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Back to Business, Class A Style
by Jameson Spies on November 10th, 2011
After a fun-filled Week 13 on iRacing.com, it was back to business for competitors in the NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series. There was no getting up to speed at a slow track, as sim racers were thrown to the wolves and attempted to conquer the lightening quick Texas Motor Speedway for Week One of the new season. Experience is key as speeds top the 200mph mark into the 24 degree banked Turn One, and while veteran sim racers topped the charts, a few new names made themselves known. Speaking of veterans, Kenny Humpe led all the qualifiers with a blistering lap of 27.107s edging another name familiar to iRN readers — Kevin King — by .032s, with Daniel Pope II (27.194s) the only other driver to break the 27.2s barrier. [...]
Greer Out of the Gate with Win
by Tim Terry on November 10th, 2011
iRacing.com Late Model Tour Series veteran Rusty Greer started off 2011 Season 4 by taking the overall win at Lanier National Speedway in Week One. Greer, a former Late Model Tour champion, has not won the title since 2010 Season 2 but has four straight seasons of finishing as a bridesmaid leading into the current schedule. Greer’s 198 point winning total came on Wednesday during a 3172 Strength of Field (sof) race. Greer led all 65 laps in the online race and defeated Eric Hoggarth by over five seconds at the finish. Ryan Bergenty, Reginald Gill and Kenneth Smith3 completed the top five in the 16-car field. Hoggarth’s 184 points put the Plains Club sim racer in third overall for the week amongst 955 drivers to test their skill at [...]
Starting in Style
by Dennis Grebe on November 10th, 2011
The new season for the Grand-Am iRacing.com Online Sports Car Series started in style at (where else?) Daytona International Speedway’s road course which also kicks-off the real life Grand-Am Rolex Series with its annual 24 hour race. The top race of the week took place at 1.00am (UTC) on Sunday for the Daytona Prototype class, while the Mustang class saw some skewed Strength of Fields due to a mid-week change in the points system with no immediately identifiable top race. There are, however, efforts underway on the iRacing Forums to organize reliably well-attended races each week – make sure to check there if you are looking for the top SoFs in this series. Daytona Prototype The quicker of the two classes saw an immensely tight fight for the weekly honors, [...]
Playseat Chassis Contest!
by David Phillips on November 9th, 2011
OK. You’ve battled in countless online races sitting at your desk but you’ve always wondered what how much better it would be if you were sitting in a purpose-built sim racing chassis. Here’s your opportunity. Playseat America has stepped-up to give all iRacers a chance to win a brand new Playseat Evolution Chassis. Simply paint any car with the Playseat logo as your primary logo. You can find the logo in the Paint Shop sponsor dropdown menu. Then race in at least 10 official races in Season 4 (11/1-1/23). You’ll be automatically entered to win at the end of the season. For more information on Playseat America seats, go to www.playseatamerica.com/
And She Don’t Scrape No More
by Katier Scott on November 9th, 2011
iRacing’s Eric Hudec recently provided the Lotus 79 community with a superb example of community co-operation in working through a series of comparatively simple, but much requested, changes to this challenging Class B car. Led by Classic Lotus Grand Prix Series/community leader, Frank Herfjord, the Lotus 79 community used a forum thread started by Hudec to discuss changes they felt were fairly simple to implement but important to improving the realism and enjoyment of the car. Within a week of the discussion, Hudec had worked through the requests and created a patch which he successfully implemented on Monday night, allowing the community time to get used to the revisions before Week 2 commenced. The revisions included changes to the Lotus 79′s fuel economy, the increments for fueling the car, increased [...]
King Dominates Wild Race at PIR
by Jason Lofing on November 9th, 2011
Nearly everyone in sim racing knows how much Kevin King likes Phoenix International Raceway . . . and it was not hard to see why on Tuesday night. King completely dominated Round Two of the NASCAR iRacing Pro Series (NiPS) at PIR, leading 120 of the 156 laps and never coming under any pressure to speak of, even on several late-race restarts. Dominant as King was he did not sit on the pole, as the advantage of starting in the number one spot went to Nick Ottinger. However, Ottinger’s time at the front was short-lived. The first lap saw him get together with Richie Davidowitz on the back straightaway, sending the pole-sitter around and losing several positions in the process. Ottinger would never regain the lost ground. Cautions came early [...]
A Radical start to the season…
by Katier Scott on November 8th, 2011
One week into 2011 Season4 of the Radical Racing Challenge and jaws are having to be scraped off virtual cockpit floors as sights, not seen before, surprised series regulars. Last season bore witness to the second highest number of drivers ever in the series, but this season, opening at the popular Watkins Glen circuit has seen participation records being utterly destroyed. Just the first weekend of racing saw five successive split races in the first 24 hours with 187 drivers, numbers that grew to a total of 291 drivers in 15 online races and splits by the end of the Week 1 — an increase of more than 100 drivers over last season’s visit to the Glen and an average of nearly 19.5 cars per race. Last season many sim [...]
