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Gooden Takes iRacing’s Virtual Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup Title & Chance to Compete for Real-World Version in 2010

November 3rd, 2009 by

Tight Competition for Big Prize Highlights 12-Week Season of Virtual Racing The prize? The chance for a paid-for arrive-and-drive ride in the 2010 VW Jetta TDI Cup.  The result?  Twelve weeks of hard racing among 600 competitors climaxed by a two-race final-weekend shootout between real-world kart racers Wyatt Gooden, 21, and Carl Modoff, 20, with … Read the Rest »

Laguna Seca Pro Road Racing: Some storming drives and some sand storms!

November 2nd, 2009 by

With the latest build for the iRacing software released just days before the commencement of this week’s racing, the addition of smoke, dust, sand, dirt, etc. was always going to add an interesting new element to the racing. Some claimed they saw Lawrence of Arabia sitting up on the sand dunes of Laguna Seca on … Read the Rest »

Parker and Davies Win at Lowes

November 2nd, 2009 by

The Saturday dual split at Lowes Motor Speedway for the iRacing Oval Pro Series saw two repeat winners continue to lead the way. Josh Parker took another victory in the first split and it was Brad Davies adding another victory to his total in Saturday night’s second split. In the first split it was Josh … Read the Rest »

Berry and Stevens Open Lowes Pro Oval Week with Wins

November 2nd, 2009 by

The 13th week of the iRacing Pro Series began with a two field split on Wednesday evening at Lowes Motor Speedway, with Josh Berry winning the first of the splits and Darrin Stevens taking the victory in the second. In the first split, Berry took the victory after starting in the fourth position. Berry led … Read the Rest »

iRacing Simulation Gives NASCAR Hall of Fame Guests Authentic Driving Experience

October 29th, 2009 by

Qualifying and Racing in Ultra-Realistic Racing Simulators Highlight Fans’ Race Day Experience If the two living members of the NASCAR Hall of Fame’s inaugural class of inductees, Richard Petty and Junior Johnson, are still wondering who’s the better racer, they won’t need to order new helmets and driving uniforms to find out; they can just … Read the Rest »

World Cup: Checkered Flag Falls on Season 3

October 29th, 2009 by

Season Three of the World Cup of iRacing has reached the finish with an eventful ending. Week Twelve brought out a New England-New York rivalry that will last for many seasons to come, Central Europe has once again been ruled by a single country, and two underdogs took the top spots in their regions.  As … Read the Rest »

iPSRR Homestead-Miami: Few Corners Equals Great Racing

October 28th, 2009 by

On first glance the Homestead-Miami Road Course B looks fairly straightforward.  And it is, with drivers only needing to use the brake pedal five times in a lap.  But it found many ways to catch drivers out this week and provided some very exciting racing.  Greger Huttu, Bastien Bartsch and Ilkka Haapala again were notably … Read the Rest »

Gooden Clinches Jetta Title in Heart-Pounding Finale

October 27th, 2009 by

In a tale of two races at Lime Rock Park, Wyatt Gooden clinched iRacing’s inaugural VW Jetta Championship, and he’s now within touching distance of a full season’s drive in the 2010 SCCA Volkswagen Jetta TDI Series.  The Ohioan claimed his crown with a mere seven points margin over the ever present Carl Modoff, as … Read the Rest »

Brad Davies and Josh Parker win at Homestead

October 26th, 2009 by

Saturday night at Miami-Homestead Speedway produced a dual shootout in the iRacing Oval Pro Series with Brad Davies and Josh Parker taking victories in their respective splits. Saturday night at Miami-Homestead Speedway produced another two splits in the iRacing Pro Series Oval.  In the first split it was Brad Davies taking his record 10th victory … Read the Rest »

Thomas Hazard and Derek Wood win in Miami

October 26th, 2009 by

Wednesday was another night of iRacing Oval Pro Series racing that turned out to be a double feature for the drivers. With Miami-Homestead Speedway attracting splits of 28 and 29 cars, both races were packed and it was Thomas Hazard grabbing his fourth win this year and Derek Wood taking his fifth win of the … Read the Rest »