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Kernich Tops in Class B
May 31st, 2013 by Jaime Baker
With the Lady in Black, Darlington Raceway in the rear view mirror, NASCAR iRacing.com Class B Series teams headed north to Richmond International Raceway in Virginia for the first short track of the season. 121 sim-racers would take to the 0.725 mile track just outside of the capital city for a race during the third … Read the Rest »
Lady Lanier Heralds Late Models’ Return to Short Tracks
May 30th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
Lanier Natonal Speedway is a track that many Late Model enthusiasts would consider a smooth, relatively well-banked, short track. The multiple grooves offered by the North Georgia track allow for easy overtaking of lapped cars while still making it hard for competitors to get the edge on each other without the use of the bumper … Read the Rest »
Historic Sebring Hosts Mustangs
May 29th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
Historic Sebring International Raceway was a World War II army airfield, but it was the sim-racers in the iRacing.com Mustang Cup who were flying around the track in Week 4 of Season 2. The shorter Club layout provided great bumper-to-bumper action in 14 official races producing nine different winners. Top performer again this week was … Read the Rest »
Smith Pulls a Trick Out of His Sleeve at “The Magic Mile”
May 28th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
New Hampshire Motor Speedway is often considered a short track by many NASCAR drivers with its flat banking and low cornering speed, but for the NASCAR iRacing.com Late Model Series it is one of the biggest circuits on the schedule, with the cars reaching around the 130mph mark. The relatively flat Magic Mile would test … Read the Rest »
Rhyne Romps at Rockingham
May 21st, 2013 by Jaime Baker
After kissing walls last week at Darlington Raceway, the NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series (fixed setup) traveled to Rockingham Speedway for Week 3 of the season. Races were set for 50 laps around the famed 1.017 mile oval. Located in North Carolina, NASCAR enthusiasts love Rockingham for its nostalgia; the track held Sprint Cup races … Read the Rest »
Hamstead Stands Tall in Atlanta
May 20th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
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 »
Late Models Tap the Inner Irwindale
May 17th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
For Week Two the NASCAR iRacing.com Late Model Series headed to Irwindale Speedway’s “Inner” configuration. Irwindale is considered the home of short track racing in the Los Angeles area and surely the Late Model boys would not disappoint. The track is a four-turn oval with zero degrees of banking, just a third of a mile … Read the Rest »
Earning Their Stripes
May 17th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
With the restrictor plates gone, the NASCAR iRacing.com Class B Series headed east to “The Lady in Black,” aka Darlington Raceway in the Pee Dee region of South Carolina for the second week of the season. Darlington is known for its tight racing and tight corners. It’s not often that a driver walks away from … Read the Rest »
Hockaday Tops at ‘Dega
May 13th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
With Season One of the NASCAR iRacing.com Class B Series in the books, drivers and teams took a week to get rested and ready for the second season of 2013. The biggest and baddest race track of them all lay ahead for everyone: Talladega Superspeedway in eastern Alabama. Talladega provides everyone with a chance to … Read the Rest »
Majeski Masters USA International
May 12th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
Sim-racers have a unique opportunity to race at USA International Speedway, a track with a short yet eventful history. In its one and a half decade of existence, USA International Speedway hosted various series and was once a popular testing ground for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Though the now defunct track simply remains as … Read the Rest »