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New Jersey Head Last Chance Qualifiers as World Cup Ramps-Up

January 9th, 2014 by

New Jersey headed the leaderboard as six clubs booked their places in the iRacing 2013 World Cup finals. The US club was joined by four other North American clubs – Ohio, Carolina, Michigan and Midwest — as well as the European, Scandanavia clubs. Participation for this final chance event was disappointing as smaller clubs often … Read the Rest »

Overland Conquers Tricky Triangle

December 4th, 2013 by

Chris Overland had the restart of his life at the perfect time, outrunning Brandon Schmidt into Turn One on a green-white-checker finish to score his first NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series win at Pocono Raceway. Overland only led two laps, but they were the last two of the race as he set sail after passing Schmidt, … Read the Rest »

Gorlinsky Grabs Daytona Thriller

November 27th, 2013 by

John Gorlinsky scored his first win of the NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series season at Daytona International Speedway Tuesday night, and along with it he might have saved his shot at returning to the NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship for 2014. Gorlinsky was just ahead of Tom Moustakas when the fourth yellow flag of the event … Read the Rest »

Cooke Cooks at Pocono

October 15th, 2013 by

Week 10 of the iRacing.com IndyCar Oval Series saw action at Pocono (aka The Tricky Triangle) as teams battled in a pivotal round for the championship. The triple crown event venue did not disappoint as 67 sim-racers took part in the week’s online racing. The 2878 strength of field event saw a field of 20 … Read the Rest »

Monge Masters The Triangle

August 6th, 2013 by

After a short break between Season Two and Season Three, the NASCAR iRacing Class C Fixed Series is once again back in action. Up first for the competitors is a trip to 2.5-mile tricky triangle known as Pocono Raceway. The track provides a very unique racing experience with each of its three turns offering a … Read the Rest »

Hudson on the Rebound

July 29th, 2013 by

After a much-needed week off, the NASCAR iRacing Series was back in action at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway, offering the service’s top stock car racers a chance to kiss the bricks. Coming-in to the week Tyler D Hudson stood atop the series standings by 843 points over Landon Harrison. Thursday was the first race … Read the Rest »

iRacing Pocono 400

July 3rd, 2013 by

Return to Pocono

July 3rd, 2013 by

The IZOD IndyCar Series returns to the Pocono Raceway this weekend after an absence of nearly 25 years.  Once a key element in Indy car racing’s mythical triple crown (including the Indianapolis, California and, later, Michigan 500s), Pocono disappeared from the calendar after drivers threatened to boycott the 1989 event over issues associated with the … Read the Rest »

NiS Daytona Tune-Up

July 2nd, 2013 by

The NASCAR iRacing Series heads to the beaches of Daytona on this holiday weekend as the series gears-up for Week 16 of the season. Daytona generally attracts one of the biggest fields of the season as the track is among sim-racing’s most popular tracks. I put together some fast facts and history about the famed … Read the Rest »

IndyCar Fine Tunes Engine Rules

June 25th, 2013 by

IndyCar announced some “fine-tuning” measures to the engine rules covering the 2.2 liter Chevrolet and Honda turbos used in the IZOD IndyCar Series.  Under the revised regulations, teams will no longer be penalized on race weekends for engine failures occurring during private team and manufacturer test sessions.  Previously, a car/driver was subject to a ten … Read the Rest »