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Championship Hopes Rise for Filsell
July 15th, 2014 by Jaime Baker
It’s been a relatively quiet championship season for ANZ Motorsports driver Jarrad Filsell. Although he’s consistently been finishing races in the top-five, he’s yet to come home with a Strength of Field (SoF) race win this season. On a sunny but windy race at Circuit Gilles-Villenueve (AKA Montreal), however, that all changed. Week 11 of … Read the Rest »
Shaw Survives Busy Week Under the Lights at Daytona
July 14th, 2014 by Jaime Baker
As with the season opener at Talladega, Week 10 of the NASCAR iRacing Class B Open Series was a busy one, as the big high-banked super speedways brings virtual racers out in droves. With the season hitting the home stretch, the tenth round of the 12-week schedule brought the Impalas and Mustangs to the World … Read the Rest »
Get to Know: James Kirsch
July 14th, 2014 by Jaime Baker
A nearly-five year veteran on iRacing, James Kirsch from Western New York has been a contender on the track from the day he joined the sim racing service in 2009. The 31 year old Kirsch has visited victory lane five times in 46 career oval starts, his first career victory coming in the Legends car … Read the Rest »
Circle Track School – Speed and Quickness
July 11th, 2014 by Jaime Baker
Sometime last year (!), my first article for the service had to do with line of sight behind the wheel; where and how you should be looking down the track in order to effectively race and avoid the inevitable; to become a survivor instead of a victim. With the long-awaited release of the Super Late … Read the Rest »
Q&A With Donald FitzGerald
July 11th, 2014 by Jaime Baker
Mr. FitzGerald has been with the iRacing service since 2012 and spends just about all of his time competing in the Silver Crown Cup. He also runs in ‘Crown leagues such as “Old Bastards.” With as much experience as he has with the Silver Crown, he is definitely a senior figure in the short track … Read the Rest »
Moreira Masters Oulton Park
July 10th, 2014 by Jaime Baker
Week 10 of the Classic Lotus Grand Prix 2014 Series ran at historic Oulton Park in Cheshire, England this weekend. Bumpy, narrow, windy, and very curvy: the track was a real challenge to sim-racers and their cars. New setups had to be created from the last time the series raced there in 2013. Five warm-up … Read the Rest »
NiS Open Garage – New Hampshire
July 8th, 2014 by Jaime Baker
New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a flat, one mile oval that calls for a combination of driving skills and setup knowledge to stay competitive over long runs. The long straights and flat corners require decent braking skills and a consistent driving line. Drivers will want a setup conservative enough to conserve the tires while maintaining … Read the Rest »
8 Reasons To Race the Lotus 49
July 8th, 2014 by Jaime Baker
After half a season of covering (and occasionally racing in) the Grand Prix Legends series featuring the Lotus 49 I feel marginally qualified to explain why every road-racing enthusiast should purchase this car yesterday. There are many reasons to participate in this series, some of which are obvious, but others not so much. In this … Read the Rest »
Di Palo Victorious for Week 10 GT3
July 8th, 2014 by Jaime Baker
In what could only be described as a true nail-biter, Italian driver Raffaele A Di Palo has claimed victory for Week 10 of the iRacing.com GT3 Challenge. With the level of fierce competition he faced, the results show it was no easy battle. The same could be said for the almost 1,100 different sim-racers who … Read the Rest »
Sonoma: The Return of Townend
July 8th, 2014 by Jaime Baker
The last time Blake Townend had won a race in the UK&I Skip Barber League was the penultimate race of last season, at Sonoma. Is it a coincidence that this would be the site of his triumphant return for Season 2 of 2014? Possibly, but his dominant victory saw him take the checkered flag by … Read the Rest »