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GRAND-AM and iRacing.com Announce Premier Online Sports Car Series

February 17th, 2011 by

10-Race, 26-Week Virtual Racing Series To Mirror Rolex Series Schedule When GRAND-AM and iRacing.com announced the GRAND-AM iRacing.com Online Sports Car Series last fall, driving game aficionados, sim racers and sports car racing fans responded enthusiastically.   The series, which runs 12-week seasons and features multi-class racing, quickly became one of the most popular among iRacing.com’s … Read the Rest »

Home Sweet Home

February 17th, 2011 by

If the inRacingNews Challenge could consider one environment its “home” track, it would clearly be Summit Point Raceway. For five of the online racing series’ 12 weeks, the Pontiac Solstices and Spec Racer Fords of the iRNC take to the track, using four different layouts; this week’s layout is the Jefferson Reverse layout. Chris Wiggins … Read the Rest »

A Win Apiece for Essa and Roux

February 17th, 2011 by

Round Two of the South African iRacing league moved its way to the banks and twists of Charlotte Road Course on Sunday evening. Despite a U2 concert in Jo’burg that same evening, some 19 sim racers made it to the grid for the second round of the 10 round championship, for what was sure to … Read the Rest »

On the Road at Mid-Ohio

February 17th, 2011 by

The iRacing IndyCar Series Road Course championship began this week with a round at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. The series, which runs every other week, will run a six-race schedule on six of the top road courses in the United States, three of which appear on the real IZOD IndyCar Series schedule. This will … Read the Rest »

Life at the Next Level

February 16th, 2011 by

The NASCAR iRacing Class A Series attacked the massive banking of Daytona International Speedway for Week Two of their twelve week season. The mighty track not only provided excellent online racing where it’s anyone’s race, it also gave drivers a chance for a substantial amount of points. With the NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship race … Read the Rest »

Shields Earns Second Victory of 2011

February 16th, 2011 by

Mazda Raceway at Laguna Seca hosted this week’s race for members of the Red Sox Racing League’s Formula One series.  The 11 corner, 2.23 mile layout is one of the most demanding courses on the schedule.  Hairpin corners, high-speed corners, blind uphill corners and the famous “Corkscrew” all conspire to make even the most seasoned … Read the Rest »

Virginia's GRAND-AM

February 16th, 2011 by

Virginia International Raceway played host to Round Two of the GRAND-AM iRacing.com Online Sports Car Series, the virtual-racing Championship open to members of the iRacing Motorsport Simulations service. Racing in near-perfect replicas of the Riley MKXX Daytona Prototype and the Ford Mustang FR500S, the 12 week mixed-class series will crown its overall and ten divisional … Read the Rest »

Virginia’s GRAND-AM

February 16th, 2011 by

Virginia International Raceway played host to Round Two of the GRAND-AM iRacing.com Online Sports Car Series, the virtual-racing Championship open to members of the iRacing Motorsport Simulations service. Racing in near-perfect replicas of the Riley MKXX Daytona Prototype and the Ford Mustang FR500S, the 12 week mixed-class series will crown its overall and ten divisional … Read the Rest »

Alfalla Wins a Wild Opener

February 16th, 2011 by

With thousands watching via the live broadcast on iRacing.com, Ray Alfalla came home the winner in a wild Round One of the 2011 Nascar iRacing.com Series World Championship at Daytona International Speedway on Tuesday evening.   The Floridian took over the top spot when Jesse Atchison crashed-out of the lead on Lap 86 and stayed in … Read the Rest »

The Stafford Stampede

February 15th, 2011 by

Jack Arute’s Stafford Motor Speedway was host to Week Two of the iRacing.com Street Stock Series.  Located in Stafford Springs, Connecticut, Stafford Motor Speedway opened in 1870 as a horse racing track and then starting hosting car races after World War II.  Like many other tracks throughout the United States, Stafford Motor Speedway started out … Read the Rest »