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IMSA, iRacing.com Announce New Online SportsCar Championship
April 2nd, 2015 by Kevin Bobbitt
The International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) and iRacing.com today announced the creation of the IMSA iRacing.com Online SportsCar Championship. The online racing series features iRacing’s digital versions of Prototypes and GT cars competing on laser-scanned versions of Daytona International Speedway, Sebring International Raceway, Watkins Glen International and many other tracks on IMSA’s TUDOR United SportsCar … Read the Rest »
SRO, iRacing.com Announce Blancpain GT Sim Racing Series
March 16th, 2015 by Kevin Bobbitt
SRO Motorsports Group and iRacing.com today announced the creation of two online racing series for virtual sports cars that are based on the Blancpain Sprint Series and Blancpain Endurance Series. The two series will feature iRacing’s digital GT3 cars, including the BMW Z4, Ford GT and McLaren MP4-12C (with Aston Martin and another major manufacturer … Read the Rest »
McLaren, iRacing to Build Virtual McLaren-Honda MP4-30
March 2nd, 2015 by Kevin Bobbitt
Bedford, MA (March 3) – McLaren Racing and iRacing.com today announced plans to create a digital version of the 2015 McLaren Formula One car for iRacing’s popular online motorsports game. iRacing’s version of the McLaren-Honda MP4-30, featuring virtual Kinetic Energy Recovery and Drag Reduction System, will join the McLaren MP4-12C GT3 and more than 50 … Read the Rest »
NASCAR, iRacing.com Announce Six Year Licensing Extension
February 13th, 2015 by Kevin Bobbitt
2015 NASCAR iRacing.com Series Season Kicks Off Weekend of February 22 Bedford, MA (February 13, 2015) – NASCAR and iRacing.com announced today a six year extension of iRacing’s licensing agreement as NASCAR’s exclusive online motorsport racing simulation. The association between the two organizations which began in 2009 will now run through December 2020. “We’re thrilled … Read the Rest »
Hill Cruises to Victory in 4th Annual iRacing Pro Race of Champions
December 19th, 2014 by Kevin Bobbitt
NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Timmy Hill drove to a commanding win in last night’s 4th Annual iRacing Pro Race of Champions, an online race that saw more than two dozen professional drivers from a variety of disciplines competing head-to-head using the world’s premier motorsports simulation service. Starting on the front row at the virtual Iowa … Read the Rest »
iRacing Partners with NBCSN’s NASCAR America
November 13th, 2014 by Kevin Bobbitt
Thanks to NBCSN, auto racing fans are staying abreast of their favorite sport on a daily basis with NASCAR America which airs weekdays at 5 pm ET. And thanks to iRacing.com’s partnership with NBCSN, those same fans are getting a unique look at the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup title as it reaches its climax this … Read the Rest »
iRacing’s Driver Swap: A New Era in Sim Racing
October 22nd, 2014 by DavidP
Bedford, MA (October 22) – iRacing ushered-in a new era in sim racing and racing games today with the release of its Driver Swap team racing feature. The first of its kind feature allows the 50,000+ iRacers around the world to team-up with multiple numbers of fellow iRacers to share driving duties and a myriad … Read the Rest »
Conti Captures 2014 NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series Title
October 9th, 2014 by Kevin Bobbitt
17 Year Old Sim Racer Becomes Youngest NASCAR Champion Bedford, MA (October 9) – 17 year old Michael Conti of Woodland Park, NJ became the youngest champion in NASCAR history last night, when he drove his virtual Main Performance PC Chevrolet SS to a third place finish in the 2014 NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series Powered … Read the Rest »
iRacing Adds the Nurburgring
September 20th, 2014 by Kevin Bobbitt
iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations, the world’s most realistic racing game, announced it will add the fabled Nürburgring to iRacing.com’s catalogue of over 65 laser-scanned race tracks. The news comes in the wake of iRacing’s licensing agreement with Aston Martin Racing cars and the revelation that iRacers recently eclipsed the one billion lap milestone. Today’s announcement at … Read the Rest »
iRacing Showcased at Simracing Expo 2014
September 16th, 2014 by Kevin Bobbitt
In conjunction with its sponsorship of the iRacing Nürburgring 1000, iRacing.com will showcase its state-of-the-art online racing game at this weekend’s SimRacing Expo 2014. The exhibit will feature the precisely modeled race cars, laser-scanned race tracks and state-of-the-art features enjoyed by more than 52,000 iRacers around the world who recently recorded the one billionth lap … Read the Rest »