All News: Kentucky Speedway

Buchberger Thrashes to Victory at Bristol

April 2nd, 2014 by

After an exciting, draft-filled week of sim-racing on the virtual plains of Kansas, the iRacing Silver Crown Cup traveled east to the last great (digital) colosseum: Bristol Motor Speedway. This half-mile re-creation of the historic speedway produced some classic sim-racing during Thursday night’s event. With drivers having such experience with this car/track combination, the yellow … 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 »

How to Boost Your iRating

March 1st, 2014 by

iRating… often the most frustrating and ego-boosting statistic on the Internet. It is also what determines who races against who in iRacing. I believe everyone should have a chance to race in the big splits. I don’t 100% agree with the iRating scale but it is definitely a decent measure of skill. Before I go … Read the Rest »

Warren’s Magic Mile

February 18th, 2014 by

With visits to Pocono Raceway and Kentucky Speedway to start the season, the NASCAR iRacing Class C Fixed Series brings together over 1,700 sim-racers for 35 laps of action at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. New Hampshire is a 1.058-mile flat oval with banking ranging from two to seven degrees in the turns. Since opening its … Read the Rest »

Daley Dominates Kentucky

February 14th, 2014 by

With Week One of the NASCAR iRacing Class C Fixed Series now in the history books, the drivers now look forward to 35 laps at the fast and wide Kentucky Speedway. With nearly 2,000 sim racers making at least one start during the week in the Bluegrass State, it’s easy to see that Kentucky is … Read the Rest »

Back in the Spotlight

February 14th, 2014 by

It was clear from the first race NASCAR iRacing.com Class C Series of the week that the open truck racing at Kentucky Speedway would be competitive.  Week Two of the C Open season saw a return to the spotlight for perennial front runner Carl Taylor, who by all means dominated the week statistically.  With the … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Braydon Oakley

October 21st, 2013 by

Canadian iRacer Braydon Oakley has been a member of the service since December of 2010 and, since then, has done a lot to make a name for himself in sim-racing. The 17 year old from Perth, Ontario has won 51 races in 520 starts on the oval side of iRacing, and has 13 victories in … Read the Rest »

iRacer Aaron Grosskopf Named Grand Marshall for ZLOOP 150

September 19th, 2013 by

This week at Kentucky Speedway, 23-year-old Aaron Grosskopf will have an experience that would be a mere dream to most race fans. Grosskopf, who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at age 1 but works today to help the disabled get behind a wheel and race, has been named the grand marshal for Friday’s ZLOOP™ 150 … Read the Rest »

Storm Before the Calm

September 9th, 2013 by

The fifth week of the iRacing.com IZOD IndyCar Oval Series (fixed setup) saw action at Richmond International Raceway. The 0.75 mile, four turn oval is used to hosting extremely intense racing, but on the NASCAR circuit as it closes out the regular season heading into the post-season Chase.  In the IndyCar this is just midseason … Read the Rest »

Kentucky – Not a Joke but a Goke

July 18th, 2013 by

The eleventh week of iRacing.com IndyCar Oval Series racing action took to Kentucky Speedway’s 1.5 mile, four turn oval with 14 degrees of banking located in Sparta.  Just under a thousand teams attempted the race in both the fixed and open series – “just under” being 999 race teams. As the penultimate stop on the … Read the Rest »