But drivers aren’t the only iRacers using the world’s leading motorsports simulation service as a gateway to the professional arena.  Much like drivers who move-up the racing “ladder” from online to real racing, artists Guy Driggers, JD Laird, Kevin King and others are plying their craft in professional circles after serving their apprenticeships designing paint schemes for virtual cars on the iRacing service.

The results are brightly splashed across the starting grids of today’s NASCAR races on the cars and trucks of Hendrick, JRM, Richard Childress and SR2 Motorsports, BK and JJC Racing for sponsors including Mountain Dew, Taxslayer.com, Reeses, the US Navy, Dr. Pepper and the National Guard.

Kevin King’s Mountain Dew Paint Scheme on Dale Earnhardt Jr’s car

“iRacing’s cars are modeled so closely that what you have in the game is a good representation of how it will look on a real car,” says the San Diego-based King, whose clients include JRM and Hendrick Motorsports and Earnhardt Ganassi Racing.  “iRacing has all the different packages, the different aerodynamic shapes, so you can see how a car looks on a short track, a superspeedway or road course; or how a car looks at night.  That really helps show people what you’re trying to accomplish.”

Laird (Anaheim, CA) concurs.

“iRacing lets you import the paint scheme into the game with the correct decal package and you can see how it looks on-track,” he says. “The Diet Mountain Dew (DMD) car I did for Dale Earnhardt, Jr. looked decent on the flat (the layout you import into iRacing), but I didn’t know how it would look on-track. So I watched a replay and was surprised how awesome it looked. Another DMD design looked really awesome on the flat, but it was hideous on iRacing. It’s a nice advantage to be able to get an accurate representation of what you’re trying to make before you send it off to get wrapped and see the final product.”

JD Laird’s 7-Eleven paint scheme on Dale Jr’s car.

Arguably the biggest contribution iRacing has made to these designers careers has less to do with laser scans and state-of-the-art simulation, and more to do with good old fashioned networking.  Given iRacing’s widespread – and increasing – popularity among professional race drivers and teams, it’s an invaluable vehicle for the designers to showcase their work to the sport’s decision-makers.

“You get to know drivers directly, in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere rather than trying to approach them at a race track,” King says.  “It creates a level of comfort when they’ve seen your work on iRacing and your relationship is just one iRacer to another, rather than as a fan to a super star athlete.”

“You can put your work out there and get a name for yourself,” says Driggers, of Charleston, SC.  “You don’t really think about it that much, but one day you go on the site and see a personal message from Timmy Hill asking you to do his (iRacing) Daytona Prototype.  So there I am, sitting with a Nationwide Series driver, just hanging around with him getting to know him and thinking, ‘This is the big leagues . . .’”

“There’s an advantage of having an interconnected community like iRacing’s,” says Laird.  “Getting connected with Landon Cassill is a prime example. I would’ve never thought that a few friends and I helping him out with the Landon Cassill Qualifying Challenge on iRacing a couple years ago would lead to me designing cars for him.”

What’s more, drivers and designers are just the tip of the proverbial iceberg when it comes to iRacing serving as the intersection of sim-racing and professional motorsports.  Budding technical and marketing support personnel, journalists and even sponsors are blurring the distinctions between the real world and the virtual worlds of motorsports.  Witness the fact that two-time NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Champion Ray Alfalla is the proud owner of two official NASCAR championship rings.  Or that the virtual Gen6 ChevySS of Nick Ottinger, already a three time winner in the 2013 NiSWC, sports very real sponsorship from multiple sources.

Guy Driggers Bandit Chippers paint scheme.

“iRacing is like a microcosm for motorsports as a whole,” says Driggers.  “You’ve got guys who are engineers, marketing people, painters . . . and then you’ve got the drivers.

“Look at NiSWC and see how real world sponsors are starting to jump in, for example Nick Ottinger with Rheem and the NASCAR Hall of Fame.  It’s not just the painting community; you’re seeing fabricators with the button boxes and cockpits.  You’re seeing the creation of a miniature version of the motorsports community.  It’s a dynamic community and environment.”

