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Tatts Domination
August 1st, 2013 by Jaime Baker
Round 12 of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series headed home to Oran Park. With the championship all but over it was time to sort out the minor placings, particularly the battle between second and third as Justin Ruggier tried to retain his grip on the runner-up spot and Josh Muggleton trying to slot-in behind presumptive … Read the Rest »
iRNC Crowns 2013-Season 2 Champions
July 31st, 2013 by Jaime Baker
iRacing.com’s inRacing News Challenge mixed-series completed its twelve week race schedule in Season 2 with fantastic results. Participation more than doubled this season over Season 1 in both classes and we hope the trend continues into Season 3. Last season’s overall Pontiac Solstice champion moved-on to a different series for Season 2 while the reigning … Read the Rest »
Barozzini Scores World Championship Win at Indianapolis
July 30th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
Taking full advantage of the absence of front-runners Greger Huttu, Hugo Luis and Atze Kerkhof, Italy’s Fulvio Barozzini scored his first 2013 iRacing World Championship Grand Prix Series victory at the virtual Indianapolis Motor Speedway. In an accomplished pole-to-flag drive, the MMM sim-racer was able to capitalise on some first corner dramas to claim are … Read the Rest »
Circle Track School
July 29th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
Does Under-Steer Make You Feel Under-Performed? I’m going to sound like an old man when I say this, but back in my day, cars were set up to be tight-handling. Most often it was because as a weekend warrior, we wanted to spend the time on weeknights adjusting a car for the next week, not … Read the Rest »
Hudson on the Rebound
July 29th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
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 Jaime Baker
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 Jaime Baker
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 Jaime Baker
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 Jaime Baker
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 »