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Get to Know: Al Smith Jr
January 6th, 2014 by Jaime Baker
Al Smith Jr has been an iRacing member since April of 2012, but his racing career started well before that. Before iRacing, he raced and won in go-karts for three years. He did not stop improving in his transition from real world racing to sim-racing. With nearly 400 online starts, he has 16 career oval … Read the Rest »
Prototype & GT Challenge Two-fer: Spa and Mid Ohio
January 3rd, 2014 by Jaime Baker
The iRacing.com Prototype & GT Challenge series enters the winter holidays after leaving Montreal to power their way into Spa-Francorchamps followed by a visit to the Mid Ohio Sports Car Circuit. Class leaders Tommaso Carlà, Kay Kaschube, and Csaba Volyka Jr are in control of their HPD, Corvette, and Ford GT championships entering the two … Read the Rest »
iPCC Leaders Draft Ahead at Charlotte
January 2nd, 2014 by Jaime Baker
Week Nine saw the iRacing.com Production Car Challenge series headed south to NASCAR territory and Charlotte Motor Speedway for the second time this season. This 2.2 mile, twelve turn road configuration may look easy with its long banked straights but the infield poses technical challenges aplenty and many sim-racers call this track “the unknown” or … Read the Rest »
Trost Tops Kansas IndyCars
January 2nd, 2014 by Jaime Baker
The ninth week of the iRacing.com IndyCar Fixed Oval Series took to smooth and fast Kansas Speedway. The 1.5 mile oval is among the newest circuits on the iRacing.com simulation and provided nose-to-tail action which saw 526 iRacers take to the grids for the week of 50 lap events. The 3030 Strength of Field race … Read the Rest »
Nilsson Romps in Montreal
January 2nd, 2014 by Jaime Baker
The iRacing.com Classic Lotus Grand Prix Series held its ninth racing week of the 2013 season at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada. Due to the Holiday Season and the sim-racers’ personal schedules, no split occurred and 25 drivers were on the starting grid ready to tackle 35 laps of this challenging road course! … Read the Rest »
No Holiday From Intense Mustang Points Battle in Weeks 8-9
December 31st, 2013 by Jaime Baker
Season 4 of the iRacing.com Mustang Cup series has been a slugfest at the top of the points battle between defending Champion Dariusz Bielawski, Season 2 Champion Todd Honczarenko, and current leader Patrick Bieri. The spirit of the holiday season did nothing to reduce the intensity in Week 8 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and Week … Read the Rest »
Bricks and Sins
December 31st, 2013 by Jaime Baker
Week’s eight and nine of the NASCAR iRacing Class C Fixed Series brought 4,153 sim racers from all around the world to the virtual circuits of Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Las Vegas Motor Speedway. While these speedways are both very fast, that’s where the prestige and characteristics stop. Indianapolis Motor Speedway is the most famous … Read the Rest »
iRacer Profile: Frank Levick IV
December 31st, 2013 by Jaime Baker
I am fortunate enough to know a few road pro drivers from past sim-racing experiences and to enjoy the connection we all share through that community. Frank Levick IV is one such person. Levick, who hails from Ellington, Connecticut, is 24 years old and has now been married for two years. He is a huge … Read the Rest »
Red Sox 24 Laps du Montreal
December 30th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA – Well, ladies and gentlemen, this is it. After eleven weeks of intense racing, the Red Sox Racing League’s McLaren Turbo Challenge competitors now have the final checkered flag in their sights. Somehow, despite all the twists, turns, ups and downs the season has thrown at them, series leaders Brad Vincent and … Read the Rest »
Get to Know: Kevin Carr
December 30th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
As New Years approaches, people everywhere look forward to what is coming ahead in 2014. But they also take time to look back on 2013. Kevin Carr, for one, has a lot to be proud about. Bucks County, PA’s Carr accomplished a lot in 2013 on iRacing. He has started 989 races and has won … Read the Rest »