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Majeski Charges to South Boston Win

August 26th, 2014 by

With a third of the season put away the NASCAR iRacing.com Late Model Series journeyed to South Boston Speedway. At just 4/10 miles in length and lap times in the 15 second bracket, So Bo challenged sim-racers in a variety of ways but primarily accident avoidance. In this week’s feature race it took less then … Read the Rest »

Q&A with Nick Ottinger

August 25th, 2014 by

With seven wins to his credit, Nick Ottinger has been a more frequent visitor to Victory Lane than any other competitor in the NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series over the past two seasons.   Despite six wins, however, he finished behind Tyler Hudson and Ray Alfalla in the 2013 standings.  And with another win to his credit … Read the Rest »

As Tough as (Lime) Rock

August 25th, 2014 by

Week 3 in the iRacing Mazda MX-5 Cup brought the series to the virtual Lime Rock Park for the first of two visits for the season. While the course features only one left-hand turn, it was nonetheless a challenging week for the sim racers not only in terms of negotiating the track itself, but overtaking … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Matt Pawelski

August 25th, 2014 by

With 51 career oval and 40 career road victories, Pennsylvanian iRacer Matt Pawelski is a contender every time he hits the racetrack. That’s nothing new.  He joine iRacing on March 11th in 2011 and, two days later, found himself sitting in virtual victory lane with his Legends car at Lanier National Speedway. Eleven months later, … Read the Rest »

Sensational Suzuka for GPL

August 25th, 2014 by

Over a dozen and a half Grand Prix Legends sim-racers attended the big Sunday race at Suzuka in the land of the rising sun for 13 laps of this classic Japanese F1 circuit.  Last season’s champion Mick Claridge sat on pole with a 2:01.172, over a second faster than Victor Perelman could manage in second … Read the Rest »

Q&A with Michael Conti

August 22nd, 2014 by

As the 2014 NASCAR Peak Antifreeze Series season enters its final four race stretch at Atlanta, Richmond, Darlington and Homestead, Michael Conti (407) is atop the standings ahead of former series champion Ray Alfalla (384), Nick Ottinger (381) and Chad J Laughton (378).  Conti heads to the virtual Atlanta Motor Speedway on the heels of … Read the Rest »

Anders Wins in Milwaukee

August 22nd, 2014 by

Week Three of the 2014 Season 3 iRacing.com IndyCar Oval Series sent the series to The Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin. A total of 156 sim-racers took to the track this week, with cautions, handling and tire conservation just some of the storylines throughout the week of sim racing. Mitch McCracken (Indiana) started in … Read the Rest »

Second Winner in Second Race of Skippy 2K Cup

August 22nd, 2014 by

The second round of the Skip Barber 2K Cup at Silverstone was another popular affair with nearly three dozen sim-racers in attendance for a 20 lap race on the Historical Grand Prix layout.  In qualifying Vinicius Rocha took pole position by 0.006s ahead of Sebastian Job with previous pole sitter Philippe Leybaert in third ahead … Read the Rest »

NASCAR iRacing Series Open Garage: Bristol

August 21st, 2014 by

If you drive north of Knoxville on Highway 81 you will pass a number of small towns. One you just might miss if you blink is Bristol, Tennessee. With a population less than the number of people in attendance at most college football games, it seems an unlikely setting for the fourth largest sports venue … Read the Rest »

Road Warriors: Five Story Drops in the Lotus 49

August 20th, 2014 by

This weekend iRacing once again virtually paralleled a world class event, namely the Monterey Historic weekend at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.  While the Monterey Historics see a wide variety of vintage classics, our virtual Monterey Historics used one of racing’s most iconic open wheel cars: the Lotus 49. Suffice to say competitors did their best … Read the Rest »