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SpecRacer Ford “Graduates” for Season 3

July 30th, 2012 by

The Season 3 iRacing schedule brings something old back into the fold again as the SpecRacer Ford Challenge series re-emerges as the newest and most affordable series at the D-Class license level. Long-time iRacers may remember the SpecRacer Ford Challenge as the Advanced Rookie series prior to the formation of the current inRacingNews Challenge.  The … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile – Nathan Moore

July 28th, 2012 by

There’s more than one way to skin a cat.  Likewise, there are at least two ways to amass 1147 points in the inaugural season of the iRacing.com Cadillac Cup.  Just ask Nathan Moore.  The Australian collected 1147 points on 16 wins and 30 top five finishes from 34 starts . . . precisely the same … Read the Rest »

Down Claims Title #4 as van Gisbergen Wins Finale

July 27th, 2012 by

Round 12 and the season finale of the iRacing.com V8 Supercars Series presented by BigPond was held in England at a 4.2km roller coaster of a race track known as Brands Hatch.  Madison Down had all but secured the online racing championship heading into this round and with ANZ Motorsport securing the team championship in … Read the Rest »

European Sim Racing Association

July 27th, 2012 by

ESRA (European Sim Racing Association) is proud to announce their first ever championship in partnership with inRacing News. We are a group of enthusiastic sim-racers that wants to offer European sim-racers (all are of course welcome) a challenging place to run on European times.  The world championships that runs on Saturday around midnight is not … Read the Rest »

Finish Line in Sight

July 27th, 2012 by

With just two weeks of action remaining, the iRacing.com Skip Barber Racing School Premier Series stopped at Virginia International Raceway for the penultimate round. The championship battle between Christian Aranha and Jan Niesiolowski would be the center of the focus for 42 sim-racers who competed in a trio of races throughout this past Wednesday. With … Read the Rest »

What Happens at Thompson, Stays at Thompson

July 26th, 2012 by

An unfortunate turn of events lands Marc Pilon in victory lane with his first ever SK Modified Overall Championship. The final race of the season took the top drivers in the iRacing.com SK Modified Series to Thompson International Speedway.  While the series’ top sim-racers all showed-up to do battle one final time, the spotlight was … Read the Rest »

Release Notes for 2012 Season 3

July 26th, 2012 by

The release notes for the 2012 Season 3 build are as follows: Hosted Sessions – Gridding – In a multi-class event you can now select a third gridding option “One class per car – grid all cars in a class together”. – Weight Penalty – You can now specify a weight penalty in kg for … Read the Rest »

Williams Take Classic Teams Championship

July 26th, 2012 by

CTC Celebrates Its First Year 12 months ago a group of drivers addicted to the Lotus 79 were coming up with ideas to try to increase the diminishing attendance of what they believe to be the best car on the iRacing service.  Luis Babboni suggested a teams championship.  Series organiser Frank Herfjord loved the idea … Read the Rest »

Last-Minute Jostling At Lime Rock

July 26th, 2012 by

Lime Rock Park hosts the penultimate round of the inRacingNews Challenge, unleashing the Pontiac Solstices, Spec Racer Fords, and Mazda MX-5 Roadsters of the series onto its chicane layout in one of the final chances to gain spots in the championship standings. In Mazda, Omar Soto posted 131 points by winning 12 of 13 starts … Read the Rest »

Joshua B Gerrald Claims NiCAS Title

July 26th, 2012 by

The NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series (NiCAS) wrapped up the season with a nail biting trip to the Brickyard, providing razor thin points battles from top to bottom. Joshua B Gerrald of the Texas Club stole the Overall NiCAS Racing Championship from Cody Byus by a mere two points with a fourth place finish early … Read the Rest »