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NASCAR iRacing Series Open Garage: Bristol

August 21st, 2014 by

If you drive north of Knoxville on Highway 81 you will pass a number of small towns. One you just might miss if you blink is Bristol, Tennessee. With a population less than the number of people in attendance at most college football games, it seems an unlikely setting for the fourth largest sports venue … Read the Rest »

Road Warriors: Five Story Drops in the Lotus 49

August 20th, 2014 by

This weekend iRacing once again virtually paralleled a world class event, namely the Monterey Historic weekend at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.  While the Monterey Historics see a wide variety of vintage classics, our virtual Monterey Historics used one of racing’s most iconic open wheel cars: the Lotus 49. Suffice to say competitors did their best … Read the Rest »

Pahkala Breaks Huttu’s Streak, Dominates at Spa

August 20th, 2014 by

Two big streaks were broken this past weekend; in Moto GP, Marc Marquez’s run of victories in the 2014 campaign came to a shuddering halt after looking unstoppable throughout the season, and in the iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series, Fanatec Team Redline’s Greger Huttu’s seven win streak came to an end in rather dramatic … Read the Rest »

Alfalla, Bolton, Luza Share Honours in NiS

August 20th, 2014 by

The NASCAR iRacing Series made its second trip to a road course this season – namely to Watkins Glen International in upstate New York. The 2.4 mile ‘Cup’ configuration contains the Inner Loop section, where drivers struggle to get their cars slowed and turned into the double chicane of a corner – both in qualifying … Read the Rest »

Can Anyone Stop McLeod?

August 20th, 2014 by

In a third straight show of dominance this season, 4 Motorsports driver Mitchell McLeod, continues to illustrate how the former iRacing.com V8 Supercars champion still has what it takes. For 36 laps of sim racing on the West configuration at the Circuit of The Americas, the finest drivers in the category fought door-to-door for every … Read the Rest »

The Kitchen Sink: Finding a Little Bit of Speed at Motegi

August 19th, 2014 by

Previous: 1 | 2 | 3 Twin Ring Motegi’s Oval course is one of the trickiest on iRacing. At first glance one would think that it is a very easy course. The racing surface is very wide and the pavement very smooth; however there is something about the Japanese asphalt that makes this track very … Read the Rest »

Lotus 49s at Mid-Ohio

August 19th, 2014 by

Week Two of the Grand Prix Legends series arrived at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for 18 laps of a track that some might say is too twisty for the Lotus 49.  The big Sunday race saw a dozen sim-racers line-up on the grid with Victor Perelman starting from pole position with a 1:21.561 qualifying … Read the Rest »

Bill Martin cruises to victory at Stafford

August 19th, 2014 by

Week 3 of the NASCAR iRacing.com Late Model Series brought the sim-racers to Stafford Motor Speedway, in Stafford Springs, Connecticut.  This ½ mile track with long sweeping corners would test the sim-racers for 50 laps.  With tire conservation in mind, drivers had to take an easy entry into the corners and try not to push … Read the Rest »

Road Warriors at Mid-Ohio

August 19th, 2014 by

The iRacing Road Warrior Series traveled to the challenging Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio for Round 10. This battle saw the Road Warriors take on the course in the Dallara DW-12 for a 50 lap sprint to the checkers. The high downforce car was on edge the whole way around Mid-Ohio’s off camber … Read the Rest »

Rights and a Few Lefts

August 16th, 2014 by

After spending the first week of the season making only left turns, the NASCAR iRacing Class B Fixed Series brought 1,231 sim racers from all around the world to the virtual Watkins Glen International circuit for 15 laps of road racing action. Regarded as the oval of road racing, Watkins Glen drew many of the … Read the Rest »