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Via Victorious in Radical Racing Challenge

December 11th, 2014 by

Jairo Via took the 2014 Season 4 Radical Racing Challenge title by a huge margin of 120 points from his nearest rival, DE-AT-CH’s Markus Papenbrock. Papenbrock recovered strongly from a poor first round, to clamber up to a strong second place finish but was unable to challenge for the lead. After five of six rounds … Read the Rest »

What a Season!

December 10th, 2014 by

It was my first season on iRacingNews, and I was covering the series which I personally loved to take part in: the Star Mazda Championship. This shortened season has produced some fantastic sim racing along with bringing some huge fields out for the races which counted most. All in all. it’s been a pleasure to … Read the Rest »

Laughlin Pulls the Upset at Richmond

December 10th, 2014 by

Tyler Laughlin scored a surprise victory Tuesday night in the NASCAR iRacing Pro Series race at Richmond International Raceway after making the right call to stay on the race track with 38 laps to go when the leaders chose to pit for new tires.  Five cautions slowed the field during the last 33 laps, allowing … Read the Rest »

End of the Road

December 10th, 2014 by

After 20 exciting rounds in a wildly diverse collection of digital race cars on some of the world’s great road courses, the inaugural season of the iRacing Road Warrior Series crossed the proverbial finish line in Austin, Texas. The Road Warriors’ weapon for the final weekend? The Skip Barber F2000 car. The Skip Barber car … Read the Rest »

Timing is Everything

December 9th, 2014 by

Timely Yellows Put Ringler in Driver’s Seat for Repeat Championship The pressure was on as race number five of six of the 2014 Season 4 NASCAR iRacing.com Class B Open Championship put the series at the 1.25-mile Gateway Motorsports Park in Madison, Illinois.  Galeforce Racing’s Larry Scott Jr, BRB Motorsport’s Randall Faulks, and Lowline Racing’s … Read the Rest »

Norton Tames The Lady in Black

December 9th, 2014 by

Week Four of the 2014 Season 4 iRacing.com IndyCar Oval sent the series to Darlington Raceway for the first time in series history. Only a mere 31 sim-racers had the courage to tackle the “Track Too Tough to Tame” throughout the week. Cautions, a difficult pit road entry, lap traffic and single file restarts were … Read the Rest »

Barbers Battle at Barber

December 8th, 2014 by

With only two races remaining in the truncated Season 4 of 2014, the UK&I Skip Barber League made the short journey from Road America to Barber Motorsports Park for a 15 lap sprint.  Last time out Marc Mercer grabbed the championship by the horns and lept ahead of Dominic Brennan with 83 points to Brennan’s … Read the Rest »

NASCAR iRacing Pro Series: Lefts and Rights

December 5th, 2014 by

The last time Pro caliber sim racers visited the virtual Watkins Glen, Michael Conti drove to one of three victories in his NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series championship run. He dominated, leading 47 of 50 laps, in an effort that seemed unmatchable. But Tuesday when the NASCAR iRacing Pro Series hit the track, Conti’s rate of … Read the Rest »

Team GT3 Soars at Suzuka

December 5th, 2014 by

Week Five of the Team GT3 Challenge took to the serpentine Suzuka circuit, and saw a return to the one hour race length seen in Weeks 1,2 and 3.  Taking the front row for the rolling start were Angelo Peter in the Trinity-Motorsports.de BMW Z4 with the familiar RUF of GT World piloted by Massimo … Read the Rest »

Chastain Conquers Phillip Island – Eyes Championship

December 4th, 2014 by

With a dominating win at Phillip Island, Chastain has his eyes on a championship upset. Phillip Island is known for providing close battles regardless of the vehicles being driven. Whether real or virtual racing, this fast and sweeping road course has a way of keeping the action tight and Week 5 of the iRacing.com V8 … Read the Rest »