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Dream Time at Sebring

February 5th, 2013 by

In late January I had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to participate in the first ever Skip Barber IndyCar Academy Shootout.  Recent graduates of the Skip Barber Three Day schools were invited to apply to participate in the Shootout and I was fortunate to be one of the 33 selected . . . at no cost! A … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Jérémy Bouteloup

February 2nd, 2013 by

Upon seeing the name “Jérémy Bouteloup” it’s natural for inRacingNews readers to think of the Williams-Toyota FW31.  After all, the Parisian drove his Radicals Racing entry to a worthy P7 in the 2012 iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series on the strength of six top five finishes, including fourth places at Silverstone and Twin Ring … Read the Rest »

Multi-Class Racin!

January 29th, 2013 by

After a week or so of battling with the snow, I thought it was about time to post another blog entry. It never ceases to amaze me how inept we – the United Kingdom – are at dealing with a dash of adverse weather. In the winter it rains – we get flooding. If it … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: David Fortsch

January 28th, 2013 by

The driver I interviewed for this week’s article, David Fortsch, is 18 years old and was born in Pennsylvania. He moved to Florida when he was about 6 years old and has lived there ever since. He has been on iRacing since July of 2010 but has been around racing simulators and video games for … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Leila Wilson

January 26th, 2013 by

At first glance, it might appear that F1 driver-turned iRacing director of partner relations Divina Galica is virtually alone when it comes to the distaff side of iRacing.  Not so.  While the overwhelming majority of iRacers are men, scores of women compete on the service . . . none more enthusiastically than Leila Wilson. Fully … Read the Rest »

A Win-Win-Win Proposition

January 22nd, 2013 by

You might think sim-racing and golf share little in common.  One focuses on driving virtual race cars around virtual race tracks in competition with real people around the world . . . all from the relative comfort of their offices, game rooms or dens.  The other consists of hitting (and chasing) a tiny ball around … Read the Rest »

World Tour of iRacing Round 2: Daytona 2.4

January 22nd, 2013 by

The 2013 World Tour of iRacing continues this weekend with the Daytona 2.4.  As with all events on the World Tour, iRacers will have two chances to compete, with one online race on Friday, January 25 at 9 PM Eastern (02:00 GMT Saturday, January 26) and a second on Saturday, January 26 at 1 PM … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Nick Del Campo

January 21st, 2013 by

This week, I interviewed a driver who is no stranger to painting cars on iRacing.com. Along with racing the cars on iRacing, he also paints them. As the owner of N.D.D (Nick Del Campo Designs), he paints cars on iRacing as well as real world racecars. Many people know him for the signature lime green … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Kevin Gries

January 18th, 2013 by

When Kevin Gries says his favorite iRacing car is “definitely” a Corvette C6.R believe him.  Officially-speaking, he hasn’t run a race, a time trial or even practiced in anything besides a ‘Vette since a mid-November run in a Class A Impala at Homestead.  Since then it’s been a steady diet of Corvette and the iRacing.com … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Joshua Chin

January 14th, 2013 by

For this week, I interviewed a driver who is no stranger to iRacing. He has only been on iRacing for a little less than two years, but in that time he has made friends, learned a lot and more importantly has won a lot of races. He has won time trial championships and has won … Read the Rest »