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Kerekes Tips the Barber

June 6th, 2014 by

After last week’s racing at Oran Park Raceway, the RUF Cup found its way to Barber Motorsports Park, which lies in the middle of a heavily forested area on the outskirts of Birmingham, Alabama. While Oran Park has recently closed in the interest of a developing suburbia, Barber finds itself on the opposite side of … Read the Rest »

A Design Contest Story: From iRacing to Real Racing

June 2nd, 2014 by

Last year, by the month of October, I was taking a look on the iRacing forums for paint requests. I’m a Brazilian graphic designer, living in Rio de Janeiro, and had decided to offer my services for the community – as many of you reading this right now already know. Before, I would only paint … Read the Rest »

Broekman Shines at Oran Park

May 30th, 2014 by

If you talk to a racing enthusiast for any stretch of time, conversation will eventually shift to the classic tracks of yesteryear. One of the most beautiful things about having laser-scanned racetracks on the iRacing service, aside from their incredible accuracy, is the immortalizing of tracks in virtual form. Just a few short years ago … Read the Rest »

Win a VIP NASCAR Experience!

May 27th, 2014 by

iRacers can support fellow iRacer and Sprint Cup Series driver Josh Wise   As “underdogs” in NASCAR, Phil Parsons Racing and driver Josh Wise have enjoyed support from the online community this season.  Wise has been able to obtain funding for three primary race sponsorships for the No. 98 Chevrolet SS, not to mention the … Read the Rest »

RUF Cup Heads to Austin

May 27th, 2014 by

As the second season of the RUF Cup pushes forward into a schedule filled with visits to new and different tracks, it offers a reminder that the quality of iRacing’s laser-scanned tracks is second to none. With there being so many tracks to choose from, the various divisions on the service can travel to a … Read the Rest »

Dallara DW12 Now Available!

May 19th, 2014 by

The Dallara DW12 IndyCar is now available for $11.95. That’s just in time for iRacers looking to channel their inner Tony Kanaan or Ed Carpenter – or Kurt Busch – in the iRacing Indy 500 on Friday and Saturday. You say you recently bought the “old” Dallara? Anyone who purchased the Dallara IR03/05 in the … Read the Rest »

Broekman Starts Strong in RUF Cup

May 15th, 2014 by

As the old cliché goes, “time flies when you’re having fun.”  Time has certainly flown for competitors in the RUF Cup. It is hard to believe that it has already been a few weeks since Julian Rodriguez Moreno was crowned champion of the inaugural RUF Cup, but here we are, two weeks into the second … Read the Rest »

Eszenyi Masters Talladega

May 8th, 2014 by

Round 10 of the NASCAR iRacing Series headed to Talladega Superspeedway in the search of super close, action packed unpredictability – and that’s exactly what they found. Talladega is renown for its flat-out nature, with the wide tarmac available drivers found themselves 4-wide at several times during the race distance. In the first of the … Read the Rest »

The Backyard Garage: Welcome to the Silver Crown

May 8th, 2014 by

The virtual recreation of the USAC Silver Crown on iRacing is a spectacle on its own. A car in which has a 2-speed gearbox, a 355 CI engine pumping out 819 horsepower. On top of that, a completely carbon fiber body surrounds a giant 68 gallon fuel tank. This car is night/day compared to any … Read the Rest »

Summer of Love (for the Lotus 49)

May 8th, 2014 by

On October 1st 1967 at Watkins Glen it was the other Ford powered Lotus of Graham Hill that sat on pole position on a beautiful, sunny day in central New York State.  Jim Clark was starting from second place and even lost a position on the opening lap to American driver and race winner Dan … Read the Rest »