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Get to Know: Anderson Paes

June 19th, 2014 by

Ir para versão em português If you have been racing the NASCAR iRacing Series or NASCAR Class A series, you probably already had Anderson Paes starting on a race next to you. But if you are from Brazil and race in leagues like iRacing Brasil, you already know this guy pretty well. Anderson, an entrepeneur … Read the Rest »

Ellis Finds Victory in Final Laps

June 18th, 2014 by

Week Seven of the 2014 Season 2 iRacing.com V8 Supercars Series wrapped-up its Florida visit with a spectacular race at Sebring International Raceway. Nineteen sim-racers settled in for a 22 lap event which saw Shaun Kelly take pole position with a lap time of 2:02.965. From the drop of the green flag, Kelly got off … Read the Rest »

Two Continents, Two Victories

June 18th, 2014 by

The Land of the Rising Sun is home to many famous race tracks, such as Suzuka, Okayama and Twin Ring Motegi. And the iRacing Silver Crown Cup visited the historic racing land of Motegi for a white-knuckle 65 lap sim race last Thursday night. While the sim racing was cleaner than last season’s event, the … Read the Rest »

UK&I Skip Barbers at Brands Hatch

June 18th, 2014 by

Brands Hatch seems to be all over iRacingNews in June as regular readers may have noticed the Grand Prix Legends high SOF race article I wrote not long ago.  The temperatures are rising in the northern hemisphere and what better way to spend your time than sim-racing in a single-seater around a circuit as thrilling … Read the Rest »

Gernot Fritsche Tames Interlagos in Lotus 79!

June 18th, 2014 by

Week 7 of the 2014s2 Classic Lotus Grand Prix Series was held at the famous Autódromo José Carlos Pace (Interlagos) track in Brazil. Conditions were warm and not very humid, with a very slight breeze. The fans were stoked by the World Cup soccer tournament, the history of Ayrton Senna (and the aforementioned Carlos Pace) … Read the Rest »

Di Palo Captures Week 7 GT3 Victory

June 18th, 2014 by

Week 7 of the iRacing.com GT3 Challenge Series has concluded an exciting week of sim racing at Circuit Zolder. With over 1,300 different sim-racers registering for official races, the competition was tough and very close on this winding road course. So close, in fact, that the podium finishers for this week only had 12 points … Read the Rest »

Laughton Outruns Conti and Ottinger at Michigan

June 18th, 2014 by

With the way Chad Laughton’s 2014 season has been going, everyone knew it was only a matter of time before he would find victory lane.  The time finally came last night.  Laughton won his first race in the NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series Powered by iRacing at Michigan International Speedway after passing series points leader Michael … Read the Rest »

Huttu Re-peats the Five-peat

June 17th, 2014 by

The 2014 iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series started off in unprecedented fashion, with four winners in four races. Since that point, the series has all been about one driver, namely three time champion and Fanatec Team Redline driver Greger Huttu. At Silverstone, he was able to achieve a feat almost considered impossible considering the … Read the Rest »

Vive la Différence!

June 17th, 2014 by

Much like the recent Formula One Grand Prix of Canada, iRacing’s Canadian Grand Prix was highlighted by different winners. The usual front runners were not on the podium in three of the four top splits, as the technical and risky Circuit Gilles Villeneuve separated the men from the boys.  In order to win on the … Read the Rest »

Brands Hatch Revisited

June 16th, 2014 by

1967 was not a year when the British Grand Prix was stages at Brands Hatch (which only hosted on even numbered years in the 1960s and ’70s) but rather at Silverstone.  The following year the Lotus 49B did race at Brands Hatch with Graham Hill and Jackie Oliver teaming up at Gold Leaf Team Lotus … Read the Rest »