This Week in iRacing: April 8-14, 2025
April 7th, 2025 by Justin Melillo
Welcome back to This Week in iRacing, our weekly post that details all you need to know about what is going on in the world of iRacing!
As always, This Week includes topics ranging from official eSports to some of the top community-driven events, and everything in between.
Here’s what to expect from 2025 Season 2, Week 4, from April 8th to April 14th in 2025.
For the Members: iRacing Official Series Highlights
Every week, iRacing offers daily, even hourly racing that members can get into, based on where their license level is at. There are also some special series that run at specific times that anyone can jump into, with the right credentials, that offer a more meaningful sim racing experience.
Here are a few of the highlighted series taking place this week.
NASCAR iRACING SERIES
Back again in 2025, the NASCAR iRacing Series (Open Setup and Fixed Setup) follows the NASCAR Cup Series schedule for a 36-week racing season. The series visits the tracks on the real-world schedule, utilizing the NASCAR Next Gen Stock Cars from Chevrolet, Ford and Toyota.
Week 9 of 36 will take place at Bristol Motor Speedway.
The races this week are scheduled for:
Fixed Schedule: Wednesday, 21:00 GMT; Friday, 01:00 GMT; Saturday, 10:00 GMT and 16:00 GMT; Monday, 01:00 GMT
Open Schedule: Thursday, 01:00 GMT and 19:00 GMT; Saturday, 01:00 GMT; Sunday, 14:00 GMT
For more information on the NASCAR iRacing Series -> CLICK HERE
iRACING GRAND PRIX TOUR
The fastest, most challenging, most exciting road racing series on the iRacing service, the iRacing Grand Prix Tour features the Mercedes-AMG F1 W13 E Performance on many of the world’s most fabled and demanding circuits, in either fixed or open setup series.
Week 4 of 24 will take place at the Nürburgring Grand-Prix-Strecke.
The races this week are scheduled for:
Fixed Schedule: Thursday, 10:00 & 19:00 GMT; Friday, 01:00 & 04:00 GMT; Saturday, 10:00 & 19:00 GMT; Sunday, 01:00 & 04:00 GMT
Open Schedule: Friday, 10:00 & 19:00 GMT; Saturday, 01:00 & 04:00 GMT; Sunday, 10:00 & 19:00 GMT; Monday, 01:00 & 04:00 GMT
For more information on the iRacing Grand Prix Tour -> CLICK HERE
INDYCAR iRACING SERIES
The INDYCAR iRacing Series is an Open Setup season that predominantly follows the real world INDYCAR schedule, utilizing the Dallara IR-18. It will have full length races on road courses, while utilizing amended race distances for the ovals during the 16-week racing season.
Week 3 of 16 will take place at Long Beach Street Circuit.
The races this week are scheduled for:
Thursday 01:00 GMT, Friday 20:00 GMT, Saturday 18:00 GMT, Sunday 02:00 GMT
For more information on the INDYCAR iRacing Series -> CLICK HERE
DIRT SUPER LATE MODEL TOUR
Modeled heavily after real-world events and featuring dozens of America’s top dirt tracks, the Dirt Super Late Model Tour features 39 weeks of championship racing in the Dirt Super Late Model.
Week 11 of 39 will take place at Knoxville Raceway.
The races this week are scheduled for:
Tuesday 21:00 GMT, Thursday 01:00 GMT, Saturday 16:00 GMT, Monday 01:00 GMT
For more information on the Dirt Super Late Model Tour -> CLICK HERE
DIRT 410 SPRINT CAR TOUR
Modeled heavily after real-world events and featuring dozens of America’s top dirt tracks, the Dirt 410 Sprint Car Tour features 37 weeks of championship racing in the Dirt 410 Sprint Car.
Week 9 of 37 will take place at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55.
The races this week are scheduled for:
Wednesday 01:00 GMT and 21:00 GMT, Friday 01:00 GMT, Sunday 10:00 GMT
For more information on the Dirt 410 Sprint Car Tour -> CLICK HERE
NASCAR MODIFIED TOUR
Modeled heavily after real-world events and featuring many of America’s top short tracks, the NASCAR Modified Tour features 21 weeks of championship racing in the NASCAR Whelen Tour Modified.
Week 5 of 21 will take place at Hickory Motor Speedway.
The races this week are scheduled for:
Thursday 01:00 GMT, Thursday 19:00 GMT, Saturday 01:00 GMT, Sunday 14:00 GMT
For more information on the NASCAR Modified Tour -> CLICK HERE
SUPER LATE MODEL TOUR
Modeled heavily after real-world events and featuring many of America’s top short tracks, the Super Late Model Tour features 23 weeks of championship racing in the Super Late Model.
