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iRacing.com Increasingly Part of Mainstream Motorsports

November 12th, 2015 by

iRacing.com, the world’s foremost online motorsports simulation service, is increasingly becoming part of the fabric of mainstream motorsports around the world.  Whether it’s televised coverage of sim races, professional drivers competing in sim races sanctioned by the world’s premier racing organizations or young sim racers transitioning to “real” racing, iRacing.com is no longer considered “just” … Read the Rest »

Behind the Scenes: The NASCAR Peak Antifreeze Series powered by iRacing.com – Last One Out, Hit the Lights

October 12th, 2015 by

It was January 17th, 2011 when we finished up the final race in the Pro Series and I told Nick, “Man, I hope I never have to do this job using only the broadcast again.”  Back then, we only had spectator slots in the race sessions, and they filled up fast.  I wasn’t quick enough … Read the Rest »

Behind the Scenes: The NASCAR Peak Antifreeze Series powered by iRacing.com – Sliders to Systems

September 27th, 2015 by

Anybody remember this screen?  If you don’t, shame on you.  It’s the garage screen from Papyrus’ NASCAR Racing 2003 Season, probably one of the most viewed screens in sim-racing history.  You can think of this screenshot as the great-grandfather of what we have today on iRacing.  It represents a time when chassis setups were becoming … Read the Rest »

Behind the Scenes: The NASCAR Peak Antifreeze Series powered by iRacing.com – The Dawn of a New Era

September 19th, 2015 by

Who would have thought that, after three races in a row that were so strategy-heavy in the later stages of the race, the fourth in that series would be so unpredictable?  So much so that even those of us who were taking part in the race itself were struggling to get a hold on what … Read the Rest »

Xfinity Series Toyota Camry Joins iRacing’s NASCAR Lineup

September 1st, 2015 by

iRacing.com is making another exciting addition to its comprehensive lineup of digital NASCAR-sanctioned race cars: the NASCAR Xfinity Series Toyota Camry. The new car is scheduled to be released in the September quarterly software update next week and joins an iRacing lineup that includes the NASCAR Xfinity Series Chevrolet Camaro and Ford Mustang, as well as the … Read the Rest »

Joey Logano Sweeps Watkins Glen

August 9th, 2015 by

by David Moulthrop   Prior to this weekend at Watkins Glen, Joey Logano had never won a road race. He was able to take that off his bucket list on Saturday with a dominating win in the Xfinity Series Zippo 200. On Sunday he added to that bucket list by passing Kevin Harvick for the … Read the Rest »

Joey Logano Collects First Road Course Victory

August 9th, 2015 by

by Dave Moulthrop It was a day of peaks and valleys for Joey Logano, winner of the 21st Annual Zippo 200 at The Glen Xfinity Series race on Saturday, prior to the Watkins Glen Sprint Cup event. Logano captured the Coors Light Pole for the event in record fashion by breaking the qualifing record his teammate, … Read the Rest »

Allmendinger Captures Sprint Cup Pole at The Glen

August 8th, 2015 by

by Dave Moulthrop   AJ Allmendinger repeated his  2015 qualifing performance on The Sprint Cup Series Road Courses when  he won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 30th Annual Cheez-It 355 at Watkins Glen International. His second Pole of this season follows his June performance in Sonoma, California. Allmendingers fourth career pole was a lap of 68.993 … Read the Rest »

Joey Logano sets Xfinity Series Qualifing Record at The Glen

August 8th, 2015 by

by Dave Moulthrop   Joey Logano won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 21st Annual Zippo 200  Xfinity Series race at Watkins Glen International with a lap of 70.953 seconds around the 7 turn NASCAR configuration of the curcuit for an average speed of 124.308 mph.  The lap broke the mark set by his … 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 »