- iRacing.com Announces iRacing 2.011,355
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- Scanning What’s in Store for iRacing with Tony Gardner6,013
- Dave Kaemmer Comes Clean on Dirt5,497
- Improving the Sound of iRacing4,825
- iRacing 2.0 Debuts in 2011 Season 34,765
- Preview Shots of HPD ARX-01C, Ford GT & Suzuka4,742
- Two New Cars and Two New Tracks Coming to iRacing Soon4,253
- iRacing Pro Race of Champions Gets Green Flag Wednesday3,304
- Gooden Plenty II2,942
- Towler, Wood Suspended from Upcoming iWCRR Events 66
- Coming Soon, the iRacing Driving School 41
- iRacing.com Announces iRacing 2.0 41
- SFI Decertifies All Impact Racing Products 27
- Dave Kaemmer Comes Clean on Dirt 27
- iRacing Announces Added Features, Lower Prices 26
- iRacer Profile: Sandeep Banerjee 25
- The Customer is (Nearly) Always Right 17
- iRacing Simulation Gives NASCAR Hall of Fame Guests Authentic Driving Experience 17
- Improving the Sound of iRacing 15
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iRacer Profile: Eduardo Prado
June 4th, 2011
Given that he hails from Campinas, Brazil, you’d think the catalyst for Eduardo Prado’s entry into the world of sim racing might have been Ayrton Senna, Nelson Piquet or Emerson Fittipaldi; Tony Kanaan, Cristiano da Matta or Rubens Barrichello; Raul Boesel, Helio Castroneves or Bruno Junqueira . . . or any number of his countrymen who have stamped the motto “Ordem e Progresso” across the world motorsports map for generations. Although Senna, in particular, looms very large indeed in Prado’s consciousness, it was Italy’s Pierluigi Martini — in a Minardi no less — who colored his earliest days as a sim racer. And continues to do so. 18 years — and with experience in just about every major sim racing title — Prado is a confirmed iRacer, albeit one with [...]
Mid Ohio Life
by Patrick Atherton on May 31st, 2011
We all lament the fact that real life gets in the way of the things we want to do. This was true on many levels for Monday Night’s iRacing V8 Supercar Series at Mid Ohio, Week Four. Firstly, series heavyweights Madison Down and Peter Read were absent from the proceedings. Down was in the USA. Real-world V8 Supercar star, Stone Brothers Racing’s Shane Van Gisbergen showed that he’s had just about enough of these sim racers keeping him off the podium’s top spot. He made his intentions known with a pole time of 1 min 23.26. The Hague’s Rens Broekman made a return to the top split sharing the front row with Van Gisbergen. XSG’s Michael McCabe was also returning, replete with new livery, taking third grid spot just to [...]
VIPs at iRacing
May 28th, 2011
Three of iRacing.com’s more prominent members paid a visit to the company’s Bedford, MA office last week, namely IndyCar drivers Will Power, Simona de Silverstro and Justin Wilson. The trio was on a whirlwind tour of Boston last following qualifying for the Centennial Edition of the Indianapolis 500. After a press conference in downtown Boston, the trio was whisked out to Bedford where they were got the red carpet treatment and met with the iRacing employees. “It was great to have the opportunity to visit the iRacing headquarters,” said Power. “The three of us agreed we couldn’t come to Boston and NOT pop-in to meet everyone at iRacing.” “It’s pretty cool how it all turned out, with Will, Simona and myself being iRacers and drawing Boston as our destination,” said [...]
iRacer Profile – Joshua Laughton
by David Phillips on May 28th, 2011
If you tend to think of the name “Tyler D Hudson” when you read the name “Joshua Laughton” there’s a reason. The twosome battled for the NASCAR iRacing.com Class C Series title in two of the past three seasons. And don’t look now, but Hudson and Laughton are a familiar one-two in the NASCAR Class C 2011 Season 2 standings. A little too familiar for Laughton for, as it was in 2010 Season 3 and 2011 Season 1, Hudson is out front. Fierce as their rivalry may be, however, Laughton counts Hudson as a “great friend.” But what else would you expect from a sim racer who says he was motivated to become an iRacing member by the opportunity to competing with online racing’s top talents in the NASCAR iRacing.com [...]
Mitchell McLeod – TV star
by David Phillips on May 25th, 2011
You can call Mitchell McLeod a lot of things: two-time Golden Power kart series champion; nitro-buggy racer; finalist in the Intel GP Masters online racing tournament; champion of the 2011 Season One iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series. Now you can add “television star” to the list. Maybe that’s overdoing it just a tad, but the 20 year old from Tongala, Victoria, Australia could have a nice career as a television spokesperson for iRacing if his recent appearance on the ABC2 network’s popular gaming show Good Game is any indication. McLeod recently appeared on Episode 16 of Good Game extolling the virtues of iRacing. “It’s all about racing hard, racing clean,” he says. “I think sim racing is going to go forward and become its own sport.” Check out Mitchell McLeod’s interview [...]
