All News: indy 500

Major Oval and Road Events Highlight Huge Week of Competition on iRacing

May 4th, 2020 by

No matter what kind of car or track you’re looking to race, we’ve got a ton of huge events coming this week for iRacers of all skill levels! Here’s a look at what we’ve got going on and when you can participate: Porsche Esports Sprint Challenge at Barcelona: Every two hours through Saturday, 7AM ET … Read the Rest »

Who Will Win at the Brickyard?

June 9th, 2017 by Patrick Taylor

This Sunday’s I Race for Gage Indianapolis 500 is easily the biggest event on the 2017 calendar for the Lionheart Indycar Series presented by First Medical Equipment. The full-length sim race will see over 30 virtual Dallara DW-12s take to the track, with each driver hoping to emulate Takuma Sato and be the first to … Read the Rest »

Elite Indy 500 Drama Builds

May 4th, 2017 by Dan Lee

Will points leader Austin Espitee be a no-show for the biggest show? Can Tim Holgate wrestle the 2017 Elite series points lead away with a repeat of his 2016 win? Who will be this year’s darkhorse candidate? Questions abound and test sessions can be found almost anytime during the last few days of this first … Read the Rest »

Doyle wins Phoenix; Espitee Moves to Front of Elite Series

April 11th, 2017 by Dan Ensch

Tim Doyle took advantage of a small bobble by leader Joe Branch and a simultaneous check-up by Austin Espitee to streak by both in one corner of lap 123, then held on for the win of the Apex InfoTech Indy Elite series Phoenix 150 Sunday, April 2nd.  With the win, Doyle became the fifth winner … Read the Rest »

Wild Conclusion to 16th Street Indy 500

January 6th, 2016 by Paul Slavonik

It’s been a season of ups and downs for many drivers in the official Verizon IndyCar Sim Racing League. Over the past 12-weeks, sim-racers from all over the world traded paint with the likes of Will Power, Simon Pagenaud and Sage Karam as they battled for victory. It all culminated in the final event at … Read the Rest »

Behind the Scenes: The NASCAR Peak Antifreeze Series powered by iRacing.com – I Kissed the Bricks

August 7th, 2015 by

Nick Ottinger has 11 wins in the NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series.  From our first ever NPAS race (and win) at Phoenix in 2012 to last night at Indianapolis, I’ve called the shots for 10 of them, the 11th being the 2013 race at Kentucky where Peter Fisher brought it home while I was at Charlotte … Read the Rest »

Q&A With Matt Orr

July 23rd, 2014 by

Matt Orr (AKA Empty Box) has been sim racing since the golden days of Papyrus with the NASCAR Racing series and the infamous NASCAR Racing 2003 Season. He has been on iRacing since 2009. Besides his YouTube videos, Matt spends his time in many iRacing series such as GT3, Prototype & GT Challenge, and any … Read the Rest »

The Kitchen Sink: Preparing the DW12 for Race Day

July 11th, 2014 by

Previous: DW12 Technical Introduction  Earlier this season I wrote an article (with more than a little help from Eric Hudec) discussing the new Dallara DW12 IndyCar. However, what I didn’t talk about was how hard this car was to drive in traffic. The “aero-push” as some have called it is drawing a lot of attention … 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 »

Get to Know: Christian Ingram

May 5th, 2014 by

Christian Ingram has been tearing-up the virtual tracks of iRacing since the summer of 2012. Racing out of Fairfax, Virginia for team 4Wide Racing, the 25 year old Ingram is a regular on the oval side of iRacing, specifically in the NASCAR iRacing.com Class B Open Series. With multiple victories at short tracks like Iowa … Read the Rest »