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Whillier Wins by 0.003s!

January 15th, 2011 by

The iamINDY.de Michigan INDY 560K delivered everything it promised before the race: lots of side-by-side racing, a 128 green flag lap part (which are 248 miles!), just one caution, eleven lead changes and the closest finish in iamINDY.de history only tell part of the story of this impressive race.  What’s more, the race ended with … Read the Rest »

Restless in Laguna

January 13th, 2011 by

Throughout the iRacing Mazda Cup it has been a case of watching your back. Just when you think you have established a foothold on the top podium step, you are soon overrun by a steady influx of talented rookies. So popular and competitive is this online racing series that there’s no rest for the frontrunners. … Read the Rest »

Stergios Closes the Gap at Richmond

January 13th, 2011 by

Week 10 of the iRacing.com IZOD IndyCar Series held a special challenge for the sim racers: short oval racing under the lights of ¾ mile Richmond International Raceway. With lap times of just around 16 seconds, which  means an average speed of 169 mph or 272 kph, there is hardly any room  for mistakes or … Read the Rest »

Between (a Lime) Rock and a Hard Place

January 12th, 2011 by

The tenth round of twelve in the GRAND-AM iRacing.com Online Sports Car Series paid a visit to the tricky and tight virtual-corners of Lime Rock Park, as the Riley MkXX Daytona Prototype and Ford Mustang FR500S continue to battle in the mixed class championship. With the inaugural season drawing to a close, the fights for … Read the Rest »

inRacingNews Challenge Week 10: A R-Ovaling We Go

January 12th, 2011 by

The sim racers of the inRacingNews Challenge took their Pontiac Solstices and SpecRacer Fords to Charlotte Motor Speedway last week in a reprise of Week Four’s r-oval experience, one fusing much of CMS’ 1.5 mile oval with an infield road course to create a 12 turn, 2.25 mile challenge. Chris Hughson was certainly up to … Read the Rest »

ISRA GP1 Championship Brings F1 Back to The Glen

January 10th, 2011 by

From 1948 to 1955 sports car races were staged on the streets and local roads at the southern end of Seneca Lake in the small New York town of Watkins Glen.  Owing to growing safety concerns about racing of public roads, a permanent circuit – designed as a smaller version of the original 6.6 mile  … Read the Rest »

Fourth Time’s a Charm

January 6th, 2011 by

For the fourth time in nine weeks the inRacingNews Challenge competitors journeyed to picturesque Summit Point Raceway to do mixed-class battle in their SpecRacer Fords and Pontiac Solstices.  Although this was the iRNC’s fourth trip to the West Virginia road course this season, it would be just the second time the series sim racers tackled … Read the Rest »

2011 iRacing.com World Championship Series Road Racing Field Set

January 6th, 2011 by

The field for the 2011 iRacing.com World Championship Series Road Racing (iWCSRR) is now set.  Twenty of the leading drivers in the 2010 iRacing Pro Series Road (iPSR) will join the top 30 finishers from the inaugural iWCSRR – including champion Greger Huttu – in vying for the most prestigious title in online road racing. … Read the Rest »

Lime Rock Chicanery

December 30th, 2010 by

Thanks to a virtual meteorological quirk, sim racers competing at Lime Rock Park last week in the inRacingNews Challenge were greeted by blue skies and balmy temperatures in stark contrast to the all too real white-out conditions experienced by the rest of the Northeast.  Although this was the series second visit to Lime Rock, it … Read the Rest »

ISRA GP1 Championship Tussles Down Under

December 29th, 2010 by

Round Three of the ISRA GP1 Championship took the drivers down to the beautiful and glassy smooth Phillip Island Circuit to put the Williams-Toyota FW31 through its paces on this challenging layout best known for its V8 Supercar races.  Both David Williams and Shawn Purdy, winners of the first two rounds of the championship respectively, … Read the Rest »