Action Ad Infinitum
by Patrick Atherton on May 23rd, 2011
The iRacing V8 Supercar Series moved to Sonoma for Week Three of Season Two, at Infineon Raceway Cup. Week One sensation Peter Read made a welcome return by joining polesitter Madison Down on the front row, less than one-tenth behind the Trans Tasman racer. Behind them was Mitchell McLeod, then Shane Van Gisbergen and Scott McLaughlin making the field top heavy with real-world racers. Next came Vail Riches, impressing in qualifying for the third week running. The ever-improving Simon Madden was seventh, with a time which “would have put me on pole last season!” Then came Cal Whatmore, another highly impressive newcomer from previous weeks. Cracking the top ten in this field with any level of experience is a big deal. Corey Slade made a welcome return to the high [...]
iRacer Profile: Madison Down
by David Phillips on May 21st, 2011
If Madison Down’s name sounds familiar, it may well because you’ve been reading Patrick Atherton’s superb accounts of his exploits in the Ford Falcon V8 Supercar in inRacingNews. Down may not be unbeatable in the Trans Tasman Racing FG01, but with 11 wins in 14 starts in 2011 Season 1, let’s just say those who do manage to best the resident of Wilton, NSW are few and far between. Nor does Down (aka Mad94d) limit his iRacing efforts to Aussie V8s, witness his recent wins in iRacing Grand Prix Series, NVIDIA Cup and iRacing.com Prototype and GT Challenge, not to mention having wheeled his Riley MkXX into second spot behind friend/rival Corey Slade in the GRAND-AM iRacing.com Online Sports Car Series. Not bad for a guy who, as his online [...]
Madison’s Downer, McLeod’s Silver Lining.
by Patrick Atherton on May 17th, 2011
“Not the best way to have a win, but I’ll take it!” – Mitchell McLeod After the thrills of Phillip Island, the iRacing V8 Supercar series moved to the Watkins Glen Cup configuration for Round Two of Season Two. The action from Round One might have seemed hard to top, but this is the iRacing V8 Supercar series, where anything can and usually does happen. While the shape of some of The Glen’s curves may resemble those at The Island, those guardrails at The Glen are much closer. Sadly, Round One sensation Peter Read was on “sick leave” for this top split of the feature race, but that reunited Season One rivals Mitchell McLeod and Madison Down on the front row, both qualifying well in the 1 min 11′s. The [...]
Carolina Challenge
by Gary Warren Ullrich on May 14th, 2011
Editor’s note: Last week we learned of Indiana Club’s Day at the Races at the FASTRACK karting center in Indianapolis. We would be remiss in not reporting that Carolina Club recently enjoyed its own get-together in Charlotte, one that included a visit to the JR Motorsports shop, the NASCAR Hall of Fame and, later, the Whisky River club. The highlight of the day had to be the iRacing Carolina Club Challenge, where club members squared-off for some online racing competition at Martinsville Speedway using the Hall of Fame’s full-bodied, state-of-the-art simulators — equipped with iRacing software, of course. Instead of stepping from their personal vehicles or helicopters into the air of a Virginia spring and the welcoming smell of the famous Martinsville hotdog, competitors and their families were treated to [...]
iRacing Goes Big Time
May 11th, 2011
Dale Earnhardt Jr. took the world’s largest high definition television for a spin earlier Tuesday at Charlotte Motor Speedway by taking virtual laps around the legendary 1.5-mile track using an iRacing simulation. Marcus Smith, president and general manager of Charlotte Motor Speedway, invited Earnhardt Jr., an avid video gamer, to show off his skills on the giant HDTV. For its operational debut, Smith and Earnhardt Jr. used an oversized remote to power on the 200 foot-wide, 80 foot-tall HDTV, created by Panasonic, to reveal a highlight video of past racing action at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Read the full story on www.speedtv.com.
Blast Off at The Island
by Patrick Atherton on May 10th, 2011
There was a real buzz of anticipation for the opening salvo of the iRacing V8 Supercar Series’ Season Two at the spiritual home of the V8′s, Phillip Island. Series champ Mitchell McLeod, Madison Down and Michael McCabe slugged out the closing of Season One with some major heavy hitting. There were cameo appearances from Shay Griffith, Darrin Vouch, George Fullerton, and real-world V8 racers Scott McLaughlin, Shane Van Gisbergen and Scott Andrews among others. The racing became more intense, the series more popular, the skins more professional, and the spectator “corporate box” more packed with enthused punters every time. As if the promise of Season Two was not tantalising enough, Peter Read joined the fray. Read is well known to many sim racers through his exploits in iRacing and other [...]
A Day at the Races
by David Phillips on May 7th, 2011
Club Indiana took things to a different level in April with a day at the races at the FASTIMES Indoor Karting center on the north side of Indianapolis. The event attracted a full field of 20 entrants (including a couple of interlopers from Club Illinois and a pair of SCCA racers), many of whom got together to start the festivities with lunch at the nearby Chammps Americana restaurant. Then it was time to get serious (sort of) at FASTIMES. Everyone got at least an hour of track time, first by participating in two of four qualifying sessions, then three of six heat races, with points from the heat races placing competitors in A (Main) and B (Consy) “feature” races. It sounds slightly more complicated than it was, thanks to an [...]
