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“Cross”ing off Texas
June 16th, 2014 by Jaime Baker
Week Six of the 2014 Season 2 iRacing.com IndyCar Oval Series sent the series to Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. A total 58 sim-racers took to the track this week. The stories of the week would handling and be the ability to keep up with the leaders. Brandon Trost (Pennsylvania) started on pole, … Read the Rest »
Pure Irwindale: Welcome to the Road Kill Racing Series
June 16th, 2014 by Jaime Baker
Irwindale is a very special track to iRacing. Not only is it one of the most difficult tracks to sim race, but is also league admin Leila Wilson’s favorite (and home) track. Her idea of the “All Irwindale Series” sparked in the winter of 2013, giving birth to one of the most unique leagues iRacing … Read the Rest »
NASCAR iRacing Series Open Garage: Michigan
June 13th, 2014 by Jaime Baker
We are into the second half of the 2014 NASCAR iRacing Series as we pull the trailer into Michigan International Speedway. By now you should be familiar with most of the common changes we can make to the chassis of a race car to adjust its handling, control its temperatures and increase its speed off … Read the Rest »
How to be Faster in iRacing
June 12th, 2014 by Jaime Baker
Part 1 – Proper Equipment Settings Since joining iRacing, I’ve learned many, many things. The most important is making sure your equipment is set-up correctly. In fact, it’s vital. Being the stubborn kind of “figure it out for myself” kind of person I am, I had to learn the hard way. I hope this article … Read the Rest »
Laughton & King Trade Wins at Pocono
June 12th, 2014 by Jaime Baker
Pocono was the next location for the NASCAR iRacing Series as the teams drive themselves towards the midpoint of the season. ‘The Bermuda Triangle’ hosted some thrilling sim racing in Week 14 – even if most of the actual competition lasted only a few laps at a time what with the many caution laps over … Read the Rest »
To the Stars Through Difficulty
June 12th, 2014 by Jaime Baker
From the virtual Western U.S, where Ryan Steele had an amazing come-from-behind victory in the sim race, the iRacing.com Silver Crown Cup adjourned to the digital plains of Kansas Speedway where a 13 car field competed in an action-filled, 67 lap sim race. A race featuring four yellow flags for 16 laps proved to the … Read the Rest »
Anreus Storms into Radicals Lead as Avery Stars
June 11th, 2014 by Jaime Baker
Mattias Anreus stormed into the lead of the iRacing.com Radical Racing Challenge with a dominant performance at Barber Motorsports Park. The Scandinavian was the only driver to score more than 200 points during the week but he was hounded all the way by UK&I driver Richard Avery. The Pro-licensed sim racer netted 194 points and … Read the Rest »
Mustang Debut at COTA Challenges iRacers, Shuffles Standings
June 10th, 2014 by Jaime Baker
Rookies and past-champions alike struggled to master the 20-turns at Circuit of the Americas in the series debut at this new track during Week 6 of the iRacing.com Mustang Challenge. In a week of competition producing only five official races, defending Season 1 Champion Patrick Bieri prevailed in a key Strength-of-Field race on Sunday to … Read the Rest »
Broekman Tames The Mountain for Week 6 GT3
June 10th, 2014 by Jaime Baker
As a writer, there are only a few choice words which I use on a limited basis simply because of the grand definition of such words and the standards which go along with meeting such definition. When I think of words like “perfect,” “magnificent” or “incredible,” I can truly say that there are only a … Read the Rest »
Huttu In the End
June 10th, 2014 by Jaime Baker
The lyrics to Linkin Park’s breakthrough hit In The End may be ringing true for Kazuki Oomishima after Round Eight of the iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series. Pole position, and leading over 75% of the race saw him claim the hearts of sim racing fans around the world, but the famous ‘Wall of Champions’ … Read the Rest »