of dirt tracks scattered thoughout his native state, not to mention Illinois, Ohio and other points … Read the Rest »

Ottinger Marches to Milwaukee Win

November 4th, 2011 by

Current NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Champion Nick Ottinger made his move on fellow Pro driver Brandon Buchberger with 13 laps to go to take the victory in the C2C Racing Designs 120 at the Milwaukee Mile. Ottinger, who took two right side tires on his final stop at Lap 93 of the 120 lap event, … Read the Rest »

iRacing.com Pro Series Road Racing Opener Broadcast Saturday

November 4th, 2011 by

PSRTV’s coverage of opening round of the iRacing.com Pro Series Road Racing will be broadcast live on iRacing.com on Saturday, November 5 beginning at 6 pm Eastern (22:00 GMT).  Featuring the Williams-Toyota FW31, the 44 lap race at challenging Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps is the first step for some of the world’s top sim racers seeking … Read the Rest »