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Prototype & GT Challenge Week 2: Road America

August 14th, 2013 by

The iRacing.com Prototype & GT Challenge series arrived at fast and narrow Road America Circuit in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin for the second round of 2013 Season 3. With Sebring in the books last week, we discovered this season may be one of the closest we’ve had in the series.  Once again the drivers did not … Read the Rest »

Ganassi and Montoya Part Ways in NASCAR

August 14th, 2013 by

Guess yesterday’s column was a day too soon.  No sooner did we chronicle the first of what figures to be several stanzas in racing’s  2013/2014  game of musical chairs, than Earnhardt/Ganassi Racing announced Juan Pablo Montoya will not be back in the team’s NASCAR Sprint Cup entry next season. The news hardly comes as a … Read the Rest »

Masterful Huttu Wins at Motegi

August 13th, 2013 by

Round 12 of the iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series brought the virtual Williams-Toyota FW31 Formula 1 cars to Japan’s Twin Ring Motegi complex, where Greger Huttu continued his rich vein of form to extend his lead in the standings. The Finn has 500 points to his name and now leads his closest rival, Hugo … Read the Rest »

Austin Dillon Just One Note in Racing’s Musical Chairs

August 13th, 2013 by

Vendors hawking race programs ought to do a land office business in the coming weeks.  NASCAR, IndyCar . . . fans won’t know the players without a program. The highest profile seat in racing’s game of musical chairs is that of the #14 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevy SS which will be occupied by 2011 Camping World … Read the Rest »

2013 iGPS Opener: Well Worth the Wait

August 12th, 2013 by

With 2013 Season Two of the iRacing Grand Prix Series (iGPS) finally water under the bridge, Season Three is now upon us. Now that the top finishers from S2 have achieved their long-awaited promotion, new opportunities present themselves for those awaiting S3 as this is the last chance during 2013 to join the sim racing … Read the Rest »

Conti’s Excellent Road Trip

August 12th, 2013 by

The NASCAR iRacing Series made its 20th stop of the season at Watkins Glen International for the final road race on the calendars. Tyler D Hudson was the points leader coming into the weekend with second place Landon Harrison 920 points back. Lance Gomez Jr was the first guy to grab a pole this week … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Jesse Atchison

August 12th, 2013 by

This week, I interviewed someone who could be considered one of the original iRacers. He joined the iRacing service on June 26, 2008 and has since started 1,129 official oval races, and 172 road races. On the oval side of iRacing, he has 252 career wins and has finished in the top five 67% of … Read the Rest »

Fisher Catches the Big One in Lakeland

August 9th, 2013 by

USA International Raceway was located in Lakeland, Florida – the key word there being “was.” Alas, like all too many tracks the world over, it no longer exists. Luckily for sim-racers, however, iRacing.com scanned and built a digital version of the track before ceased operations.  So, like Australia’s Oran Park, USA International Raceway lives on … Read the Rest »

iRNC Off to “Okay” Start in 2013 S3

August 9th, 2013 by

The inRacingNews Challenge mixed-class series opened the 2013 – Season 3 in Japan this week at Okayama “Short,” a track that can be tricky due to hard braking zones and slick racing surface.  After crowning last season’s champions a week ago the three-time Mazda champion is back to defend his title once again while the … Read the Rest »

Judson, Miller Off to Fast IndyCar Starts

August 9th, 2013 by

The new season of Indy Car Oval Racing dawned on the teams as they sped to — and around — Homestead-Miami Speedway for the opening event on the 2013 S3 calendar. The 1.5 mile oval’s varying degrees of banking (18 to 20 degrees) would surely affect the racing throughout the week, with both the Fixed … Read the Rest »