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iRacer Profile: Kevin Gries
by David Phillips on January 18th, 2013
When Kevin Gries says his favorite iRacing car is “definitely” a Corvette C6.R believe him. Officially-speaking, he hasn’t run a race, a time trial or even practiced in anything besides a ‘Vette since a mid-November run in a Class A Impala at Homestead. Since then it’s been a steady diet of Corvette and the iRacing.com Prototype/GT Challenge . . . to good effect. With 11 wins in 23 starts, Gries has planted himself securely in second place in the overall standings, a little bit too far behind Nikita Gorlov to have any hope of taking the title but well clear of third placed Marcin Skrzypczak. With a P2 and P3 in the same category in Seasons 2 and 3, respectively, Gries is no stranger to the Prototype/GT Challenge podium. Nor [...]
iRacer Profile: Mirko Salati
by David Phillips on December 8th, 2012
Funny what a difference a season can make. 2012 Season 3 saw Mirko Salati best Julian Rodriguez Moreno and Diego Comuni to take the iRacing.com Mustang Challenge on the strength of eight wins and 20 top fives from 22 starts. Midway through Season 4, with just one start to his name, Salati occupies 318th place in the Pony Car series, some 725 points adrift of leader Dariusz Bielanski. What’s up with that? Well the arrival of the “most admired” person in Salati’s life – his daughter, who was born in November – may have a little to do with his fall down the Mustang Challenge pecking order. The resident of Reggio Emilia, Italy readily admits to a significant “downsizing” in the amount of time he spends sim-racing these days. Then [...]
Petit Le Mans World Tour
by David Phillips on October 26th, 2012
Not long before the Rebellion, Level 5, Oreca, Extreme Speed, IMSA Matmut and Momo race teams sped to class wins (and the Delta Wing once again proved it is in a class of its own) in last weekend’s Petit Le Mans Powered by Mazda, some three dozen iRacers experienced the thrill of victory in the World tour of iRacing’s Petit Le Mans. Featuring the HPD ARX01c, Corvette C6.R and Ford GT, the multi-class extravaganza attracted nearly 500 sim racers from around the world to iRacing’s virtual Road Atlanta, resulting in a dozen splits and (all told) 30 hours of great online racing. HPD winners included Teemu Iivonen, Marco Arcidiacono, Cameron Todd, Paul Radon, Jonathan Auger, Piotr Bogun, Bill Mann, Peter Short, Mike Dellesandro, Josh Hammett, Esa Hietanen and Shemer T [...]
Overtaking Discipline
by Nathan Aljoe on August 14th, 2012
I want to spend some time talking about overtaking discipline, and what I believe are the essentials to preserving your (and others’) safety rating and ultimately having an enjoyable iRacing experience. First of all, it’s pretty safe to say that iRacing’s Mazda MX-5 Cup series is an ideal place for newbies and oldies alike to learn how to overtake properly. Things happen much slower in the Mazda than they would in, say, the Corvette C6.R (I’m stating the obvious… but you get what I mean). Additionally, the fixed setup in this series removes any effects that a change in setup would have on the balance of your car – basically you are forced to drive the same Mazda every time (again, stating the obvious but it’s important to note for [...]
iRacer Profile – Evgeniy Dontsov
by David Phillips on June 9th, 2012
Evgeniy Dontsov is open to new challenges. With 17 wins to his credit, he was a fixture near the very top of the Star Mazda Championship standings for the past few seasons, finishing fourth in 2011 Season 4 and runner-up to Tony Repussard in 2012 Season 1. Rather than continuing to focus on Star Mazda, however, the Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia resident moved on to something different than the 1335 lb, 260 hp open wheel Star Mazda. How different? Try the 2425 lb, 590 hp Corvette C6.R. While it’s fair to say Donstov’s transition from flyweight, open wheel racer to thundering beast of a sports car has not been without its challenges, he’s starting to show similar form to his Star Mazda Championship days. With wins at Spa and Suzuka he [...]
Globe Trotters
by Michael Booth on April 27th, 2012
Weeks 9 and 10 took the iRacing.com Prototype and GT Challenge outside of North America for the final time this season, to a pair of tracks 10,000 miles apart in opposite hemispheres. Their track layouts once again provided the globe-trotting sim racers with contrast from week-to-week as Silverstone’s wide, historic airfield layout in the English countryside differs radically from the tighter, more undulating Phillip Island venue on the south Australian coastline. Silverstone would be the final week with the 70 minute open setup race length, Phillip Island’s 45 minute duration also the last time it would be used this season. The Thursday and Friday 2000 GMT “hot split” concept for GT drivers continued, however with European daylight savings many drivers also took part in the earlier online race as well. [...]
