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Silverstone Sets-up iGPS Clincher

October 22nd, 2013 by

The run of great race tracks continue in the iRacing.com Grand Prix Series, with Silverstone Circuit on the Week 11 agenda. Host to the first ever Formula 1 Grand Prix back in 1950, Silverstone is one of the most historic circuits in the world, often nicknamed the “Home of British Motor Racing.” Although the layout … Read the Rest »

World Tour of iRacing.com Talldega 500

October 21st, 2013 by

iRacing did NASCAR one better . . . make that three better . . . by hosting four separate World Tour of iRacing.com Talladega 500s over the weekend. A total of 1,321 iRacers took to the virtual high banks of Talladega in their Gen 6 Chevy SS and Ford Fusions in separate online races for … Read the Rest »

King & Baird On Top of the Summit

October 15th, 2013 by

As 2013 Season 3 comes to a close, the next two weeks of iRacing.com’s iRacingNews Challenge mixed-class series has enjoyed its share of interesting moments.  The point lead in Solstice has swapped several times while one Mazda sim-racer has maintained his lead for eight consecutive weeks.  With only two weeks of online racing remaining, the … Read the Rest »

Hudson Pads NiS Lead in Kansas

October 7th, 2013 by

Last week the NASCAR iRacing Series visited Kansas Speedway for four races in the 28th week of the season for the series. Coming out of the Dover week, Tyler D Hudson was still in the points lead by a good bit over Landon Harrison who headed to Kansas looking to make some gains in the … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Fulvio Barozzini

October 7th, 2013 by

This week, I interviewed iRacer Fulvio Barozzini, a 28 year old sim-racer from Besana, Italy.  A member of iRacing since October of 2010, Fulvio — just like last week’s featured driver Matthias Egger– is a regular in the iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series. In 274 starts on the road side of iRacing, he has … Read the Rest »

Huttu Heads Redline One-Two at Suzuka

September 25th, 2013 by

Freshly-crowned iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series champion Greger Huttu secured his ninth finish on the top step of the podium with a dominant pole-to-flag performance at Suzuka International. The Finn, who recently secured his third world title, held-off a spirited early challenge from his erstwhile championship rival, Hugo Luis, to cruise to victory, with … Read the Rest »

Huttu Seals 2013 World Title with Interlagos Victory

September 11th, 2013 by

With two rounds of the iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix series still to run, Greger Huttu has sealed the series crown with a pole-to-flag win at the virtual-Interlagos. It’s the Finn’s third world title in four years, which sees him take home a cool $10,500 in prize money. Starting from pole position after setting a … Read the Rest »

SoBo Shuffle

September 9th, 2013 by

South Boston Speedway is one of those tracks that require both setup knowledge as well as finesse. It is not a traditional short track in many ways as at exit of the corner many drivers will use the apron to battle understeer. Other drivers, however, will fight a car that is tight into the corner … Read the Rest »

Pope Perseveres at Bristol

August 22nd, 2013 by

Bristol Motor Speedway is regarded as the fastest half mile in the world of motorsports; it is also home to some of the greatest racing in the world. After acquiring the facility in 1996, Speedway Motorsports Inc. turned Bristol into a virtual coliseum of motorsports, one with permanent seating for 165,000 fans.  More recently there … Read the Rest »

Nässi Dominates at Road America

August 19th, 2013 by

For the second week of the iRacing.com Skip Barber Racing Series, the drivers headed to Road America.  As many know, the classic American road course has hosted top line sports car racing since the days of the USRRC, Can-Am and F5000 and, more recently the Champ Car World Series, GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series, the … Read the Rest »