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McRae, Overgaard Win Indy CESCS

June 6th, 2012 by

Trace McRae took home the overall and GS class honors for Round 8 of the Continental Endurance Sports Car Series (CESCS) on the road course of Indianapolis Motor Speedway, holding off Oscar Sahlin by 0.4 second after a race-long battle.  Stefan Overgaard was the victor in the ST class, winning handily by a 5 second … Read the Rest »

Magic Number(s)

May 7th, 2012 by

When it comes to IndyCar racing, 33 is a magic number.  After all, 33 is the traditional number of starters in the Indianapolis 500 that sees 11 rows of three cars take the green flag every Memorial Day. So when Dallara Automobili decided to invite a select number of iRacing.com’s Club Italia members for a … Read the Rest »

In Name Only

April 30th, 2012 by

It’s misleading at best, grossly unfair at worst, to call Simon Pagenaud a rookie in the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series.  After all, the soft-spoken Frenchman raced the full Champ Car World Series as teammate to Will Power in ‘07.  He also impressed as a pinch-hitter in the IZOD IndyCar Series last year, stepping-in for the … Read the Rest »

iGPS visits Indianapolis

April 3rd, 2012 by

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana is the home of the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race and the Brickyard 400. A modern infield road course was constructed between 1998 and 2000, incorporating the western and southern portions of the oval (including the southwest turn) to create a 2.605-mile (4.192 km) track that hosted the United … Read the Rest »

Huttu Bags Win No.2 at Indy

April 3rd, 2012 by

In an action-packed 73 laps around the virtual Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s Grand Prix circuit, Greger Huttu secured his second outright victory in the 2012 iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series to march further ahead in the standings table after three rounds. Starting alongside My3id’s Hugo Luis, who’d set a pole position time of 1:04.196, Huttu … Read the Rest »

In Good Company

March 30th, 2012 by

If a company can be judged by the quality and breadth of its partnerships, then iRacing.com qualifies as the bluest of blue chip companies.  The world’s foremost online auto racing simulation service, iRacing’s partners include sanctioning bodies like NASCAR and IndyCar, race car manufacturers Dallara and Williams, automotive giants Ford, General Motors, Mazda and Volkswagen … Read the Rest »

Unconventional Wisdom

March 19th, 2012 by

Conventional wisdom has it that races are not won on the first corner, only lost.  Evidently Hugo Luis has never heard of conventional wisdom.  Round Two of the 2012 iRacing.com Grand Prix Series World Championship at Circuit Park Zandvoort saw the defending champion make a blinder of a start to grab the lead from pole-sitter … Read the Rest »

Ou's on First at Indy

March 18th, 2012 by

Indianapolis Motor Speedway, THE track every IndyCar driver wants to win at, was host to the seventh round of the 2012 Season 1 iRacing.com IZOD IndyCar Series.  High speeds around four, flat 90 degree corners takes nerves of steel to hold it wide open on the 2.5 mile oval.  Many drivers try to win here … Read the Rest »

Ou’s on First at Indy

March 18th, 2012 by

Indianapolis Motor Speedway, THE track every IndyCar driver wants to win at, was host to the seventh round of the 2012 Season 1 iRacing.com IZOD IndyCar Series.  High speeds around four, flat 90 degree corners takes nerves of steel to hold it wide open on the 2.5 mile oval.  Many drivers try to win here … Read the Rest »

2012 iRacing.com World Tour Schedule

December 22nd, 2011 by

From the virtual sands of Daytona and the digital bricks of Indianapolis to the simulated shores of Phillip Island, the 2012 iRacing.com World Tour will enable iRacers to compete in online versions of some of the world’s classic motorsports events.   Scheduled for the same weekends as their real-world counterparts, the World Tour events are open … Read the Rest »