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NASCAR iRacing Series Open Garage – Daytona 2015

February 18th, 2015 by

Daytona is upon us race fans, signaling the start of “Speed Week” and another season of the NASCAR iRacing Series “Open Garage.” Here in the Open Garage we hope to provide new and veteran drivers with an insight into the techniques we use to design and refine our setups for each track throughout the season. … Read the Rest »

VergilRacing’s Maiden Masters of Endurance Win

February 18th, 2015 by

Masters of Endurance held its penultimate round of the season back in the USA, as sim racers took to one of iRacing’s newest road circuits at Circuit of the Americas. The grade 1 track in Austin, Texas played host to the 6 hour race featuring GT3 cars, which was sponsored by grandprix247.com. After 24 hours … Read the Rest »

Schiavon Romps at Motegi, Ishida Takes Atlanta

February 17th, 2015 by

The IndyCar Road Series screamed into Asia running at Japan’s Twin Ring Motegi. The circuit is complex, slick, and challenging. Drivers must first negotiate a downhill braking zone into as they head to the start/finish line on the notoriously slick Japanese tarmac. They then must apply the throttle gingerly as they head through a series … Read the Rest »

NASCAR iRacing Series Diary

February 17th, 2015 by

Editor’s note:  James Falcon Pratt will be contributing a regular series of articles on the 2015 NASCAR iRacing Series to iRacingNews.  Like 99.9% of his fellow iRacers, Pratt is not an immediate threat to knock the likes of Matt Bussa, Patrick Crabtree or, for that matter, Michael Conti, Tyler Hudson and Ray Alfalla off their … Read the Rest »

No Love Lost

February 17th, 2015 by

The ninth week of the iRacing Star Mazda championship took the sim racers to Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin where one of America’s most famous tracks — Road America — awaited with its 14 turns in four miles (aka 6.515 kilometres). With Road America’s variation of long straights and quick sweeping corners it was essential to find … Read the Rest »

Marneef Magical in Vegas

February 17th, 2015 by

Week Eight of the 2015 Season 1 iRacing.com IndyCar Oval sent the series to Las Vegas Motor Speedway. A total of 103 sim-racers decided to take the gambling on track in “Sin City” throughout the week. Blocking, bonehead moves, close calls, the draft, handling, lap traffic, pack racing, record Strength of Fields, tight sim racing … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Justin Lindsay (Part 1)

February 17th, 2015 by

iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series driver, Coanda Simsport driver, and now inaugural iRacing.com 24 Hours of Daytona champion, iRacer Justin Lindsay is certainly an accomplished sim racer. Entering his fourth year on iRacing, Lindsay has scored 92 career victories in 823 road course starts, and has a 50% of top five rating. So yeah, … Read the Rest »

Magic Run For Osborne at NHMS

February 17th, 2015 by

LOUDON, NEW HAMPSHIRE – After a thrilling opening round of the Red Sox Racing League’s ‘Back To Our Roots’ championship, it’s time for another 30-minute battle, this time at Loudon’s New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, the “Magic Mile” is perhaps best known for tightly contested oval stock car races, but … Read the Rest »

The Wall of Champions Shocker

February 16th, 2015 by

The eighth round of the UK&I Skip Barber League’s first season in 2015 took place at Montreal’s legendary Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.  Championship leader Sebastian Job took pole position for the second race running with his nearest points rival Tom Ward sharing the front row with him, while Rob Cain took an impressive third in qualifying. … Read the Rest »

Home Again at Donington National

February 13th, 2015 by

For only the second time ever the UK&I Skip Barber League lined-up at their home circuit of Donington Park.  Sebastian Job sat on pole position for the 19 lap race of the National layout after posting a time of 1:17.6 which was just over six hundredths faster than Wojciech Swirydowicz and Stuart Adcock in second … Read the Rest »