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Essa Takes Inaugural Rainbow Nation Double

February 11th, 2011 by

Sunday evening saw the start of the inaugural iRacing South African Championship. Thanks to the help of Sean Siff from iRacing, an impressive turnout of over 20 sim racers made the grid for Round One at the famous Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The league will feature a 10 round championship spanning between February and May. … Read the Rest »

Scandinavia Invades Aussie Island

February 10th, 2011 by

The cream of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar series hit the Island for the  9.45 pm race on Week One of 2011 Season One.  Scandinavian whiz Trond Hjerde tore up pole with a 1min 32.026 from Wayne Harris who was seven tenths behind but a still rapid at 1min 32.727. On the next row was the … Read the Rest »

Douna and Grebe Take Early GRAND-AM Lead

February 10th, 2011 by

With the dust barely settled on its inaugural championship, the GRAND-AM iRacing.com Online Sports Car Series got its second season under-way with a visit to the virtual Watkins Glen Cup circuit. The mixed class online-racing series open to subscribers of the iRacing.com Motorsport Simulation service, brings the Riley MkXX Daytona Prototype and Ford Mustang FR500S … Read the Rest »

Street Stocks do SoBo

February 10th, 2011 by

South Boston Speedway in Virginia was host to the first of twelve weeks of online racing in the  2011 Season One iRacing Street Stock Series.  The track commonly called SoBo is a 4/10-mile oval with 12 degree banking in the turns.  SoBo, as it’s commonly nicknamed, opened in 1957 and has been the proving grounds … Read the Rest »

Time for 2011 NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship

February 10th, 2011 by

The time has come. The 2011 NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship (NiSWC) is ready to kick off its second year on Tuesday and the quality of competition appears to be second to none. The new class of 20 drivers from the 2010 NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series (NiPS) is extremely deep with talent but let’s not … Read the Rest »

NVIDIA Cup Shifts into Week One at Lime Rock

February 9th, 2011 by

The grouping is always tight and the racing is always tense in the NVIDIA Cup. The 2000-plus Mazda MX-5 sim racers for 2011 Season One all have to be at their best in order to get up top. In these cars, it’s all about momentum and mistakes. Fortunately, Driver Bruno Fabio didn’t make many mistakes … Read the Rest »

No Mixed Feelings About This Mixed Class Shindig

February 9th, 2011 by

The inaugural season of the iRacing Grand Touring Cup Multiclass series kicked-off Week One of the 2011 Season One tour at Summit Point Raceway in Summit Point, West Virginia, and judging by the attendance numbers, this new online racing series is off to a roaring start.  A total of 670 iRacers turned out to participate … Read the Rest »

A Different Route

February 9th, 2011 by

The road to the NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship will take on a bit of a different route this year, challenging hopeful sim racers in every way imaginable. Instead of handing out 350 “Pro” licenses to the top 350 ranked drivers, iRacing will let anyone and everyone attempt to fight their way to the top. … Read the Rest »

Hudson Reigns Supreme at Daytona

February 8th, 2011 by

Nearly 2200 Drivers Tackle the Florida High Banks The tenth season of NASCAR iRacing.com Class C Series (NiCCS)competition kicked-off this past week at Daytona International Speedway. Loved by many for the three-wide, door-to-door, bumper-to-bumper, 200 mile per hour chess match type online racing and disliked by some for the unpredictability of super speedway racing that … Read the Rest »

Real Life Pros, Virtual World Veterans Lead Series Standings

February 8th, 2011 by

The first week of the 2011 iRacing Season One is in the books. This week, the drivers of the NASCAR iRacing.com Series’ Late Model Tour were off racing in The Constitution State. The long straightaways and tight corners of Connecticut’s Thompson International Speedway presented drivers with a challenge as the online racing season got underway. … Read the Rest »