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Red Sox 24 Laps of Watkins Glen
October 18th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
Getting ready to face the final half of the season, it’s still anyone’s race. Between the outright speed of Brad Vincent, a resilient Troy Harder, the consistent Joseph Jordan, and a host of others ready to pounce in case trouble slows these front runners, there is no threat in sight of a runaway. This was … Read the Rest »
Prototype & GT Challenge Week 11: Silverstone
October 18th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
The eleventh round of the iRacing.com Prototype and GT Challenge series took place on the fast and flowing Silverstone circuit in Northamptonshire, England. The twisty and somewhat unforgiving 3.194 mile (5.14 km) circuit hosts many different pedigrees of racing, including Formula One and the World Endurance Challenge. Prototype and GT Challenge drivers Paul Ilbrink, William … Read the Rest »
Schiavon Kisses the Bricks in Pivotal Victory at Indianapolis
October 17th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course played host to the iRacing.com IZOD IndyCar Road Series for Week Ten of the series. 59 drivers competed during the week with six different sim-racers taking victory on the mile 2.605 mile course. The Road Course layout uses parts of the short chute, Oval Turn One and the front … Read the Rest »
Hudson Takes NiSWC Title, Bennett Takes Season Finale
October 16th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
Five races ago, no one gave Tyler Hudson a chance. Now, he is champion of the 2013 NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship after capping a tremendous late season comeback with a firey drive to third place behind Thomas Lewandowski and first time winner Peter Bennett in the series finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Seemingly out of … Read the Rest »
King & Baird On Top of the Summit
October 15th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
As 2013 Season 3 comes to a close, the next two weeks of iRacing.com’s iRacingNews Challenge mixed-class series has enjoyed its share of interesting moments. The point lead in Solstice has swapped several times while one Mazda sim-racer has maintained his lead for eight consecutive weeks. With only two weeks of online racing remaining, the … Read the Rest »
The Struggle at Suzuka
October 15th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
From great race track, to great race track . . . Suzuka Circuit is deserving of that description, as the iRacing.com Grand Prix Series globe-trot continued in Week 10 following a week of sim-racing at Spa-Francorchamps. Now onto Asian soil for the first time this season, at likely one of the best race tracks in … Read the Rest »
V8 Championship Heats-Up in The States
October 15th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
Rounds Nine and 10 of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar Championship went to two of the classic American tracks, Road Atlanta and Watkins Glen. With the championship heating up between the two team mates the battle for third is also well and truly alive. Round Nine at Road Atlanta saw Madison Down dominate from start to … Read the Rest »
UK&I Star but Brasil Tops World Cup of iRacing Qualifying
October 15th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
UK&I proved to be the most consistent club over the three main qualifiers for the 2013/14 clubs World Cups. At the third qualifier, which took place with the Riley MkXX DP at Daytona (road) and the Gen 6 Chevy SS and Ford Fusions at Charlotte, the European club took first place overall with 787 points. … Read the Rest »
Cooke Cooks at Pocono
October 15th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
Week 10 of the iRacing.com IndyCar Oval Series saw action at Pocono (aka The Tricky Triangle) as teams battled in a pivotal round for the championship. The triple crown event venue did not disappoint as 67 sim-racers took part in the week’s online racing. The 2878 strength of field event saw a field of 20 … Read the Rest »
Linnaluoto Wins But Fails to Close Gap
October 15th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
A quiet week for the Classsis Teams Championship saw just 54 sim-racers take their Lotus 79s to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. This challenging circuit surprisingly lacked popularity despite being one of the basic content tracks, but half a dozen online races that went official and produced good racing.