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Luis Wins South America Intel GT Regional Finals

March 7th, 2012 by

Intel GT Series World Finals Broadcast on iRacing Live on March 24 In sim racing as in most meritocracies, the cream rises to the top. That was evident in the Intel GT Series South America Regionanals Final that saw 2011 iRacing.com Grand Prix Series World Champion Hugo Luis scored a flag-to-flag win at Spa-Francorchamps. Luis … Read the Rest »

Lambert Leads Late Models Through Week Five

March 6th, 2012 by

Mark Lambert continues on a roll in the NASCAR iRacing.com Late Model Tour as he has extended his point lead in the popular short track division through five weeks of online racing in 2012 Season One. With two short tracks as characteristically different as New Smyrna and Oxford Plains Speedways in the last two weeks … Read the Rest »

33 1/3 or 50% at Lime Rock

March 6th, 2012 by

The one-third mark of the inRacingNews Challenge season comes at Lime Rock Park. There, the Pontiac Solstices, SpecRacer Fords and Mazda MX-5 Roadsters would score their fourth set of points on the season, and as only eight weeks count in the standings, Lime Rock marks a sort of halfway point on the year. Pedro Najera … Read the Rest »

Kiraly, Michaels Top GRAND-AM Premier Series Opener

March 6th, 2012 by

Last weekend saw the opening round of the 2012 Premier GRAND-AM iRacing.com Online Sports Car Series, iRacing.com’s mixed class online racing championship for digital versions of the Riley Mk XX Daytona Prototype and Ford Mustang FR500s. The 10 race series, visits millimetre precise renditions of their real life track counterparts, including Lime Rock Park, Mid-Ohio … Read the Rest »

Doyle Scores in Afterburn IndyCar Homestead

March 5th, 2012 by

Tim Doyle, in the FoytWines.com #11 won an eventful opening race to the 2012 Afterburn IndyCar Series presented by Glacier TV, holding-off a challenge from Yang Ou on a last lap restart to take the twin checkers. 26 drivers took the green flag, with Doyle and Ou both forced to start from pit lane after … Read the Rest »

Return of the King

March 5th, 2012 by

Finland’s Greger Huttu survived a first lap challenge to claim the inaugural victory of the 2012 iRacing.com Grand Prix Series World Championship at Watkins Glen on Saturday.   The flag-to-flag win not only maintains Huttu’s 100% winning record at the Glen in World Championship competition, it stakes the ’10 World Champion to an early lead in … Read the Rest »

V8 Supercars American-Style

March 4th, 2012 by

Last week, inRacingNews‘ Eric Forster interviewed Scott Brackenridge and Mike Budzien—the two individuals who have been the impetus behind promoting V8 Supercars participation in the North and South American time zones. Read on to find out where these guys are coming from (one is a Late Model devotee; the other an open-wheel road racer), why … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile — Kevin Burris

March 2nd, 2012 by

Kevin Burris is not content with the status quo.  2011 Season 4 capped his rise to the top of the NASCAR iRacing.com Late Model Tour, as he took the series title over rival Trenton Moriarity on the strength of 15 wins in 23 starts, this after having placed 26th in points in Season 3.  So … Read the Rest »

Stroud Tops Dover

March 2nd, 2012 by

Week five saw the 2012 Season 1 iRacing.com IZOD IndyCar Series head to Dover International Speedway for the first time ever in series history.  With only 22 drivers showing up, it was also the lowest car count of the season.  With no official online races ever being scored, it was anyone’s guess who would come … Read the Rest »

Buchberger Best at Daytona

March 2nd, 2012 by

The series runner-up in 2011 Season Four in the NASCAR iRacing.com Class C Series (NiCCS) was top of the board when it came to the standings for Week Four in the 2012 Season One at the Daytona International Speedway. Brandon Buchberger took the top point total out of Daytona as 2,400 sim  racers took to … Read the Rest »