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Q&A with iRacing’s Richard Jobling
May 7th, 2014 by Jaime Baker
Senior Software Engineer Richard Jobling came to iRacing from Scotland via San Francisco and Boston, MA in 2010. Having worked on the development of video games – including Grand Theft Auto – for nearly two decades, Jobling is delighted to have found a home at iRacing.com. Q: Tell us a bit about your background and … Read the Rest »
Season 1 ends at iRacing Brasil League
May 6th, 2014 by Jaime Baker
The very first season of 2014 at iRacing Brasil league came to an end. They had 5 different series running one race per week, where I had the opportunity to follow and write about two of them: Masters of Track on the road side and NASCAR Pro Series on the oval side. Besides that, they … Read the Rest »
Petrella Pounces at Talladega
May 6th, 2014 by Jaime Baker
With Chris J Miller (Carolina) claiming the NASCAR iRacing Class A Fixed championship for the first season of 2014, thousands of sim racers are eager to hit the virtual Talladega Superspeedway to being Season Two 2014 with a bang. With over 1,229 racers attempting at least one race during Week One, it was easy to … Read the Rest »
Pocono NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series Preview
May 5th, 2014 by Jaime Baker
Finding speed during a period of familiarity is hard in itself; NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series race teams spend countless hours between races searching for that ever-so-important tenth (or even hundredth) of a second. With new builds coming every twelve weeks, these teams enjoy a period in which car physics are static and the tire model … Read the Rest »
Get to Know: Christian Ingram
May 5th, 2014 by Jaime Baker
Christian Ingram has been tearing-up the virtual tracks of iRacing since the summer of 2012. Racing out of Fairfax, Virginia for team 4Wide Racing, the 25 year old Ingram is a regular on the oval side of iRacing, specifically in the NASCAR iRacing.com Class B Open Series. With multiple victories at short tracks like Iowa … Read the Rest »
Price ‘On The Money’ at Richmond
May 1st, 2014 by Jaime Baker
After a one week hiatus, the NASCAR iRacing Series was back in full swing for Round Nine of the season at Richmond International Raceway. Drivers had the opportunity to spend the week off concentrating on getting good and consistent lap times as well as tweaking their setup in preparation for Richmond’s upcoming online races. The … Read the Rest »
A Dream Come True
May 1st, 2014 by Jaime Baker
For many an iRacer, winning the PEAK Stock Car Dreams National Series and getting an opportunity to drive a real race car for a major league race team would be, quite literally, a dream come true. Make no mistake, earning a spot in the 2014 PEAK Stock Car Dreams Challenge driver combine is the chance … Read the Rest »
NASCAR iRacing Series Open Garage – Talladega
April 30th, 2014 by Jaime Baker
Superspeedways like Daytona and Talladega create different challenges where setup is concerned. With the new ride height rule and changes being made with thought to spring stiffness there are as many ways to approach your setup as there are drivers. Keeping that in mind, in this week’s column we will focus our discussion on two … Read the Rest »
Huttu Makes a Comeback Down Under
April 30th, 2014 by Jaime Baker
The 2014 iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series has already made history in a number of ways, with four different drivers winning the first four races of the campaign. Team Redline’s Greger Huttu wrote his own piece of history, breaking a streak of 50 races where he stood on the podium at least every other … Read the Rest »
Behind the Scenes: The NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series
April 29th, 2014 by Jaime Baker
New Build, New Challenges, New Toys I’ve been a member of the iRacing service since July of 2008, and not since the “2.0” build can I remember a time when the entire service was turned on its ear just because of a build release. If you haven’t done so in a while, go check out … Read the Rest »