All News: sim-racing

Kirby Takes First RSR Win at Spa

May 24th, 2011 by

Circuit De Spa-Francorchamps.  Known to race fans around the world simply as Spa, the track was unquestionably the most anticipated addition to iRacing’s collection of road courses.  Luckily for members of the Red Sox Racing League, iRacing’s team of track scanners, graphic artists, and programmers worked hard to get Spa into the virtual world of … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Madison Down

May 21st, 2011 by

If Madison Down’s name sounds familiar, it may well because you’ve been reading Patrick Atherton’s superb accounts of his exploits in the Ford Falcon V8 Supercar in inRacingNews. Down may not be unbeatable in the Trans Tasman Racing FG01, but with 11 wins in 14 starts in 2011 Season 1, let’s just say those who … Read the Rest »

iRacing Goes Big Time

May 11th, 2011 by

Dale Earnhardt Jr. took the world’s largest high definition television for a spin earlier Tuesday at Charlotte Motor Speedway by taking virtual laps around the legendary 1.5-mile track using an iRacing simulation. Marcus Smith, president and general manager of Charlotte Motor Speedway, invited Earnhardt Jr., an avid video gamer, to show off his skills on … Read the Rest »

iRacing.com Announces iRacing 2.0

May 3rd, 2011 by

World’s Premier Online, Multiplayer Racing Game to Release Revolutionary Updates over the Summer Months BEDFORD, MA (April 20, 2011) – iRacing.com today formally announced its most dramatic software release to date – Version 2.0. Coming in the summer of 2011, iRacing 2.0 will feature enhancements across the board for the popular online, multi-player racing title. … Read the Rest »

Shields Claims Victory at Spa

April 16th, 2011 by

In a race which mirrored most of the Red Sox Racing League’s 2011 Season One F1 schedule, Les Turner and Robinson Shields were the class of the field as they battled for the final victory in the last race of the season.  Coming into the final race as the only two RSR drivers to score … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: James Kirkham

April 16th, 2011 by

James Kirkham is fortunate to have what many fellow iRacers would consider a dream job: working in the motorsports arena.  Not long after relocating to Charlotte from Oregon Kirkham landed a job with Motorsports Management International which represents many of NASCAR’s  top drivers including Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, Jamie McMurray and Tony Stewart — to … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile – Nenad Matijevic

April 2nd, 2011 by

So far it’s been a pretty typical week for Nenad Matijevic, at least in terms of sim racing: two starts and two wins in the Mustang Challenge, eight starts and five wins in the Pontiac Solstice and one start and one win in the SpecRacer Ford in the inRacingNews Challenge.  OK, so Matijevic didn’t do … Read the Rest »

Hazard Triumphs at Tricky Triangle

March 22nd, 2011 by

NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship driver Thomas Hazard had a pretty busy past week. The stretch started victoriously with the Midwest sim racing club driver driving his car to victory lane in the NiSWC event at the Bristol Motor Speedway. Five days later, he drove his NASCAR iRacing.com Class C Series (NiCCS) truck to the … Read the Rest »

Down Sizzles at Spa

March 16th, 2011 by

Race Two of the iRacing V8 Supercar Series at legendary Spa-Francorchamps once again brought no less than three full splits. The cream of the sim racing crop weren’t going to miss this magnificent virtual venue. Madison Down’s pole time of 2 min 23.348 could not be headed. However there were some new faces qualifying up … Read the Rest »

'No Nerves' Nieminen

March 12th, 2011 by

Amongst the sim-racing fraternity, it was pretty much expected that Greger Huttu would fly out of the blocks and continue where he left off in his domination of the 2010 iRacing.com World Championship Series Road Racing. Whilst the names of Luca Masier, Klaus Kivekas and David Williams were bounded around like cheap candy as possible … Read the Rest »