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A Design Contest Story: From iRacing to Real Racing

June 2nd, 2014 by

Last year, by the month of October, I was taking a look on the iRacing forums for paint requests. I’m a Brazilian graphic designer, living in Rio de Janeiro, and had decided to offer my services for the community – as many of you reading this right now already know. Before, I would only paint … Read the Rest »

Nice Guy Finishes First – at Last!

May 29th, 2014 by

You know the saying, “Nice guys finish last.”  Last year it was a case of a nice guy finishing second when Gabby Chaves was runner-up in the closest race in the history of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, losing-out to Peter Dempsey in the Freedom 100 by .0026s. Chaves had a whole year to think about … Read the Rest »

The Brickyard Finnvasion

May 28th, 2014 by

On a Wednesday like any other 18 sim-racers in their Lotus 49s got into formation for the rolling start of a 27 lap sprint around Indianapolis Motor Speedway in a 2488 SOF race.  Ten of the 18 participants were from Finland, over half the field.  Leading the charge towards the Start/Finish line was championship hopeful … Read the Rest »

Ryan “Steeles” Indy

May 28th, 2014 by

The iRacing Silver Crown Cup made a stop to the famed virtual Indianapolis Motor Speedway for their version of the Freedom 100. The 40 lap sim-race on Thursday had as much- if not more action than the real Freedom 100 ran last Friday afternoon.  A mere one caution flag flew, giving the sim-racers 36 laps … Read the Rest »

The Kitchen Sink: Dallara DW12 – Indianapolis Motor Speedway

May 21st, 2014 by

This week I had the unique pleasure and opportunity of sitting down with iRacing.com’s Eric Hudec.  First, let me just say, Eric is one of the most accommodating people I have ever interviewed. He took time out of his work day to sit down with me for an hour and a half and describe every … Read the Rest »

Sansone Cruises to Victory at LOR

May 21st, 2014 by

The iRacing Silver Crown Cup stopped at the newly-released Lucas Oil Raceway last Thursday for a dramatic 100 lap sim-race. Featuring over 40 laps of caution, it seemed that the iRacing FIRST Safety Car might well take the checkered flag. Still, after leading a commanding 54 laps, it was certain that it was Vinnie Sansone’s … Read the Rest »

Schiavon Rides To Victory at Spa

May 15th, 2014 by

The first week of the iRacing.com IndyCar Road Series headed to one of the trickiest venues in the world as drivers and teams took to the Belgian hills of Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps to test their medal and see who had what it takes to master the treacherous circuit. Overall 28 drivers took to the grid … Read the Rest »

Road Warriors Silverstone

April 16th, 2014 by

For Round Four of  iRacing.com’s Road Warrior Series we hop the pond and head to the quaint English village of Silverstone. The town’s 2,000 or so residents used to hear the thunder of mighty Rolls-Royce engines in the Vickers Wellington bombers. Now, nearly 70 years on, those roars have not ceased, but rather have been … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Will Lamb

March 17th, 2014 by

Born in 1995, Will Lamb has accomplished a great deal since joining iRacing in the summer of 2010.  Lamb’s career oval and road statistics are nearly mirror images of one another.  On the oval side, Lamb has 376 career starts races and has scored 43 wins. He has finished in the top five nearly 62% … Read the Rest »

Silver Crown Mid-Season Report

March 10th, 2014 by

An eventful first half of the iRacing.com Silver Crown Cup has come to an end. Now, a countdown to “Crown” the champion is on. With only three different winners so far, the season has been a duel between two incredible drivers. On top of the dominance of the two sim-racers, only three tracks more than … Read the Rest »