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Doyle and Goke Early IndyCar Oval Series Leaders
by Matt Kingsbury on May 10th, 2013
The first week of 2013 Season 2 saw the iRacing.com Indy Car Series take to Charlotte Motor Speedway’s 1.5 mile oval with its 24 degree banked corners for some high speed, wheel-to-wheel action. Located in the heart of NASCAR country in Concord, North Carolina, CMS hosted what would turn out to be quite an interesting week of IndyCar racing with a combined 397 drivers taking a shot at glory. In the IndyCar Oval Fixed setup series, 244 drivers took to the track aiming to jump straight to the series lead in hopes of winning this season’s title. The sim-racer who accomplished that feat was Tim Doyle (Atlantic), who jumped to the top of the points standings with 198 points after competing in one race the strength of the field race [...]
Down Continues Where He Left Off
by Dylan Sharman on May 10th, 2013
The opening round of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series headed to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. This would be the series’ first appearance at Laguna Seca for a few years and all the changes during Week 13 promise to make for a really interesting season of online racing. Qualifying for Round One was lead by defending series champion Madison Down with a 1:24.320 while Mitchell McLeod — now driving for 4Motorsports — would start on the front row for the first time in just over a year in the main series. Justin Ruggier and Josh Muggleton were third and fourth on the grid while Richard Hamstead and Rens Broekman occupied the third row. John Emerson and Vail Riches from TTL locked-out Row Four with Corey Slade and Brad Ryan rounded-out the [...]
Moreira Takes Surprise CTC Lead
by Katier Scott on May 10th, 2013
Fittipaldi driver Nuno Moreira opened the 2013 S2 Classic Teams Championship with an excellent performance that placed the veteran sim-racer atop the championship. Several pre-season favourites and leading runners were absent as the season opened with 136 drivers visiting the classic Northamptonshire venue of Silverstone. Running the Silverstone Historical layout 12 drivers registered race wins, with Season One champion, now running as a guest driver, Nicklas Lindqvist, taking three wins in as many starts in is Lotus 79. Two drivers registered pairs of wins, from pairs of starts with Steve Kasimatis outscoring Williams driver, James Hand by 41 points. One other driver was a double winner during the course of the week, but Jacek Madejski had to start his Hesketh five times in order to take his duo of victories. [...]
Halabi & Dolezal Lead iRNC after Season Opener
by Joe Pisciotta, Jr on May 8th, 2013
The inRacingNews Challenge multi-class series opened 2013 Season 2 at Okayama “Short” in Japan this week. iRNC regulars can agree this is probably the slickest short track on the schedule. After crowning last season’s champions just two weeks ago both the overall Solstice and Mazda champs are back to defend their titles and, after one week of online racing a new name sits atop the Solstice standings while the reigning Mazda champion continues his winning ways. Pontiac Solstice Ilham Halabi (Asia), who was a late contender last season in the Solstice championship, started-off the campaign with a huge win over Chris Hughson (New York) in the highest SOF (5696) race this week. Ilham’s mere .952 second win over Hughson earned him 252 champ points and he now sits atop the [...]
Mustangs Kickoff Strong
by Jeff Jacobs on May 8th, 2013
The most-watched pony race of the week may have taken place at Churchill Downs on Saturday, but the four-wheel variety provided a full week of excitement at Lime Rock Park, first stop for Season 2 of the iRacing.com Mustang Cup series. A great turnout of 353 different sim-drivers took their Ford Mustang FR500S to the famous Connecticut track for some of the best competition of the week. The result was a season that opened with 47 official races producing an amazing 29 different winners. Six of the 26-lap online races were decided by less than a second, with similarly close battles to be found throughout the field in every race. Vedran Broz looked to make an early statement in Season 2, taking 11 wins in 12 races during the week. [...]
Castro Ledo Early iGPS Leader
by Kenneth O'Keefe on May 8th, 2013
The iRacing.com Grand Prix Series took to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for the first week of 2013 Season 2. The 2.238 mile (3.602 km) course was recently given a graphics overhaul by the iRacing team. Some drivers were a bit skeptical about the circuit choice for the schedule, feeling it was simply to show-off the updates without thought of what is best for the series. Nonetheless, drivers took to the track contending to be part of the second batch to earn their black Pro stripe in 2013. 120 drivers contended in a race session throughout the week, 101 of whom placed qualifying times. Leading the qualifiers was Ricardo Castro Ledo (France), who earned the pole position with a lap of 1:01.381 in his Williams-Toyota FW31, closely followed by Ryosuke Sawada [...]
Binder Performs Perfection At Phoenix
by Scott Kelly on May 8th, 2013
When it comes to motorsports championships, seven is a number of reverence. The king of NASCAR, Richard Petty, is known for winning seven championships. Same with the legendary Dale Earnhardt, who also won seven cup titles. The world renowned Formula One wheelman Michael Schumacher was crowned seven times, and MotoGP superstar Valentino Rossi has collected seven championship trophies as well in the 500cc class. After the conclusion of iRacing’s first season of 2013, there’s a new seven-time champion in town. Alan Binder, the king of the iRacing.com Sprint Car Series, scored his seventh straight sprint car championship on the service. While the competition near the top is fiercer than ever before, Binder will be hunting down his eight straight title this season, and will be pitted against the front runners of [...]