The 14 Days of Florida
by Michael Booth on April 12th, 2012
Weeks 7 and 8 of the iRacing.com Prototype and GT Challenge were spent in Florida, as sim-racers started the second half of their season at two of the most historic venues for road and oval racing in the USA. The sunshine state is no stranger to multiclass endurance racing, as it hosts a pair famous races – the Daytona 24 hours in January, and the 12 hours of Sebring in March. While Le Mans Prototypes have been a feature at Sebring for many years in the American Le Mans Series, they have never run at Daytona due to the 24 hour race being part of the Grand-Am series. Fortunately the virtual world allows us to put together this car and track combination, with the GT1 and GT2 cars also taking [...]
iRacer Profile – Oscar Sahlin
by David Phillips on April 7th, 2012
It didn’t take long for Oscar Sahlin to make an impact on iRacing. The postman from Södertälje, Sweden joined the service in the middle of 2011 Season 1 and, by the time the final checkered flag of Season 3 had fallen, he had bested the likes of Ryan Field and Brian Strodtbeck to claim the iRacing.com Mustang Challenge title. The Ford Mustang FR500S remains his metier, as Sahlin had driven his personal virtual (or is that virtual personal?) pony car to third place the past two seasons of the iRacing.com GRAND-AM Sports Car Series. With the finish line coming into view for 2012 Season 1, he finds himself in a familiar spot — third — behind Paulo Valente and Matthew Davis in the GRAND-AM series with seven wins and ten [...]
120 Minutes of Sebring
by David Phillips on March 20th, 2012
The 2012 edition of iRacing’s 120 Minutes of Sebring is in the books after nearly 800 sim racers took part in the online version of America’s oldest endurance race. The day after Audi, BMW, HPD, Mazda and Porsche celebrated class wins in the 60th annual Twelve Hours of Sebring, scores of HPD ARX01cs, Corvette C6.Rs and Ford GTs took to iRacing’s virtual version of the venerable airport circuit in 17 splits of the best in multi-class online racing. The event went off in two waves, the first a time-friendly slot for Australia/New Zealand/Asia, the second for the Americas/Europe and Africa. Winners of the top Australia/New Zealand/Asia split were Beau Cubis (HPD ARX01c), Roope Turkilla (Corvette C6.R) and Niek Versteege (Ford GT), while Norbert Sulzer (HPD ARX01c), Teemu Vuolle (Corvette C6.R) [...]
A Study in Contrasts
by Michael Booth on March 19th, 2012
Weeks 5 and 6 of the iRacing.com Prototype and GT Challenge visited the longest and shortest tracks on the schedule – Belgium’s Spa-Francorchamps and Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in California – to round-out the first half of the season. With a history of multiclass endurance racing, and featuring in the World Endurance Championship this year, the 7km Spa track allowed all three cars, especially the GT classes, to stretch their legs on the straights. Laguna Seca on the other hand measures in at just 3.6km in length, the short lap presenting LMP2 drivers with lots of traffic to deal with over a race distance. Laguna Seca and its famous “Corkscrew” turn have been a permanent fixture on the American Le Mans Series calendar since its inception and a venue on [...]
Globe Trotting Prototypes and GTs
by Michael Booth on March 8th, 2012
Weeks 3 and 4 of the iRacing.com Prototype and GT Challenge saw the series venture to Japan for its first international venue of the season, as sim racers tackled the Suzuka International Racing Course, before returning to North America for a visit to the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. The Honda-owned Suzuka circuit is iRacing’s only track to feature a Figure 8 layout, and is no stranger to top class motorsport as it plays host to Formula 1 and Japan’s Super GT series. Mid-Ohio features blind crests and a short lap length, with the American Le Mans Series and Grand-Am Rolex Series both visiting over the course of the summer months. While thousands of miles apart, both circuits had something in common – their tight nature and a number of elevation [...]
iRacing.com to Build Virtual Cadillac CTS-V Coupe
by David Phillips on February 9th, 2012
iRacing.com and Cadillac announced today they will partner in building a virtual version of the Cadillac CTS-V that will be competing in the 2012 Pirelli World Challenge. The Cadillac is the latest addition to iRacing’s impressive line-up of digital, high performance cars which includes the Williams-Toyota FW31, the HPD ARX-01c, Corvette C6.R and NASCAR Sprint Cup Chevrolet Impala, and is scheduled to add the McLaren MP4-12C and Lotus 49 in the coming months. “This is great news for iRacing and the online racing community,” said Tony Gardner, president of iRacing.com. “The performance of the real-world Cadillac CTS-V is truly astonishing, and I’m sure the more than 30,000 iRacers around the world will be eager to get their hands on our digital version of this world class car.” Based on the [...]
Corvette Racing Tabs iRacer Jordan Taylor
by David Phillips on January 12th, 2012
iRacer Jordan Taylor will be joining Corvette Racing team to drive the Compuware Corvette C6.R in three long of the world’s classic endurance races in 2012. Taylor, 20 year old son of renowned sports car champion Wayne Taylor, will join Antonio Garcia, Oliver Gavin, Jan Magnussen, Tommy Milner and Richard Westbrook in the 24 Hours of Le Mans as well as the American Le Mans Series’ Mobil One 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans. Together with co-driver Bill Lester, Taylor piloted the Autohaus Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro to a runner-up finish in the 2011 Rolex GT championship, just two points short of the title. He will continue to compete in the Rolex Series in 2012 with Autohaus Motorsports in addition to driving for Corvette Racing in endurance races. “Corvette [...]
