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Race To Reality Final

September 16th, 2013 by

Fritsche, Hackett Lead CTC

August 23rd, 2013 by

With business as usual at the top of the tables, attention is turning to the F2 battle in this year’s Lotus 79-based Classic Teams Championship. While defending champion Gernot Fritsche extended his lead at Road Atlanta and Mosport, the Formula 2 battle hotted up. After two strong opening weeks, Team Tiga driver Paul Hackett faultered … Read the Rest »

Radicals Surge Past 500

August 19th, 2013 by

No, this isn’t a report on the 500+ mile online race sponsored by Surge Pass.  Rather, it’s written in recognition that attendance in the iRacing.com Radical Racing Challenge surged past the 500 mark after another excellent week’s racing which saw 290 drivers take part in over 40 races. The dip from week 2 was not … Read the Rest »

Fritsche Opens CTC Defense in Style

August 9th, 2013 by

Gernot Fritsche started the defense of his title in style at Brands Hatch as 110 drivers opened the 2013 S3 CTC and Classic Lotus Grand Prix season at the classic Kent race track. Brands Hatch presented a new opener for the season but this fantastic roller coaster track drew  over a hundred drivers and races … Read the Rest »

Radicals’ Record First Round Turn-Out

August 7th, 2013 by

iRacing.com’s revised Radical Racing Challenge shattered all previous attendance records as nearly 400 drivers took the plunge and enjoyed 50+ online races around the classic Canadian Tire Motorsports Park (aka Mosport) race track in their Radical SR8s. More than 10% of the 399 drivers scored wins during the week, with 10 of the 41 race … Read the Rest »

Ganzeveld Wins After Last Lap Drama

July 22nd, 2013 by

or the penultimate week of the iRacing.com Skip Barber Race Series, the drivers headed to Road Atlanta. Best known as the home of Petit Le Mans, the 2.54 mile race track features a dozen turns with The Esses (Turns Three to Five) being the most famous and difficult ones. The track is perhaps most well … Read the Rest »

GT Challenge Series Week 11 : Road Atlanta

July 19th, 2013 by

The iRacing.com GT Challenge series headed to Road Atlanta for the eleventh round of the Championship.  This fast circuit that is most known for its panoramic Esses — and the famous Porsche GT1 back flip – hosts the American Le Mans Series and the annual Petit Le Mans.  Drivers of the GT Challenge Series attempted … Read the Rest »

Red Sox Panoz 30 at Road Atlanta

June 23rd, 2013 by

Drama would follow for the #18, though, as a braking system failure would pose a serious threat for the championship leader as he could only use about 75% of the available braking force. The crew spent the rest of the session successfully dismantling and reassembling the mechanism, but without any time to test the system … Read the Rest »

Hamstead Stands Tall in Atlanta

May 20th, 2013 by

The iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series stayed in the States for Round Two as drivers and teams took to Road Atlanta.  Last week’s record number of 135 drivers was backed up with another 128 sim-racers traveling to Georgia for Week 2. Qualifying was led by Richard Hamstead with a lap at 1:21.044 to grab the pole … Read the Rest »

Mustangs Rock Road Atlanta

April 24th, 2013 by

The final week of the iRacing.com Mustang Cup series featured the heart pounding elevation changes and tricky curves at Road Atlanta, producing thrilling victories and agonizing losses even for the top contenders.  The top Mustang FR500S driver for week was Sean Maher who claimed six wins and five runner-up finishes in 11 races.  Maher often … Read the Rest »