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Schmidt Wins Charlotte as Laughton Clenches NiPS Title

January 16th, 2013 by

Brandon Schmidt capped off the 2012-13 NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series season with an impressive victory under the lights at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Schmidt led 117 laps of the 200 lap, 300 mile season finale and was clearly the class of the field. The win also locked Schmidt into the upcoming NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship … Read the Rest »

Streetley Brightens Title Chances

January 16th, 2013 by

Week 11 brought the iRacing.com Skip Barber Series to Circuit Park Zandvoort, located in The Netherlands, using the “Grand Prix” layout. The European styled, flowing circuit features 13 turns over 2.671 miles (4.299 km) of asphalt.  The week saw 690 sim-racers take to the track in a race session, 309 place a qualifying lap, and … Read the Rest »

Stanaway Storms To Spa Success

January 15th, 2013 by

Continuing his run towards the 2012 iRacing.com Pro Series Championship title, Richie Stanaway secured his third victory of the series at Spa-Francorchamps, his fourth of the season so far, to extend his advantage in the standings table to 36 points. With the final round of the Pro Series approaching this weekend, the New Zealand based … Read the Rest »

DE-AT-CH, Brasil, Finland, UK/Ireland in World Cup Final

January 15th, 2013 by

The line-up for the 2012 World Cup of iRacing Finals is set following Saturday’s World Cup Tournament.  Three time champions DE-AT-CH led the qualifiers, edging Finland by 17 points (756 to 739) with Brasil (709) coming-in just ahead of fourth and final qualifier UK/Ireland (701).  The four clubs will meet again this coming Saturday (January … Read the Rest »

You only Brake Twice… The sequel!

January 15th, 2013 by

A belated Happy New Year all! 2013… where does the time go? Here’s the plus side – only two more years until hover boards are invented! Whoop!  I just keep these bad jokes coming don’t I? Anyhow, let’s kick off where we left off – my last blog post (https://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/iracing-news/you-only-brake-twice). Over the Christmas period a … Read the Rest »

iRacing Launches World Championship Series web site

January 15th, 2013 by

iRacing.com today announced the launch of wcs.iracing.com, a website focused on the iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series and the NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship.  The site features profiles of the drivers competing in the two series, along with schedules, standings, track guides and World Championship-related stories, videos and photo galleries. The World Championship series … Read the Rest »

2013 World Tour of iRacing Kicks-off with Roar Before the 2.4

January 15th, 2013 by

The 2013 World Tour of iRacing kicks-off with the Roar Before the 2.4 on Friday, January 18 at 9 PM Eastern (02:00 GMT Saturday, January 19) and Saturday, January 19 at 1 PM Eastern (18:00 GMT).  GlacierTV.com will broadcast the top split of the Saturday afternoon race. The open set-up, multi-class event features Ford Mustang … Read the Rest »

Heads of the Class

January 15th, 2013 by

Week Eleven of the NASCAR iRacing.com Class B Series took the cars and stars of the series to the two mile oval in the Irish Hills of Michigan: Michigan International Speedway.  Known for its long  green flag runs, Michigan allows drivers to test the tires and see who can control their race car for a … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Joshua Chin

January 14th, 2013 by

For this week, I interviewed a driver who is no stranger to iRacing. He has only been on iRacing for a little less than two years, but in that time he has made friends, learned a lot and more importantly has won a lot of races. He has won time trial championships and has won … Read the Rest »

O’Keefe Strikes at Mid-Ohio

January 11th, 2013 by

Week Ten brought the iRacing.com Skip Barber Series to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, located in Lexington, Ohio, USA.  The tricky 13 turn, 2.25 mile (3.62 km) circuit attracted sim-racers from across the globe, with 866 drivers competing in a race, 397 turning a qualifying lap, and 168 completing a time trial.  This high race participation … Read the Rest »