This Week in iRacing: December 19-25, 2023

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!

This Week includes topics ranging from official eSports to some of the top community-driven events, and everything in between.

Here’s what you should know for Week 2 of 2024 Season 1, from December 19th to the 25th.

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.

WINTER NASCAR iRACING SERIES

There’s no NASCAR iRacing Series until the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season begins, so in its place for the winter is the Winter NASCAR iRacing Series (WNiS), a similarly-structured fixed and open setup series which will utilize the 1987 NASCAR Cup Series cars. Week 7 will feature the 1987 cars at Watkins Glen Int’l, on the Classic layout.

The races this week are scheduled for:

Fixed Schedule: Wednesday, 21:00 GMT; Friday, 02:00 GMT; Saturday, 10:00 and 17:00 GMT; Monday, 02:00 GMT

Open Schedule: Thursday, 02:00 and 19:00 GMT; Saturday, 02:00 GMT; Sunday, 15:00 GMT

For more information on the Winter NASCAR iRacing Series -> CLICK HERE

FIA F4 ESPORTS REGIONAL TOURS

Every week, FIA F4 Esports Regional Tour races take place on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:00 PM, 9:00 PM, and 11:00 PM in time zones appropriate for each region. While all iRacers are eligible to run in any region’s event, the servers will always be set to the most appropriate iRacing server for each region.

Week 2 Schedule:

Americas: Summit Point Motorsports Park
Asia-Pacific: Suzuka International Racing Course – West w/ Chicane
Europe-North: Oulton Park Circuit – Fosters
Europe-South: MotorLand Aragón – West

iRACING WEEKLY CHALLENGE

iRacing’s latest new series concept comes to life for 2024 Season 1 with the introduction of the iRacing Weekly Challenge. If you’re into all forms of road racing, this is the series for you—it’s 12 weeks of different car and track combinations, with no repeats on either, for a season-long championship. Prove you’re the best at everything from sports cars to open-wheel racers on a global tour of some of iRacing’s most popular circuits.

Each week will feature points races every hour, leading up to a main event on Sunday at 20:00 GMT that features splits by weekly points. Races will be 20 minutes long and are open to iRacers with Class D licenses and higher. A separate set of points will also be tracked for the top splits of the Sunday main events on their own landing page. In addition, $5 in iRacing credits will be awarded each week to a random driver who makes the top split of the Sunday main event.

Week 2 Schedule:

Ray FF1600 at Oulton Park Circuit – Island

RING MEISTER / DRAFT MASTER COMBINATIONS

Two of the more unique daily racing series added in recent seasons are the Ring Meister Ricmotech Series and the Draft Master Series, where the cars change every week as opposed to the tracks. This season, 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 odd 2 hours | Qualifying every even 2 hours at :30) takes place at the Nürburgring Nordschleife – Industriefahrten and cycles through mostly road-type racing vehicles every week.

As for Draft Master (every hour), there are two tracks—Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway—and six NASCAR vehicles that each track will cycle through. This series moves back to Daytona for the first six weeks of 2024 Season 1.

Week 2 Schedule:

Ring Meister: Audi R8 LMS EVO II GT3 at Nürburgring Nordschleife – Industriefahrten
Draft Master: [Legacy] NASCAR Cup Chevrolet Impala COT – 2009 at Daytona Int’l Speedway

Official iRacing eSports

There’s only one more official iRacing eSports event to cover this year, and it’s happening on Monday night with the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars at Knoxville Raceway.

iRACING WORLD OF OUTLAWS THRUSTMASTER SPRINT CAR SERIES

Thrustmaster is onboard for the 2023-24 season of the iRacing World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series. Halfway done with the calendar following last week’s event at I-55, the second half of the season begins just before the two week break for Christmas and New Year’s with racing at the Sprint Car Capital of the World on Monday night, Knoxville Raceway. Ryan Avila continues to control the championship, but Aiden Forster cut into that gap by finishing a spot ahead in both their respective duel and the main event.

Kenny Miller has won the last two races, but sits 13th in the points still after a rough start to the season. Can he continue to claw up the ranks at Knoxville? What about the other driver with two wins, Alex Bergeron? Bergeron is the defending winner at Knoxville, and will be looking to score a third win on the season.

RACE #6 AT KNOXVILLE – BROADCAST STARTS AT 9:00 PM ET (02:00 GMT)

For more details on the World of Outlaws Thrustmaster Sprint Car Series -> CLICK HERE

OFF THIS WEEK

eNASCAR College iRacing Series
- Next Race -> Tuesday, January 23: Race #5 at Michigan International Speedway

For more details on the eNASCAR College iRacing Series -> CLICK HERE

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