Oval Pros in the Desert

December 7th, 2009 by

Week 18 of the iRacing Pro Series Oval brought the pros to the Arizona desert, where Josh Berry continued his impressive form at Phoenix International Raceway.  Berry snagged the pole for his split on Wednesday with a time of 27.860s and never looked back, going on to lead 107 of the 130 laps and adding … Read the Rest »

Drag’n Slayer

December 5th, 2009 by

I was working on some acceleration tests at Indianapolis with various cars to determine their power curves and stumbled upon an interesting idea. I figured I could estimate the drag coefficient from the cars by capturing some telemetry data. I wanted to remove the aero drag and rolling resistance forces from the data in order … Read the Rest »

World Cup of iRacing – Anticipation Starting to Grow

December 4th, 2009 by

We have been a little busier than usual here at iRacing this Fall.    Along with the normal onging improvements to the service and spreading the word about iRacing, we have been readying ourselves for the World Cup of iRacing tournament, not to mention the iRacing Drivers World Championship, starting in February. More on the Drivers … Read the Rest »

On the Rebound

December 2nd, 2009 by

Brad Davies rebounded from a disappointing week of racing at Martinsville Speedway to score his fourteenth win of the iRacing Pro Series Road Racing campaign on Wednesday night at Atlanta Motor Speedway.  Davies started from pole and led 35 of 110 laps en route to a 15.9s win over Thomas Lewandowski who just managed to … Read the Rest »

Pro Road Racing at Lowe’s – The Last R-oval

December 1st, 2009 by

This week marks the end of r-ovals for the remainder of the season . . . much to the delight of many who have targeted them from the get-go as weeks to drop. However, the racing has been pretty good over this mid-season period with some of the drivers not minding these types of tracks … Read the Rest »

Pro Road Racing at Lowe's – The Last R-oval

December 1st, 2009 by

This week marks the end of r-ovals for the remainder of the season . . . much to the delight of many who have targeted them from the get-go as weeks to drop. However, the racing has been pretty good over this mid-season period with some of the drivers not minding these types of tracks … Read the Rest »

Oran Park Raceway and Circuit Zolder Join iRacing

December 1st, 2009 by

Two celebrated race tracks half a world apart are set to become a part of iRacing.com in 2010.  Circuit Zolder, a home of the Belgian Grand Prix during the 1970s and ’80s, will join Silverstone, Brands Hatch, Oulton Park and Zandvoort among iRacing’s first European circuits, while Oran Park Raceway will pair with Phillip Island as the first two Australian facilities on the service.