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16th Street Screams into Phoenix

October 27th, 2014 by

Week 3 of one of the most prestigious IndyCar leagues – the 16th Street Racing League — on iRacing was staged at a wide, flat, and smooth mile in the desert known as Phoenix International Raceway. Long host to some form of major American motorsports, this storied track is originally synonymous with open wheel racing. … Read the Rest »

Best Race of the Season (Part 2) – A New Champion

October 27th, 2014 by

Shortly after Sebastian Job had retaken the lead of the race at Sonoma on Lap Seven from Stuart Adcock there were a few incidents for Tom Ward.  Ward hit the inside curb hard entering the Esses and was pushed wide, off the track, before coming under attack from George Lambert at Turn 8A.  Lambert made … Read the Rest »

Gilliland Captures Vidane Season Opener

October 24th, 2014 by

After last week’s dual 40 lap placement heats, Season 7 of the Vidane Racing League kicked-off on Friday night with the Art of Ruin 250 from Daytona International Speedway, using the iRacing Class A (aka NASCAR Gen 6) vehicles.  By virtue of winning their respective heats, Adam Gilliland and Seth Demerchant started on the front … Read the Rest »

Best Race of the Season (Part 1)

October 24th, 2014 by

A grid of just under two dozen sim-racers would play their roles in the story that was the UK&I Skip Barber League’s 14 lap race at Sonoma Raceway.  As was the case at Summit Point, Sebastian Job sat on pole position, but unlike Summit Point he would be starting from pole as the championship leader.  … Read the Rest »

More Thrills at Summit Point

October 23rd, 2014 by

The UK&I Skip Barber League has had an exciting history with Summit Point.  The two-mile track has produced some of the best sim racing I’ve personally witnessed from the drivers in this league. So it was with considerable degree of anticipation that well over two-dozen F2000s lined up on the Start/Finish straight of the West … Read the Rest »

iRacing’s Driver Swap: A New Era in Sim Racing

October 22nd, 2014 by

iRacing ushered-in a new era in sim racing and racing games today with the release of its Driver Swap team racing feature. The first of its kind feature allows the 50,000+ iRacers around the world to team-up with multiple numbers of fellow iRacers to share driving duties and a myriad of other roles on a … Read the Rest »

Norton Takes Texas-Sized Slugfest

October 22nd, 2014 by

Texas Motor Speedway. Eddie Gossage’s crown jewel. A generic 1.5 miler. Whatever you want to call it, TMS is track dreaded by just about every single driver in the iRacing IndyCar series. With good reason!  This sim race would prove to be an absolutely apocalyptic slug fest. At the end of the race, only four … Read the Rest »

Turner Tames Tough Field at Indy

October 20th, 2014 by

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA – The Red Sox Racing League’s Season 3 GT Class Battle has reached its halfway point, and the sixth round of the 12-race series takes place at one of the racing world’s most revered grounds. For over a century, The Indianapolis Motor Speedway has inspired, challenged, and championed generation after generation of racers … Read the Rest »

16th Street Pounds Through Sebring

October 18th, 2014 by

So. After  a thriller in Homestead, the 16th Street Racing League entered Sebring on a high. The league would come to its first road course of the year, and it was sure to shake things up. Not a single sim racer could predict what could happen in this race. Sebring has been used almost as … Read the Rest »

GT3 Drivers Tackle Bathurst

October 17th, 2014 by

I’ll begin by stating the obvious: there’s no taming The Mountain. Mount Panorama, Motor Racing Circuit Bathurst tolerates the presence of race cars and drivers to a certain extent before it inevitably starts unleashing its wrath upon unsuspecting competitors. With skill, preparation, stamina — and no small degree of trepidation — the drivers of the … Read the Rest »