All News: sim-racing

SARA vs CARS All-Star Invitational Slated for May 19

April 25th, 2013 by

The Sim Auto Racing Association and Can-Am Racing Series, two sim-racing leagues on the iRacing service, announced this week a special league vs league event scheduled for May 19th. The SARA vs CARS All-Star Invitational race will feature each league’s top 12 Late Model drivers competing at New Hampshire Motor Speedway for what has become … Read the Rest »

Finland Start World Cup Defence in Style

April 25th, 2013 by

Finland opened their defence of the World Cup of iRacing in style by scoring top points ahead of 2012 finalists Brasil. Last weekend all 35 clubs took to the tracks in the first of four qualifying events for the 2013 tournament and from there the finals. The 2013 championship is being run on broadly the … Read the Rest »

Martti and Tero’s Excellent Adventure

April 22nd, 2013 by

On the morning of 19th April I jumped in my car, and headed towards Salo to pick-up Tero for our small road trip towards Kankaanpää, Finland. After few hours of driving, we finally arrived to the Foracer factory, and got to meet the people behind the motion simulators: Janika Vanhatalo, Jukka Leskinen and Joni Leskinen. … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Carlos Reyes Aiguadé

April 20th, 2013 by

Get to Know . . . Guy Driggers (Part II)

April 15th, 2013 by

Last week in the first part of my interview with the 22 year old Guy Driggers, we discussed his sim-racing career, and his feelings on it up until now. This week, we talked about his painting career in racing, how he started painting, who he has painted for, and why he loves to paints race … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Brian V Macklin

April 13th, 2013 by

Q:     How long have you been sim-racing? A:    I started racing in August, 2007 racing the NR2K3 platform. Made the switch to iRacing in August, 2009. Q:     What attracted you to iRacing? A:    The league I was a longtime member of decided to move away from Nascar 2003 and move to iRacing, so … Read the Rest »

GT Duel in California

April 9th, 2013 by

From the sunny skies of Florida to the cloudy shores of England, the iRacing.com Grand Touring Cup competitors have seen it all during 2013 Season One.   But Week Ten found the iRacing servers hosting sim-racing action from California’s Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Nested in the sunny hills overlooking the Monterey Bay, the famous 2.238 mile … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Guy Driggers (Part I)

April 8th, 2013 by

This week I had the chance to interview another established painter whose paint schemes can be found on many cars on iRacing, including those run by Tyler D Hudson and Nick Ottinger in the NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship.  He has also painted many cars that have run in the NASCAR iRacing.com Class B and … Read the Rest »

Proving Ground

April 7th, 2013 by

Week Nine of the NASCAR iRacing.com Late Model Series took to the tarmac of South Boston Speedway. The track was originally built as a dirt track before being converted to a .357 mile paved track in 1962. Finally in 1994 the track took to its current 0.4 mile configuration. The four turns with 12 degrees … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Carlo Labati

April 6th, 2013 by

Q: What attracted you to iRacing? A: iRacing is a simulator developed after GP Legends and Nascar 2003 Racing Season… so what could be better? Q: What are favorite iRacing cars/tracks? A: My favourite iRacing cars are Dallara in Road and Silverado Trucks in Oval. I love “real” tracks and historical ones. Q: What do … Read the Rest »