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Streetley Brightens Title Chances

January 16th, 2013 by

Week 11 brought the iRacing.com Skip Barber Series to Circuit Park Zandvoort, located in The Netherlands, using the “Grand Prix” layout. The European styled, flowing circuit features 13 turns over 2.671 miles (4.299 km) of asphalt.  The week saw 690 sim-racers take to the track in a race session, 309 place a qualifying lap, and … Read the Rest »

iRacing Launches World Championship Series web site

January 15th, 2013 by

iRacing.com today announced the launch of wcs.iracing.com, a website focused on the iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series and the NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship.  The site features profiles of the drivers competing in the two series, along with schedules, standings, track guides and World Championship-related stories, videos and photo galleries. The World Championship series … Read the Rest »

Heads of the Class

January 15th, 2013 by

Week Eleven of the NASCAR iRacing.com Class B Series took the cars and stars of the series to the two mile oval in the Irish Hills of Michigan: Michigan International Speedway.  Known for its long  green flag runs, Michigan allows drivers to test the tires and see who can control their race car for a … Read the Rest »

Gentlemen, Start Your (Late Model) Engines!

January 12th, 2013 by

The first round of the Late Model Road Racing World Series will be broadcast live on latemodelroad.com on this Sunday at 22:30 GMT. Some of the iRacing.com’s fastest sim racers will begin their quest for the championship title around the challenging Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in their Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS Late Models. Now … Read the Rest »

O’Keefe Strikes at Mid-Ohio

January 11th, 2013 by

Week Ten brought the iRacing.com Skip Barber Series to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, located in Lexington, Ohio, USA.  The tricky 13 turn, 2.25 mile (3.62 km) circuit attracted sim-racers from across the globe, with 866 drivers competing in a race, 397 turning a qualifying lap, and 168 completing a time trial.  This high race participation … Read the Rest »

2012 World Cup Tourney Set for Saturday

January 10th, 2013 by

The field for Saturday’s 2012 World Cup of iRacing Tournament is set, with 21 clubs having qualified for the event in three separate qualifying rounds in July, October and January.  Last weekend saw Italia, Central-Eastern Europe, Eastern Canada, Mid-South, Scandinavia, New Jersey and Western Canada race their ways into the Tournament, joining previous qualifiers Brasil, … Read the Rest »

Stergios Rides Fuel Strategy to Victory Lane

January 9th, 2013 by

Jake Stergios played his strategy right, saving just enough fuel while catching a late caution flag en route to his first NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series win at Homestead-Miami Speedway. With six laps remaining, Stergios had just taken the lead due to the leaders pitting but soon he would have to pit for fuel as well. … Read the Rest »

Sharman Extends Championship Lead at Laguna

January 8th, 2013 by

Round Ten of the iRacing.com Cadillac Cup brought the Cadillac CTS-Vs to California’s Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.  A total of 664 sim-racers signed up for a race during the week with 188 of them turning a qualifying lap for the week and 143 drivers taking part in the time trial competition.  Although Dylan Sharman currently … Read the Rest »

No Love Lost for the Lampelas at Bristol

January 8th, 2013 by

Bristol Motor Speedway; infamously known as Thunder Valley. Drivers either love it or hate it. Fans generally adore the action, and crewmen always wince after the green flag drops. It’s an all-or-nothing track, feasting on those not fortunate enough to survive to the checkered flag. It’s because of this that drivers in the iRacing.com Sprint … Read the Rest »

Morse at Home in Kentucky

January 4th, 2013 by

Week Nine of the NASCAR iRacing.com Class B Series took sim racers to the Bluegrass State and the mile and a half Kentucky Speedway.  100 laps, 150 miles were on tap for drivers as they battled to see who could top the Kentucky asphalt.  Over 500 sim-racers found their ways to the starting grid, and … Read the Rest »