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Kerekes Tips the Barber

June 6th, 2014 by

After last week’s racing at Oran Park Raceway, the RUF Cup found its way to Barber Motorsports Park, which lies in the middle of a heavily forested area on the outskirts of Birmingham, Alabama. While Oran Park has recently closed in the interest of a developing suburbia, Barber finds itself on the opposite side of … Read the Rest »

Conti Masters the Monster

June 5th, 2014 by

Week 13 of the NASCAR iRacing Series brought the teams and drivers to Dover International Speedway, all with the aim of competing with many drivers of the same skill level. iRacing’s iRatings system enables 32 drivers of the same speed to race against against each other, and this week  the one mile track brought the … Read the Rest »

Pawelski Flies through Daytona at Night!

June 5th, 2014 by

And now for something completely different . . . Week Five the Classic Lotus Grand Prix Series was held at the famed Daytona International Speedway in Florida, USA. It was a cold, dark night for the race, and in fact was the first time this series ran under the lights.  The pre-race conversation was all … Read the Rest »

Billy the Kid? Try Ryan the Comeback Kid…

June 4th, 2014 by

The virtual Silver Crowns of iRacing were loaded in digital big rigs and hauled out to the desert of Phoenix, Arizona for Round Five of the iRacing Silver Crown Cup. After last week’s thrilling 40 lap sim race in Indianapolis, some short track action was the right medicine for the sim racers. With three of … Read the Rest »

Conti Rides High with Dover Victory

June 4th, 2014 by

Michael Conti pulled-off a surprising victory in Round Seven of the 2014 NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series at Dover International Speedway Tuesday night, beating Chris Overland, PJ Stergios and Nick Ottinger on a restart with three laps to go. The win was Conti’s second triumph in the last three in the NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series events. … Read the Rest »

Bordoy Does It Again for Week 5 GT3

June 3rd, 2014 by

The iRacing.com GT3 Challenge wraps up an exciting week of racing at Autódromo José Carlos Pace in Sao Paulo, Brazil for Week 5 of the 2014 Season 2 series. With close to 1,900 different drivers entering this week, tensions flared as the 30 minute sprint race saw many sim-racers fighting not only to the finish, … Read the Rest »

Strategy Double-“Cross”-es Richmond

June 3rd, 2014 by

Week Five of the 2014 Season 2 iRacing.com IndyCar Oval Series sent the series to Richmond International Raceway. Only 28 sim-racers participated in online races throughout the week, nearly matching a season low in participation. Handling  and pit strategy would be the stories throughout the week of sim-racing with the new Dallara DW12. Christopher Demeritt … Read the Rest »

A Design Contest Story: From iRacing to Real Racing

June 2nd, 2014 by

Last year, by the month of October, I was taking a look on the iRacing forums for paint requests. I’m a Brazilian graphic designer, living in Rio de Janeiro, and had decided to offer my services for the community – as many of you reading this right now already know. Before, I would only paint … Read the Rest »

Kelly Dominates in Ohio

June 2nd, 2014 by

The iRacing.com V8 Supercars Series recently concluded Week 5 of 2014 Season 2 at the treacherous Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. The competition was fierce as some of the best sim-racers in Australia made appearances at the weekly Strength-of-Field (SoF) race.  With the performance bar set very high, it was Shaun Kelly who came out on … Read the Rest »

Doyle Prevails in Exhilarating XCAL Indianapolis 500

June 2nd, 2014 by

Editor’s note:  As most readers are aware, shortly after the introduction of its digital version of the Dallara DW12, web site problems forced iRacing.com to cancel its online Indianapolis 500.  XCAL Racing, a first-year iRacing league, experienced the same disappointment as their fellow iRacers at the cancellation of one of the year’s most highly-anticipated sim-races. … Read the Rest »