Week 5 of 23 will take place at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
The races this week are scheduled for:
Wednesday 21:00 GMT, Friday 01:00 GMT, Saturday 10:00 GMT, Saturday 16:00 GMT, Monday 01:00 GMT
For more information on the Super Late Model Tour -> CLICK HERE
VINTAGE GRAND PRIX TOUR
New for 2025, the iRacing Vintage Grand Prix Tour brings the Lotus 79 on a tour that loosely resembles the 1978 World Driver’s Championship.
Week 1 of 16 will take place at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.
The races this week are scheduled for:
Tuesday 02:00 GMT, Sunday 07:00 GMT, Sunday 22:00 GMT, Monday 18:00 GMT
For more information on the iRacing Vintage Grand Prix Tour -> CLICK HERE
FIA F4 ESPORTS REGIONAL TOURS
The Regional and Global editions of the FIA F4 Esports Series returns returns in 2025 Season 2. All series will have racing every 30 minutes at :00 and :30 after.
Week 4 Schedule:
- Americas: Sonoma Raceway – Open Wheel 2012-2018
- Asia-Pacific: Sandown International Motor Raceway
- Europe: MotorLand Aragón – Grand Prix
- Global: Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli – Grand Prix
RICMOTECH RING MEISTER / DRAFT MASTER CHALLENGE BY SIMAGIC COMBINATIONS
Two of the more unique daily racing series on iRacing are the Ring Meister Ricmotech Series and the Draft Master Challenge by SIMAGIC Series, where the cars change every week as opposed to the tracks. The setups are fixed in both series, which means it’s all about jumping in and racing the combination at hand.
The Ring Meister Ricmotech Series (Races on every hour on the hour | Qualifying every hour at :30) takes place at the Nürburgring Nordschleife – Industriefahrten and cycles through mostly road-type racing vehicles every week. As for Draft Master Challenge by SIMAGIC (races every hour on the hour), the series contests six weeks at Talladega Superspeedway and six weeks at Daytona International Speedway, featuring many common NASCAR-oval style cars.
Week 4 Schedule:
- Ring Meister: Formula Vee at Nürburgring Nordschleife – Industriefahrten
- Draft Master: ARCA Menards Series cars at Talladega Superspeedway
RAIN MASTER
For wet weather racing enthusiasts, Rain Master is one of the latest Special Series available on iRacing. Introduced in 2024 Season 4, those looking for some fixed setup wet weather racing can now jump into select GT3 vehicles at 12 different road courses around the world.
The forecasts will include light rain throughout the short, 15 minute events. Races run every hour at 15 minutes past the hour.
Week 4 Schedule:
- at Okayama International Circuit – Full Course
OFF THIS WEEK:
- Creventic Endurance Series | Next Race (#2 of 5) at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps – Grand Prix Pits (iRacing Season 2, Week 7)
- iRacing Nurburgring Endurance Series | Next Race (#2 of 9) at Nürburgring Combined – Gesamtstrecke VLN (iRacing Season 2, Week 7)
For more information on the iRacing CREVENTIC Endurance Series -> CLICK HERE
For more information on the iRacing Nurburgring Endurance Series -> CLICK HERE
NEXT SPECIAL EVENT:
April 25th-26th | iRacing Road America 500 (iRacing Season 2, Week 6)
For more information on the 2025 iRacing Special Events calendar -> CLICK HERE
Official iRacing eSports
Some of the top series are coming to an end in the coming weeks. This weekend, the Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup concludes at Le Mans. Next week, the eNASCAR College iRacing Series crowns a champion. This Tuesday, however, the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series is back in action from Rockingham Speedway.
eNASCAR COCA-COLA iRACING SERIES
The eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series heads to Rockingham Speedway for the fifth round of the 2025 season. The opening segment, with Parker White, Zack Novak, and Steven Wilson in a heated battle for the top spot, will conclude this week and award five playoff points to the overall segment winner.
ROCKINGHAM RACE #5 – BROADCAST STARTS WITH COUNTDOWN TO GREEN AT 7:30 PM ET (11:30 GMT)
For more information on the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series -> CLICK HERE
PORSCHE TAG HEUER ESPORTS SUPERCUP
The Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup 2025 season concludes on Saturday, taking on the Circuit des 24 Heures du Mans to crown a champion among Cooper Webster, Jordan Caruso, or Mitchell deJong. Led in by the PESC All-Stars an hour prior, 30 of the best sim racers are set to round out the season strong around the famed venue in France.
LE MANS RACE #7 – BROADCAST STARTS WITH ALL-STARS AT 2:00 PM ET (18:00 GMT) – SUPERCUP AT 3:00 PM ET (19:00 GMT)
For more details on the Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup -> CLICK HERE
OFF THIS WEEK:
- eNASCAR College iRacing Series
- Final Race -> Championship Round at Homestead-Miami Speedway (April 15th)
For more information on the eNASCAR College iRacing Series -> CLICK HERE
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