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Norton Dominates Milwaukee

May 14th, 2014 by

Week Two of the 2014 Season 2 iRacing.com IndyCar Oval Series sent the series to The Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin. A mere 25 sim-racers took to the track this week, an astonishingly record low in participation in a week where the stories would be handling and tire conservation. Ryan Norton (Florida) started in … Read the Rest »

A Slice of France in ‘Bama: Cheminade Stars in Talladega Nights 2

May 14th, 2014 by

No track on iRacing brings out the numbers like the 2.66-mile monster in Alabama which goes by the name of Talladega Superspeedway.  Despite being one of the easiest tracks to drive, the racing is close quarter and nerve-racking where a single mistake can have disastrous consequences for the entire field.  Being in the right place … Read the Rest »

Dudognon Tops Lotus 79 CTC at Road Atlanta

May 14th, 2014 by

Week 2 of the Classic Lotus Grand Prix Series was held at the Road Atlanta course in Georgia, USA. Following last week’s highly successful race at the Circuit of the Americas, we saw 45 cars register for the race this week! That’s a tremendous number, and it caused organizers to arrange for nine warm-up races … Read the Rest »

The Backyard Garage: Short Track Slidin’

May 13th, 2014 by

Week 3 is upon us in the iRacing Silver Crown Cup, and the new virtual Lucas Oil Raceway is the next stop. As this is a new track, many unknowns are associated with it. Setups, racing line, and weather can all play a factor in Thursday night’s race. Last week, we covered the basics of … Read the Rest »

Mosport Welcomes the GT3 Challenge

May 13th, 2014 by

Another race week has come and gone as the iRacing.com GT3 Challenge wraps up Week 2 at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park (Mosport). This fast and sweeping track seemed to be appropriate for the GT3 series and it proved to be an exciting week as many of the drivers continued putting the new BMW Z4 GT3 … Read the Rest »

The Yellow Brick Road

May 13th, 2014 by

After spending a week on the high banks of Talladega Superspeedway, the NASCAR iRacing Class A Fixed Series brought over 700 online racers to the newly repaved 1.5-mile Kansas Speedway for 50 laps under the nighttime Kansas skies. Originally opened in 2001, Kansas Speedway had grown into favorite among drivers and fans for the multi-groove … Read the Rest »

Hamstead Fires Back at Sonoma

May 12th, 2014 by

The Ford Falcons roared to life once again at Sonoma Raceway this week for Round 2 of the iRacing.com V8 Supercars Series Season 2. It was an exciting online race from the start as pole sitter Jarred Filsell (1:13.146) was quickly overtaken by defending series champion, Madison Down who started from second. Down, who had … Read the Rest »

Jens Heads In the Right Direction

May 12th, 2014 by

Backwards, in reverse, or the wrong way; this describes the Indy GP course for IndyCars, but not the direction Jörn Jens’ sim-racing career is headed. This past weekend was the debut of the Verizon IndyCar Series on the GP course at The Brickyard, and many a critic made a big stink about going the wrong … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Jacob Schneider

May 12th, 2014 by

Born in Midland, Michigan now living in Venice, Florida, 18 year old iRacer Jacob Schneider may be young, but when it comes to iRacing, his name is among the veterans. Sim-racing on iRacing since March of 2010, Schneider quickly got acquainted with the tracks and cars, having started 399 races and recording 26 victories in … Read the Rest »

Skip Barber UK&I League Season Two Opener

May 12th, 2014 by

The inaugural race of 2014’s second season with the UK&I Skip Barber league took place at Okayama in Japan.  Last season was dominated by mostly British and American tracks, while the new season threw a curve-ball at word go.  Last season’s champion – Marc Mercer – was absent from the festivities as he was racing … Read the Rest »