‘Round the Boot at The Glen
by Dennis Grebe on November 18th, 2011
After Season 4′s initial race at Sebring, the iRacing.com Prototype and GT Challenge set forth along the East Coast to the state of New York, where it took to Round 2 at Watkins Glen Intenational. In keeping with the modern theme of the online racing series, the configuration chosen was the Full Course including the so-called “Boot.” LMP2: HPD ARX-01c After a very competitive start to the championship, Week 2 proved to be very high scoring once again, but this time produced a clear winner. David Williams (England) defended his lead in style with another weekly top score at an impressive 246 points in Saturday’s 8.00pm (UTC) race – against a field of worthy and competitive opponents with every one of the 15 drivers in his class having an iRating [...]
A New Dawn at Sebring
by Dennis Grebe on November 11th, 2011
The venue for the start of the iRacing.com Prototype and GT Challenge turned out to be rather fitting, with a night race at Sebring International Raceway. In the latest update all three cars of the series had their tire model significantly updated, the Corvette C6.R even getting the New Tire Model for the first time as more than a few sim racers found themselves in the dark at the dawn of Season 4. After their nightly adventures at the Florida track, the series will head to Watkins Glen Boot to stretch their legs in broad daylight, before heading to Road America for Week 3 and Laguna Seca for Week 4. LMP2: HPD ARX-01c In a very competitive start to the championship it fell to DWC drivers David Williams (England) and [...]
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 [...]
Three for One; Suominen for Two
by Dennis Grebe on October 31st, 2011
Season 3 was the inaugural season of the reformed GT & Prototype Challenge, which for the first time in iRacing history saw three different classes on the track at the same time. With the start of the season, the newly released HPD ARX-01c (a Le Mans Prototype of the LMP2 class) and the Ford GT (of the GT2 class) joined the GT1 Corvette C6.R for online races with up to 36 drivers. As if that wasn’t special enough, there were two distinct series — one with open setups and longer races (45-60 minutes) as well as a series with fixed setups and shorter races (25-30 minutes) from which to choose. LMP2 The fastest car also proved to be the most popular, with a staggering 985 (open setup) and 890 drivers [...]
iRacer Profile – Kimmo Suominen
by David Phillips on October 29th, 2011
For a guy whose favorite quote reads “all good things must come to an end. Preferably in a humongous explosion,” Kimmo Suominen enjoyed a particularly “un-volatile” 2011 Season 3. No surprise, really, given his safety rating of 4.80 and iRating of 6812. Given those impressive mumbers, it’s also no surprise the resident of Salo, Finland piloted his Corvette C6.R to not one but two racing series championships in Season 3 — the iRacing Prototype and GT Challenge titles in open and fixed set-ups. With 34 wins in 43 starts in the open series, and 21 wins in 32 tries in the fixed setup C6.R, that comes out to a sweet 73.3% winning percentage. Nor were these two titles anything new for Suominen, who claimed the Season 2 GT Championship (fixed [...]
iRacing.com Petit Le Mans Presented by NVIDIA
by David Phillips on October 3rd, 2011
Within hours of Franck Montagny, Stephane Sarrazin and Alexander Wurz driving their Peugeot 908 to victory in a 2011 Petit Le Mans that featured 52 cars in six classes, iRacers took part in a 2011 iRacing.com Petit Le Mans Presented by NVIDIA featuring more 320 cars in three classes: HPD ARX01, Corvette C6.R and Ford GT. Like the American Le Mans Series’ event, the iRacing Petit Le Mans Presented by NVIDIA was staged on the 12 turn, 2.54 mile Road Atlanta course and proved a challenging test of speed and endurance for sim racers in all classes as they raced their immediate competition while keeping an eye out for the other classes running at varying speeds. Norbert Sulzer (DE-AT-CH) led Roderic Kreunen (Benelux) and Andrew Slocombe (Florida) home in the [...]
Radical Changes For the Radical SR8 in Season 3
by John Bodin on August 9th, 2011
Sometimes when big news hits the smaller news tidbits get lost in the shuffle, and that seems to be the case for iRacing’s Radical SR8, which has been overshadowed by the recent “big news” of the iRacing 2.0 roll-out. With all the hoopla over the New Tire Model and the introduction of the new Ford GT and HPD ARX01c, those remaining cars that haven’t yet been fitted with the New Tire Model haven’t really garnered much attention. As a result, the fact that the Radical SR8 is now featured in the Radical Racing Challenge as a solo, single-car, stand-alone C-Class (D 4.0) online racing series for the first time in over a year has received little fanfare. Previously, the Radical enjoyed an independent existence for a few brief seasons following [...]









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