Purcell Starts-Off Hot
by Allen Krier on November 8th, 2011
For Week 1 of Season 4, the iRacing.com Street Stock Series traveled up north to South Boston Speedway. This tight 4/10th mile oval is known for tight racing and trading paint. Sim racers looked to start-off the season right in their efforts to dethrone three-time champion Nick Ottinger (Carolina). This week would be an interesting one as the new build was released mid-week, causing havoc for many of the racers. Weekly High Strength of Field The high Strength of Field (SoF) race for Week 1 took place on Monday night and had an SoF of 3132. Eric Purcell (Florida) dominated the race from the pole, leading every lap in route to a 1.3 second victory. For his efforts, Purcell received 196 points. Donovan Ponder (Florida) finished second after starting eighth, [...]
Lotus 49 Coming to iRacing
by David Phillips on November 8th, 2011
iRacing.com and Classic Team Lotus have announced plans to create a digital version of the renowned 1967 Lotus 49. This will be the second of the marque’s iconic Formula One cars available on iRacing, joining the 1978 World Championship-winning Lotus 79 which has been raced in the Classic Lotus Grand Prix Series since 2009. “We’re honored to have the opportunity to build another great Formula One Lotus,” says Divina Galica, iRacing director of partner relations. “In addition to being among the most technically significant — and successful – Formula One cars in history, the Lotus 49 embodies a truly golden age of Grand Prix racing. I have no doubt the members of iRacing will be positively thrilled at this news.” Today’s announcement solidifies the relationship between iRacing.com and Classic Team [...]
NASCAR Drive for Diversity Video Features iRacer Dylan Smith
November 8th, 2011
iRacer Dylan Smith plays a featured role in a video on NASCAR’s 2011 Drive for Diversity Combine, conducted at Langley Speedway in October. The program brings together 26 drivers of diverse backgrounds ranging in age from 16 to 24 and representing 10 states, Mexico and Puerto Rico to compete for spots on the 2012 Revolution Racing team as part of NASCAR’s Drive for Diversity. After trying-out for the team last year and not making the cut, Smith worked in the Revolution Racing shop and trained on iRacing virtually non-stop. The results? He was fourth fastest in October’s Drive for Diversity Combine. Click here to see the video.
Aussies Bet on Horsepower
by Patrick Atherton on November 7th, 2011
Season Four of the iRacing V8 Supercar Series by Bigpond Sport kicked off at Mosport, straight out of the starting gates the Down v McLeod show re-ignited. That said, there are some new-ish names looking awfully fast, and wanting a piece of the action. Aussies love a punt, and Season Three nearly-man Mitch McLeod gambled on Tatts Corp sponsorship giving him a turn of luck for Season Four. Season Three champ Madison Down was absent for the 7.45 race, so McLeod came out punching. Pole position was his from Richard Hamstead, Rens Broekman, Cal Whatmore and Scott U’Ren, also sporting Tatts colours. Newbie Michael Clark was in sixth from Beau Cubis, Lewis Dodimead, Stuart Wood and Richard Lock. There were a few new faces in this top split, not surprising [...]
Kerkhof Dominates at Spa
by Chris Hall on November 7th, 2011
Taking his first steps towards the 2012 iRacing.com NVIDIA Grand Prix Series, Atze Kerkhof took the spoils of victory and maximum points at the opening round of the iRacing.com Pro Series Road Racing at Spa-Francorchamps with a dominant flag-to-flag performance. With the top 25 in the standings gaining entry to next years iNGPS following the twelve-round iPSRR season, the battle is intense as demoted sim racers from this year’s World Championship and newly-promoted Pro sim-racers fight it out in the virtual Williams-Toyota FW31s. Starting from pole position after setting a 1:44.967 qualifying lap, Kerkhof maintained his position at the front when the green flag dropped, closely followed by Andre Boettcher and Samuel Libeert who made the jump on Roland Ehnström before reaching Turn One, aka La Source. Whilst it looked [...]
Radical Racing Challenge ROARs into action for Season 4
by John Bodin on November 7th, 2011
The buzz around iRacing these days seems to be all about the New Tire Model, but the Radical Racing Challenge series has quietly been drawing its share of attention, with attendance for Week 1 of Season 4 showing roughly a 93% increase in participation over Week 1 of Season 3. While others are struggling to come to grips with the NTM, many iRacers have discovered that although the Radical SR8 is still riding on the previous Old Tire Model, it’s also still quite a joy to drive — and some have compared the Radical’s handling to the Skip Barber Formula 2000 before it was fitted with the NTM, only with a lot more horsepower and a lot more grip to go with it. With the Radical Racing Challenge having a [...]
