This Week in iRacing: December 3-9, 2024

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.

It’s a special Week 13 this week, special in the fact that it’s a normal extension of the season, and Week 14 next week will take the normal place of what normally is Week 13.

Here’s what to expect from 2024 Season 4, Week 13, from December 3rd to December 9th, 2024.

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

Since there’s no NASCAR iRacing Series until the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season begins, the offseason makes room for the Winter NASCAR iRacing Series (WNiS), a similarly-structured fixed and open setup series which will utilize the 1987 NASCAR Cup Series cars. Week 4 will feature the 1987 cars at Martinsville Speedway.

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

SIMAGIC FIA F4 ESPORTS REGIONAL TOURS

While 2024 Season 3 featured a regional face-off to qualify for the Global Championship, in 2024 Season 4, the SIMAGIC FIA F4 eSports returns to a normal weekly series. With the popularity of the series, this season will introduce racing every hour, each region start time offset by 15-minute intervals. The global FIA Formula 4 Challenge series will also pair with a Regional Tour schedule every week and will alternate throughout the season.

Week 13 Schedule:

Americas (races every hour at :45 after): Virginia International Raceway – Full Course
Asia-Pacific (races every hour at :15 after): Oran Park Raceway – South
Europe (races every hour at :30 after): Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello – Grand Prix
Challenge Series (Fixed Setup races every odd hour on the :00 / Open Setup races every even hour on the :00): Oran Park Raceway – South

GLOBAL MAZDA MX-5 FANATEC CUP | RACING PRODIGY PASSES AVAILABLE!

Four Prodigy Passes are on the line in 2024 Season 4’s Global Mazda MX-5 Fanatec Cup. Compete for your all-expenses-paid trip to Prodigy Week for tryouts in a real race car and a shot at being drafted by a Prodigy Racing Team for a pro racing career. The top 36 drivers with the most series points will earn a spot in the iRacing Prodigy Racing League Finals on Sunday, December 15. An additional 12 drivers will secure their spot through the Williams Gaming Club iRacing MX-5 Cup Time Attack series.

The top 25% of drivers from the series will be eligible for two of the Prodigy Passes via the Prodigy Search Committee. Eligible driver must have an active Racing Prodigy Membership via the iRacing or Combo Game Pass. Go to RacingProdigy.com/membership to join.

Week 13 Schedule:

at Charlotte Motor Speedway – Roval

RICMOTECH RING MEISTER / SIMAGIC DRAFT MASTER COMBINATIONS

Two of the more unique daily racing series on iRacing are the Ring Meister Ricmotech Series and the Draft Master 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 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, although this season will feature a week with some Rallycross cars and a few weeks with some oval stock cars.

As for Draft Master (races every hour on the hour), the series contests six weeks at Talladega Superspeedway and six weeks at Daytona International Speedway. Both Talladega and Daytona will feature six oval racing vehicles—the SRX, 1987 NASCAR Cup cars, NASCAR Craftsman Trucks, the aforementioned 2009 Impala COT, NASCAR Next Gen cars, and the Xfinity cars. With Season 4 having a 14th week this year, iRacing Superspeedway returns for a 13th week showdown as well in the 2009 NASCAR Cup Series Impala COT.

Week 13 Schedule:

Ring Meister: [Legacy] Pro Mazda at Nürburgring Nordschleife – Industriefahrten
Draft Master: [Legacy] NASCAR Cup Chevrolet Impala COT – 2009 at iRacing Superspeedway

RAIN MASTER

For wet weather racing enthusiasts, Rain Master is one of the latest Special Series available on iRacing. New for 2024 Season 4, those looking for some fixed setup wet weather racing can now jump into select GT3 vehicles, including the BMW M4, Lamborghini Huracán EVO, Mercedes-AMG, Porsche 911, Ferrari 296, Audi R8 LMS EVO II, Chevrolet Corvette Z06, and Ford Mustang, 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 13 Schedule:

at Lime Rock Park – Grand Prix

Official iRacing eSports

World of Outlaws continues racing again this week while the IMSA Esports Global Championship also continues at the end of the week.

WORLD OF OUTLAWS PRO SERIES/QUALIFYING SERIES

The World of Outlaws are back in the eSports rotation with the fourth race of the 2024-25 season in the 410 Sprint Cars at Lincoln Speedway. This season, the qualifying series will take place simultaneously as the season progresses, with each race getting their 35 driver lineup from the week prior’s qualifying series action. The series will also rotate between 410 Sprint Cars and Super Late Models.

Qualifying for Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55, the fifth race of the season, which will utilize the Super Late Model, starts on Tuesday.

LINCOLN SPEEDWAY – RACE #4 — BROADCAST BEGINS AT 8:00 PM ET (01:00 GMT)

For more information on the World of Outlaws Pro Series -> CLICK HERE

IMSA ESPORTS GLOBAL CHAMPIONSHIP

On Sunday, the second race of the 2024 IMSA Esports Global Championship heads to Sebring International Raceway for two hours and 40 minutes of racing.

This season will once again host all four of the current manufacturers of the IMSA GTP class, which iRacing proudly offers members the chance to drive, including the BMW M Hybrid V8, Cadillac V-Series.R, Acura ARX-06 and the Porsche 963. The GTD class also returns with a grand selection of GT3 cars on the iRacing service. Teams qualified in through the VCO Grand Slam events in 2024, as well as via Time Attacks back in October.

Last season at Sebring, the GTP class went to the #11 Williams Esports BMW while the GTD class was won by the #101 Mercedes-AMG Apex Racing Team.

SEBRING — RACE #2 — BROADCAST STARTS AT 2:00 PM ET (19:00 GMT)

For more information on the IMSA Esports Global Championship -> CLICK HERE

OFF THIS WEEK:

eNASCAR College iRacing Series
- Next Race -> Race #5 at Watkins Glen International (January 21st)

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

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