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Class B Battle Shapes-Up at MIS
April 1st, 2013 by Jaime Baker
Week Eight of the NASCAR iRacing.com Class B Series headed north to Michigan International Speedway for some high speed online racing around the two mile oval. With seven weeks down in the season, the points battle is starting to take shape between several drivers. How would those guys fair during the week. 582 sim-racers took … Read the Rest »
Terrorizing the Monster
March 29th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
In Week Eight of the NASCAR iRacing.com Late Model Series gave sim-racers the opportunity to take to the high banks of Dover International Speedway. The “Monster Mile” as it is commonly called is quite obviously one mile in length. Dover has four corners with banking of 24 degrees and even the straights include nine degrees … Read the Rest »
Rockin’ the Nationals
March 27th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
Week Eight of the NASCAR iRacing.com National Series visited the sand dunes of North Carolina. More specifically, Rockingham Speedway. The legendary one mile D-shaped oval consists of four turns with 22 and 25 degrees of banking and straightaways of eight degrees of banking. Though out of the regular NASCAR series rotation in the top tier … Read the Rest »
Banshee Autosport Dominates ISOWC Round 4
March 27th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
Round 4 of the International Simulated Open Wheel Championship saw 27 Dallara IndyCars try to tame the tricky triangle known as Pocono Raceway for 160 laps . . .400 miles of racing. After Round 3, Thomas A Klopp held a 10 point advantage over Thomas Sturm, with Jussi Nieminen a total of 25 points back … Read the Rest »
Heated Points Battle Atop Mustang Cup
March 26th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
With the Mustangs running at a series-favorite Mid-Ohio in Week 8, the points battle heated-up at the top of the standings. Last season’s iRacing.com Mustang Cup champion, Dariusz Bielawski, has maintained the points the lead every week – with the exception of Week 3 when he temporarily surrendered the top spot to David L Brown. … Read the Rest »
Bs Swarm Bristol
March 26th, 2013 by Jaime Baker
Week Seven of the NASCAR iRacing.com Class B Series headed east for some short track racing at Bristol Motor Speedway. 170 laps of action around the tight confines of the Last Great Coliseum was on tap for the drivers of iRacing’s second tier division. 319 sim-racers took to the track for a race during Week … Read the Rest »
GT Racing Down Under
March 23rd, 2013 by Jaime Baker
Week Seven of the iRacing.com Grand Touring Cup series featured Australia’s popular Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit. With its awesome setting overlooking the southern Australian coast, the circuit enabled sim-racers to enjoy virtual views while dueling around 12 turns, a long front stretch and 2.762 miles of racing asphalt in their VW Jettas, Pontiac Solstices … Read the Rest »
Late Models Romp on the Beach
March 22nd, 2013 by Jaime Baker
Just miles away from the hallowed grounds of Daytona International Speedway lies an 0.48 mile (0.77 km) short track with four turns of 23 degrees of banking. This of course can be none other than New Smyrna Speedway located on New Smyrna Beach. Founded in 1964, New Smyrna was originally a clay-based short track, but … Read the Rest »
Sandman, Kiss Master the Homestead R-oval
March 22nd, 2013 by Jaime Baker
Week Seven brought the iRacing.com GRAND-AM Sports Car Series to South Florida and Homestead-Miami Speedway. Using the “Road Course B” layout, drivers attacked 2.3 miles (3.701 km) of asphalt consisting of 11 turns. The R-oval format to the circuit gave drives a hard time setting up for both the high speed oval section along with … Read the Rest »
Muggo Rises to the Top in Brazil
March 21st, 2013 by Jaime Baker
Round Seven of the iRacing.com V8 Supercars Series presented by Big Pond headed to Brazil for the first time in the series history, where the sim-racers would have to tackle the world famous Autódromo José Carlos Pace also called Interlagos. This 15 turn monster of a track features tight and twisty parts but also the … Read the Rest »