Bristol, Rennsport Style

August 19th, 2010 by

This week the Rennsport Racing League headed south, to Bristol Motor Speedway, a bit of a change for the predominantly road course online racing series. Practice started a full half hour earlier so the sim racers could get acclimated to the Nationwide car and only turning left. Unfortunately, not everyone took advantage of the extra … Read the Rest »

Egger Leads Italian Invasion of Silverstone

August 17th, 2010 by

With eight rounds of the iRacing Pro Series for Road Racing (iPSRR) now complete, Luca Masier continues to dominate the Ford Falcon V8-based championship standings following a victory in his only online race of the week.  Although Masier continued his 100% record of eight wins from as many starts, the top points scoring honours of … Read the Rest »

Kersey Tames Brands Hatch

August 16th, 2010 by

In a show of bravado only the most talented of sim racers would dare attempt, Darren Kersey arrived for this week’s RSR League race at Brands Hatch after predicting he would win the “Top of the Morning to You Grand Prix.” Luckily for Kersey, he possesses the online racing skills necessary to back-up such claims. … Read the Rest »

The 28th Vintage Racing Festival Formula 1 Reunion June 22 – 25, 2007

August 15th, 2010 by

Editor’s Note:  Divina Galica, iRacing.com’s Director of Partner Relations, has enjoyed a thoroughly remarkable sports career.  A two-time captain of the British Olympic Ski team, she competed in the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Winter Olympic games and also set a world speed skiing record of 125 mph.  She later turned her competitive focus to race … Read the Rest »

No Fear – Don’t Brake

August 14th, 2010 by

While some have contested my contention that the Lotus 79 has more grip than any other car in iRacing’s vitual garage there is no denying the downforce and ground effects of the Lotus 79 equals a lot of online racing fun. Despite the somewhat low participation number the Lotus 79 has been one of the … Read the Rest »

Ten Qualify for Intel GP Series European Regional Finals

August 13th, 2010 by

Nearly 2,500 top sim racers from all over Europe competed in the first of three regional rounds of the Intel GP Series in Week 13.  The week-long European regionals featured daily Star Mazda races at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, with the week’s top ten points-getters advancing to the European Regional Finals. Those ten iRacers are … Read the Rest »

Sutcliff doubles up with second win at Mosport

August 12th, 2010 by

Returning to the site of his first Red Sox Racing League victory, Ed Sutcliff was confident he could challenge points leader Les Turner at the “Canada eh? Grand Prix” held at Mosport International Raceway. While the crowd was eager to watch the first and second place drivers battle it out, they also knew to keep … Read the Rest »

The Fix is In . . . or Not

August 12th, 2010 by

Daytona International Speedway plays host to some of the most competitive online racing every season. Season Three figured to be no different, especially with the launch of a new type of racing: fixed setups.  The NASCAR iRacing Class B Fixed Series debuted last week at Daytona and, with every sim racer running identical equipment in … Read the Rest »

Internet Racers

August 11th, 2010 by Tony Gardner

What a perfect real world sport to simulate utilizing the amazing power of the Internet – Motorsport Racing. I may be a slightly biased but, in my opinion, of all the sports out there racing is the best-suited for the transition to a simulation. Lucky for us sim racers, race gamers, real world racers and … Read the Rest »

The Pros Put on a Show

August 10th, 2010 by

Texas Motor Speedway hosted a thrilling NiSWC race last week, but the NASCAR iRacing Pro Series drivers proved they could put on a show as in the Lone Star state as well. Finally getting back to cookie-cutter tracks after a long layoff was a welcome prospect for most of the online racers. Steve Sheehan overcame … Read the Rest »