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Johnston Tames Tire Wear and Atlanta Gremlins With a Peach State Win

June 23rd, 2016 by Corey Davis

The last time the ITSR Power Series raced at the Atlanta Motor Speedway, Tim Johnston led the most laps but pancaked the Turn-4 wall while racing for the lead with 12 laps remaining. More than a year-and-a-half later, Johnston returned to Atlanta determined to reverse his luck at the track. While he topped the speed … Read the Rest »

Shepherd Finds Victory Lane at Lanier

June 22nd, 2016 by

The Bootleg Racing League Outlaw Modified Series was set to do battle in Georgia as the sim racers pulled into Lanier National Speedway on Saturday night.  With two races remaining, Donny Moore held a five point advantage over JR Shepherd in the standings.  The Outlaw Modified championship hung in the balance as the cars rolled … Read the Rest »

CART Retro Series 150 Brings Lionheart to Japan

June 21st, 2016 by Patrick Taylor

The Lionheart Indycar Series Presented by First Medical Equipment departs North America for the first time this season with a stop at the virtual Twin Ring Motegi oval on Wednesday, June 22nd. The CART Retro Series 150 is an appropriate title for the Motegi event because the Honda-owned facility opened in 1998 with a CART-sanctioned … Read the Rest »

Krönke Bolsters Championship Lead with Imola Win

June 21st, 2016 by Rachael Whiteford, Images by Hugo Luis

The iRacing World Championship Grand Prix Series arrived at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Italy for Round Nine of the championship and the first race at the newest circuit on the iRacing service. Martin Krönke entered the weekend on 288 points as the championship leader over Greger Huttu in second on 275 points … Read the Rest »

Temples Breaks Streak at South Boston

June 17th, 2016 by Chris Wolfson

The Outlaw Modified Series headed to Round 9 at South Boston Speedway with eight different winners in eight races.  Coming off his first win the week before at Thompson Speedway, point leader Donny Moore looked to be the first two-time winner of the campaign. Series fast-guy Phillip Temples took advantage of his pole position start … Read the Rest »

iRacing Pros Get a Head Start at 24 Hours of Le Mans

June 16th, 2016 by David Phillips

Track time.  It’s key to any race driver’s fortunes, whether you’re talking stock cars or sports cars, Formula One or IndyCar, drag racing or rallying.  The more familiar a driver is with the track he or she is racing on, the better the odds of success. But what’s a driver to do when the track … Read the Rest »

From Back to Front, Kelley’s Michigan Comeback Opens Power Series Season 12

June 16th, 2016 by Corey Davis

Five months ago, the ITSR Power Series arrived at iRacing’s laser-scanned replica of Michigan International Speedway to begin its eleventh season. In that mid-winter race, the weather was cool and the cars’ high downforce package kept them practically glued to the track. Oh, what a difference a season makes! After 17 races to decide the … Read the Rest »

Behind the Scenes: The NASCAR iRacing Series powered by iRacing.com – Find Your Own Way

June 14th, 2016 by Matt Holden

The incompatibility between multiple drivers and setups is well documented in the real world of motorsports.  Almost everybody who’s been following NASCAR for a few years knows that Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch might have very similar cars, but Matt Kenseth’s car is probably very different.  A few years ago, even during the toddler years … Read the Rest »

Lionheart MX-5 Challenge Atlanta: Galvin’s Win, Wright’s Crown

June 13th, 2016 by Jason Galvin

It took five races, but Jason Galvin found a way to knock series champion Jake Wright out of the win column in the Lionheart MX-5 Challenge series. Galvin led 17 of 20 laps from the pole, losing the lead only during pit stops, on his way to his second win to cap the inaugural season … Read the Rest »

European MX-5 Cup Finals: Franczak, Bouteloup, Coba Lopez

June 10th, 2016 by Renaud LACROIX

Unexpectedly, the European MX-5 Cup Finals at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca didn’t produce as many thrills as the some of the previous championship races. The high stakes at play forced the drivers to show patience in the opening laps . . . until a crash took three major sim racers out of contention and went … Read the Rest »