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Renaissance Man

April 4th, 2013 by

It’s a rare but fortunate occurrence when two seemingly unrelated talents in a person’s skill-sets complement one another . . . think of crooner Tony Bennett, whose paintings grace the covers of several of his record albums/CDs or, on a slightly more elevated plane, of Leonardo da Vinci who used his artistic virtuosity to illustrate … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Steven Eszenyi

March 25th, 2013 by

If you look up improvement or persistent in the dictionary, you’ll probably find a picture of Steven Eszenyi. Steven has been on iRacing since July of 2010.  Statistically, he didn’t get off to a very great start. In 2010 he ran 217 oval races and three road races, and although he won a total of … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Adam Gilliland

March 18th, 2013 by

If you didn’t recognize the name Adam Gilliland, you probably do now after watching the season opener of the 2013 NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship last Tuesday. In his first race of the season, he scored the biggest win in his sim-racing career in a close finish against NiPS runner-up Jared Crawford at Daytona International … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Alex Simpson

March 16th, 2013 by

Q: How long have you been sim racing? A: I’m pretty new to sim racing compared to some, December just gone, marked my one year sim racing anniversary. Before that I played around on the consoles for about a year at Apex Racing League on different titles. Q: What attracted you to iRacing? A: A … Read the Rest »

Self Promotion

March 14th, 2013 by

The last three years of my racing career have gotten off to less than stellar starts.  Finishing outside of the top 10 on all three occasions has made a rebound difficult.  It turns the beginning of the season in to a chase as opposed to a strong, consistency hold.  This year I knew things had … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Jason Karlavige

March 11th, 2013 by

Jason Karlavige, the 22 year from Pennsylvanian joined the iRacing.com service back in August of 2009. Like any oval iRacer, he started in the Legends car at tracks like Lanier National Speedway, and has since moved-up to running — and winning — in the Nationwide cars the Generation 5 Cup cars and the newly released … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Tony Repussard

March 9th, 2013 by

It’s only natural to associate Tony Repussard with the iRacing Star Mazda Championship.  After all with four series titles and more than 120 race wins to his name, to say nothing of three time trial titles, the Frenchman has been a dominant force in Star Mazdas for the past couple of seasons. These days, however, … Read the Rest »

Dream Drive

March 4th, 2013 by

Nothing prepared me for the telephone call I got on Tuesday, February 26 from Travis Engen, an accomplished driver who owns several vintage cars which he drives with great success. I had been a longtime admirer of his 2005 Audi R8 LMP1 car and was constantly drawn to stand beside it when Travis raced it … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Tommaso Carla

March 2nd, 2013 by

It took Tommaso Carla two stabs at supplying his answers for this week’s iRacer Profile.  The first go produced a number of, er, brief (not to say monsylabic) answers.  So much so that Tommaso re-sent his answers with an apology for the first set being a little too “Raikkonen-esque.” While Tommaso stopped well short of … Read the Rest »

Touring Cars Continue Spa Heritage

February 28th, 2013 by

In eastern Belgium lies a track that any racing fan likely knows: Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.  The circuit has been hosting races since 1925 and features its picture perfect Eau Rouge-Raidillon uphill corners that lead to the long Kemmel Straight.  With tons of configurations and 4.352 miles of race track, it is known as one of … Read the Rest »