All News: Matt Pawelski

IndyCar Back Half Wrap-Up

December 23rd, 2014 by

Week 4: Road America Week 4 of the iRacing IndyCar Road Series saw the field take to the rolling hills of Wisconsin. Road America, in Elkhart Lake, is a historic old American track. One of the few, if not the only historic tracks that is still in its original configuration, the track is a true … Read the Rest »

Nahkala Takes the Mountain

December 15th, 2014 by

Week 3 of the IndyCar road series saw the sim racers leave the Dallara DW12-friendly Phillip Island GP Circuit for something more . . . out of the ordinary. Yep, that’s right, the series took-on Mount Panorama. With fast and flowing sections, nearly vertical plunges and tons of blind corners, the immensely popular and challenging … Read the Rest »

Norton Tames The Lady in Black

December 9th, 2014 by

Week Four of the 2014 Season 4 iRacing.com IndyCar Oval sent the series to Darlington Raceway for the first time in series history. Only a mere 31 sim-racers had the courage to tackle the “Track Too Tough to Tame” throughout the week. Cautions, a difficult pit road entry, lap traffic and single file restarts were … Read the Rest »

Demeritt Dominates Chicagoland

November 25th, 2014 by

Week Three of the 2014 Season 4 iRacing.com IndyCar Oval sent the series to Chicagoland Speedway. A total of 63 competitors participated in sim-racing throughout the week. Cautions, aero-wash, a difficult pit road entry, lapped traffic and single file restarts were just some of the storylines that played out throughout the week near Chi-town. Christopher … Read the Rest »

IndyCars Scream Into Interlagos

November 24th, 2014 by

Week 2 of the short 2014 Season 4 took the IndyCar Series to the famous Autódromo José Carlos Pace, aka Interlagos. The renowned Brazilian circuit is a drivers’ favorite. Technical, flowing, and requiring throttle delicate control, the circuit challenges every aspect of a drivers’ repertoire. Every man, monster and Finn would be challenged to the … Read the Rest »

Alien Invasion at Spa!

November 13th, 2014 by

S-P-A. Words cannot help to describe the majesty of those three letters in the minds of racing fans. What does one think about first? Do you think of the glorious Formula 1 cars of the ’60s, ’50s, and earlier? Do you think of Fangio, Clark, Hill, or Schumacher? Do you think of the F2004, the … Read the Rest »

Vaz Zaps IndyCar Field at Phillip Island

October 27th, 2014 by

Coming into Week 11 of the iRacing IndyCar Road Series, Jeffrey Rietveld had all but locked-up his title. It would take the incredible turn of event to overturn his authority on the championship. As such, he was not in attendance to the broadcast SOF race. In that race, Joao Vaz was on pole, followed by … Read the Rest »

16th Street Screams into Phoenix

October 27th, 2014 by

Week 3 of one of the most prestigious IndyCar leagues – the 16th Street Racing League — on iRacing was staged at a wide, flat, and smooth mile in the desert known as Phoenix International Raceway. Long host to some form of major American motorsports, this storied track is originally synonymous with open wheel racing. … 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 »

16th Street Pounds Through Sebring

October 18th, 2014 by

So. After  a thriller in Homestead, the 16th Street Racing League entered Sebring on a high. The league would come to its first road course of the year, and it was sure to shake things up. Not a single sim racer could predict what could happen in this race. Sebring has been used almost as … Read the Rest »