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To Drive Like A NASCAR Star, Break Out the Video Games

June 12th, 2017 by Matt Hardigree for Wired

Editor’s note:  The following is an excerpt from an article posted on Wired.com on June 11, 2017. IT ALL GOES wrong at 90 mph. Mid-turn, a slight bump from another car sends Parker Kligerman, professional Nascar racing and motorsports analyst, straight into the wall. “I just dumped Parker, LMAO!” the dumper in question crows. We’re at … Read the Rest »

Meet the Man Who Turned Video Games into a Real Racing Career

September 16th, 2016 by Bryan Campbell

For me, video games like Forza are an easy way to lose hours in front of a TV screen and ceremoniously lighten my colleague Henry Phillips’s wallet after hours at the office. For Glenn McGee, racing games were an innocent keystone of friendly hangouts, then an obsession, and are now the bedrock of his professional … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Bedo Magardichian

June 10th, 2015 by

Some people know him as an artist, others know him as an aspiring racer, and others know him as Bedo.  Racing out of New York City, 33 year old Bedo Magardichian’s passion for sim racing knows no bounds. A member of iRacing since 2008, it took less than a month for Magardichian to reach victory … Read the Rest »

Q&A with iRacing’s Richard Jobling

May 7th, 2014 by

Senior Software Engineer Richard Jobling came to iRacing from Scotland via San Francisco and Boston, MA in 2010. Having worked on the development of video games – including Grand Theft Auto – for nearly two decades, Jobling is delighted to have found a home at iRacing.com. Q: Tell us a bit about your background and … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Thomas Lewandowski

October 20th, 2012 by

Thomas Lewandowski should be no stranger to readers of inRacingNews.  From Day One his JR Motorsports entry has been a front runner in the NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship.  After coming hime third in the inaugural season, the Buffalo-based sim-racer slipped to an unlucky P13 in 2011 – but scored his first win with a … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile – Teemu Lappalainen

January 14th, 2012 by

Away from the sim machine, Teemu Lappalainen is the shy and retiring type; the sort of fellow who likes to sit on the beach — in anonymity.  Turn the Finn lose on the tracks of iRacing.com, however, and he is anything but shy . . . or retiring.  After finishing sixth in the HPD ARX01c’s … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Fredrik Tackman

December 31st, 2011 by

You could certainly say that Fredrik Tackman is a quick learner.  Last season he finished a respectable 13th in the iRacing.com Star Mazda Series with seven wins in 22 starts.  Season 4?  He’s leading all comers after eight weeks of racing, with 19 wins (and 38 top fives overall) in 42 starts.  But as the … Read the Rest »