Celovsky’s Fast Start
by Tom Moustakas on May 7th, 2013
Season 2 of 2013 has begun in iRacing. For the NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series (fixed setup), the season kicked-off with 35-lap races on the high banks of the Talladega Superspeedway. The thrill of three-wide, flat-out racing always helps populate iRacing servers, and this past week did not disappoint in terms of participation, as an astounding total of 1479 drivers came out to take a chance in the draft at NASCAR’s largest oval. High SOF Race: The high strength-of-field (SOF) race took place on the first night of the race week. Clayton Celovsky (Canada) drove his Mustang Creek Ford Fusion to victory lane in the 4183 SOF event, earning his only win of the week in the series and 267 championship points. Eric Sabol (Pennsylvania) finished second in the race, [...]
Alfalla’s Magical Week
by Jordan Hightower on May 7th, 2013
For some sim racers, navigating around The Magic Mile (New Hampshire Motor Speedway) takes a type of wizardry. Over 1,650 sim racers took the green flag for at least one race during the opening week of Season Two in the NASCAR iRacing.com Class C Fixed Series, and there were absolutely a fair share of those who were out to lunch as they attempted to navigate the 1.058-mile speedway in a timely fashion. For those online racers who are among the elite group, New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a really fun track to race. Packing just seven degrees of banking in the racing groove, the track provides a high speed short track racing atmosphere that places NHMS among a favorite for many sim racers. Although he has yet to grab a [...]
Get to Know . . . Jeff Ramsdell
by David Ifeguni on May 6th, 2013
This week I interviewed Jeff Ramsdell, a driver who runs a lot of races, but wins a lot of them too. An iRacer from the Georgia club, Ramsdell has run a total of over 1600 oval races since joining iRacing in May of 2010. In fact, today is his third year anniversary as an iRacer and he has a lot to be proud about. Of those 1600 starts, he has visited victory lane over 100 times, has finished in the top five nearly 600 times and has earned dozens of pole positions. With an iRating over 4700, he is definitely a driver to watch every time he hits the race track. I got the chance to talk to him about his iRacing career to date, his life outside of iRacing, [...]
Welcome Pro iRacers
by David Phillips on May 4th, 2013
iRacing announced the first wave of new qualifiers for the 2013 iRacing.com Road Pro Series and NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series. The twenty qualifiers — ten from each series — are the top ten points finishers not already holding a Pro or World Championship license from the NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series (open setup) and iRacing.com Grand Prix Series in 2013 Season 1. Ten more sim-racers from each series will be earn Pro licenses in S2 and S3 before the 2013 NiPS and iRPS commence in Season 4. The 10 to earn road Pro licenses include Olli Pahkala, Yuho Abe, Rocco Barone, Isaac Price, Jörn Jens, Fabio do Carmo, Ricardo Castro ledo, Alex Simpson, Troy Schulz and Antoine Higelin. Their oval counterparts are led by Dylan Duval along with Brandon Atkinson, [...]
iRacer Profile: Dylan Duval
by David Phillips on May 4th, 2013
Racing always has and always will be a numbers game. Lap times and speeds, points races and championships, chassis set-ups, engine settings, gear ratios, margin of victory . . . you name it, if it counts in racing, there’s a number attached to it. And when it comes to racing, no number matters more than One. Whether it’s a 24 hour race or short sprint, a qualifying or practice session, the whole point of the exercise is to be Number One. With 154 wins in 868 starts on iRacing, Halifax Nova Scotia’s Dylan Duval is certainly no stranger to Number One. But he earned a unique first in 2013 Season One when he took ten wins from 30 starts to finish Numero Uno in the NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series [...]
Bäckman, Inniss, Raileanu Prevail in Grand Touring
by Austin Hartenfels on May 2nd, 2013
Season One of the 2013 iRacing.com Grand Touring Cup has come to a close. The champions from each class emerged victorious after dueling with the best in some of the most compelling sim-racing on the Internet. The Grand Touring series showed iRacers what it’s like to compete in true touring car racing. Week 12, however, proved to be most difficult, racing at a track that is quite possibly one of the hardest on iRacing. VW Jettas, Mazda MX-5s and Pontiac Solstices flew around Suzuka Grand Prix Circuit to close-out the season. In the Solstice class, none other than Joni Bäckman (Finland) emerged victorious and took the the championship crown, edging Andrey Loginov (Central-Eastern Europe) by 61 points. 175 points back, Joni Hagner (Finland) placed third in front of Paul Clark2 [...]
