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Vive la Différence

September 6th, 2011 by

Week 5 brought the iRacing.com Street Stock Series to Charlotte Motor Speedway for the second time in 2011 Season 3, but this time was a little different. Instead of running the 1.5 mile oval, sim racers tackled the 0.25 legends oval, located on the front stretch. Weekly High Strength of Field Week Five’s high Strength … Read the Rest »

Down back to front

September 6th, 2011 by

Week Five, Season Three of the iRacing V8 Supercar Series by Bigpond Sport took the circus to the relatively flat Silverstone International layout. Rens Broekman has proven to be a worthy signing for the Nfinity Esports team. He helped out the team by snaring pole, and helped out the commentators by sporting a new, less … Read the Rest »

From Armchair to Race Seat – Partridge Shows the Way

September 3rd, 2011 by

Recent years has seen several highly publicised sim-racers making the step up from the virtual to the real world of motorsport, with names such as Wyatt Gooden, Bryan Heitkotter, John Prather and Jim Caudill, Jr successfully making the transition. What’s different about iRacing member Chris Partridge’s story is his objective of sharing his experience of … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile – Luke Beck

September 3rd, 2011 by

Australia’s Luke Beck is man who knows what he likes.  And when it comes to sim racing, his likes can be summed-up in two words: Lotus 79.  OK, if you want to be positively wordy about it, his likes can be summed-up in five words: Classic Lotus Grand Prix Series. It’s not that he hasn’t … Read the Rest »

Ferey Fires on All Eight

September 1st, 2011 by

Week Four of the Thrustmaster Mustang Challenge sent the sim racers to one of the newest tracks in the iRacing service.  The Okayama International Circuit, located in Mimasaka, Okayama, Japan, is an 11-turn, 2.314-mile “country club” race track.  598 racers attempted to solidify their spots as the best at Okayama, but Raphael Ferey (France) showed … Read the Rest »

Short Track Racing is Alive and Well on iRacing

September 1st, 2011 by

With the recent releases of Suzuka, Iowa Speedway, Okayama and Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, iRacing’s short track racers could perhaps be forgiven for feeling slightly slighted.  Not any more.  There’s a veritable bonanza of bull rings in the iRacing pipeline. For openers, Mosport Speedway, traditional site of the season opener to the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, … Read the Rest »

Boxing Week

September 1st, 2011 by

Competitors in the NASCAR iRacing Class A Series put their boxing gloves on and did battle Week Four at Bristol Motor Speedway. While some sim racers battled the tricky track more than their competition, others were able to score a knock-out and tally big points at the half-mile oval. With many NASCAR iRacing Series World … Read the Rest »

Marcos Edges Coomans for NVIDIA Cup

September 1st, 2011 by

Coomans takes victory at Okayama Jan Coomans’ run to an NVIDIA Cup championship in 2011 Season 3a came up eight points short but not before a strong run in Week Four at Okayama International Circuit nearly propelled the Benelux sim racer into the top spot in the standings. Coomans topped the weekly standings in Week … Read the Rest »

Lewandowski Edges Alfalla at the Monster Mile

August 31st, 2011 by

Everyone who drives in the NASCAR iRacing Series World Championship (NiSWC) will tell you Thomas Lewandowski knows how to find his way to victory lane. In fact, the New Yorker had visited the winner’s circle 167 times on the iRacing ovals before Tuesday night’s online race at Dover International Speedway.   Still, while Lewandowski has run … Read the Rest »

A Brand New Name in IndyCars

August 30th, 2011 by

Monica Clara Brand’s name may not be quite as familiar to IndyCar fans as those of Sarah Fisher and Danica Patrick, but she has much in common with them.  Like Fisher she has qualified on the pole for an IndyCar race . . . 30 by actual count.  And, like Patrick, she has finished an … Read the Rest »