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The Road to Pro

June 25th, 2013 by

Heading into the last third of 2013 Season 2 of the iRacing.com Grand Prix Series, the top 10 finishers overall earn a license to compete in the iRacing.com Road Pro Series starting in late October. This is how the season is shaping up . . . Looking at the numbers drivers should be aiming for … Read the Rest »

NASCAR iRacing Series Weekly Tune-Up

June 25th, 2013 by

After an action-packed weekend in Sonoma the NASCAR iRacing Series rolls on to the Bluegrass State and Kentucky Speedway. I want to give you some history of our upcoming track Kentucky, and I also wanted to sit down with NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship driver Dylan Duval and talk about his debut in the NASCAR … Read the Rest »

Mustang Points Battle Sharpens at Sonoma

June 25th, 2013 by

While not approaching the massive turnout at The Glen in Week 7, the iRacing.com Mustang Cup’s Week 8 provided intense racing through 17 laps on the tricky Infineon Raceway “Cup” configuration.  Tire management became an issue, with many sim-racers reporting swiftly deteriorating handling in the closing laps of each race.  While the track invited lots … Read the Rest »

The Brickyard Dominator

June 25th, 2013 by

The eighth week of the NASCAR iRacing Class C Fixed Series takes the sim racers to Indianapolis Motor Speedway for 20 circuits around the famed speedway. Over 2,000 eager racers watched the green flag fall for at least one race during the week, but after seven days of fun sim racing, one driver left IMS … Read the Rest »

Dangerous Dover

June 24th, 2013 by

Dover International Speedway —  The Monster Mile — a mix between a short track and an intermediate speedway, was the host of Week Seven of the NASCAR iRacing.com Late Model Tour.  Sim-racers suited up for the opportunity to take on what most NASCAR drivers consider one of the toughest tracks to tame. However for the … Read the Rest »

A Vintage Week of Sim-Racing

June 24th, 2013 by

The NASCAR iRacing Series thundered into wine country in Sonoma, California last week for the series’ first road race of the season.  NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship driver Tyler D Hudson found himself-sitting at the top of the points coming into the week ahead of fellow NiSWC driver Landon Harrison. Thursday night was the first … Read the Rest »

Unusual Suspect

June 24th, 2013 by

Approaching the mid-point of the season Tuesday at Kentucky Speedway, the top of the standings of the 2013 NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship is dominated by the usual suspects: veterans Tyler Hudson and Brian Schoenburg have finished in the top ten in points the past two seasons while Nick Ottinger is coming-off a fourth place … Read the Rest »

Get to Know . . . Josef Miele

June 24th, 2013 by

Right now, it probably isn’t the best time to be a Jeff Gordon fan. So far though, in the summer he has finished in the top 12 in three of the past four races, including a third at Dover and a runner up finish at Sonoma yesterday, giving his fans something to smile about — … Read the Rest »

Red Sox Panoz 30 at Road Atlanta

June 23rd, 2013 by

Drama would follow for the #18, though, as a braking system failure would pose a serious threat for the championship leader as he could only use about 75% of the available braking force. The crew spent the rest of the session successfully dismantling and reassembling the mechanism, but without any time to test the system … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Chad Pruitt

June 22nd, 2013 by

Q:     How long have you been sim racing? A:    I started racing on consoles in ‘97 when NASCAR 98 came out. Moved on to PC when NASCAR Racing 4 came out but never raced online until 2008 when I got rFactor. Q:     What attracted you to iRacing? A:    The laser-scanned tracks and being … Read the Rest »