The whole reason we added iRacing to Project Greenlight was to try and reach new people (presuming we can get Greenlit). We have no plans to change the way things work here at iRacing. We still plan to handle purchases and updates through our site – we think we have developed a pretty good system! While we don’t know exactly how Steam integration would work – we need to have some conversations with Steam first – we do envision it working in a way that would make it easy for new people to sign up for iRacing through Steam. Once they are members, they would get their updates directly through us, or through Steam if they prefer. So for all existing members there would be absolutely no change to the way things work presently except for one small thing . . . .

. . . . there would be more iRacers! This is good for everyone involved with iRacing. More racers means more people signing-up to race. The splits would be better, the racing would be better and we (iRacing) can continue to develop the title. All of the features you keep asking about take time and money to create, and more customers certainly helps with the latter.

With literally millions of users, Steam could introduce iRacing to many new racers.

All this talk about “Bringing-in the wrong type of people” is ridiculous. What kind of people do you want? I want people who are passionate about racing and racing games, have a PC and Internet connection and maybe already have a racing wheel. Will any of the new members join and immediately be ready for the World Championship series? Probably not, but let’s face it, most of you are not either (present company included). Will they make rookie mistakes in the rookie races? You betcha. Will they ask rookie questions in the forums? Sure. Will they not follow the sporting code to the letter on day one? Absolutely. Any of this sound familiar? I bet it describes most of us. None of us are perfect and all of us have made mistakes on iRacing. Most of us have learned from them and gotten better. So what makes you think these potential new iRacers would be any different?

All I’m asking is to be open to the idea that there are many more PC gamers out there that would find iRacing interesting and fun to compete in. We just want to reach out to them and let them know where to find us.

Watch the iRacing Gen6 Cras on track: http://youtu.be/XHxjIz0A424

No matter how you cut it, making a digital version of the new platform for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series available a couple of days after its inaugural race in the real world is quite an accomplishment. That iRacing added the rival Ford Fusion to the mix ten days later only adds to the achievement . . . all the moreso given that, not unlike their counterparts in Charlotte and elsewhere, iRacing’s artists and engineers were developing their Gen-6 cars on the fly.

iRacing now has Fords and Chevrolets racing against each other in official NASCAR series.

“It’s a challenge to build a (digital version) of a car while the teams are building – and developing — the real car,” says iRacing artist Brian Simpson. “NASCAR and the teams tried to be helpful, but on numerous occasions they told us ‘Sure, you can see this (part), but by next week it’ll be changed.’”

The pace of those real world developments regularly sent the iRacing artists back to the drawing boards, er CADs.

“We spent a lot of time watching practice at Daytona,” Simpson recalls. “The cars at the track were running a different rear end (aero treatment) for restrictor plate races than we had been given data for . . . and we just about fell out of our chairs. We had no idea they were going to do that, so it had us scrambling. Let’s say we spent a lot of time poring over the DVRs of practice!”

Likewise, iRacing vehicle dynamicist Eric Hudec – a former race engineer for Petty Racing – was developing the physics of the virtual Gen-6 car in real time.

“There weren’t a lot of details on the Gen-6 car’s physics available,” he says. “So I talked with my friends on some of the teams and with Kevin Bayless (GM Racing oval track chassis/aero program manager), especially with regard to the aerodynamics. We did some guessing and then as teams began testing, we collected information in real time and made the car incrementally better with each step.”

Nor is the process complete. In its never-ending quest for authenticity, iRacing is duplicating the various tweaks of the Gen-6s’ superspeedway, speedway and short track configuration, not to mention other aspects of the cars’ ongoing development.

“We are one of the first, if not the only, NASCAR-licensed sims to include track-specific items like different shark fin and spoiler configurations, grill tape layouts, and so on,” says Simpson. “For the Phoenix race, for example, NASCAR took the roof cameras off the cars because they found it gave the lead car an advantage. So it’s an ongoing process . . .”

The result has been a major success. In an informal iRacing poll, 97% of the Gen-6 owners rated their cars good (10%), very good (35%) or excellent (52%). What’s more, the real world experience confirms the authenticity of the iRacing Chevy SS and Ford Fusion.

“Getting the Gen-6 fixed setup ready for Bristol, I saw we were banging on the rev limiter chip,” Hudec says. “I called my friends at Penske to check that we were using the right gear ratios and to see if they’d seen same thing on their data simulations. When they said no, I chalked it up to our car having a little too much tire grip. But then the teams got to Bristol and guess what? In practice, they were all over the rev limiter.”

