All News: Michigan International Speedway

Hightower Tops MIS Trucks

July 22nd, 2011 by

Duval takes top split race. The stars of the NASCAR iRacing.com Class C Series (NiCCS) took to Michigan International Speedway this past week for Round Eleven of the series. The popular race track brought-out over 1,700 sim racers, all of whom were gunning for the glory of obtaining a checkered flag in the virtual “Irish … Read the Rest »

Michigan Gets Hazard-ous

June 23rd, 2011 by

Week Two of 2011 Season 2’s NASCAR iRacing.com Class B Series is now in the books, as sim racers now start unloading and turning laps at Road America. In Week Two, drivers turned speeds over 170 mph in the Irish Hills at Michigan International Speedway (MIS) in  races topping 4,500 strength of field (sof) rating, … Read the Rest »

Sheehan Doubles Up at Michigan

June 22nd, 2011 by

Steve Sheehan put on a show Tuesday night at Michigan International Speedway, winning his second straight NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship race in commanding fashion from Derek Wood and Richard Towler. Sheehan qualified on the pole and had the dominant car on a short run. That turned-out to be the winning combination as eight cautions … Read the Rest »

Sheehan Triumphs at the Tricky Triangle

June 8th, 2011 by

Steve Sheehan beat Ray Alfalla, John Gorlinsky and Richard Towler at Pocono Raceway for his first victory of the 2011 NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship season last night. Sheehan made the winning pass on pit road, which has become a common theme in an online racing series where overtaking on the track has proven increasingly … Read the Rest »

Ou Takes Over at PIR

March 15th, 2011 by

After the first round of the iRacing.com IZOD IndyCar Premier Series (iIIPS) at super-fast two mile Michigan International Speedway, the sim racers had to forget everything they learned when they arrived for Round Two at the unique one mile oval known as Phoenix International Raceway (PIR).  Built especially for open-wheel racing in 1964, the track … Read the Rest »

Berry Bursts to Victory at Michigan

March 8th, 2011 by

The virtual Brooklyn, Michigan played host to round five of the NASCAR iRacing Class C Series (NiCCS) tour as the world’s top sim racers visited the two-mile Michigan International Speedway. The high-speed track lends itself to lots of side-by-side and action-filled online races as was seen over seven days of intense competition and in the … Read the Rest »

Laughton Lays It On 'Em at Dover

March 1st, 2011 by

The stars of the NASCAR iRacing Class C Series (NiCCS) trucked into Delaware last week for seven days of online racing at the track nicknamed the “Monster Mile.” Dover International Raceway played host to Round Four on the schedule and proved popular with the drivers as 1112 of them came out to race in the … Read the Rest »

Laughton Lays It On ‘Em at Dover

March 1st, 2011 by

The stars of the NASCAR iRacing Class C Series (NiCCS) trucked into Delaware last week for seven days of online racing at the track nicknamed the “Monster Mile.” Dover International Raceway played host to Round Four on the schedule and proved popular with the drivers as 1112 of them came out to race in the … Read the Rest »

IZOD IndyCar Premier Series Debuts at MIS

February 23rd, 2011 by

The new iRacing.com IZOD IndyCar Premier Series (iIIPS) debuted last week at Michigan International Speedway.  As the series name suggests, the iIIPS is the world’s foremost online IndyCar race series.  Sanctioned by INDYCAR®, the iIIPS is a 16 race, 36 week series contested on ovals and road courses on alternating weekends.  Oval Premier and Road … Read the Rest »

Olszewski Captures BRR FSIS Michigan 150

February 6th, 2011 by

IndyCar drivers, new and old, hit the track at Michigan International Speedway on Wednesday, February 2, for the much-anticipated first online race of the start of a new season for Big Red Racing’s popular Fixed Setup Indy Series. Series newcomer, Daniel Olszewski pulled-off a minor upset by passing last season’s runner-up, Tim Doyle, on the … Read the Rest »