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The Importance of Simulation for Race Drivers

December 6th, 2013 by

Editor’s Note: Michael Epps is a young Englishman working his way up the American open wheel racing ladder.  In his first season in North America last year with Belardi Auto Racing, Epps collected half a dozen top ten finishes en route to twelfth place overall in the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda.  Epps … Read the Rest »

Trips to Bristol and Charlotte

December 6th, 2013 by

Weeks four and five of the NASCAR iRacing Class C Fixed Series brought nearly 4,700 sim racers from all around the world to the virtual circuits of Bristol Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway. Even though the two speedways are polar opposites of each other, they each provide a very unique form of racing which … Read the Rest »

Reality is at Hand

December 5th, 2013 by

iRacer Madison Down is set to make his “real” racing debut this weekend at the Sydney MRA Motoring & Services 500.  The seven time champion of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series took top honors in Racecentre’s Race to Reality competition last month and with it came a ride in the Aussie Race Car Series race … Read the Rest »

Overland Conquers Tricky Triangle

December 4th, 2013 by

Chris Overland had the restart of his life at the perfect time, outrunning Brandon Schmidt into Turn One on a green-white-checker finish to score his first NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series win at Pocono Raceway. Overland only led two laps, but they were the last two of the race as he set sail after passing Schmidt, … Read the Rest »

iPCC Battle Heats-Up at Summit

December 3rd, 2013 by

The iRacing.com Production Car Challenge headed back to West Virginia for the second time this season in Week Four in an effort to tame the always popular “short” configuration.  This nine turn short layout provides sim-racers with elevation changes, two long straights and heavy braking zones which are ideal for passing. The Pontiac Solstice battle … Read the Rest »

Chaos Produces Dramatic Finish at SoBo

December 2nd, 2013 by

The NASCAR iRacing.com Late Model Series took on South Boston Speedway or Week 5 of the series.  Nestled just off highway 360 in South Boston, Virginia, this .4 mile oval turns into a gladiator arena for the sim-racers in the Late Model series.  Survival is the key to success at “SoBo” where many sim-racers fought … Read the Rest »

Muggleton’s Perfect Month

December 2nd, 2013 by

The iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series came home to Phillip Island for Round 4 of Season 4 with Josh Muggleton having dominated the first three weeks of the season and on the verge of making it a perfect month of November. Shaun Kelly in his new team for Season 4 got his first pole position with … Read the Rest »

How Ya Gonna Keep ‘Em Down on the Farm?

December 2nd, 2013 by

The iRacing.com Classic Lotus Grand Prix Series held its fourth race of 2013 Season 4 at Zandvoort last weekn. The second split, the farm team of the series, saw a lot of exciting action! Going into the race, there were questions about Pim Lagaay’s complete car rebuild at Team Warsteiner Arrows. Would it hold-up in … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Christopher Shella

December 2nd, 2013 by

Chris Shella has been a part of the iRacing community since July of 2010.  Since then, he has given us 182 reasons why he is one of the top competitors on the service. Specifically, he has scored 172 wins in nearly 1400 oval starts and ten victories in 177 starts on road courses. This year, … Read the Rest »

Fritsche, Moreira a Step Ahead in CTC

November 29th, 2013 by

For Round 4 of the iRacing.com Classic Lotus Grand Prix series the field arrived at sunny Zandvoort to battle it out among the dunes by the virtual North Sea. A strong attendance of 31 drivers gridded up for Sunday’s main event, even though it coincided with the final (real) Grand Prix of the season – … Read the Rest »