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Meet the Man Who Turned Video Games into a Real Racing Career

September 16th, 2016 by Bryan Campbell

For me, video games like Forza are an easy way to lose hours in front of a TV screen and ceremoniously lighten my colleague Henry Phillips’s wallet after hours at the office. For Glenn McGee, racing games were an innocent keystone of friendly hangouts, then an obsession, and are now the bedrock of his professional … Read the Rest »

Laventure Victorious at Lanier

September 16th, 2016 by

The Bootleg Racing League’s premier division – Lawrence Towing Outlaw Modified Series put on an exciting show in Braselton, Georgia at Lanier Raceway.  Lanier’s .375 mile layout always generates a spectacular show when the SK Modifieds hit the track. 2016 series newcomer Matt Laventure came home with the victory after a hard-fought battle with simracers … Read the Rest »

On Top of Their Game

September 14th, 2016 by Paul Kelly/IMSA.com

AUSTIN, Texas (Sept. 14, 2016) – Practice in the virtual world made perfect in the real world for Alegra Motorsports teammates Daniel Morad and Michael de Quesada on Wednesday at Circuit of the Americas. Morad and de Quesada never have raced on the challenging 20-turn, 3.4-mile circuit near Austin, Texas, but they turned the quickest … Read the Rest »

Hudson Tames Darlington

September 14th, 2016 by Jason Lofing (French translation by Renaud LACROIX follows)

Tyler Hudson made his first visit to victory lane in the 2016 NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series at Darlington Raceway Tuesday night, holding-off Taylor Hurst (Aero Precision Chassiswerks) and Brad Davies on the race’s final run. Hudson, the 2013 series champion, had found limited success by his standards in 2016 with only a single top five … Read the Rest »

Audi 90 GTO Poised to Repeat History on iRacing

September 13th, 2016 by David Phillips

The Audi 90 GTO scorched a turbocharged, all- wheel drive path across the 1989 IMSA GTO series leaving an indelible mark on the American racing scene.  With today’s release of iRacing’s digital version of the car, the virtual Audi 90 GTO is poised to make a similar impact on the sim racing scene around the … Read the Rest »

Lionheart Brings IndyCar Racing Back to Australia

September 13th, 2016 by Patrick Taylor

The Lionheart Indycar Series Presented by First Medical Equipment has done plenty of travelling this summer. Following their thrilling debut at Brands Hatch in England three weeks ago, the series now heads down under. Phillip Island will play host to the sim racing series’ first-ever race in Australia. The event comes at a perfect time … Read the Rest »

Commodore’s Garage #6 – The Spring

September 12th, 2016 by Matt Holden

In the history of sim-racing, nothing has been more associated with chassis setup than the springs.  At the same time, nothing has been more misunderstood than the simple coil spring.  There are countless different kinds of springs, from coil, to leaf, to torsion springs, and everything in between, and racing series regulate them heavily.  When … Read the Rest »

iRacing Well Represented in Inaugural Mazda MX-5 Cup Global Invitational

September 9th, 2016 by David Phillips

  iRacers from around the world have been selected to take part in the Global Mazda MX-5 Cup Invitational at California’s Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on September 9-11, 2016.   Leading the charge for the world’s leading online motorsports service will be Glenn McGee (Tampa, FL) and Kamil Franczak (Krakow, Poland) both of whom parlayed impressive … Read the Rest »

Circuit des 24 Heures du Mans Now Available on iRacing

September 8th, 2016 by By David Phillips

The world’s most historic endurance race track – Circuit des 24 Heures du Mans – is now available on iRacing.com, the world’s leading online motorsports service.  Under development for more than a year, iRacing’s digital rendition of the 13.6 km/8.4 mile circuit is based on state-of-the-art laser scanning conducted during the week leading up to … Read the Rest »

V8 Supercar Online Premier Series: Phillip Island 500

September 8th, 2016 by