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Bucket List

June 25th, 2013 by

Not unlike A Prairie Home Companion’s Guy Noir, I continue my search for the answers to life’s persistent questions, first and foremost among them: Is the bucket half empty or half full?  In this case, the bucket is my personal bucket list of motorsports events I’d love to see at least once in my time … Read the Rest »

NASCAR iRacing Series Weekly Tune-Up

June 25th, 2013 by

After an action-packed weekend in Sonoma the NASCAR iRacing Series rolls on to the Bluegrass State and Kentucky Speedway. I want to give you some history of our upcoming track Kentucky, and I also wanted to sit down with NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship driver Dylan Duval and talk about his debut in the NASCAR … Read the Rest »

Mustang Points Battle Sharpens at Sonoma

June 25th, 2013 by

While not approaching the massive turnout at The Glen in Week 7, the iRacing.com Mustang Cup’s Week 8 provided intense racing through 17 laps on the tricky Infineon Raceway “Cup” configuration.  Tire management became an issue, with many sim-racers reporting swiftly deteriorating handling in the closing laps of each race.  While the track invited lots … Read the Rest »

IndyCar Fine Tunes Engine Rules

June 25th, 2013 by

IndyCar announced some “fine-tuning” measures to the engine rules covering the 2.2 liter Chevrolet and Honda turbos used in the IZOD IndyCar Series.  Under the revised regulations, teams will no longer be penalized on race weekends for engine failures occurring during private team and manufacturer test sessions.  Previously, a car/driver was subject to a ten … Read the Rest »

The Brickyard Dominator

June 25th, 2013 by

The eighth week of the NASCAR iRacing Class C Fixed Series takes the sim racers to Indianapolis Motor Speedway for 20 circuits around the famed speedway. Over 2,000 eager racers watched the green flag fall for at least one race during the week, but after seven days of fun sim racing, one driver left IMS … Read the Rest »

Dangerous Dover

June 24th, 2013 by

Dover International Speedway —  The Monster Mile — a mix between a short track and an intermediate speedway, was the host of Week Seven of the NASCAR iRacing.com Late Model Tour.  Sim-racers suited up for the opportunity to take on what most NASCAR drivers consider one of the toughest tracks to tame. However for the … Read the Rest »

A Vintage Week of Sim-Racing

June 24th, 2013 by

The NASCAR iRacing Series thundered into wine country in Sonoma, California last week for the series’ first road race of the season.  NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship driver Tyler D Hudson found himself-sitting at the top of the points coming into the week ahead of fellow NiSWC driver Landon Harrison. Thursday night was the first … Read the Rest »

Unusual Suspect

June 24th, 2013 by

Approaching the mid-point of the season Tuesday at Kentucky Speedway, the top of the standings of the 2013 NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship is dominated by the usual suspects: veterans Tyler Hudson and Brian Schoenburg have finished in the top ten in points the past two seasons while Nick Ottinger is coming-off a fourth place … Read the Rest »

Get to Know . . . Josef Miele

June 24th, 2013 by

Right now, it probably isn’t the best time to be a Jeff Gordon fan. So far though, in the summer he has finished in the top 12 in three of the past four races, including a third at Dover and a runner up finish at Sonoma yesterday, giving his fans something to smile about — … Read the Rest »

The Times They Have A’Changed

June 24th, 2013 by

Once upon a time, the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Sonoma Raceway meant three hours of pratfalls guaranteed to generate half a dozen incidents worthy of a Havoc video . . . not to mention hours of banal chatter about “road course specialists” guaranteed to make anyone with even a passing knowledge of motorsports beyond the … Read the Rest »