Ottinger Steals Richmond for Second Straight Win
by Jason Lofing on May 1st, 2013
After the smoke cleared from the Richmond carnage, Nick Ottinger found himself in the NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship victory lane for the second straight race. Unlike two weeks ago at Texas Motor Speedway, where Ottinger had the dominant car from start to finish, his victory at Richmond International Raceway was achieved with good strategy and some timely accident avoidance. “Two in a row! Wow, I had a great car for the long run,” said Ottinger. “I really can’t explain how we survived it all; however we had the right strategy and it kept playing into our favor late in the race.” Ottinger started twenty-second and wasted no time cutting his way through the field. By the time the first caution flew on Lap 48, Ottinger had already cracked the [...]
Gomez Gallops at Chicago
by Jordan Hightower on April 30th, 2013
The final week of Season One brought sim racers from all around the world to the Joilet, Illinois for 35 laps of intense racing around the 1.5-mile Chicagoland Speedway. Racing the Silverado on the wide, fast tracks is a favorite among both real and virtual NASCAR racers. Over 2,050 sim racers took to the track for at least one race during the week, but of those 2,050+ racers, only one could lay claim as the top driver for the week in the NASCAR iRacing.com Class C Fixed Series. Lance Gomez Jr (New York) took home top honors for the week by earning 261 championship points for his efforts during the week. Gomez made 11 starts during the week, collecting eight top five finishes to go along with six wins. Jose [...]
Humpe Does It Again
by Jordan Hightower on April 30th, 2013
Week 12 of the NASCAR iRacing.com Class C Series pays a visit to Chicagoland Speedway for 70 laps of high speed action around the 1.5-mile speedway. Over 700 sim racers partisicpated in at least one event during the seven days of online racing, but after the smoke settled, a familiar face to victory lane emerged to claim the top spot for the week. Kenny Humpe (Ohio) made an incredible 24 starts during the week, earning top five finishes in 23, and claiming 18 victories, all while earning 185 championship points. Kollin Keister (Atlantic) ended the week in the second position, earning 182 points after starting 12 races throughout the week. Nicholas Goertzen (Canada) made two starts during the week, claiming one victory, and netting 178 total points. Tom Moustakas (New [...]
Phillip Island Success Sends Huttu Clear
by Chris Hall on April 29th, 2013
In an action-packed 69 laps around the virtual Philip Island, Greger Huttu steered his Williams-Toyota FW31 to the top step of the podium, claiming maximum points in Round Five of the iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series. With the demise of erstwhile rival Hugo Luis in the opening stages, the reigning champion now heads the standings table by 45 points. Starting from pole position with a lap time of 1:07.445, Huttu’s getaway from the line kept the Finn at the front of the pack, with My3id‘s Luis following closely behind. Setting a blistering pace, Huttu was already nearly a second clear of Luis by the end of the opening lap, and was soon to be handed a massive advantage. The first incident to aid Huttu’s progress involved his Redline team-mate [...]
KIA and Cadillac Gear-Up For Explosive Series Debut
by Jonathan Wimbush on April 29th, 2013
There is an air of excitement and anticipation this week around the iRacing community as Week 13 of Season 1 draws to a close. Season 2 is just around the corner, and one of the series that has many drivers stirring is the new iRacing Global Challenge Series. This series will feature the brand new KIA Optima in a multiclass field with the Cadillac CTS-V, which can still be considered one of the newer cars featured on the iRacing service. Week 1 is set to begin at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park (the recently renamed Mosport), and many drivers are already on the track tweaking setups to find as much speed as possible before the season kicks-off. I had the opportunity to talk to some of the drivers scheduled to run [...]
Get to Know . . . Brennan Mercer
by David Ifeguni on April 29th, 2013
For this week, I interviewed a driver from north of the border. He is known for many things on iRacing. Some of you may know him as The Number Cruncher, while others may know him as the guy who sponsors drivers like Adam Gilliland, Chad J Laughton and Ray Alfalla in the NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship. One thing is for sure, since joining the service in January of 2012, he has made his mark on iRacing.com. His name is Brennan Mercer. Brennan has won a dozen races in 283 starts on the oval side of iRacing.com, but is known for much more than his racing skills. The 29 year old from Alliston, Ontario is a key member of the Operations and Dispatch section in his father’s company, Garry Mercer [...]
Duval Claims Championship and Leads the Charge into NiPS
April 28th, 2013
With Chicagoland now in the books, so is the first NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series (NiCAS) season of 2013. The Gen6 cars threw a curveball to drivers and teams, as well as delayed the start of the season, but ten drivers were able to adjust on the fly better than anyone and will be rewarded with a trip to the 2013 NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series (NiPS). The new style stockcars evened the playing field for everyone, and it showed in the final standings as there was a refreshing mix of new and old faces at the top. Dylan Duval is a driver that has had a lot of success on the iRacing.com service in the trucks, but has now elevated himself to the top of the charts in the NiCAS [...]









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