NVIDIA Winners x 2
by David Phillips on May 6th, 2011
With the wrap-up of 2011 Season 1, two more iRacers — Alvaro Marcos of Spain and Ohio’s Andrew Trimbach — collected handsome prizes courtesy of NVIDIA. Marcos scored a total of seven top fives, including five wins, to take the NVIDIA Cup title in Season 1c and the NVIDIA GTX 580 graphics card that goes with it. Marcos wheeled his Mazda MX5 to three online racing wins at Lime Rock Park and two more at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca en route to the title. “iRacing is the first sim in which I raced against other people,” he explains. “I found that laser-scanned tracks make all the difference to others, and that’s why I stayed. As a rookie I obviously started with the MX5, which suits me and really enjoy to [...]
iRacer Josh Berry Takes First NASCAR Late Model Win for JR Motorsports
by Glen Alden on May 3rd, 2011
Veteran iRacer and JR Motorsports late model driver Josh Berry’s gutsy driving paid dividends for the team, as he became a first-time winner in the No. 72 Chevrolet following Saturday’s Aqua Pros Twin 100 at Motor Mile Speedway. Berry took a fourth-place qualifying effort and led the final 50 laps to earn JRM its first late model victory at the .416-mile since 2008. “This is just incredible,” Berry, who currently holds-down fifth place in the NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship. “This is what we’ve been working so hard for. It’s still only my 10th or 11th late model race, I’m pumped. I’m just so glad to finally get a win for these guys.” Click here to read the full story.
iRacing.com Teams-up with JR Motorsports to Announce iRacing 2.0
by Kevin Bobbitt on May 3rd, 2011
The JR Motorsports No.7 Chevrolet, driven by Josh Wise, will race under iRacing.com colors in two NASCAR Nationwide Series events this summer in support of the all-new iRacing 2.0, the popular online racing service’s dramatic new software release. This long awaited release will add many user enhancements and features to the popular online, multi-player racing title and will once again set the bar as the premier racing simulation on the market. Wise’s No. 7 Chevrolet will don the iRacing 2.0 paint scheme in back-to-back races at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis and Iowa Speedway later this summer. This is doubly significant as iRacing.com has just signed agreements with both venues to build the facilities to exacting detail within the simulation. Wise will debut the No. 7 iRacing.com car during the [...]
No Obstacles Here
by Rick Savage on April 30th, 2011
I’m just another racer . . . These are the words you will hear Ryan Worley utter in his soft-spoken demeanor if asked about his experience with iRacing. You might think to yourself, ‘Much ado about nothing,’ until you have the chance to talk with this inspiring individual. You see, Ryan has a unique set of challenges when one thinks of sim racing, though you’ll never hear that from him. Quite the contrary… In fact Ryan is absolutely content with whom he is and wouldn’t change anything. He is 23 years of age and hails from the little town of Vaughn, located 60 miles southwest of Seattle, Washington. A member of iRacing since December of 2010, Ryan enjoys working on a farm with an ATV and follows professional bull riding [...]
The Champions are Coming
by Patrick Atherton on April 19th, 2011
To most Antipodeans and indeed Europeans, North America is a mecca for little more than high speed, high-banked left turn ovals, whose only variations are in size or location. They might think that, perhaps, road racing of the turn-left-and-right variety is a mere afterthought. And yet, North America is home to many of the world’s most picturesque, fast and challenging road circuits, whose corners, rises and falls are of the classic kind, well on par with Europe’s best. Mosport International Raceway is one such place. It’s a simple yet exciting layout, and a favourite amongst many of the V8 regulars. For the feature race of Week 11 in the iRacing V8 Supercar Series, Trans Tasman Racing’s Madison Down was on pole in the 1 minute 19s. The two Macs, McLeod [...]
iRacer Profile: James Kirkham
by James Kirkham on April 16th, 2011
James Kirkham is fortunate to have what many fellow iRacers would consider a dream job: working in the motorsports arena. Not long after relocating to Charlotte from Oregon Kirkham landed a job with Motorsports Management International which represents many of NASCAR’s top drivers including Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, Jamie McMurray and Tony Stewart — to name a few. Trouble is, Kirkham wants to be on the other side of the equation as a successful race driver in his own right. He’s willing to make the sacrifices to make it happen, witnesss the fact that the former real estate salesman/successful SCCA club racer and his wife moved to Charlotte to be in the midst of the American motorsports scene. Currently, Kirkham is putting is sales and marketing savvy by, among other [...]
Yes, Virginia!
by Patrick Atherton on April 12th, 2011
With Madison Down on pole for Split One, Race Two of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series at Virginia International Raceway, the assumption was that the race for the lead would be, well, non-existent. At least, thought the many spectators in the “corporate box,” there might be some battles further down the field. Down was the only sim racer in the 1 minute 24s, making it a depressing prospect for his rivals. Having said that, Mitchell McLeod was more than nipping at his heels with second spot, barely a tenth behind. The revelation of qualifying, and, as it would turn-out, the race, was Reg Burke. The Sydneysider had been racing rather infrequently in the Skippy Barber series, and the Prototype MC. The little Radical SR8, with its “mash the throttle” approach, [...]



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