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Mid-Season Thoughts on the Battery Tender Global Mazda MX-5 Cup Series

August 11th, 2016 by Glenn McGee

Time flies when you’re flying on-track!  It’s insane to think, less than a year ago I was sitting (very much statically) on an old chair in my house, behind my computer fighting hard in a worldwide championship in iRacing’s MX-5 Cup Series and now I’m half-way through my first season racing at triple digits speeds … Read the Rest »

“Mobil 1 Virtual Showdown with Tony Stewart” Pits NASCAR Champion against Top iRacers

July 26th, 2016 by David Phillips

The world’s best oval sim racers will race digital door to door with a three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion in the “Mobil 1 Virtual Showdown with Tony Stewart” on Thursday, July 28.  Featuring iRacing’s laser scanned version of Pocono Raceway, the hour-long eSport race will be broadcast live on iRacing’s Twitch and YouTube channels starting … Read the Rest »

Howell’s Runaway Thompson Victory

October 15th, 2014 by

Week 11 of the iRacing.com NASCAR Super Late Model Series brought the powerful stock cars to the unique 5/8 mile track in Thompson, Connecticut. With the preferred high line, and tricky turn two exit, Thompson International Speedway is truly a one-of-a-kind sim-racing experience and — typically — one of the most popular tracks on the … Read the Rest »

Moreira Wins at Watkins!

July 17th, 2014 by

Week 11 of the Classic Lotus Grand Prix 2014 Series ran at venerable Watkins Glen International this weekend. For those of you that are interested in what the track looked like in 1973, please review this YouTube slide show. Six warm-up races were held leading up to the main Sunday online race. Antti Lepistö (Brabham), … Read the Rest »

Moreira Masters Oulton Park

July 10th, 2014 by

Week 10 of the Classic Lotus Grand Prix 2014 Series ran at historic Oulton Park in Cheshire, England this weekend. Bumpy, narrow, windy, and very curvy: the track was a real challenge to sim-racers and their cars. New setups had to be created from the last time the series raced there in 2013. Five warm-up … Read the Rest »

iPCC-Crowns Final Champions

February 4th, 2014 by

The iRacing.com Production Car Challenge concluded its final season at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in California.  This 2.3-mile, eleven turn layout provides sim drivers with ski slope elevation changes, mostly left hand turns and The Corkscrew; what’s more the circuit provided great racing which changed the outcome of the championship in both the Pontiac and … Read the Rest »

Loginov & Dario Cling to Slim iPCC Leads

January 13th, 2014 by

The iRacing.com Production Car Challenge series headed back to West Virginia to Summit Point in Week Ten for the fourth and final time this season.  This two-mile, nine turn layout provides sim-drivers with elevation changes a plenty, along with long straights where most passes are done by out-braking the competition.  Summit Point is so popular … Read the Rest »

King & Dario Reach the Summit

November 19th, 2013 by

Week 2 of iRacing.com’s newly renamed iRacing Production Car Challenge series headed to West Virginia’s Summit Point Raceway for one of four meetings with its Jefferson Reverse configuration in 2013 Season 4.  This 1.1 mile, seven turn, twenty lap shootout style online races provide sim-drivers with two drag racing style straights which most use to … Read the Rest »

iRacing V8 Champ Wins a “Real” Race Drive

November 15th, 2013 by

Best known for winning seven iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series championships, Madison Down has recently won a seat in a real race car in Racecentre’s Race to Realitycompetition. “Australia’s Most Advanced Simulation Centre,” Racecentre have been running a year-long competition to find Australia’s top sim driver. Recently they held the Grand Final of 16 drivers linking … Read the Rest »

Kim & Dario Top iRacing.com Production Car Challenge

November 12th, 2013 by

Those iRacing sim-drivers looking to run their Mazda Roadster or Pontiac Solstice in the inRacing News Challenge will notice this series has been overhauled in several ways.  First-off the name has been changed to the “iRacing Production Car Challenge” and, secondly, the release of iRacing’s new tire model which has provided uniform racing between both … Read the Rest »