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Late Model Battle Continues Through Charlotte

July 22nd, 2013 by

The Charlotte Legends Oval is a venue dreaded by all NASCAR iRacing.com Late Model Series drivers, but for many it was an opportunity to gain a few points on a competitor who decided to take Week 11 off. The close quarters for the mini-oval did not necessarily highlight our normal challenge of tire wear, but … Read the Rest »

Ganzeveld Wins After Last Lap Drama

July 22nd, 2013 by

or the penultimate week of the iRacing.com Skip Barber Race Series, the drivers headed to Road Atlanta. Best known as the home of Petit Le Mans, the 2.54 mile race track features a dozen turns with The Esses (Turns Three to Five) being the most famous and difficult ones. The track is perhaps most well … Read the Rest »

Muggo the Magnificent in Brazil

July 22nd, 2013 by

Round 11 of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series headed back to one of the more popular tracks on the calendar: Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace also known as Interlagos. This tricky 15 turn track in Brazil features a long main straight with a number of slow speed corners through the middle section of the lap, so … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Justin Petschauer

July 22nd, 2013 by

This week, I interviewed Justin Petschauer, a 21 year old from Las Vegas, NV who definitely knows his way around iRacing. A member since October of 2010, Petschauer has competed in 306 oval races and 168 road races, collecting over a dozen victories on both sides of iRacing. So far it has been a record … Read the Rest »

Red Sox Milk is a Natural 30 at Indy

July 21st, 2013 by

Outside of Vincent’s timing issues, there was very little drama to be had during the grid-setting session. Much of the field played nicely over the 13-turn, 2.6 mile course, with teammates and non-teammates alike drafting one another in the high speed sections, trying to gain that last bit of speed. Troy Harder kept his chances … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Chris Overland

July 20th, 2013 by

Q: How long have you been sim-racing? A: I’ve been sim-racing on consoles since the early 2000s, but I’ve only been racing PC sims like NASCAR Racing 2003 Season and iRacing for about four years. Q: What attracted you to iRacing? A: I was on youtube one morning and was recommended a video that DWC … Read the Rest »

Racing Game… And Suddenly It Went Vrooooooom!

July 19th, 2013 by

Editor’s Note:  Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG, a German company specializing in the design and production of high fidelity products, recently published a story featuring iRacers Andre Boettcher and Chris Dymond in its annual report.  Dymond competes in the British Porsche Carrera Cup and Boettcher, who drives for My3id Racing, is currently 12th in … Read the Rest »

GT Challenge Series Week 11 : Road Atlanta

July 19th, 2013 by

The iRacing.com GT Challenge series headed to Road Atlanta for the eleventh round of the Championship.  This fast circuit that is most known for its panoramic Esses — and the famous Porsche GT1 back flip – hosts the American Le Mans Series and the annual Petit Le Mans.  Drivers of the GT Challenge Series attempted … Read the Rest »

Road to Pro — iGPS

July 18th, 2013 by

With the Season 2 portion of the 2013 year about to close, drivers in the iRacing.com Grand Prix series are still vying for positions in the iRacing.com Road Pro Series. Unlike competition for the NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series, this last week of races is really only down to two drivers vying for one spot remaining. … Read the Rest »

Kentucky – Not a Joke but a Goke

July 18th, 2013 by

The eleventh week of iRacing.com IndyCar Oval Series racing action took to Kentucky Speedway’s 1.5 mile, four turn oval with 14 degrees of banking located in Sparta.  Just under a thousand teams attempted the race in both the fixed and open series – “just under” being 999 race teams. As the penultimate stop on the … Read the Rest »