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Norton Takes Texas-Sized Slugfest
October 22nd, 2014 by Jaime Baker
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 Jaime Baker
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 »
GPL Carnage Report at Indy
September 26th, 2014 by Jaime Baker
Last season Grand Prix Legends debut at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was dominated by Finnish sim-racers in a thrilling race with dramatic overtakes at over 200mph and colossal crashes up and down the field. The GPL’s return to The Brickyard in Season Three would be no different, well apart from the Flying Finns that is. … Read the Rest »
Lowe Ignites Indy
July 31st, 2014 by Jaime Baker
After a week’s break from competition, the NASCAR iRacing Series moved to the world renowned Indianapolis Motor Speedway for Week 20 of the championship. The virtual Brickyard plays host to not just the NASCAR iRacing Series – it recently hosted the 2nd running of the iRacing Indy 500, which was well populated due to unparalleled … Read the Rest »
Alfalla Returns to Victory Lane
July 30th, 2014 by Jaime Baker
After a rocky start to his 2014 season, Ray Alfalla dominated at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and made his long-awaited return to victory lane in the NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series Powered by iRacing. The 2011 and 2012 series champion showed he can still get it done by winning the pole and leading a race-high 40 … Read the Rest »
Bricks and Championships
July 23rd, 2014 by Jaime Baker
When it comes to winning races, every driver will say winning at any track is special, but when it comes to the truly special ones, Indianapolis Motor Speedway is often at the top of the list. Of the 447 sim racers who took the green flag for at least one event during the week, nearly … Read the Rest »
NASCAR iRacing Series Open Garage: Indianapolis Motor Speedway
July 22nd, 2014 by Jaime Baker
This just in: Indianapolis Motor Speedway is a 2.5 mile oval. Long straights and four sharp turns provide the qualities of the high speed speedways with the challenge of setting-up the car for braking and corner rotation which will be key here as corner exit is going to play heavily on the cars’ acceleration going … Read the Rest »
McCormick & Gilliland Find Success at Daytona/NHMS
July 18th, 2014 by Jaime Baker
Week 18 saw a return to Daytona International Speedway in the NASCAR iRacing Series with drivers coming into the week with more experience than they previously had at our last visit to Daytona back in Week 1: better understanding of the car, as well as how to set up the Gen-6 for bump-drafting around its … Read the Rest »
Warren Nips Bussa in Wild Finish
July 16th, 2014 by Jaime Baker
Alex Warren took home his first career NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series Powered by iRacing.com victory in a chaotic race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The finish, which will go down as one of the closest and most exciting in series history, saved the race from a complete mess after several championship contenders finding trouble. Warren … Read the Rest »
iRacing Q&A: Ike Adams
June 6th, 2014 by Jaime Baker
You’d have to look hard to find senior programmer Ike Adams’ fingerprints on any track, car or feature of iRacing. Then again, you’d have to look even harder to find a track, car or feature of iRacing that Adams hasn’t impacted since he joined iRacing in 2013. That’s because he focuses his talents on making … Read the Rest »