Vincent Turns Okayama Into Nightmare
by Ed Sutcliff and Les Turner on November 5th, 2011
Mimasaka, Okayama Japan was the site for week seven of the Red Sox Racing League’s 2011 Season Three F1 Championship Series. The “Spooktacular F1 GP at Okayama” was billed as a thrilling twenty-five lap shootout between some of sim-racing’s cleanest drivers. In reality, it was a nightmare for anyone not named Brad Vincent! Vincent used the entire 2.314 mile, eleven corner layout as his personal playground on the way to his third victory in a row. The RSR Thursday night F1 league is a fixed setup league which in theory, ensures that everyone is using the same car and setup. Despite the leveled playing field, drivers still have to use their own skills to demonstrate their mastery of the car and course. Vincent has been putting on a clinic in [...]
iRacer Profile – Keith Melhiser
November 5th, 2011
Keith Melhiser knows what he likes. When it comes to racing, it’s open wheel racing, preferably USAC, and most certainly preferably on dirt. That’s a good thing for the resident of Petersburg, IN is within driving distance of scores of dirt tracks scattered thoughout his native state, not to mention Illinois, Ohio and other points north, south, east and west. Indeed, he’s raced on a few of them himself in ? and ? And when it comes to sim racing, Melhiser also knows what he likes. Not surprisingly, that would be the Silver Crown Cup and Sprint Car Cup. Since joining iRacing in 2010, Melhiser has run 227 races — all on ovals, the vast majority in Silver Crown and Sprint Cars. And to good effect. A two time division [...]
Win a Thrustmaster Steering Wheel & Pedals on iRacing.com
by David Phillips on November 5th, 2011
Congratulations to Rick Wheeler of Maine, USA, the winner of the Season 3 Thrustmaster Sponsorship Contest. Wheeler ran the Thrustmaster logo in at least 10 official races in Season 3. By doing so, he was automatically entered to win a Thrustmaster T500RS wheel and pedal set courtesy of Thrustmaster and WON! Don’t worry if you didn’t win. Thrustmaster is bringing the contest back for Season 4 (Nov 1 – Jan 23). All you have to do is display the Thrustmaster logo (found in the Paint Shop Sponsor Dropdown) in the primary sponsor location on your car AND race in a least 10 official races during Season 4. By doing so, you’ll be automatically entered to win one of these great Thrustmaster T500RS wheels. It’s that easy. For more information on [...]
Ottinger Marches to Milwaukee Win
by Tim Terry on November 4th, 2011
Current NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Champion Nick Ottinger made his move on fellow Pro driver Brandon Buchberger with 13 laps to go to take the victory in the C2C Racing Designs 120 at the Milwaukee Mile. Ottinger, who took two right side tires on his final stop at Lap 93 of the 120 lap event, led the final 12 circuits en route to his first career GSRacing.net Truck Series win. Josh Berry was positioned on Ottinger’s back bumper and poised to make a move on the #05 Gale Force Suspension Chevrolet when the final caution of the evening came-out with two laps to go. Berry was thus credited with second place ahead of Brandon Williamson, Thomas Hazard and Chad Coleman. Eleven yellow flags slowed an action-packed race, which took one [...]
iRacing.com Pro Series Road Racing Opener Broadcast Saturday
by David Phillips on November 4th, 2011
PSRTV’s coverage of opening round of the iRacing.com Pro Series Road Racing will be broadcast live on iRacing.com on Saturday, November 5 beginning at 6 pm Eastern (22:00 GMT). Featuring the Williams-Toyota FW31, the 44 lap race at challenging Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps is the first step for some of the world’s top sim racers seeking to qualify for the 2012 iRacing.com NVIDIA Grand Prix Series. The race features the top twelve finishers in Seasons 1, 2 and 3 of the iRacing.com Grand Prix Series, together with the bottom 25 finishers in the recently concluded iRacing.com NVIDIA Grand Prix Series. The top 25 finishers in the 12 week-long iPSRR will then be eligible to race in the 2012 iNGPS. Catch all the action on www.iracing.com on Saturday beginning at 6 pm [...]
New Tracks, New Features Highlight Season 4 Release
by David Phillips on November 3rd, 2011
The addition of Oulton Park and Kentucky Speedway, together with a host of new features and infrastructure improvements, highlight iRacing.com’s 2011 Season 4 release. An integral part of the fabric of the British racing scene for more than half a century, Oulton Park boasts eight different configurations, including the 2.8 mile, 12 turn International Circuit, the 2.2 mile, seven turn Island Circuit and the 1.6 mile, six turn Fosters Circuit — each as challenging as it is picturesque. Long-time host of IZOD IndyCar, NASCAR Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series events, Kentucky is the latest track to join the NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule. And if last summer’s overflow crowd for the 1.5 mile oval’s first Sprint Cup race is any barometer, Kentucky figures to be among the most popular new [...]
Lindsey Wins Texas to Open 2011 NiPS
by Jason Lofing on November 2nd, 2011
The 2011 NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series (NiPS) started with a bang Tuesday night and saw Marcus Lindsey come away with his first NiPS victory. With 25 spots in the 2012 NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship up for grabs and 61 very talented drivers vying for those spots, everyone was predicting some intense online racing action. Texas Motor Speedway played host to the opening race, making it a race of track position as passing would prove to be extremely difficult. That is exactly what happened. Fast qualifier Kenneth O’Keefe led the field to the green flag and it only took half a lap for the fireworks to start flying when Mitchell Hunt spun off of Turn Two and slammed the inside wall. The hits kept on coming early in the race [...]









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