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Sansone Cruises to Victory at LOR

May 21st, 2014 by

The iRacing Silver Crown Cup stopped at the newly-released Lucas Oil Raceway last Thursday for a dramatic 100 lap sim-race. Featuring over 40 laps of caution, it seemed that the iRacing FIRST Safety Car might well take the checkered flag. Still, after leading a commanding 54 laps, it was certain that it was Vinnie Sansone’s … Read the Rest »

Hansen’s Charlotte Breakthrough

May 21st, 2014 by

Scores First NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series Win Danny Hansen survived a marathon race at Charlotte Motor Speedway last night and earned his first career victory in the NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series Powered by iRacing. After running at the front for much of the evening, Hansen took advantage of slip-ups by other front runners and delivered … Read the Rest »

GT3 Challenge Debuts at CoTA

May 20th, 2014 by

In its debut event with the series, the iRacing.com GT3 Challenge concluded a week of twists, turns and high speeds at the brand new Circuit of the Americas located in Austin, TX. The 3.4 mile, 20 turn mammoth of a track brought victory to some and anguish to many others. Several drivers failed to grasp … Read the Rest »

Gomez Gallops at Charlotte

May 20th, 2014 by

With two weeks under their belts, the drivers of the NASCAR iRacing Class A Fixed Series brought their Generation-6 Cup cars to the 24-degree banks of Charlotte Motor Speedway for 50 laps of action under the lights. With nearly 900 sim racers attempting at least one race during the week, there were plenty of eager … Read the Rest »

Something Old, Something New – I’m Excited, How About You?

May 19th, 2014 by

The Circuit of the Americas became available in iRacing just last month, and the Lotus 49 is among the, er, “oldest” cars available to sim-racers.  So how good could this combination really be?  Well the truth is the world discovered this magical combination over a year ago when Caterham F1 reserve driver, and only American … Read the Rest »

V8s Bring The Thunder to Atlanta

May 19th, 2014 by

The iRacing.com V8 Supercars Series always seems to have its fair share of sim-racing excitement and this week was no different. As the series takes us to Georgia for Week 3 at the roller-coaster called Road Atlanta, the Australian top split drivers had their hands full for 24 laps at the twisting circuit. Most of … Read the Rest »

Broekman Best Warrior on the Island

May 19th, 2014 by

Round Six of the iRacing Road Warrior Series visited the scenic Phillip Island Circuit Down Under. The RUF C-spec cars took to the track for a 20 lap shoot out in the RUF Cup. The sim-racing was heated around the tricky 2.7 mile circuit. In the end Rens Broekman scored the most points totaling to … Read the Rest »

UK&I Skippies Go for Gold at Silverstone

May 19th, 2014 by

There are multiple “home tracks” for the sim-racers of the UK&I Skip Barber League within iRacing, but none quite as iconic as Silverstone.  The historic British track has played host to a number of leagues and series in iRacing and England alike, but it’s been a number of months since the F2000 crowd had paid … Read the Rest »

Dallara DW12 Now Available!

May 19th, 2014 by

The Dallara DW12 IndyCar is now available for $11.95. That’s just in time for iRacers looking to channel their inner Tony Kanaan or Ed Carpenter – or Kurt Busch – in the iRacing Indy 500 on Friday and Saturday. You say you recently bought the “old” Dallara? Anyone who purchased the Dallara IR03/05 in the … Read the Rest »

Crash Test Programmer

May 16th, 2014 by

Oh the lengths iRacing goes to in the quest for authenticity; up to and including risking life, limb . . . and ego.  Days after submitting to a rigorous grilling for a Q&A for iRacingNews, senior programmer Richard Jobling – together with fellow programmer Ike Adams – journeyed to Lime Rock Park for a one … Read the Rest »