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Gelink is Back!

July 5th, 2011 by

Week number nine in the Thrustmaster Mustang Challenge through the sim racers for a bit of a loop as they took their Mustang FR500S’ to the 11-turn, 2.314-mile Okayama International Circuit for the first time in series history.  During the week a total of 639 drivers attempted to tackle the Japanese monster, but it was … Read the Rest »

Once is Enough

July 5th, 2011 by

In a dramatic finish to Round Ten of the iRacing World Championship Series Road Racing, Greger Huttu sealed his third victory of the season at the virtual Indianapolis Motor Speedway, to move into the shadow of current series points leader Klaus Kivekäs.  Huttu, who is defending his title in 2011, played out a single pit-stop … Read the Rest »

Gooden Sweeps Formula F Races at Mid-Ohio

July 5th, 2011 by

Wrapping-up a sensational professional open-wheel racing debut, former karting and iRacing.com star Wyatt Gooden came out on top of a race-long duel with young Australian Mitch Martin to win his second SCCA F1600 Formula F Championship series race of the weekend Saturday at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. The victory gave the 22-year-old from suburban … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Bill Brown

July 2nd, 2011 by

For a self-described “old, broke, washed-up, wanna-be racer,” Bill Brown isn’t doing too badly.  The 30-something Floridian holds-down top ten positions in Division One of both the iRacing.com Street Stock and SK Modified Series and, at the time of this writing, stands P15 in the NASCAR iRacing.com Late Model Series, again in Division One.  And … Read the Rest »

Cockrell Blisters Barber

July 1st, 2011 by

Week six of the Red Sox Racing League’s 2011 Season Two schedule produced another exciting race as fourteen drivers braved the hazards of Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama.  The track is both fast and demanding.  It is also lined with oversized art featuring insects which loom in the infield sections to remind drivers of the … Read the Rest »

Introducing SpeedFactor Brasil

July 1st, 2011 by

SpeedFactor Brasil debuted its sensational new website this week, one that does justice to this ambitious and well-organized league.  Although events are only open to Brazilian-based sim racers at the moment, SpeedFactor Brasil plans to open its virtual doors to all iRacers with the release of iRacing 2.0 in August . . . yet another … Read the Rest »

What's Fair?

June 30th, 2011 by

This week the iRacing.com World Championship Series Road Racing (iWCSRR) visits The Brickyard, aka The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, for the tenth race in the 18 race season. After the most recent event at Sebring, we have a wide-open championship battle. Klaus Kivekäs, Hugo Luis and Greger Huttu are all within 18 points of each other … Read the Rest »

Hot & Slick

June 23rd, 2011 by

Hot and slick Michigan International Speedway hosted Week Seven of the NASCAR iRacing.com Class A series, and for some sim racers it was a week to remember while, for others, it was something they want to forget. Grip was not easily found at the aging track, as most drivers fought very loose cars on the … Read the Rest »

New Tire Model Debuts on New Chevrolet Impala B

June 22nd, 2011 by

The wait is over.  After 18 months of crunching numbers and pounding computer keyboards into submission, Dave Kaemmer and his guys have pronounced their new, state-of-the-art tire model ready for prime time.  The product of their labor of love may well be the most significant development in iRacing’s online racing service since the company opened … Read the Rest »

A League of Your Own

June 20th, 2011 by

Check-out iRacing.com’s new public micro-site focusing on private leagues. We think you’ll agree, whether you want to be the czar of your own sim racing league or you just enjoy competing with a group of sim racing pals in a format of your collective choosing, iRacing has a league for you. Want to be sim … Read the Rest »