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Red Sox Moss Corner 30

May 24th, 2014 by

BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, CANADA – When the checkered flags waved to end the Gentleman Jim 24 Laps of Daytona at Daytona International Speedway in March, it not only brought a close to the race, but a grueling, 12-week season for Red Sox Racing League’s RUF Track Challenge as well. Troy Harder took home top honors for … Read the Rest »

A New Season Starts for Brazilian Leagues

May 23rd, 2014 by

Two weeks ago, after a short break, Brazilian leagues started their new season of races for this year. Two of them are iRacing Brasil and Brasil Lemans Series, which I have been covering for iRacing News since the first season of this year. Both leagues follow the official iRacing calendar for their series and, this … Read the Rest »

Laguna Seca + Power – Downforce = Win

May 22nd, 2014 by

Thirteen sim-racers lined up on the grid at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in their Lotus 49s for a 2834 SOF race.  The top three qualifiers (Michel Dudognon, Mick Claridge, and Jason Shadd) all posted times in the low 1:24s and were separated by less than a quarter of a second.  Behind them came another set … Read the Rest »

The Kitchen Sink: Dallara DW12 – Indianapolis Motor Speedway

May 21st, 2014 by

This week I had the unique pleasure and opportunity of sitting down with iRacing.com’s Eric Hudec.  First, let me just say, Eric is one of the most accommodating people I have ever interviewed. He took time out of his work day to sit down with me for an hour and a half and describe every … Read the Rest »

Sansone Cruises to Victory at LOR

May 21st, 2014 by

The iRacing Silver Crown Cup stopped at the newly-released Lucas Oil Raceway last Thursday for a dramatic 100 lap sim-race. Featuring over 40 laps of caution, it seemed that the iRacing FIRST Safety Car might well take the checkered flag. Still, after leading a commanding 54 laps, it was certain that it was Vinnie Sansone’s … Read the Rest »

Hansen’s Charlotte Breakthrough

May 21st, 2014 by

Scores First NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series Win Danny Hansen survived a marathon race at Charlotte Motor Speedway last night and earned his first career victory in the NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series Powered by iRacing. After running at the front for much of the evening, Hansen took advantage of slip-ups by other front runners and delivered … Read the Rest »

GT3 Challenge Debuts at CoTA

May 20th, 2014 by

In its debut event with the series, the iRacing.com GT3 Challenge concluded a week of twists, turns and high speeds at the brand new Circuit of the Americas located in Austin, TX. The 3.4 mile, 20 turn mammoth of a track brought victory to some and anguish to many others. Several drivers failed to grasp … Read the Rest »

Something Old, Something New – I’m Excited, How About You?

May 19th, 2014 by

The Circuit of the Americas became available in iRacing just last month, and the Lotus 49 is among the, er, “oldest” cars available to sim-racers.  So how good could this combination really be?  Well the truth is the world discovered this magical combination over a year ago when Caterham F1 reserve driver, and only American … Read the Rest »

Lanpheer Starts Radicals Defence in Style

May 19th, 2014 by

Tom Lanpheer started the defence of his iRacing Radical Racing Challenge title in style with strong performances in both the first two rounds. The Mid West sim-racer now leads the charge by 29 points from Scandinavian Mattias Anreus and Division 2 driver, Fin, Samuli Kumo. The Radical arrived this season with another boost to its … Read the Rest »

V8s Bring The Thunder to Atlanta

May 19th, 2014 by

The iRacing.com V8 Supercars Series always seems to have its fair share of sim-racing excitement and this week was no different. As the series takes us to Georgia for Week 3 at the roller-coaster called Road Atlanta, the Australian top split drivers had their hands full for 24 laps at the twisting circuit. Most of … Read the Rest »