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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 »

iRacer Profile: Carlo Labati

April 6th, 2013 by

Q: What attracted you to iRacing? A: iRacing is a simulator developed after GP Legends and Nascar 2003 Racing Season… so what could be better? Q: What are favorite iRacing cars/tracks? A: My favourite iRacing cars are Dallara in Road and Silverado Trucks in Oval. I love “real” tracks and historical ones. Q: What do … Read the Rest »

Down Dominates at the Island

April 5th, 2013 by

Round Nine of the iRacing.com V8 Supercars Series headed back to Australia and Phillip Island to start the run home with the series now into the final month of racing and into the drop rounds. Justin Ruggier took over the championship lead last round with Madison Down now in second place.  Joshua Muggleton has been … Read the Rest »

Swirydowicz On Top in England

April 5th, 2013 by

Week Nine brought the iRacing.com Skip Barber Race Series to the grassy hills of Brands Hatch, located in Kent, England.  The “Indy” layout being used is 1.198 miles (1.928 km) and one of the shortest tracks on the schedule.  The pole was won by Nicolas Bihan (Texas) with a blazing fast time of 51.715.  There … Read the Rest »

Huffman Claims Iowa in Gen6

April 5th, 2013 by

Iowa Speedway located in Newton, Iowa hosted Week Five of the shortened NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series (NiCAS) season. Despite being just short of one mile in length, the Gen6 stockcars blister around the moonlit D shaped oval. The track designed by NASCAR legend Rusty Wallace offers a lot of unique characteristics for drivers and … Read the Rest »

Renaissance Man

April 4th, 2013 by

It’s a rare but fortunate occurrence when two seemingly unrelated talents in a person’s skill-sets complement one another . . . think of crooner Tony Bennett, whose paintings grace the covers of several of his record albums/CDs or, on a slightly more elevated plane, of Leonardo da Vinci who used his artistic virtuosity to illustrate … Read the Rest »