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Free Range for Ethan Grigg-Gault

September 28th, 2015 by

Season 4/2015 for  iRacing’s official V8 Supercar Championship kicked-off at the U.K.’s challenging Donington Park, where 30 laps of driver-friendly conditions stood between the green lights and the chequered flag. Last season’s champion SDC Motorsports Ethan Grigg-Gault made a return to defend his hard-fought title win in front of some new names in the top … Read the Rest »

iRacing Reaches Licensing Accord with Rockingham

April 28th, 2015 by

iRacing.com, the world’s leading online motorsports service, announced today it has secured a licensing agreement with England’s Rockingham Motor Speedway to create a digital version of the facility.  A team of laser scan technicians and photographers from iRacing traveled to England to conduct work at Rockingham last week. Opened in 2001, Rockingham ranks among the … Read the Rest »

Tight Quarters for the AMG Sportscar Challenge

February 18th, 2015 by

Donington Park National was the scene for Round Nine for the Autobahn Motorcar Group Sportscar Challenge on Monday, February 9. Known for its twisting layout, Donington’s tight quarters made for a hair-raising race for the multiclass series as the prototype classes patiently picked their way through GT traffic. With only a six point lead in … Read the Rest »

Tanson Prevails at the “Park”

January 26th, 2015 by

Week 5 of the Star Mazda championship saw Donington Park make its first appearance on the schedule. The 11 turn, 4km circuit would certainly keep all 19 sim racers thoroughly on their toes throughout this week’s 18 lap feature race, as blind apexes and sweeping bends could certainly cause havoc for some competitors. Justin Brunner … Read the Rest »

Schwitter Snatches it at Road Atlanta

January 19th, 2015 by

Last season Road Atlanta brought out some close and fantastic sim racing, and this season was no different! The 18 drivers who lined-up on the grid would have 22 laps awaiting them around the 2.54 mile, 12 cornered circuit. Any mistake around the track could be punished, with walls situated very close to corner exits … Read the Rest »

Via Extends Radicals Lead at Challenging Donington

December 1st, 2014 by

England’s classic Donington Park played host to a challenging fourth round of this truncated iRacing Radical Challenge. With two rounds left to play, Jairo Via extended his championship lead and now has a massive 106 point advantage over Ian Card after taking advantage of surprisingly high SOF races on Monday night. For the second straight … Read the Rest »

Via Leads Radical Challenge

November 24th, 2014 by

15 races and 89 drivers materialized in the iRacing Radical Racing Challenge’s visit to Road America for Week 3 of the season. Coming out top of the week was Jairo Via whose superb effort netted him 186 points and moved him up one place to the head of the table.  Correspondingly, Richardo Inacio dropped a … Read the Rest »

Papenbrock, Ignacio Shine Amid Boosted Radical Participation

November 17th, 2014 by

Participation in the iRacing Radical Racing Challenge took a boost this week at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park as the minimum number of drivers required to races to go official dropped from eight to six. This was implemented on the Monday of the week and had an immediate effect as four successive races went official, including … Read the Rest »

Rietveld Dominant at Donington

October 14th, 2014 by

Donington. That one word is synonymous with greatness, from Ayrton Senna’s absolutely legendary rain race in the 1993 Grand Prix of Europe, to the mere history behind the racetrack. It is arguably best known for that epic, rainy, slick charge of the late great Senna. In that race, he charged from fifth to first in … Read the Rest »

Classic New Venue for Classic Drivers

September 22nd, 2014 by

The sixth week for the Classic Team Championship in 2014rought the sim racers to Donington Park, a classic track that arrived one the service one and a half month ago, bringing new challenges and fulfilling the wishes of many. The virtual replica of the famous European race track was probably one of the biggest achievements … Read the Rest »