So while art always continues to imitate life, in the digital age – particularly at iRacing.com — life increasingly imitates art. See for yourself at www.iRacing.com.

“We’re excited to add Interlagos to our service,” says Tony Gardner, president of iRacing.com.  “It’s a world class venue, one with a remarkable history and we’re proud to make it available our members, especially those who call Brazil home.”

Click here for a preview of iRacing’s rendition of Interlagos.

The addition of Interlagos underlines iRacing’s growing presence in Brazil.  In addition to more than 1,000 iRacers participating in scores of official iRacing series, Brazil boasts dozens of private leagues which utilize iRacing.  Among them is iRacing Brazil, which carries online broadcasts iRacing World Championship Grand Prix Series and NASCAR iRacing Series World Championship events in Portuguese.  Hugo Luis, of Rio de Janiero, won the 2011 iWCGPS and finished runner-up in the race for the title last year.

McCumbee (NASCAR CWTS) dominated the opening round of the Chevy Silverado event at Iowa Speedway, besting Kyle Larson (NASCAR K&N) for the pole, then leading the 25 lap online race from start to finish.

“I knew qualifying was going to be important,” said McCumbee.  “I’d run a few races beforehand and knew how hard it is to get through traffic.  So I practiced doing qualifying runs and it worked out well.  I got a good start and was able to stay up front the whole way.”

If Iowa was smooth sailing for McCumbee, it was a hard-fought (but enjoyable) battle for Larson, Van Gisbergen (V8 Supercars) and Richie Stanaway (Renault 3.5 . . . and iRacing Road Pro Series).  The trio ran virtually the entire race nose-to-tail or side-by-side and, in some cases, side-by-side-by-side before Larson took the runner-up spot ahead of the Kiwis.

“I had an awesome race with Kyle,” Van Gisbergen said. “I’m a big fan of Kyle’s I saw him race in NZ last summer so to have an awesome side-by-side race on the oval with him like that was so cool! After many laps side by side I couldn’t get passed so I ended-up settling for third.”

The situation was reversed at Watkins Glen, where the Kiwis worked together to monopolize the front row as Van Gisbergen edged Stanaway for the pole, with McCumbee and Larson on the second row.

“Shane and I were talking back and forth on ‘team speak’ to coordinate our efforts,” explained Stanaway.  “We took turns slipstreaming one another and, right at the end, he put in a great lap for the pole.”

If qualifying up front was important at Iowa, it proved utterly crucial at Watkins Glen.  While the first rows got away cleanly, utter mayhem reigned in the midfield at the drop of the green flag with 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Brad Keselowski threading the needle through the chaos to move into sixth spot behind Van Gisbergen, Stanaway, McCumbee, Larson and an amused Chris Dymond (Porsche Carerra Cup GB).

“I’ve only needed one of my four cans of Mountain Dew so far,” quipped the Englishman.  “I’ve been too busy laughing.”

The lead trio managed to break away from Larson over the first few laps.  Once clear of their pursuers, the leaders began jockeying for the win.  Stanaway drafted past Van Gisbergen into the bus stop chicane on Lap Five.  When the V8 Supercar ace returned the favor a few laps later Stanaway resisted and ran wide, with  McCumbee grabbing second in spite of himself.

“I planned to stay in third and let those guys fight it out together,” he said, “but I got the draft and went up into second.”

On the penultimate lap, Stanaway muscled his way past McCumbee into second spot but it was too little too late, as Van Gisbergen took the win by .123s.  McCumbee matched Van Gisbergen’s Iowa result by coming home third ahead of Larson, Dymond and Keselowski.  And speaking of matching records, Stanaway (P4, P2) and Larson (P2,P4) tied for third, while Keselowski was credited with fifth overall ahead of Timmy Hill (NASCAR Nationwide), Brandon Davis (NASCAR K&N), Carl Edwards (NASCAR Sprint Cup), Matt Halliday (V8 Supercars) and Michael Self (NASCAR K&N).

While understandably disappointed at the outcome of the (admitedly arbitrary) tie-breaker system, McCumbee had no complaints.

“That was awesome,” he said, “although I was hoping they’d go to laps-led as the tie breaker!  I really appreciate iRacing for putting-on this event.  It was awesome.”

He’ll get no argument from the winner.

