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iRacing.com Global Challenge Series Quarterly Recap: Part 3
June 18th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
It’s hard to believe that the first and second quarters have both come and gone in the iRacing.com Global Challenge Series. Over the next few days followers of this series can look forward to updates recapping the action from the first half of the season. In this article, the finale for my three article series, … Read the Rest »
Down Strikes Back
June 17th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
Round Six of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series headed to Sonoma Raceway to tackle the Cup layout. After last week’s chaos at VIR, this week couldn’t come soon enough as the drivers championship heats-up with Justin Ruggier atop the standings without tasting victory this season while ANZ also extended their lead over Tatts.com in the … Read the Rest »
Hulbert Finds Glory at Lime Rock Park
June 17th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
Week Six brought the iRacing.com Skip Barber Race Series to short and tricky Lime Rock Park. Since the track is owned by Skip Barber, mastermind of the Skip Barber Racing School and Series, the week represented a home-coming of sorts. Only two years after the 2.41 kilometer track opened in 1957, Sunday racing was banned … Read the Rest »
Get to Know . . . Casey Malone
June 17th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
This week, I interviewed an iRacer who is 20 years old and was born in Mansfield, Texas. He currently attends Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas and has been on iRacing since September of 2010. Now, he drives the #92 Garry Mercer Trucking Chevrolet SS for Last Row Motorsports in the NASCAR iRacing.com Series World … Read the Rest »
Red Sox Dry Lagoon 30 at Laguna
June 14th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
There were no incidents large enough to cause a red flag, but two incidents did turn some heads. On his fourth qualifying lap, TeamDraft driver Les Turner plowed into William Kabela’s #25 car in the Andretti Hairpin (T2). “I have not reviewed the replay yet, but I drove down into turn two and there was … Read the Rest »
Goke and Sanford Go Big in Texas
June 14th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
The sixth week of the iRacing.com IndyCar Oval racing took place at Texas Motor Speedway, “The Great American Speedway.” The drivers took to the venue’s 1.5 mile oval where they would battle spinning their tires on restarts coming through the quad oval. The corners are banked at 24 degrees and provide a tremendous amount of … Read the Rest »
iRacing Artists Make Their Mark in NASCAR
June 14th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
Since iRacing.com opened its virtual doors for business in 2008, the online racing service’s meticulously modeled race cars and tracks have proven to be valuable tools for professional race drivers, be they established stars like NASCAR’s Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Brad Keselowski, emerging talent like Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year Landon Cassill or Conor … Read the Rest »
iRNC Shines at Sunny Laguna Seca
June 13th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
Week Six saw iRacing.com’s inRacing News Challenge mixed-class series head to sunny Monterey, California to tackle the very popular road course at Laguna Seca. This 2.2 mile eleven turn circuit provides iRNC sim-racers with several elevation changes and the infamous “Corkscrew” proves to be the most challenging sector on track. The best racers in the … Read the Rest »
A Golden Weekend
June 12th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
In racing there are good weekends, there are great weekends, and seldom, there are the unreal golden weekends. I can’t say there’s been much reflecting over the last 24 hours because, well, there’s hasn’t been much to reflect on. I had a golden weekend, without a doubt the best weekend of my racing career, and … Read the Rest »
Rosenow Reigns at Oxford Plains
June 12th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
Burris and Majeski Reignite Battle Oxford Plains is an interesting short track with great history and a unique layout. One way in which this track is different is that it does not have an actual straightaway and so requires drivers to continuously turn left. It is also different in that on the outside lane on … Read the Rest »