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Eclectic Motorsport Clinches First BSRTC PRO Series Race Win

April 12th, 2016 by Sean Braganza, Higher Eclectic Ground

The fourth race night of the iRacing BSRTC PRO Series that transpired on the 7th of March at the oval circuit of Phoenix International Raceway, concluded with Higher Eclectic Ground’s contending ProAm team sweeping its first win of the Series’ ongoing tenth season. After starting the race’s fourth and final round from third position on the … Read the Rest »

Power Series Road Ringers Tackle Laguna Seca

April 12th, 2016 by Corey Davis

You could fill a book with the history of stock car racing at road courses like Watkins Glen, Sonoma, and Riverside, but you’d need far fewer pages to document the history of stock cars at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Other than some historic car events, demonstration runs, and eight Winston West Series races held sporadically between … Read the Rest »

Goke Returns to Victory Lane

April 8th, 2016 by Jason Galvin

In one of the sloppiest races in series history, Jonathan Goke made it known he’ll be a force this season, leading half the laps on his way to a win in the CHD Warriors Phoenix 150 on Wednesday night. The win marked the second trip to victory lane for the Air Force veteran in the … Read the Rest »

Stykes King of Rattlesnake Hill

April 8th, 2016 by Michael Chrobok

The drivers of the iROC K7 Creations Cup Series got their first taste of the division’s new low downforce package at Phoenix International Raceway. Will Warstler, whose Last Car Loaded Motorsports team spent extensive time in the wind tunnel getting acclimated to the new aero setup, put his #6 Ford on the True Power Motor … Read the Rest »

IndyCar Reality Check: Phoenix

April 7th, 2016 by Jared DePouw

There are lessons aplenty to be gleaned from the Verizon IndyCar Series’ recent return to Phoenix International Raceway.  Most of all the Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix stressed the importance of building a quality setup in order to maximize the two things in abundance at ZoomTown, USA: speed and grip. At 1.022 miles in length, … Read the Rest »

All Aboard the ineX Express

April 7th, 2016 by Wil Vincent & Jonny Simon

For six years, there have really been two teams at the top of the iRacing World Championship Grand Prix Series mountain: Team Redline and Coanda Simsport.  After the first round of the 2016 season, some were wondering if they would be joined by a third in ineX Racing. After all, ineX’s Joni Törmälä had not only … Read the Rest »

Kelley and Johnston Split Power Series’ Fontana Doubleheader

April 7th, 2016 by Corey Davis

While the ITSR Power Series drivers are accustomed to long-distance events with long green-flag runs, last Sunday brought a chance of pace – quite literally – with a pair of sprint races at the Auto Club Speedway that saw the track evolve from slick and slippery in the daytime to cool and quick at night. … Read the Rest »

Franczak’s Revenge

April 5th, 2016 by Michel Van Dijk (French translation by Anthony Drevet follows)

After a stunning photo finish race at Summit Point Raceway that saw Aday Coba Lopez nip Kamil Franczak, Round 3 of the European MX5 Cup moved to the Okayama International Circuit’s “full” course.  In addition to the challenges presented by the 2.3 mile, 11 turn circuit, drivers faced a new “wrinkle” in the form of … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Justin Petschauer

April 5th, 2016 by David Ifeguni

A long time fan of motor sports and a veteran sim racer, 26 year old iRacer Justin Petschauer has certainly made a name for himself on iRacing. A member since October of 2015, Petschauer, racing out of Las Vegas, Nevada, has scored 15 oval victories and 12 road course victories in 719 total official races … Read the Rest »

iRacing to Build Eldora Speedway

April 4th, 2016 by David Phillips

iRacing.com and Eldora Speedway today announced plans to add the legendary half mile clay oval to the popular online motorsport simulation service’s catalogue of race tracks.   The world’s leading centralized racing game platform, iRacing revealed on April 1 that it plans to add dirt race tracks and racing cars to its online motorsports simulation service. … Read the Rest »