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Barber Trims SpecRacer Ford Attendance

August 28th, 2012 by

The 2.38 mile / 3.83 km Barber Motorsports Park complex near Birmingham, Alabama produced some outstanding on-track action for the SpecRacer Fords during Week 3 of the schedule. But despite the fact that, attendance numbers-ended up being down a bit, with only 260 SRFs showing-up to race. Barber appears less frequently than many other tracks … Read the Rest »

Get to Know Brian Tedeschi

August 27th, 2012 by

Darrell Wallace Jr, NASCAR Nationwide Series and K&N Pro Series East driver, and iRacer Brian Tedeschi have one thing in common: they both started racing in Legend cars. They have also raced in a variety of cars in their very young careers: champ karts to super cups, you name it, and Brian has probably raced … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Austin Ogonoski

August 25th, 2012 by

One would be well-advised not to attempt to pigeon-hole Austin Ogonoski.  When it comes to his sim-racing preferences for ovals or road courses, it’s no contest.  The Edmonton resident has nearly six times as many oval (581) as road racing (97) starts on his iRacing resume.  It only follows then that his favorite iRacing track … Read the Rest »

Hamstead Back With Infineon Win

August 23rd, 2012 by

Round three of the iRacing.com V8 Supercars Series presented by BigPond stayed in America featured a track which the V8 sim-racers haven’t visited for a while, namely Sonoma. The challenging 3.2km track would test the drivers in ways which really haven’t come into play much this season, including tire management over the course of the … Read the Rest »

ATS on Top as Ligier and Tyrrell Show Their Hand(s)

August 23rd, 2012 by

With 25% of the season gone the Classic Teams Championship (CTC) continues to be exciting and topsy turvy and, with the first round of major driver changes taking place, Ligier and Tyrrell showed good form as ATS raced to the top of the tables. As reported last week, Mark Bird was hotly tipped to take … Read the Rest »

Thornton Scores Big at Talladega

August 22nd, 2012 by

Week Three of the season saw the NiCBS travel south to Talladega Super Speedway. Talladega is known for big points and last week was no exception.  Jared Crawford (Michigan) looked to get back on track after missing Week Two while point’s leader Jon Adams (Georgia) announced that he would not be able to compete for … Read the Rest »

Karlavige on Top at Michigan

August 22nd, 2012 by

Jason Karlavige passed Jon Adams with just three laps remaining, then held-off a hard-charging Kevin King to score a career first win NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship win at Michigan International Speedway. Karlavige only led five laps over the 100 laps while King dominated most of the race, but both Karlavige and Adams beat the … Read the Rest »

Huttu Takes a Big Step Closer to Title

August 21st, 2012 by

On one of the toughest circuits of the 2012 iRacing.com Grand Prix Series World Championship, Greger Huttu took another huge stride towards reclaiming his lost crown at Road Atlanta with his eighth win of the season. However, it was no easy stroll for the 2010 World Champion, who struggled to qualify in the top-five and … Read the Rest »

Circle-Track School: Line of Sight Behind The Wheel

August 21st, 2012 by

I took this picture the other day while following a big truck on an interstate highway, going about 60 mph (about 100 kph). Imagine yourself in this situation, driving the car. Where in the picture do you look? Fig. 1. A very common sight while driving. Where are you looking right now? Assuming that you’re … Read the Rest »

Branch and Vanek Win in Hot ‘lanta

August 20th, 2012 by

Atlanta Motor Speedway hosted Round Three of the 2012 Season 3 IZOD Indycar Series, with Monday’s online race demonstrating that cerebral skill counst as much as driving talent. 25 starters took the green flag with Joe Branch starting tenth.  He won not so much by having the fastest car, but by saving fuel and having … Read the Rest »