“The race was an intense three-way dogfight for the lead with positions changing many times!” said Van Gisbergen. “Luckily Richie managed to sneak into second on the last lap which made it a tie for the points lead which was cool. Doing races like this with all the real drivers is certainly fun but everyone wants to win it! Can’t wait for the next one.”

Van Gisbergen has plenty of company on that score.

Bedford, MA (December 12, 2011) –  A remarkably diverse collection of international racing talent is set to compete online in the second annual iRacing Pro Race of Champions on December 12. Drivers with resumes from NASCAR, IndyCar, GRAND-AM, ALMS, V8 Supercars, NHRA and even Formula One will square-off in a pair of online races broadcast live on www.iracing.com/live.

Drivers expected to compete in the event include 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Brad Keselowski along with Dale Earnhardt, Jr and Scott Speed, GRAND-AM champion Alex Gurney, ALMS champion Joey Hand, IZOD IndyCar Series favorites Tomas Scheckter and Indy 500 pole-winner Bruno Junqueira, ex-Formula One driver/Champ Car champion Cristiano da Matta, NHRA Funny Car star Ron Capps and GP3 competitor Conor Daly, as well as NASCAR K&N Series’ Brandon Davis and V8 Supercar Series standout Shane van Gisbergen, who finished one-two in last year’s event.

“I’m very excited to run in the iRacing.com Pro Race of Champions!” says Gurney. “I had a scheduling conflict last year but I hope to make it a yearly tradition from now on. I try to spend a good amount of time on the sim in the off season, so I can’t wait to beat my fellow pro racers to a pulp!”

I can’t wait to beat my fellow pro racers to a pulp! – Alex Gurney

iRacing will broadcast the two race event online beginning at 8 pm Eastern time.  The first leg will see the Pros racing their digital Chevrolet Silverados for 20 laps under the lights on iRacing’s virtual version of Iowa Speedway.  In the “night cap,” the Pros will tackle iRacing’s laser-scanned Watkins Glen International’s Cup Course for ten laps in their Mazda MX5s.

“We’re looking forward to these races,” says Tony Gardner, President of iRacing.com.  “It’s a source of pride to everyone at iRacing – including our nearly 40,000 members – that pro racers use our service for pleasure and to keep their skills sharp. And the fact that they’re willing to put their reputations on the line against their peers in the iPRoC — even if it’s mainly just for fun — speaks volumes for their confidence in the quality and authenticity of iRacing.”

Of course, bragging rights aren’t the only thing on the line in the iRacing Pro Race of Champions.  iRacing will make a $2500 contribution to the favorite charity of the overall winner based on the cumulative results from both races.

Qualifying for the iRacing.com Pro Race of Champions starts at 8 pm Eastern time on Wednesday, December 12.  Be sure and catch all the action on www.iracing.com/live.

Founded in 2004 by John Henry and Dave Kaemmer, iRacing.com spent nearly four years developing its meticulously accurate race cars, laser-scanned tracks and sophisticated operating systems before opening its virtual doors to the public. In contrast to popular “console” motorsport simulations, iRacing provides regular updates throughout the year.

“35,000 active or current customers is a great number,” says Tony Gardner, president of iRacing.com. “What’s most gratifying is that so many iRacers have been with us since we launched almost four years ago. We have staying power, not only because we keep improving and adding to our service, but because – through word of mouth — our long-time members have contributed significantly to our steady growth.”

For some members, iRacing is a long-term hobby like golf or tennis, one that enables anyone to join and drive some of the world’s fastest race cars on the world’s greatest race tracks. For others, including an increasing number of professional race drivers like Dale Earnhardt, Jr, Justin Wilson, Alex Gurney and Shane van Gisbergen, iRacing is a great way to hone their skills away from the track. Still other members simply love racing games and are attracted by iRacing’s unparalleled degree of realism.

Unique among motorsport simulations, the iRacing system not only coordinates an international schedule of more than 1,000 online races daily, it tracks the skill and experience levels of its members, insuring they are matched with members of similar abilities.

“If you want realism, I think iRacing sets the standard,” says Gardner. “Along with producing all our tracks from laser scans of the physical tracks, and our passion for mirroring exact car physics, a big reason for our growth is our fully- managed centralized service. Thousands of iRacers around the world are online, 24/7, taking part in our official races, so we fit into just about anybody’s schedule and even match you with like-skilled drivers.”

