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Lionheart Returns to Gateway

August 3rd, 2016 by Patrick Taylor

The Lionheart Indycar Series Presented by First Medical Equipment finds itself in unfamiliar territory this week as it arrives at the virtual Gateway Motorsports Park. While recent tracks like Texas, Michigan, Indianapolis and Sonoma are staples on the series’ schedule, Gateway is a different story. The league has visited the egg-shaped, 1.25-mile track only once … Read the Rest »

Multiple iRacing Winners in “Mobil 1 Virtual Showdown with Tony Stewart”

August 2nd, 2016 by David Phillips

Allen Boes was the big winner in Thursday night’s “Mobil 1 Virtual Showdown with Tony Stewart” on the iRacing.com eSport platform.  The Ohio–based sim racer drove away from the field on the laser-scanned Pocono Raceway track to win the 15 lap Final over brothers P.J. and Jake Stergios.   But Boes was not the only winner … Read the Rest »

Duval Steals a Win at The Brickyard

July 27th, 2016 by Jason Lofing (French translation by Renaud LACROIX follows)

Dylan Duval (The TEAM) scored his first career victory in the NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series by turning a pit mistake into the race lead and holding-off PJ Stergios (ineX Racing) and Ray Alfalla (Slip Angle Motorsports) on two late-race restarts to win at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Duval had run in the top ten for … Read the Rest »

Virtual Racing School: An Offer You Can’t Refuse

July 26th, 2016 by David Phillips

Ask most iRacers if they’d like to have access to the telemetry of some of the world’s top sim racers in a format that does not require a degree from MIT to understand and they’d probably say “Where do I sign up?” Tell them that they’d also be able to watch in-car replays of pro … Read the Rest »

Davis Bests the Field in a Brickyard Battle

July 26th, 2016 by Corey Davis

The Pocono Raceway might have the nickname of “The Tricky Triangle,” but the Indianapolis Motor Speedway could make its own claim as the trickiest oval circuit, especially if you ask the drivers of the ITSR Power Series. Indianapolis has long been known as a track where passing is difficult for stock cars, and that was … Read the Rest »

“Mobil 1 Virtual Showdown with Tony Stewart” Pits NASCAR Champion against Top iRacers

July 26th, 2016 by David Phillips

The world’s best oval sim racers will race digital door to door with a three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion in the “Mobil 1 Virtual Showdown with Tony Stewart” on Thursday, July 28.  Featuring iRacing’s laser scanned version of Pocono Raceway, the hour-long eSport race will be broadcast live on iRacing’s Twitch and YouTube channels starting … Read the Rest »

Huttu’s Japanese Sweep

July 26th, 2016 by Jonny Simon

The Japanese double-header of the 2016 iRacing World Championship Grand Prix Series was dominated by Team Redline’s Greger Huttu, who followed-up his victory at Twin Ring Motegi with his second successive victory at the Okayama International Circuit to close-in on the championship lead of Coanda Simsport’s Martin Krönke.  The Coanda sim racer failed to beat … Read the Rest »

The Commodore’s Garage #1 – Welcome to My Shop

July 22nd, 2016 by Matt Holden

Six years ago I began writing a setup guide.  There are tons of these things that exist around the internet for any racing sim you can imagine.  In the past, they were quite good for what they were to be used for, but when iRacing showed up in 2008 with a radically new approach to … Read the Rest »

Power Series Ringers Fight for a Win at The Glen

July 20th, 2016 by Corey Davis

For the ITSR Power Series drivers, the trip to Watkins Glen International must feel a bit like spring cleaning: It only happens once per season, and while some dread it as unfamiliar territory, the series’ road racing aces see it as a chance to clean house and score a victory. When the series visited the … Read the Rest »

Goke Dominates Lionheart Indy 500

July 19th, 2016 by Jason Galvin

The second annual I Race for Gage Indy 500 was full of surprises, except for in victory lane. When the dust settled on the 200 lap online race, iRacing.com fixed IndyCar overall points leader Jonathan Goke’s #08 sat atop the famed pylon, his first virtual Indianapolis 500 win in the Lionheart IndyCar Series presented by … Read the Rest »