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The Lone Star Paperclip

April 4th, 2014 by

Texas Motor Speedway and Martinsville Speedway are complete opposites of each other. One is a 1.5-mile high banked superspeedway and the other is a flat half-mile paperclip. Each track produces exciting racing, but in two entirely different fashions. Texas produces great side-by-side action and fast speeds and Martinsville is a tight, one-lane racetrack which produces … Read the Rest »

Raffurty Takes All at Martinsville

April 3rd, 2014 by

The NASCAR iRacing Series moved to the state of Virginia for Week 6 at Martinsville Speedway – also known as the Worlds Fastest Paperclip. The .526 mile track would completely change the sim-racers’ driving style from the previous week at Auto Club Speedway as Martinsville requires pin-point accuracy on the slow, tight corners – and … Read the Rest »

Majeski in Control at Langley

April 3rd, 2014 by

Week 9 saw the NASCAR iRacing.com Super Late Model Series venture to Hampton, VA to take-on Langley Speedway.  Langley is one of the flattest tracks in the area with just 6 degrees of a banking and measuring at just .395 miles in length.  Turning 90 laps here tested the sim-racers, especially on a night when … Read the Rest »

Cooke Wins in Kentucky

April 2nd, 2014 by

Week Nine of the 2014 Season 1 iRacing.com IndyCar Oval Series sent the series to Kentucky Speedway. 50 sim-racers participated in online races throughout the week. Pit stops, along with stability on restarts — and in Turns 3 and 4 — would be the stories throughout the week. Matt Cooke (Canada) started on pole, with … Read the Rest »

Buchberger Thrashes to Victory at Bristol

April 2nd, 2014 by

After an exciting, draft-filled week of sim-racing on the virtual plains of Kansas, the iRacing Silver Crown Cup traveled east to the last great (digital) colosseum: Bristol Motor Speedway. This half-mile re-creation of the historic speedway produced some classic sim-racing during Thursday night’s event. With drivers having such experience with this car/track combination, the yellow … Read the Rest »

Gernot Fritsche Wins at VIR, Expands Lotus 79 Championship Lead

April 2nd, 2014 by

The ninth week of the 2014 Season 1 Classic Lotus Grand Prix iRacing Series was held at the beautiful and terrifying Virginia International Raceway this past Sunday. Terrifying? Consider that only 23 drivers elected to take part (of whom 19 are regular CTC members), and that only four warm-up races were able to get adequate … Read the Rest »

Sobo Goes All “Survivor” On XCAL

April 1st, 2014 by

It was certainly an interesting week for XCAL. This time we were at South Boston, located in Virginia, just sixty miles east of that oval racing mecca: Martinsville. Taking the green flag for 250 laps was our pole sitter Aaron Hillibush, with a lot of competitive drivers, including Mark Arthur, Richard Hollyday and Brock Colson … Read the Rest »

Glacier Racing Get It Done At Suzuka

April 1st, 2014 by

The first two rounds of the 2014 iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series storyline had a multitude of threads: The classic battle between 3id Motorsports and Team Redline, fantastic, close racing, and, a rare DNF for three time champion Greger Huttu.  As well, one team were starting to make a solid impression in the series … Read the Rest »

Behind the Scenes – NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series – Auto Club Speedway

March 31st, 2014 by

Today is Saturday.  Earlier in the week, Tuesday if you’re interested, our team did something we honestly weren’t expecting on Monday night.  We showed up to a brand new track and cleaned house.  “Max points,” as they say.  I could sit here and say “we” all night, but the truth is that I wasn’t there … Read the Rest »

Kusheba Dominates at USA International

March 31st, 2014 by

The chase for the big prize in iRacing.com’s PEAK Stock Car Dreams National Series has turned into a three horse race as the season heads into the home stretch.  Week 8 of the 12 weeks season saw Monroe, Connecticut’s Paul Kusheba power his way to four wins in as many starts — including one over … Read the Rest »