For these many reasons, iRacing is recognized as the official online racing partner of NASCAR, IndyCar, GRAND-AM and the V8 Supercar Series. In fact, the past two years have seen iRacers Richard Towler and Ray Alfalla crowned as champions of NASCAR’s iRacing series during the Sprint Cup Finale weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

No wonder that, in April, iRacing reached a major milestone when William Vankleeck (Fishers, IN) completed the 500 millionth lap of official competition on the service. Since then, iRacers have run an additional 51 million laps. Can iRacing’s billionth lap be far in the future?

Checkout the excitement here: http://youtu.be/hcpl1Cvrwso?hd=1

Bedford, MA (June 20) – iRacing.com has reached agreements that will see four of England’s leading race tracks — Thruxton, Croft, Mallory Park and Snetterton — added to the world’s foremost online motorsports service.  Additionally, iRacing announced plans to build a digital version of the Honda Civic 2KC as raced in the British Touring Car Championship.

“This is great news for iRacers in England and around the world,” says Divina Galica, iRacing.com Director of Partner Relations.  “Thanks to our new partnership with the British Auto Racing Club, we’re pleased to bring Thruxton, Croft and Mallory Park into the fold.  At the same time, we’ve expanded our existing relationship with Motorsport Vision to add Snetterton to our catalogue of great race tracks.”

The additional venues bring to eight the total number of British race tracks that will be available on iRacing and, with the Honda 2KC, create some exciting possibilities for the more than 35,000 iRacers.

“Together with our existing British tracks – Brands Hatch, Oulton Park and Silverstone and our previously announced plans for Donington Park, these new additions will give iRacing eight of England’s very best race tracks,” says Galica.  “And the addition of the Honda Civic 2KC means we’ll be able to stage our own version of the British Touring Car Championship.”

“The British Auto Racing Club is excited that Thruxton, Croft and Mallory Park, will be available on iRacing,” says Bill Coombs, BARC Managing Director.  “We’re proud of each of these historic facilities, and delighted to know sim-racers everywhere will be able to test their mettle at the Jim Clark Esses, Shaw’s Hairpin, Campbell/Cobb/Seagrave and the many other challenges of these wonderful circuits.”

“We’ve already seen the fantastic job iRacing have done in recreating the world-famous Brands Hatch and Oulton Park circuits,” says MSV spokesman Tristan Harris. “We’re delighted to add Snetterton to the package, and now iRacers across the globe can experience this wonderful track – the newest and second longest in the UK.”

iRacing’s Honda Civic 2KC will be a digital version of the turbo-charged, two-liter car that has propelled Gordon Shedden and Matt Neal into the thick of the race for the 2012 BTCC title.  With a virtual HPD ARX-01c sports prototype already available, and previously announced plans for the Honda SV-10 as raced in the Japanese Super GT Series, the Civic 2KC will give iRacing an impressive complement of Honda race cars.

“Honda is delighted to expand its partnership with iRacing with the addition of the Honda Civic 2KC,” says American Honda Motorsports Manager T.E. McHale.  “The HPD ARX-01c is already among the most popular cars on the iRacing service, and we’re sure the Civic 2KC and the Honda SV-10 will be equally well received by the iRacing community.  We look forward to working with iRacing on more exciting projects in the future.”

iRacing plans to begin work on the new tracks later this summer when its laser scanning team is scheduled to scan Donington Park and the recent alterations to Silverstone.  iRacing’s vehicle dynamics engineers and artists will also begin working on the Honda Civic 2KC later this year with an expected release in 2013.

No. 99 iRacing.com Toyota

Langley Speedway

CORNELIUS, N.C. — Travis Pastrana’s accident at last July’s X Games forced the action sports star to miss his much anticipated NASCAR Nationwide debut at Indianapolis and cancel his entire 2011 NASCAR schedule.

As he recovered from his shattered right ankle at his Maryland home, the 11-time X Games gold medalist realized he was falling behind on his NASCAR schedule before he even started.

That’s when iRacing stepped in.

IRacing.com, the world’s leading online motorsports service, supplied Pastrana with one of its state-of-the-art simulation machines. With its laser-scanned tracks and cars, the online motorsports simulation site served as a vital tool in preparing Pastrana for his 2012 NASCAR races. Not only did Pastrana practice on his own, but he also raced with fellow iRacers.

