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Moreira Takes Surprise CTC Lead
May 10th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
Fittipaldi driver Nuno Moreira opened the 2013 S2 Classic Teams Championship with an excellent performance that placed the veteran sim-racer atop the championship. Several pre-season favourites and leading runners were absent as the season opened with 136 drivers visiting the classic Northamptonshire venue of Silverstone. Running the Silverstone Historical layout 12 drivers registered race wins, … Read the Rest »
Halabi & Dolezal Lead iRNC after Season Opener
May 8th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
The inRacingNews Challenge multi-class series opened 2013 Season 2 at Okayama “Short” in Japan this week. iRNC regulars can agree this is probably the slickest short track on the schedule. After crowning last season’s champions just two weeks ago both the overall Solstice and Mazda champs are back to defend their titles and, after one … Read the Rest »
Mustangs Kickoff Strong
May 8th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
The most-watched pony race of the week may have taken place at Churchill Downs on Saturday, but the four-wheel variety provided a full week of excitement at Lime Rock Park, first stop for Season 2 of the iRacing.com Mustang Cup series. A great turnout of 353 different sim-drivers took their Ford Mustang FR500S to the … Read the Rest »
Castro Ledo Early iGPS Leader
May 8th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
The iRacing.com Grand Prix Series took to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for the first week of 2013 Season 2. The 2.238 mile (3.602 km) course was recently given a graphics overhaul by the iRacing team. Some drivers were a bit skeptical about the circuit choice for the schedule, feeling it was simply to show-off the … Read the Rest »
Binder Performs Perfection At Phoenix
May 8th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
When it comes to motorsports championships, seven is a number of reverence. The king of NASCAR, Richard Petty, is known for winning seven championships. Same with the legendary Dale Earnhardt, who also won seven cup titles. The world renowned Formula One wheelman Michael Schumacher was crowned seven times, and MotoGP superstar Valentino Rossi has collected seven … Read the Rest »
Celovsky’s Fast Start
May 7th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
Season 2 of 2013 has begun in iRacing. For the NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series (fixed setup), the season kicked-off with 35-lap races on the high banks of the Talladega Superspeedway. The thrill of three-wide, flat-out racing always helps populate iRacing servers, and this past week did not disappoint in terms of participation, as an … Read the Rest »
Alfalla’s Magical Week
May 7th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
For some sim racers, navigating around The Magic Mile (New Hampshire Motor Speedway) takes a type of wizardry. Over 1,650 sim racers took the green flag for at least one race during the opening week of Season Two in the NASCAR iRacing.com Class C Fixed Series, and there were absolutely a fair share of those … Read the Rest »
Get to Know . . . Jeff Ramsdell
May 6th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
This week I interviewed Jeff Ramsdell, a driver who runs a lot of races, but wins a lot of them too. An iRacer from the Georgia club, Ramsdell has run a total of over 1600 oval races since joining iRacing in May of 2010. In fact, today is his third year anniversary as an iRacer … Read the Rest »
Welcome Pro iRacers
May 4th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
iRacing announced the first wave of new qualifiers for the 2013 iRacing.com Road Pro Series and NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series. The twenty qualifiers — ten from each series — are the top ten points finishers not already holding a Pro or World Championship license from the NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series (open setup) and iRacing.com … Read the Rest »