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Luis Takes Mid-Ohio Honors
August 15th, 2011 by DavidP
After 85 bruising laps around the virtual Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Hugo Luis claimed his second race victory of the 2011 iRacing.com NVIDIA Grand Prix Series – narrowing the gap on World Championship leader Klaus Kivekäs in the process and solidifying his credentials as a candidate for the 2011 title. Starting on the front row … Read the Rest »
Chad Coleman wins Trading Paints Grand National Series at Talladega
August 15th, 2011 by DavidP
Sunday saw the Trading Paints Grand National Series travel to Alabama and the famed Talladega Superspeedway. Chad Coleman came into this week’s online race first in points and was looking to extend his lead. Jon Adams won the DoorstopNation.com Pole Award, turning a lap at 53.810s. Adams started on the pole but was shuffled out … Read the Rest »
Majors Majors in NASCAR Class A
August 11th, 2011 by DavidP
The twelve week countdown to the NASCAR iRacing Pro Series started last week at Pocono Raceway, with iRacers from all over the world tackling the “Tricky Triangle.” Getting the 3,450 pound, 750+ Chevrolet Impala around the tri-cornered, bumpy, odd ball of a track is no easy task. With that being said, many Class A drivers … Read the Rest »
Justin Lukes Wins at Silverstone
August 11th, 2011 by In Racing News
Silverstone’s Historic Grand Prix Circuit was the site of the Red Sox Racing League’s final race of the 2011 Season Two schedule. Located in Towcester, Northamptonshire in the United Kingdom, the Historic Grand Prix Circuit at Silverstone is a lightning fast 3.142 mile layout consisting of sixteen corners. The “Farina British Grand Prix 29” promised … Read the Rest »
Untamed, Kline Top Week 1 at Irwindale
August 11th, 2011 by DavidP
2011 Season 3 of the highly competition NASCAR iRacing.com Tour Modified Series got started with a bang on Week 1 as Untamed Motorsports drew first blood with Shane Kline topping the point charts after three days of online racing at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale. Kline, who represents the Carolina club, led a top five which … Read the Rest »
Marcos, Schon Shine at Lime Rock
August 10th, 2011 by DavidP
Though Daniel Schon won the highest rated race of the week, Alvaro Marcos had the last laugh when it came to the NVIDIA Cup point standings in the opening week of competition in 2011 Season 3a. The NVIDIA Cup Series headed to Lime Rock Park this week for Round One of the four week mini-season … Read the Rest »
Gelink Resumes at Summit Point
August 10th, 2011 by DavidP
2011 Season 3 of the Thrustmaster Mustang Challenge the began the same way as Season 2 ended: with Dave Gelink (Benelux) showing the same extreme muscle that carried him to the Season 2 title. Week 1 challenged the sim racers to take-on the technical, but fun 1.98-mile, 10-turn Summit Point Raceway located in West Virginia. … Read the Rest »
Radical Changes For the Radical SR8 in Season 3
August 9th, 2011 by DavidP
Sometimes when big news hits the smaller news tidbits get lost in the shuffle, and that seems to be the case for iRacing’s Radical SR8, which has been overshadowed by the recent “big news” of the iRacing 2.0 roll-out. With all the hoopla over the New Tire Model and the introduction of the new Ford … Read the Rest »
Greer Dominates Lanier Late Models
August 9th, 2011 by DavidP
The NASCAR iRacing.com Late Model Series took to the pavement in Braselton, Georgia last week to start 2011 Season 3 at the 0.375 mile Lanier National Speedway. One of the tracks included in iRacing’s base subscription package, Lanier is a favorite among rookies and loved by the pros as well, witness the fact that close … Read the Rest »
Layden Tops South Boston
August 9th, 2011 by DavidP
The iRacing.com Street Stock Series traveled to South Boston, Virginia to the famed 0.4 mile “SoBo” oval to start Season Three of 2011. This week brought new faces to the top of the series points standings as sim racers look to dethrone back-to-back champion Nick Ottinger (Carolina). Weekly High Strength of Field Josh Wronkowski (Florida) … Read the Rest »