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Majeski Tops LM Iowa Charts

April 10th, 2013 by

Just three weeks after it had been battered and bruised by the NASCAR iRacing.com National drivers, Iowa Speedway faced the grueling task of serving as the stomping grounds for Week 10 of the NASCAR iRacing.com Late Model Series.  Happily, the second successive week of racing at the Newton facility saw no drop-off in attendance by … Read the Rest »

The Road to Pro Scenario: Week 7 of 8

April 9th, 2013 by

Editor’s note:  Brennan Mercer has been busy toting-up the points — actual and potential — for the 2013 Season One NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series (open setup).  As the top ten points finishers not already holding a Pro or Pro/WC license from Seasons 1, 2 and 3 in the Class “A”open setup NASCAR series qualify … Read the Rest »

GT Duel in California

April 9th, 2013 by

From the sunny skies of Florida to the cloudy shores of England, the iRacing.com Grand Touring Cup competitors have seen it all during 2013 Season One.   But Week Ten found the iRacing servers hosting sim-racing action from California’s Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Nested in the sunny hills overlooking the Monterey Bay, the famous 2.238 mile … Read the Rest »

Oulton Park Thriller

April 9th, 2013 by

In Week 10 at Oulton Park, the top sim-racers in this season’s iRacing.com Mustang Cup turned-up the heat on current points leader and last season’s champion, Dariusz Bielawski, who responded with a thrilling .263s margin of victory over Todd Honczarenko.  Sunday’s race at 22:15 GMT opened with 18 Mustangs on the grid, with Bielawski out … Read the Rest »

Westfall Conquers Charlotte

April 9th, 2013 by

Nearly 1,000 sim racers took the green flag during Week Nine of the NASCAR iRacing.com Class C Series (open setup) at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Charlotte is a favorite among drivers both in real life as well as iRacing due to the sheer speed and fantastic racing it produces. Jordan Westfall (Eastern Canada) took his No. … Read the Rest »

A Charlotte Trio

April 8th, 2013 by

Charlotte Motor Speedway hosted Week Nine of the NASCAR iRacing.com Class C Series (fixed setup) season. The 1.5-mile speedway offers some of the most exciting racing in all of iRacing. Over 2,700 online racers took the green flag for at least one race during the week, leaving Charlotte as one of the most popular tracks … Read the Rest »

Fritsche Back on Top

April 8th, 2013 by

Lingqvist’s Lead Nearly Unassailable; Lotus Likely Champions Sonoma Raceway and Mosport Park represent two completely different tracks with the former being an undulating track with wide range of corners through dusty hills, while the latter is a classic ex-Formula 1 venue steeped in history and full of flowing corners.  Together, they posed quite a back-to-back … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Guy Driggers (Part I)

April 8th, 2013 by

This week I had the chance to interview another established painter whose paint schemes can be found on many cars on iRacing, including those run by Tyler D Hudson and Nick Ottinger in the NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship.  He has also painted many cars that have run in the NASCAR iRacing.com Class B and … Read the Rest »

Abrahall, Kopec Victorious at the Glen

April 7th, 2013 by

Week Nine brought the iRacing.com GRAND-AM Sports Car Series to Watkins Glen.  The 3.4 mile (5.47 km) “Boot” course features 12 turns, most which are quick sweeping corners, and wide racing surface well-suited to multi-class racing.  No wonder there was an approximately 30% participation boost with 375 Daytona Prototype drivers entering an online race along … Read the Rest »

Proving Ground

April 7th, 2013 by

Week Nine of the NASCAR iRacing.com Late Model Series took to the tarmac of South Boston Speedway. The track was originally built as a dirt track before being converted to a .357 mile paved track in 1962. Finally in 1994 the track took to its current 0.4 mile configuration. The four turns with 12 degrees … Read the Rest »