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Granite State Grand Finale

January 21st, 2014 by

The twelfth week of the 2013 Season 4 iRacing.com Indy Car Oval Series saw the drivers take the final battle of the seasonal war to New Hampshire Motor Speedway. A total of 28 sim-racers took part in the week of online racing in the Granite State in the hopes of collecting some more points and … Read the Rest »

NASCAR Class A 2013 Season 4 Championship Week

January 21st, 2014 by

2013 Season 4 is officially sealed in the books. With great battles in almost every division of the NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series (open setup), this season was surprisingly exciting to watch. Surprising because, unfortunately, Season 4 is usually considered to be the “lack-luster” season of the Class A series.  Most drivers are fueled through … Read the Rest »

Unexpected Twists in Season Finale at Concord

January 21st, 2014 by

The final week of the NASCAR iRacing.com Late Model Series traveled to Midland, North Carolina to race at Concord Speedway.  This unique track is easily comparable to Pocono due to its triangular configuration, but with one very significant twist: it’s only a half mile in length, shorter than 2.5 mile Pocono’s front straightaway alone. Sim-racers … Read the Rest »

Bolton Blisters Daytona/Kusheba Takes Championship

January 21st, 2014 by

The final week of action in the NASCAR iRacing Class C Fixed Series brought 3,236 sim racers from all around the world to the laser scanned Daytona International Speedway. The 2.5-mile monster of a racetrack provides arguably the closest and most exciting racing of any motorsport venue. One of the things that brings large numbers … Read the Rest »

Not-So-Casual Racing: Skip Barber F2000s in Brazil

January 20th, 2014 by

January 17th saw a dozen drivers line-up in their Skip Barber F2000s on the grid at Brazil’s Autódromo José Carlos Pace for a seemingly casual 15 laps between the two lakes at legendary Interlagos.  Spirits were high as the lights turned green and the air of São Paulo was virtually filled with the sounds of … Read the Rest »

Week 13 SpecRacer Ford GP Returns

January 20th, 2014 by

Real life SpecRacer Ford races sport huge fields of cars battling it out and having fun. See the videos at the links at the end of the article as examples. By contrast, official SRF races in iRacing often struggle to attract more than a handful of entries. Things change during Week 13, however: the SRF … Read the Rest »

Get to Know . . . Brandon Schmidt

January 20th, 2014 by

Since March 6, 2010, Brandon Schmidt has been turning laps on the virtual tracks of iRacing. By the end of the year, the Mason City, Iowa resident had an oval iRating close to 6000. Since then, he hasn’t stopped moving through the ranks and winning races. In total, Brandon has won 216 races in over … Read the Rest »

2013 iRacing World Cup of iRacing Preview

January 17th, 2014 by

The field is set for the fifth annual World Cup of iRacing, in what looks to be the most competitive club competition to date. Five clubs will battle over four races on January 18 to determine who will have bragging rights for the next 12 months, being able to call themselves World Cup Champions. The … Read the Rest »

Broekman Breaks Draught at VIR

January 17th, 2014 by

Round 11 of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series headed to Virginia International Raceway and while the “real” Oak Tree may have fallen down, its virtual counterpart is alone and well lives on iRacing!   As the for V8 championship, Madison Down has control of the point race but John Emerson is still in the hunt. VIR … Read the Rest »

Hauff Handles The Rock

January 16th, 2014 by

The 11th week of action in the NASCAR iRacing Class C Fixed Series brought nearly 1,300 sim racers to one of NASCAR’s most historic race venues—Rockingham Speedway. The 1.017-mile speedway opened its gates in 1965 and has hosted hundreds of races throughout its tenure on both the NASCAR circuit as well as many other racing … Read the Rest »