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Virtual Thoroughbreds Run Loose on Kentucky Speedway

July 8th, 2015 by

Week 16 of the NASCAR iRacing Class B Open Series took to the 1.5-mile Kentucky Speedway, and on Tuesday evening the top split was broadcast on iRacingLive and FANSCHOICE.tv for some live neck-and-neck sim-racing action! Despite the first half of the race looking like it would be a two-horse battle between Logan Clampitt and Ryan … Read the Rest »

IndyCar Reality Check: GP of Indianapolis

May 20th, 2015 by

Contained withinnfield of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway — and utilizing the oval’s Turn One and front straightaway — is a 14-turn, 2.439-mile road course that was re-designed in 2014. While we can race on a road course at The Brickyard, we use the old 13-turn, 2.605-mile configuration used by Formula One in its all-too brief … Read the Rest »

Marneef Wins Race, Championship Battle at Indy

March 11th, 2015 by

The twelfth and final week of the 2015 Season 1 iRacing.com IndyCar Oval Series sent the competitors to the Indianpolis Motor Speedway.  A grand total of 212 sim-racers took to the historic track throughout a week when aero-push, cautions, handling, high attrition rates, lap traffic, pit road exits, pit strategy and tire wear – not … Read the Rest »

Lovingood Survives Week of the Living Dead

January 13th, 2015 by

After an action filled week at the Brickyard, the NASCAR iRacing.com Class B Open Oval series packed-up for the long trip over the Pacific Ocean to Motegi, Japan.  However, many series regulars elected to stay state side, leaving Twin Ring Motegi’s 1.549 mile oval looking like some post- apocalyptic scene from sim racing’s answer to … Read the Rest »

Baker Tops Action-Filled Week at the Brickyard

January 5th, 2015 by

It was busy week at the Brickyard with participants aplenty competing in the NASCAR iRacing.com Class B Series Open championship as the famed 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway played host to Week 2 of the 12-week championship. Gale Force Racing’s Larry Scott Jr. arrived in the virtual Hoosier State with the points lead after a successful … Read the Rest »

Scott Jr. Makes Early Championship Statement at Richmond

December 29th, 2014 by

Although the big ball in Times Square has not even dropped yet, 2015 is underway — at least in iRacing, where the NASCAR iRacing.com Class B Series Open opened its first season of the year under the lights of Richmond International Raceway.  After falling 11 points short of championship in the final season of 2014, … Read the Rest »

Fortune and Misfortune for WiFiSPARK in European Stock Car Championship

December 19th, 2014 by

Excitement and anticipation were both high as the WiFiSPARK iRacing NASCAR team prepared for the penultimate round of the 2014 European Stock Car Championship. Staged at the famed Indianapolis motor speedway, (aka The Brickyard) the race was broadcast live, in high definition, on MaxSpeedTV. The race marked the debut of The Netherlands’ Harm Smit on … Read the Rest »

A Season of Highs and Lows

December 18th, 2014 by

The 2014 Season 4 iRacing.com IndyCar Oval Series featured a number of high and lows in participation and for the sim-racers who participated. Season 4 of the 2014 iRacing.com IndyCar Oval Series was an abbreviated season, featuring only six weeks of competition instead of the normal dozen weeks. The number of drop weeks was also … Read the Rest »

Norton Takes Texas-Sized Slugfest

October 22nd, 2014 by

Texas Motor Speedway. Eddie Gossage’s crown jewel. A generic 1.5 miler. Whatever you want to call it, TMS is track dreaded by just about every single driver in the iRacing IndyCar series. With good reason!  This sim race would prove to be an absolutely apocalyptic slug fest. At the end of the race, only four … Read the Rest »

Holgate Dominates Richmond

October 9th, 2014 by

From last week’s visit to the Valley of the Sun the IndyCar Series headed east, past another valley named “Shenandoah” to Richmond and Richmond International Raceway.  A unique hybrid of a track, Richmond is part short track (.75 miles), part speedway (14 degree banking) and one challenging place to race. Tim Holgate was definitely up … Read the Rest »