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Finland Start World Cup Defence in Style

April 25th, 2013 by

Finland opened their defence of the World Cup of iRacing in style by scoring top points ahead of 2012 finalists Brasil. Last weekend all 35 clubs took to the tracks in the first of four qualifying events for the 2013 tournament and from there the finals. The 2013 championship is being run on broadly the … Read the Rest »

Ottinger Puts on a Show at Texas

April 17th, 2013 by

Nick Ottinger dominated Round Four of the NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship from start to finish at Texas Motor Speedway Tuesday night, cruising to a comfortable victory over two time champion Ray Alfalla. Ottinger, who started from the pole, led 128 of 167 laps and was only passed for position once on the track as … Read the Rest »

The Road to Pro Scenario: Week 7 of 8

April 9th, 2013 by

Editor’s note:  Brennan Mercer has been busy toting-up the points — actual and potential — for the 2013 Season One NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series (open setup).  As the top ten points finishers not already holding a Pro or Pro/WC license from Seasons 1, 2 and 3 in the Class “A”open setup NASCAR series qualify … Read the Rest »

O’Keefe Extends Point Lead

March 22nd, 2013 by

Week Seven brought the iRacing.com Skip Barber Race Series to the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.  Using the short layout, drivers attacked 13 turns over 2.0 miles (3.22 km) of asphalt, Jon Tanko (Iberia) being the fastest with the blazing pole speed of 1:17.280.  All told, 844 drivers took to the track in a race session, … Read the Rest »

Kis and Broekman Go Two For Three

February 25th, 2013 by

The iRacing.com GRAND-AM Sports Car Series visited Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit for Week Three of the season.  Located in Towcester, UK, the 3.194 mile (5.14 km), 17 turn circuit saw competitors enjoy the same venue which has hosted many a memorable British Grand Prix.  With a decrease in attendance this week in both cars, the … Read the Rest »

O’Keefe Back On Top Down Under

February 25th, 2013 by

Week Three of 2013 Season One brought the iRacing.com Skip Barber Race Series to the Phillip Island Circuit, located in Victoria, Australia.  Being a new venue for the Barber series, drivers hit the track with blind eyes, embracing the circuit’s extremely high speed sections along with its slippery surface.  Many sim-racers chose not to take … Read the Rest »

Racing Royalty

February 22nd, 2013 by

Elevation changes, high speed sweeping corners and virtual touring cars battling through 25 minute online races all describe the iRacing Grand Touring Cup on Week Three of 2013 Season 1. The location is Kent, England where a 2.301 mile track known as Brands Hatch lies east of London. The course, with nine turns in all, … Read the Rest »

Ward, Broekman Lead The Way

February 14th, 2013 by

Week Two brought the GRAND-AM Online Sports Car Series to Road America in Elkhart Lake, WI, where the famous 4.048 mile (6.515 km) circuit hosted 50 minute online races every other hour for sim-racers to enjoy.  The Riley Mk XX Daytona Prototype saw fewer entries this week, 572 entering a race, 265 placing a qualifying … Read the Rest »

Gomes Returns in Style

February 14th, 2013 by

Week Two brought the iRacing.com Skip Barber Series to Sebring International Raceway.  The “modified” 1.97 mile (3.17 km) layout produced many spectacular online races throughout the week.  The front and back straight aways which, together, make up almost half of the track’s distance gave following drivers massive “tow” effects from the draft. This made it … Read the Rest »

BRM Driver Streaks to CTC Lead

February 8th, 2013 by

Lotus makes the early running in new-look championship Pre-season, as with all series in 2013, S1, the CTC and its associate Lotus 79 championship moved to a 7 days a week schedule, but initial reaction to the published schedule was very negative. Eventually a revised schedule was published which met with approval of the drivers … Read the Rest »