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Uusi-Jaakkola Takes Opening Win of the iRPS

November 14th, 2012 by

Last weekend saw the 2012 iRacing.com Road Pro Series get under-way at the digital version of Spa-Francorchamps. Populated by drivers from this year’s World Championship and qualifiers from the three regular seasons iRacing.com A Class Grand Prix Series, the 10 round championship will decide the next 25 entries into the 2013 iRacing.com Grand Prix Series … Read the Rest »

Ray Cowboys Up

November 13th, 2012 by

Everything is bigger in Texas! While that slogan may be not be appropriate for some things, it is appropriate in describing the speeds seen when the NASCAR iRacing.com Class C Series heads to the Lone Star State for some high speed action at the 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway. Week One of Season Four started off … Read the Rest »

Binder Goes 4-for-4 at Phoenix

November 13th, 2012 by

The sprint car: once you see them, you’ll never forget what they look like. Popular in the United States as well as Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, the sprint is an absolute monster, packing 820 horsepower in a 1475 pound car that essentially appears to be a roll cage with four tires. Sporting a power-to-weight … Read the Rest »

Hudson Tops NiCBS at PIR

November 13th, 2012 by

Tyler D Hudson was victorious during Round Two of the NASCAR iRacing.com Class B Series (NiCBS) when the series visited Arizona’s Phoenix International Raceway.  Hudson, racing out of the Mid-South, bested 721 other sim racers from around the world to take the victory in Week Two at the mile oval. Hudson took home 315 points … Read the Rest »

Hightower’s Texas Two Step

November 13th, 2012 by

Texas Motor Speedway is one of the most popular tracks within the iRacing.com service because of its high speeds and great racing. 1,641 sim racers attempted to conquer the 1.5-mile beast located in Fort Worth, Texas, during Week One of the NASCAR iRacing.com Class C Series (Fixed Setup), but after seven days of full-throttle, hard-nosed … Read the Rest »

Riku’s Big Debut

November 13th, 2012 by

Riku Alatalo’s 16th Street Racing League debut ended with an exclamation point, as the road course ace from Finland followed up a Transfer Race win by leading flag-to-flag in a walk-off performance at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Alatalo lapped all of the online race’s 38 entrants except podium finishers Yang Ou (2nd) and Tim Holgate … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Wil Vincent

November 13th, 2012 by

This week’s featured driver may be more recognizable off the virtual track than on. Besides being the former team owner of a two-time championship winning iRacing IndyCar series team, he is the voice of Glacier TV, and has commentated on a variety of events, including many of the races in the 2012 iRacing.com World Tour, … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Kalle Ruokola

November 10th, 2012 by

Regular inRacing News readers are no doubt familiar with the name Kalle Ruokola.  His name is splashed all over Katier Scott’s Classic Teams Championship reports, from the race results to the superb images of his used to illustrate the stories.  But the resident of Vantaa, Finland can do lots more than wheel a Lotus 79 … Read the Rest »

New Season New Names

November 9th, 2012 by

Round One and the start of Season 4, the iRacing.com Cadillac Cup returned to Canada to tackle Mosport.  A total of 326 drivers signed-up for an online race during the week, with 123 taking to qualifying throughout the week and 74 sim-racers participating in time trial competitions. Qualifying Top 10 Qualifying saw Dylan Sharman hustle … Read the Rest »

Ferrari Take Early Lead in CTC Title Defence

November 9th, 2012 by

221 drivers, 23 races, 16 different race winners and some fantastic close action online racing at the virtual Suzuka Circuit marked the start of 2012 Series 4 Lotus 79 Classic Teams Championship. Once again a substantial number of those drivers entering the series have also entered the Frank Herfjord-arranged Classic Teams Championship with resulting field … Read the Rest »