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Hudson on the Rebound

July 29th, 2013 by

After a much-needed week off, the NASCAR iRacing Series was back in action at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway, offering the service’s top stock car racers a chance to kiss the bricks. Coming-in to the week Tyler D Hudson stood atop the series standings by 843 points over Landon Harrison. Thursday was the first race … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Drake Alvarado

July 29th, 2013 by

This week, I interviewed iRacer Diego Antonio “Drake” Alvarado. The 15 year old from Riverside, California has been on iRacing for 17 months and has already shown he can run up front and win races in any series. Alvarado has 37 wins and nearly 200 top fives in 467 oval starts on iRacing. Although he … Read the Rest »

Red Sox Sears Point Ranch 30

July 28th, 2013 by

A smaller field usually translates into more room for racers towards the back of the pack, but for racers Scott Husted and Kevin Kyle, things got a little too close for comfort near the end of lap one. With the pack screaming into the final hairpin turn, 10th-placed Kyle got into the dirt, causing his … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Denis Valjean

July 27th, 2013 by

Q: How long have you been sim-racing? A: I started simracing playing Indycar Racing I, from Papyrus at 1996 with an airplane joystick. Online sim-racing with a decent steering wheel only in 2007, with GTR 2 from Simbim. Q: What attracted you to iRacing? A: The structure, organization and the simulator’s quality. The iRating and … Read the Rest »

Burris Trumps Majeski at Milwaukee

July 25th, 2013 by

The Milwaukee Mile is a track that most iRacing.com NASCAR Late Model Series sim-racers don’t mind. It combines short track-esque corners with relatively lengthy straightaways. Many drivers anticipated it would be quite the same as New Hampshire and even similar setup wise to Phoenix. It was not even close. New Hampshire’s wide corners and high … Read the Rest »

Barber Series’ Belgian Finale

July 25th, 2013 by

This is it, the final week for the iRacing.com Skip Barber Series, where everything the drivers worked for this season can fall in the blink of an eye. Where better to contest the final week than Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps? This racetrack is legendary in every way, one of the most iconic circuits in the world. … Read the Rest »

Fritsche Scorches to Another Championship

July 25th, 2013 by

Over the course of 12 rounds Gernot Fritsche stormed to another CTC World Championship. Since January 2010 the veteran DE-AT-CH driver has notched up an impressive 344 starts in the Lotus 79 and, even more impressively, won 130 of them. During that time he has driven cars painted in the liveries of famous names including … Read the Rest »

GT Challenge Series Finale at Spa-Francorchamps

July 24th, 2013 by

The iRacing.com GT Challenge series arrived at the seven kilometer Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps for the final round of the season.  Championships in all three classes were still in doubt and if any circuit were to host a decisive finale, Spa would be the best choice.  The circuit is home to the Grand Prix of Belgium … Read the Rest »

Honczarenko Earns First iRacing Championship in Mustang Cup

July 24th, 2013 by

Todd Honczarenko was crowned the 2013 Season 2 Overall Champion of the iRacing.com Mustang Cup when none of the other top drivers were able to turn Week 12 victories at Spa into enough points to catch the overall leader.  This is Honczarenko’s first ever championship in a series on iRacing.com.  The New Jersey sim-racer parlayed … Read the Rest »

Adams Fights-off Alfalla’s Indy Charge

July 24th, 2013 by

Jon Adams might not run every NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship race, but he drove like a seasoned veteran on Tuesday night in holding-off two-time defending series champion Ray Alfalla at Indianapolis Motor Speedway to score the second World Championship win of his career.  Adams took advantage of a timely yellow flag on Lap 68 … Read the Rest »