Pastrana has been successful in every form of motorsports he’s tried—from motocross and supercross to Rally. But he’s well aware of the challenges ahead of him as he transitions to the top ranks of stock car racing. He knows iRacing has and will be a vital tool in his success.

PASTRANA QUOTES

ON iRACING: “I am on my iRacing machine as much as I can. It’s amazing how real the tracks and the racing are. The iRacing simulation machine is a tremendous amount of help for me. It lets me take some laps on a track I have never seen before. My big problem is I don’t know how to get the cars set up for each track. I am constantly calling Mike Greci (crew chief) and asking him for advice. Normally, it takes about 30 minutes and a few calls to get the car pretty close to perfect. The sim machine isn’t exactly like being behind the wheel of a race car, but it’s pretty close.”

NOTES OF INTEREST

· East Race TV Coverage: Saturday’s race will air June 28 on SPEED at 3 p.m. ET.

· Pit Box: Longtime crew chief Mike Greci will serve as Pastrana’s crew chief this season.

· Testing: Pastrana tested the K&N Pro Series East Toyota at Langley on June 15th.

· Lights, Camera, Action: Pastrana’s Nitro Circus The Movie 3-D will be released August 10. The movie has plenty of NASCAR references. Pastrana199 Racing prepared the school bus that jumped more than 150 feet in the opening scenes. To watch the trailer: Click Here

Track Start Finish

East

Irwindale 20 6

Phoenix 10 25

Richmond 38 26

Iowa 40 19

Loudon 36 28

Bristol 19 12

Greenville 3 20

Richmond 4 23

Iowa 11 4

B Gray 21 14

Nationwide

Richmond 25 22

Darlington 25 17

Iowa 15 26

Charlotte 42 23

“This is great news for iRacing and our 35,000 members,” says Steve Myers, iRacing.com executive vice president and executive producer.  “Mount Panorama certainly is one of the world’s most spectacular race tracks; one of the few remaining circuits that uses public roads.  Its big elevation changes, huge straightaways and endless variety of corners make for a supreme challenge for drivers and their machines.

“Everyone at iRacing is anticipating the challenge of creating a digital version of Mount Panorama that does justice to the real thing, just as iRacers all over the world are looking forward to tackling the track’s many challenges.”

Long held as the Mecca of Australian motorsports, Mount Panorama’s origins date to a dirt-track/tourist drive carved-out of the hills above the city of Bathurst in the mid-1930s.  With the support of local auto and motorcycle clubs and the Federal Government, the site was developed into a facility suitable for motor racing.  The first races were staged in 1938 and today, Mount Panorama attracts upwards of 200,000 spectators to its iconic Bathurst 12 Hour and Bathurst 1000 events.

“On behalf of the Bathurst Regional Council and motorsports fans from New South Wales, throughout Australia and around the world, I’m delighted Mount Panorama will be joining iRacing’s collection of virtual race tracks,” says Greg Westman, Mayor of Bathurst Regional Council.  “Mount Panorama is a uniquely historic and exciting venue, the heart and soul of Australian motorsport.  iRacing is rightly known for the authenticity of its circuits, cars and the online racing experience itself, and we’re very pleased Mount Panorama will be taking its place with the other world class facilities on the service.”

Among the more than 30 virtual race cars available on iRacing.com is the Ford Falcon FG as raced in the V8 Supercar Series presented by Big Pond.  A number of V8 Supercar drivers are active iRacers, including Shane van Gisbergen, Scott McLaughlin, Jason Bright and Mark Winterbottom.  Not surprisingly, they are enthusiastic about iRacing’s agreement with Mount Panorama.

“Mount Panorama on iRacing?  Fantastic!” says van Gisbergen, a regular in iRacing’s officially-sanctioned online version of the V8 Supercar series.  “Having worked together with Scotty (McLaughlin) and iRacing developing their Ford Falcon, I know firsthand the painstaking work that goes into iRacing’s cars and tracks.   I have no doubt iRacing’s Mount Panorama will be spot-on in every detail . . . we may even have to dodge a ‘roo or two during the races!  I can’t wait.”

Mount Panorama is the third Australian circuit to be added to iRacing.com’s catalogue of race tracks, following Phillip Island Circuit (released in 2010) and Oran Park (scheduled for release this summer).  iRacing’s laser-scan team will travel to Australia later this year to begin the process of creating a digitized version of the Mount Panorama circuit.