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Prototype & GT Challenge Week 10: VIR

October 9th, 2013 by

The tenth round of the iRacing.com Prototype and GT Challenge series took the HPD ARX 01Cs, Corvette C6.Rs and Ford GTs to twisty Virginia International Raceway (VIR).  The circuit was the host for the American Le Mans Series this past weekend, and was therefore a fitting venue for our second endurance round of 75 minutes.  … Read the Rest »

iRacing by the Numbers

October 9th, 2013 by

Bedford, MA (October 9, 2013) It’s hard to say just how big 800,000,000 is. If you started counting at the rate of one number per second, it would take until the year 2038 to reach 800,000,000. Mileage-wise, 800,000,000 is a little less than the round trip distance between Jupiter and the Sun. On a less celestial … Read the Rest »

Berry Takes Vegas and Martinsville

October 8th, 2013 by

Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Martinsville Speedway are complete opposites of each other. One is a 1.5-mile high banked speedway and the other is a half-mile flat paperclip, but that didn’t stop Josh Berry (Mid-South) from conquering each during Weeks Nine and Ten of the NASCAR iRacing Class C Fixed Series. A combined total of … Read the Rest »

Luis Takes World Championship Finale

October 8th, 2013 by

In the final race of the 2013 iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series, Hugo Luis powered to victory at the Circuit Gilles Villenevue, aka Montreal. It was the series first visit to iRacing’s latest track rendition, and whilst Greger Huttu wrapped-up his third championship title two-weeks ago, there were still several placings to be decided. … Read the Rest »

Uusi-Jaakkola Shines Through the Ardennes

October 8th, 2013 by

Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps is indisputedly one of the greatest race tracks in the world, especially popular amongst F1 fans alike, so it’s appropriate for the iRacing.com Grand Prix Series (iGPS) circus should visit the tranquil, scenic village located in the heart of the Ardennes region on the eastern edge of Belgium: Spa. The Spa-Francorchamps circuit … Read the Rest »

Hudson Pads NiS Lead in Kansas

October 7th, 2013 by

Last week the NASCAR iRacing Series visited Kansas Speedway for four races in the 28th week of the season for the series. Coming out of the Dover week, Tyler D Hudson was still in the points lead by a good bit over Landon Harrison who headed to Kansas looking to make some gains in the … Read the Rest »

Red Sox Stoner’s Corner 30 at PI

October 7th, 2013 by

The practice would pay off in a hotly contested qualifying session that saw the top fifteen cars blanketed by only 1.5 seconds. It was no surprise that the front row was only separated by .160 seconds, but quite a few did take notice that for the first time this season, Brad Vincent was out-qualified, relegated … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Fulvio Barozzini

October 7th, 2013 by

This week, I interviewed iRacer Fulvio Barozzini, a 28 year old sim-racer from Besana, Italy.  A member of iRacing since October of 2010, Fulvio — just like last week’s featured driver Matthias Egger– is a regular in the iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series. In 274 starts on the road side of iRacing, he has … Read the Rest »

How to Cooke the Egg

October 7th, 2013 by

Week Nine of the iRacing.com IZOD IndyCar Oval Fixed Series brought the drivers to Japan to do battle at the Twin Ring Motegi oval. The egg-shaped circuit is one of the most challenging on the schedule as it asks drivers to transition from (right) foot-to-the-floor on one end to slowing down 50 miles per hour … Read the Rest »

Kostecki and Myers Charge at Langley

October 7th, 2013 by

Langley Speedway is one of the most historic NASCAR-sanctioned tracks. Originating as a dirt horse track, it eventually was shortened in distance for auto racing, and then paved over. Back in its heyday, the track was host to NASCAR Grand National Series races with a roll call of winners including Ned Jarrett, Richard Petty, David … Read the Rest »