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Coming to iRacing: Knoxville Raceway

April 21st, 2017 by David Phillips

iRacing.com announced today that it plans to add Knoxville Raceway to its catalogue of precisely-modeled race tracks. Known as the “Sprint Car Capital of the World,” the 1/2 mile dirt track hosts the famed Knoxville Nationals as well as weekly races throughout the racing season. Widely considered the premier sprint car event of the year, … Read the Rest »

iRacing Partners with United States Auto Club

April 20th, 2017 by

iRacing.com announced today that is joining forces with the United States Auto Club (USAC) as the famed sanctioning body’s premier online motorsports simulation partner.  The agreement will see iRacing develop online racing series featuring digital versions of the cars that compete in the popular AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car Championship. “We’re excited to partner with … Read the Rest »

Seavey Tops iRacing World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Cars at Volusia

April 18th, 2017 by David Phillips

Logan Seavey started on top and stayed on top in Monday’s iRacing World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series race at the virtual Volusia Speedway Park. After setting fast time in qualifying, the Sutter, CA-based sim racer jumped to the lead at the green from Mike McKinney and went the distance in the 30 lap … Read the Rest »

CoRe Wins Blancpain GT Opener at Monza

April 18th, 2017 by Paul Slavonik

After a long off-season, the best sim-racing teams from all over the world returned to iRacing’s premiere GT3 world championship – the Blancpain GT Series – for the opening event at Autodromo Nazionale Monza. For three-hours, sim racers traversed the high-speed straights and tricky chicanes of the famous Italian circuit as the dominant teams looked … Read the Rest »

Stock Car Time Machine: 02/22/04

April 18th, 2017 by Richard J. Clarkson

After a long day of transmission flushes, brake jobs, oil changes and tire rotations, iRacer Scott Smith – or as he’s known on the sim, Scott Smith6 – sits behind his desk, sipping from a shiny, silver can. His leather office chair squeaks as he gently leans back. He rests his feet on the cherry … Read the Rest »

Commodore’s Garage #24 – Camber

April 14th, 2017 by Matt Holden

  If you own a car, you’ve experienced the pain of having a wheel go out-of-alignment and probably noticed the car didn’t quite behave in the same way it used to.  On a street car this pull is an annoyance, but in racing it’s an advantage!  In all forms of motorsport from karting to Formula … Read the Rest »

Mikes Makes the Right Call at Kentucky

April 14th, 2017 by Patrick Taylor

2017 has been a good year for Bob Mikes. With wins already under his belt this year in the Lionheart Challenge Series and the Lionheart Retro Series, Mikes proved that he was equally capable of visiting victory lane in the Dallara DW12 with an impressive strategic win under the lights in the Kentucky 200 presented … Read the Rest »

Boes Wins Texas as Point Leaders Find Trouble

April 12th, 2017 by Jason Lofing

Allen Boes scored his first NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series win of the 2017 season at Texas Motor Speedway, ending Ryan Luza’s two-race winning streak as the erstwhile championship leader found trouble late in the going. Boes held off Cody Byus after a restart with seven laps to go. Byus was keeping pace with Boes, but … Read the Rest »

Two Races for the Price of One

April 12th, 2017 by David Phillips

For all practical purposes there were two races at last week’s iRacing Skip Barber Race Series event at Barber Motorsports Park.  The first saw Philippe Leybaert cruise to a virtually uncontested win as the Texan started from pole position, led every lap and crossed the finish line a hefty 14 seconds clear of his closest … Read the Rest »

Krahula Hopes to Defend at Kentucky

April 11th, 2017 by Patrick Taylor

The Lionheart Indycar Series presented by First Medical Equipment returns to North America for the first time in almost a month. The Kentucky 200 presented by Dragonfly Racing will be held under the lights at the 1.5-mile Kentucky Speedway on April 12th. It will serve as the first of four night sim races on the … Read the Rest »