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On the Way Up – Again

December 7th, 2012 by

It’s an understatement to note that Circuit Spa-Francorchamps has played a pivotal role in Richie Stanaway’s racing career.  After all, the New Zealander scored a sensational win there in his GP3 debut in 2011.  Unfortunately, it was also at Spa where, as a member of the Lotus F1 young driver team, he fractured two vertebrae … Read the Rest »

Alfalla Sets Fire to Atlanta

December 7th, 2012 by

Atlanta Motor Speedway played host to the fifth week of online racing in the NASCAR iRacing.com Class C Series (fixed setup) and what a turnout of eager sim racers it had. Over 1,500 iRacers attempted to take home the hardware, but it was a familiar face to not only this series, but to the entire … Read the Rest »

Broekman Victorious in Belgium

December 6th, 2012 by

Round 5 of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar Championship presented by BigPond headed to Belgium.  This would be the first trip of two sortees to Belgium for the series and the first time the drivers and teams would have to tackle Circuit Zolder. Qualifying was lead by Rens Broekman who posted a 1:32.235 while Justin Ruggier … Read the Rest »

Ehnström Takes Control of CTC Drivers Championship

December 6th, 2012 by

With a staggering score of 305 points, Roland Ehnström placed one hand firmly on the Classic Teams Championship during a chaotic week on sim-racing at Sonoma Raceway. This tricky track with several blind corners challenges all drivers, and the high speed approach to Turn 2 claimed more than its share of victims during the week’s … Read the Rest »

Laughton Tops Crawford for Third NiPS Victory

December 5th, 2012 by

Chad Laughton continued his dominant NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series season, picking-up his third victory under the lights at Kentucky Speedway. Laughton started tenth, but worked his way to third by the time the first caution flew on Lap 64. He took the lead on Lap 79 shortly after a restart and held-off Jared Crawford for … Read the Rest »

Stunning Stanaway Seals Silverstone Spoils

December 5th, 2012 by

Round Four of the iRacing.com Road Pro Series brought the virtual Williams-Toyota FW31s to the home of British motorsport, Silverstone. The 60 lap online race proved to be one of the fastest on the calender, as the historic layout was used – bypassing  several of the latter-day chicanes — allowing the virtual F1 cars to … Read the Rest »

iRacing Pro Race of Champions II Tonight!

December 4th, 2012 by

International Cast of Pro Racers to Battle Online at Iowa and Watkins Glen A remarkably diverse collection of international racing talent is set to compete online in the second annual iRacing.com Pro Race of Champions on December 12. Drivers with resumes from NASCAR, IndyCar, GRAND-AM, ALMS, V8 Supercars, NHRA and even Formula One will square-off … Read the Rest »

Kotovaara Tops Cadillacs in Sonoma

December 3rd, 2012 by

Round Four of the iRacing.com Cadillac Cup headed to Sonoma Raceway.  Located in the wine country north of San Francisco, Sonoma is a challenging 2.5 mile track featuring a mix of slow and fast corners with most of the first sector consisting of  blind turns, all of which makes this track a challenge for the … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Jesse Thompson

December 3rd, 2012 by

This week’s featured sim-racer has already gotten close to racing at a young age . . . really close, He began announcing for the Atlantic Open Wheel Modified Tour at the age of 13 and now, four years later, he is already a veteran announcer.  He also has plenty of accomplishments on the virtual track … Read the Rest »

Karlavige Conquers The Rock

December 3rd, 2012 by

Week number four in the NASCAR iRacing.com Class C Series (fixed setup) sent the online racers to Rockingham, North Carolina in an attempt to take on the beast known as Rockingham Speedway. The Rock is one of the newest tracks to the iRacing.com service, so this was the first time sim-racers had seen a 100% … Read the Rest »