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iRacing Signs Agreement with Le Mans

July 9th, 2015 by

iRacing.com announced today it has signed an agreement with the Automobile Club de l’Ouest to develop a digital version of the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans circuit for its award-winning online motorsports simulation service.  iRacing’s team of nearly a dozen laser scanning technicians, photographers and artists recently completed their data-gathering work in France prior … Read the Rest »

Tour Modifieds Battle at the Paper Clip

July 9th, 2015 by

The third week of the NASCAR iRacing Tour Modified Series brings the virtual ground pounders to Martinsville Speedway. The venerable Virginia short track enables the true abilities of the Tour Modifieds to come life as its long straightaways allow the sim racers to put all of that 612 horsepower to use as the cars scream … Read the Rest »

Short Track Simulation: It’s here, and the best are doing it

July 8th, 2015 by

 (The following in an excerpt from a Circle Track magazine article on Ty Majeski and the role iRacing has played — and continues to play — in his career.  Click here to read the complete story – Ed) Aspiring superstar racers perked up when they heard the news of Denny Hamlin in 2006. Hamlin credited … Read the Rest »

Behind the Scenes: The NASCAR Peak Antifreeze Series powered by iRacing.com – For the Alpha: the Omega, Part 2

July 8th, 2015 by

Before we dive back into this, let’s review:  We’re talking about how to be more efficient with your setup process, and spend less time trying 28 different setups every week that don’t work and spending more time in the fine-tuning stages.  In the last article, I discussed how to approach the initial setup build, as … Read the Rest »

Virtual Thoroughbreds Run Loose on Kentucky Speedway

July 8th, 2015 by

Week 16 of the NASCAR iRacing Class B Open Series took to the 1.5-mile Kentucky Speedway, and on Tuesday evening the top split was broadcast on iRacingLive and FANSCHOICE.tv for some live neck-and-neck sim-racing action! Despite the first half of the race looking like it would be a two-horse battle between Logan Clampitt and Ryan … Read the Rest »

Mecs Dominates Spa IMSA Race

July 7th, 2015 by

Thanks to Denis Garese for the collaboration sending the replay file and some good pictures for this story. The IMSA iRacing.com Online SportsCar Championship started its third season in June. The first week was at the great Spa-Francorchamps circuit, counting 50 drivers racing the HPD-ARX-01c with 10 each on the Riley DP and the Ford GT … Read the Rest »

Bernardi Masters Montreal by the Narrowest of Margins!

July 6th, 2015 by

The iRacing Pro Mazda Championship headed towards North America for the third week of 2015 Season3 where famed Circuit Gilles Villeneuve would be ready and waiting for the 17 top split drivers who made the long trip from Sao Paulo, Brazil.  The sim racing competitors had to navigate 13 treacherous corners through each of the … Read the Rest »

Ford and Holden Win!

July 2nd, 2015 by

Ford and Holden win??..  How can this be so?? Ian Ford driving the Evolution Racing Australia HoldenCommodore scored his first win of the new season for Round 2 od the iRacing.com V* Supercar Series, at Oulton Park International Circuit. Qualifying Under cloudy skies with a track temperature that was condusive to fast lap times, qualifying … Read the Rest »

Big Joe Steals the Show!

July 2nd, 2015 by

Joe Hassert leads 22 laps to capture the Dan Wheldon Memorial All-Star Race in the Lionheart IndyCar Series presented by Overdrive Graphics. The night started off with a 20-lap Lionheart IndyCar Series Shootout, which saw the first six finishers advance to the main event. A massive wreck with eight laps to go took out many … Read the Rest »

FAST to Sanction the Operation GI BBQ 150 at Iowa

July 1st, 2015 by

First FAST Charity Race Set for August 2 FAST (Federated Association of Simulated Teams), fresh off of a very successful Father’s Day Invitational race, has announced its next special event: The Operation GI BBQ 150 is slated for July 30 – August 2 at iRacing’s Iowa Speedway in Newton, IA. The race, a collaborative effort … Read the Rest »