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iRacer Profile: Cody Thompson

August 11th, 2012 by

Cody Thompson is the first to admit he hasn’t always been terribly serious about his sim-racing since joining iRacing in 2011.  Then again, he’s had some legitimate excuses.  Like the fact that he’s attending the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse  (majoring in philosophy); or the fact that he bought a Street Stock this spring and has … Read the Rest »

Aranha Captures Barber Premier Racing Series Crown

August 10th, 2012 by

“Flawless Floridian” Earns Scholarship to Skip Barber Racing School August 8th brought the inaugural iRacing.com Skip Barber Premier Racing Series to its conclusion with Florida’s Christian Aranha taking the lion’s share of the spoils –namely a full scholarship to a Skip Barber Racing School 3-Day school. Aranha was a fixture atop the leaderboard throughout the … Read the Rest »

CTC Kicks-off Season 3 With Record Entry

August 10th, 2012 by

120 drivers, 19 World Championship teams, 15 Aurora AFX teams and a number of Formula 2 teams took to the track at the challenging Spa-Francorchamps circuit, last week, for the first round of the Season 3 Lotus 79 Classic Team Championship. Having lost the overall championship, last season, Gernot Frische returned to the series in … Read the Rest »

Allen Conquers Tricky Triangle

August 10th, 2012 by

It is said so often that it becomes somewhat meaningless, but the saying “A good start is key to a good finish”, has never been more true in the NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series (NiCAS). Last season Joshua B Gerrald and Cody Byus finished first and second in the opening week at Talledega, and went … Read the Rest »

New Colours, New Season, Same Down

August 9th, 2012 by

Round One and the start of a fresh season saw the iRacing.com V8 Supercars Series presented by BigPond return to where it all began last season at Road America. This time they would tackle the circuit with a fresh tire model and an updated caster limit and also increased tire degradation. Madison Down would continue … Read the Rest »

Just Because You’re Disabled Doesn’t Mean You Can’t Have fun iRacing

August 9th, 2012 by

The title of this article tells you all you need to know:  Just because people are disabled in whatever way, whether it’s physical, mental or other health related issues, it doesn’t mean they can’t have fun.  When I first heard of iRacing, I was really interested in the whole concept and wanted to try it … Read the Rest »

Smith Wins S2 iRacing Late Model Series Championship

August 8th, 2012 by

Season 2 of the 2012 NASCAR iRacing.com Late Model Series came to a close at Jack Arute’s Stafford Motor Speedway and the man left sitting atop of the points sheet was Heath Smith. Smith seemed to be untouchable in Season 2 after being the bridesmaid in S1 to Mark Lambert.  Smith wouldn’t let that get … Read the Rest »

Binder Fired-Up At Phoenix

August 8th, 2012 by

More than 820 horsepower. Over 650 lb/ft of torque. Nothing but a fancy colorful roll cage holding a 410 cubic inch V8 engine and four tires to separate the driver from the pavement. Lap times usually averaging less than 20 seconds. This is the sprint car. A common sentiment held between iRacing drivers is that … Read the Rest »

Opening Week at Iowa

August 8th, 2012 by

To start out season 3 of 2012, the Nascar iRacing.com Class B Series traveled to the Midwest to race at the 0.875 mile Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa. Drivers started out the season with one goal in mind, knock off defending champion Jared Crawford (Michigan). To do so, drivers will need to be consistent front … Read the Rest »

SRF Challenge Draws Big Numbers for Week 1

August 8th, 2012 by

The numbers are in, and it looks like the new SpecRacer Ford Challenge series may have set some attendance records in its inaugural week, drawing in some VERY strong numbers. How strong? In terms of attendance numbers among the non-Rookie series, the D-Class SpecRacer Ford Challenge was the #2 series for Week 1 of Season … Read the Rest »