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Down Dominates at the Island

April 5th, 2013 by

Round Nine of the iRacing.com V8 Supercars Series headed back to Australia and Phillip Island to start the run home with the series now into the final month of racing and into the drop rounds. Justin Ruggier took over the championship lead last round with Madison Down now in second place.  Joshua Muggleton has been … Read the Rest »

Swirydowicz On Top in England

April 5th, 2013 by

Week Nine brought the iRacing.com Skip Barber Race Series to the grassy hills of Brands Hatch, located in Kent, England.  The “Indy” layout being used is 1.198 miles (1.928 km) and one of the shortest tracks on the schedule.  The pole was won by Nicolas Bihan (Texas) with a blazing fast time of 51.715.  There … Read the Rest »

Huffman Claims Iowa in Gen6

April 5th, 2013 by

Iowa Speedway located in Newton, Iowa hosted Week Five of the shortened NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series (NiCAS) season. Despite being just short of one mile in length, the Gen6 stockcars blister around the moonlit D shaped oval. The track designed by NASCAR legend Rusty Wallace offers a lot of unique characteristics for drivers and … Read the Rest »

Renaissance Man

April 4th, 2013 by

It’s a rare but fortunate occurrence when two seemingly unrelated talents in a person’s skill-sets complement one another . . . think of crooner Tony Bennett, whose paintings grace the covers of several of his record albums/CDs or, on a slightly more elevated plane, of Leonardo da Vinci who used his artistic virtuosity to illustrate … Read the Rest »

Mission Accomplished

April 4th, 2013 by

Week Nine of the NASCAR iRacing.com Class B Series made its way to Iowa Speedway and the cornfields of the Hawkeye State for the second to last short track of the season.  Simon Crochart held the points lead heading to Iowa and looked to improve his margin over second place Ashley Miller.  For the week, … Read the Rest »

Daly’s News

April 3rd, 2013 by

Editor’s note:  Lightning can strike any time, any place . . . but you have to be there for it to strike you.  Ask iRacer Conor Daly.  After an off-season which, among other things, saw him test an IndyCar for AJ Foyt Racing, test a GP2 car for the new Hilmer Motorsports outfit, win the … Read the Rest »

Conti Regains Form in Phoenix

April 3rd, 2013 by

Michael Conti’s first two NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship races had all the makings of a sophomore slump. Shockingly, he failed to qualify for the season opener at Daytona, then could not crack the top 20 the following week at Las Vegas. Mired deep in the standings, Conti needed a breakthrough . . . and … Read the Rest »

Luis Takes Slender Suzuka Victory

April 3rd, 2013 by

In a closely-fought 53 laps around the virtual Suzuka Grand Prix Circuit, Hugo Luis claimed his second victory of the 2013 iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series and extended his lead in the points table. Although the Brazilian had seized pole position with a lap time of 1:30.448, once the green flag dropped he found … Read the Rest »

Mustangs at Mosport Inspire Top Performers

April 2nd, 2013 by

A week of Mustang Cup racing at Mosport inspired dominating performances by several drivers trying to catch the current points leader and last season’s iRacing.com Mustang Cup champion, Dariusz Bielawski.  By going undefeated in eight races this week, Vedran Broz moved up from eighth to fifth in points overall.  Broz still has points to add, … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: J.D Laird

April 1st, 2013 by

J.D Laird, a 25 year old from Anaheim, CA, may have accomplished a great deal in his sim-racing career — but he has accomplished far more in his painting career, which is the focus of this week’s Get to Know. Even though you may not have known it, you have probably seen some of Laird’s … Read the Rest »