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Warren’s Magic Mile

February 18th, 2014 by

With visits to Pocono Raceway and Kentucky Speedway to start the season, the NASCAR iRacing Class C Fixed Series brings together over 1,700 sim-racers for 35 laps of action at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. New Hampshire is a 1.058-mile flat oval with banking ranging from two to seven degrees in the turns. Since opening its … Read the Rest »

A Team of One

February 17th, 2014 by

With the 2014 NASCAR iRacing Series set to get underway later this week, iRacingNews is introducing the first in a regular series of articles by Eric Isenbeck designed to help those many iRacers who are not part of multi-driver teams develop set-ups for the Gen 6 Chevy SSs and Ford Fusions they’ll be racing in … Read the Rest »

Road Warriors Do Battle at Bathurst

February 17th, 2014 by

Round Two of the iRacing.com Road Warrior Series was held at the daunting Mount Panorama Circuit, a venue in keeping with the series’ title. This week saw the MX-5 Cup cars do battle for 40 minutes around the most intense road course in the world. Bathurst, as the circuit is commonly known, has the steepest … Read the Rest »

Street Stocks at USA International

February 17th, 2014 by

Week 2 of the iRacing.com Street Stock Series (Fixed) brought the Chevy Camaros to Lakeland, FL to take on the .75 mile semi/slightly banked USA International Speedway oval. Fierce competition would ensue as the first short track on the schedule provided 40 laps worth of challenges for the drivers. Sixteen drivers entered the highest Strength … Read the Rest »

Déjà vu at Daytona

February 17th, 2014 by

After flying back on virtual 747s from Twin Ring Motegi, at the old , the iRacing Silver Crown Cup loaded-up in virtual DeLoreans with flux capacitors. After reaching 88 miles per hour, they found themselves on the Daytona surface circa 2007, featuring racing that made for a very 2007-like finish. An unexpected front row saw … Read the Rest »

Down Goes Two for Two

February 17th, 2014 by

iRacing.com’s official V8 Supercar Series headed to Brands Hatch in England for the second round of 2014 Season 1 and a 38 lap race. Qualifying was tight but for the second time this season it was Madison Down taking the pole position being the only sim-racer to dip into the 1:25’s. Teammate Josh Muggelton placed … Read the Rest »

Bucheim on Top of Radical Challenge

February 17th, 2014 by

Tino Bucheim scorched to the top of the iRacing.com Radical Challenge championship standings after a scorching week at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The DE-AT-CH sim-racer scored an emphatic 211 points to sit atop the tables by 14 points in a week that saw 259 drivers cross the start line. Pj Stergios was the top overall … Read the Rest »

Get to Know . . . Doyle Lowrance

February 17th, 2014 by

For this week’s Get to Know, I interviewed iRacer Doyle Lowrance. 49 years old from Bremerton, Washington, Lowrance is one of the veterans of iRacing, having been on the service since June of 2008. In 118 oval starts, he has scored eight career victories, with his most recent coming at Talladega Superspeedway in the Nationwide … Read the Rest »

Design & Build Your Own Sim Rig II

February 15th, 2014 by

The main focus when working in a shop is: safety. The second is using the right tools. Why do I mention this? I will get into that a little later. For now, let’s get back to the build shall we? We I last left you, I lied. I am not using a 2011 Lajoie seat … Read the Rest »

Driving with Both Eyes

February 15th, 2014 by

Every sim-racer, as well as everyone who’s raced live knows that racing is a matter of details.  A heartbeat’s time can be the difference between a brilliant move and utter disaster. So, both in live racing and on the computer, people seek an edge.  Sim-racers can debate endlessly about the benefits of better CPUs and … Read the Rest »