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O’Keefe Extends Point Lead
March 22nd, 2013 by Jaime Baker
Week Seven brought the iRacing.com Skip Barber Race Series to the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Using the short layout, drivers attacked 13 turns over 2.0 miles (3.22 km) of asphalt, Jon Tanko (Iberia) being the fastest with the blazing pole speed of 1:17.280. All told, 844 drivers took to the track in a race session, … Read the Rest »
Late Models Romp on the Beach
March 22nd, 2013 by Jaime Baker
Just miles away from the hallowed grounds of Daytona International Speedway lies an 0.48 mile (0.77 km) short track with four turns of 23 degrees of banking. This of course can be none other than New Smyrna Speedway located on New Smyrna Beach. Founded in 1964, New Smyrna was originally a clay-based short track, but … Read the Rest »
Sandman, Kiss Master the Homestead R-oval
March 22nd, 2013 by Jaime Baker
Week Seven brought the iRacing.com GRAND-AM Sports Car Series to South Florida and Homestead-Miami Speedway. Using the “Road Course B” layout, drivers attacked 2.3 miles (3.701 km) of asphalt consisting of 11 turns. The R-oval format to the circuit gave drives a hard time setting up for both the high speed oval section along with … Read the Rest »
Gen6 Cars Make Bristol Debut
March 22nd, 2013 by Jaime Baker
The always exciting Bristol Motor Speedway opened its gates and played host to the NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series (NiCAS), for week three of their shortened season. This marks the first trip to the famed short track for the new Chevrolet SS and Ford Fusion Gen6 cars on iRacing.com. Bristol has built a reputation on … Read the Rest »
First Timer
March 21st, 2013 by Jaime Baker
Editor’s note: In his comment on yesterday’s NiSWC race report, Tyler Beals mentioned he was starting his first ever race on iRacing last night, Street Stocks at USA International. I thought his experience might make for enjoyable reading and Tyler was kind enough to share his reflections on his first taste of competition with the … Read the Rest »
Muggo Rises to the Top in Brazil
March 21st, 2013 by Jaime Baker
Round Seven of the iRacing.com V8 Supercars Series presented by Big Pond headed to Brazil for the first time in the series history, where the sim-racers would have to tackle the world famous Autódromo José Carlos Pace also called Interlagos. This 15 turn monster of a track features tight and twisty parts but also the … Read the Rest »
Shelton Tops at Iowa
March 20th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
Iowa Speedway, a four-turned banked short track in the corn fields of Newton, Iowa was the watering grounds for Week Seven of the NASCAR iRacing.com National Series. iRacing’s sim-racers enjoyed an action-filled week on the online version of the track that NASCAR champion Rusty Wallace had built himself. The track draws some of its design … Read the Rest »
Lindsey Takes First NiSWC Victory at Vegas
March 20th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
Marcus Lindsey finally put it all together. After spending much of his first year in the NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship underachieving and running mid-pack, Lindsey finally broke through with a dominating performance at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the second round of the 2013 championship. His #1 Chevy SS was dominant, and Lindsey took … Read the Rest »
Hotlappin’ at Hotlanta
March 19th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
Week Six of the NASCAR iRacing.com Class C Series (fixed setup) brings the sim racers to one of the fastest tracks on the NASCAR circuit in Atlanta Motor Speedway. The fast speeds always bring out tons of eager racers attempting to put their Silverado in victory lane at least once. Nearly 2,000 online racers took … Read the Rest »