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Early Advantage: Sicilia

December 30th, 2014 by

Week 1 of the inaugural 2015 season took the Star Mazda’s to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The 2.238 mile circuit had an 11 turn configuration awaiting the drivers over 20 laps of sim racing. This season is where the new qualifying format has been implemented.  In brief, the new format means qualifying and the race … Read the Rest »

UK&I Skip Barber Kicks Off 2015 in Style

December 29th, 2014 by

The opening round of the UK&I Skip Barber League’s first season in 2015 landed in Okayama for a 14 lap race of the full circuit, one that has proven to be a thriller in seasons past.  Taking the first pole position of 2015 was Simon Povey, but he shared the front row with Sebastian Job.  … Read the Rest »

Scott Jr. Makes Early Championship Statement at Richmond

December 29th, 2014 by

Although the big ball in Times Square has not even dropped yet, 2015 is underway — at least in iRacing, where the NASCAR iRacing.com Class B Series Open opened its first season of the year under the lights of Richmond International Raceway.  After falling 11 points short of championship in the final season of 2014, … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Michael Willard

December 29th, 2014 by

There is one word to describe the final iRacer you will “get to know” in 2014: Dedication. Be it dedication to his multitude of jobs, or his sim racing endeavors, when iRacer Michael Willard has a goal in mind he sticks to it. You can’t win eight division championships without being goal-oriented! The Ohioan has … Read the Rest »

Nadin Shakes-off Shunt; Takes Early Radical Lead

December 29th, 2014 by

UK&I’s Ian Nadin took the honors in the Radical Racing Series 2015 week 1 opener at Oulton Park despite ending up on his roof after a major incident at the second chicane on the opening lap of the weeks feature race. Chicanes had been a bit of a talking point during the discussions around the … Read the Rest »

Passion, Quality and Innovation

December 24th, 2014 by

For more than two decades Thrustmaster has brought a unique combination of know-how and innovation to the video games accessory market.  Since its founding in 1992, Thrustmaster has focused on developing precision products that enhance the gaming experience and address the needs of the gaming community worldwide. iRacingNews recently had the opportunity to discuss the … Read the Rest »

Caudill Conquers Pocono

December 24th, 2014 by

Week One of the 2015 Season 1 iRacing.com IndyCar Oval sent the series to Pocono Raceway. A grand total of 129 sim-racers had the courage to tackle the “Tricky Triangle” throughout the week. Cautions, handling, lap traffic, pit strategy, tire wear and single-file restarts were just some of the storylines that played out throughout the … Read the Rest »

Fun Factor

December 23rd, 2014 by

After my previous blog about my loss of performance midway through the last WCS season I received a massive amount of questions (final amount: three) asking what actually was the thing that was causing the troubles I had. Well, in the end it was my brake pedal which wasn’t working too well. The degradation of … Read the Rest »

IndyCar Back Half Wrap-Up

December 23rd, 2014 by

Week 4: Road America Week 4 of the iRacing IndyCar Road Series saw the field take to the rolling hills of Wisconsin. Road America, in Elkhart Lake, is a historic old American track. One of the few, if not the only historic tracks that is still in its original configuration, the track is a true … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Cam Stark

December 22nd, 2014 by

A versatile iRacer at the age of 16, Cam Stark of Wimborne Minster in southern England is a regular on the oval and road course sides of iRacing. A member since July 29th of last year, Stark took less than a month drive to victory lane in both the iRacing Street Stock Series at Charlotte … Read the Rest »