All News: Barber Motorsports Park

Anreus Closes on Lanpheer

June 2nd, 2014 by

A below par performance from defending champion, Tom Lanpheer, enabled Matthias Anreus to close in on the Radical Racing Challenge leader. Lanpheer nevertheless still maintains a substantial lead after four weeks as the series enters its second third. The new look Radical continues to be a popular car and Week 3 saw a strong field … Read the Rest »

Broekman Starts Strong in RUF Cup

May 15th, 2014 by

As the old cliché goes, “time flies when you’re having fun.”  Time has certainly flown for competitors in the RUF Cup. It is hard to believe that it has already been a few weeks since Julian Rodriguez Moreno was crowned champion of the inaugural RUF Cup, but here we are, two weeks into the second … Read the Rest »

Nilsson Romps in Montreal

January 2nd, 2014 by

The iRacing.com Classic Lotus Grand Prix Series held its ninth racing week of the 2013 season at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada. Due to the Holiday Season and the sim-racers’ personal schedules, no split occurred and 25 drivers were on the starting grid ready to tackle 35 laps of this challenging road course! … Read the Rest »

The Importance of Simulation for Race Drivers

December 6th, 2013 by

Editor’s Note: Michael Epps is a young Englishman working his way up the American open wheel racing ladder.  In his first season in North America last year with Belardi Auto Racing, Epps collected half a dozen top ten finishes en route to twelfth place overall in the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda.  Epps … Read the Rest »

Tatts Winning Streak Continues

August 26th, 2013 by

Round 3 of iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series headed back to Barber Motorsport Park. The last time the series came here it was a Tatts.com one-two, a domination the Tatts Ford Falcons continued so far in 2013 Season 2 by winning both online races this season. Qualifying for Round 3 was led by Madison Down with … Read the Rest »

Down Edges Closer To V8 Title No.7

July 15th, 2013 by

Round 10 of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series headed to Barber Motorsports Park.  The last time the series was here was back in 2010 when the iRacing.com Pro Series visited the circuit, so this was a first time at Barber for most of the sim-racers. Qualifying was lead by Madison Down with a blistering time … Read the Rest »

Mustang Racing Produces Fireworks at Barber

July 10th, 2013 by

The July 4th Holiday in the United States seemed to put a damper on participation in Week 10 of the iRacing.com Mustang Cup, but the races that did go official had no shortage of fireworks between the sim-racers.   With the series visiting Barber Motorsports Park for the first time in two years, those who did … Read the Rest »

Abrahall, Kopec Victorious at the Glen

April 7th, 2013 by

Week Nine brought the iRacing.com GRAND-AM Sports Car Series to Watkins Glen.  The 3.4 mile (5.47 km) “Boot” course features 12 turns, most which are quick sweeping corners, and wide racing surface well-suited to multi-class racing.  No wonder there was an approximately 30% participation boost with 375 Daytona Prototype drivers entering an online race along … Read the Rest »

Barber Trims SpecRacer Ford Attendance

August 28th, 2012 by

The 2.38 mile / 3.83 km Barber Motorsports Park complex near Birmingham, Alabama produced some outstanding on-track action for the SpecRacer Fords during Week 3 of the schedule. But despite the fact that, attendance numbers-ended up being down a bit, with only 260 SRFs showing-up to race. Barber appears less frequently than many other tracks … Read the Rest »

Flying Finns Invade SRFord Challenge at Brands Hatch

August 17th, 2012 by

The SpecRacer Ford Challenge sailed across the pond to Kent, England, to visit the famous Brands Hatch GP course for Week 2.  This marked the first official visit to Brands for the series, and the track proved to be particularly well-suited for the SpecRacer Ford. Unlike Watkins Glen, though, Brands Hatch is one of those … Read the Rest »