All News: GT Racing

IMSA, iRacing.com Announce IMSA iRacing.com Online Sports Car Championship

April 2nd, 2015 by

The International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) and iRacing.com today announced the creation of the IMSA iRacing.com Online Sports Car Championship.   The online racing series features iRacing’s digital versions of Daytona Prototypes, LMP and GT cars competing on laser-scanned versions of Daytona International Speedway, Sebring International Raceway, Watkins Glen International and many other tracks on IMSA’s … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Chuck Chambliss

March 31st, 2015 by

A solid sim racer in both disciplines, iRacer Chuck Chambliss is a threat on any type of racetrack, oval or road. The 43 year old out of Hueytown, Alabama, has nearly 3600 races to his credit since joining iRacing back in May, 2008. Chambliss is primarily a road racer, with over 60% of his starts … Read the Rest »

iRacing’s Dudes Abide

March 30th, 2015 by

Never let it be said that the folks at iRacing lack for hands-on sim racing experience.  Most recent case in point:  the iRacing 12 Hours of Sebring, where iRacing staffers experienced the thrill of victory and the agony of P16. The thrill of victory went to Chris Lerch (vehicle dynamic engineer), Kevin Bobbitt (marketing director), … Read the Rest »

New Chapter for SEKQLD GT Championship

March 27th, 2015 by

As new season starts, a new chapter begins in the SEKQLD  GT Championship. The series has gone from strength to strength over the past few years now and with continued support from SEKQLD.com the series now has the ability to attract even more. Also throwing their support in is Pagnian/Next Level Racing products (www.pagnianimports.com.au) who … Read the Rest »

STC – BLUE CUP 2015

March 25th, 2015 by

Thursday 26th March the STC start a new championship: the Sim Racing Team STC -Blue Cup:  11 teams, 22 drivers per race, four different GT3 cars, seven races . . . and one Team Champion! Will Iberica Racing Team be able to defend the Black Cup Title from the Mivano Thrustmaster X Team and TeamGT, … Read the Rest »

iRacing in Top Gear

March 23rd, 2015 by

Editor’s note:  The following story by Mike Channell appeared on the Top Gear website today.  Click here to read the full story (and see an image of Jeremy Clarkson). iRacing launches Blancpain GT3 series Geektastic race simulator to host online GT3 championship.  Who’s up for a real-time Spa 24-hour? Fancy going GT racing but don’t … Read the Rest »

ineX Racing Masters of Endurance Champions

March 17th, 2015 by

Coanda Win Bathurst Masters of Endurance concluded its 2014/15 season with a visit down under for the 6 hours of Bathurst sponsored by iGPmanager.com. The 6.2km Mount Panorama circuit, famous for hosting V8 Supercars’ Bathurst 1000 and the 12 hour GT3 race, would provide a challenge for the teams of sim racers. With little runoff … Read the Rest »

Tight Quarters for the AMG Sportscar Challenge

February 18th, 2015 by

Donington Park National was the scene for Round Nine for the Autobahn Motorcar Group Sportscar Challenge on Monday, February 9. Known for its twisting layout, Donington’s tight quarters made for a hair-raising race for the multiclass series as the prototype classes patiently picked their way through GT traffic. With only a six point lead in … Read the Rest »

VergilRacing’s Maiden Masters of Endurance Win

February 18th, 2015 by

Masters of Endurance held its penultimate round of the season back in the USA, as sim racers took to one of iRacing’s newest road circuits at Circuit of the Americas. The grade 1 track in Austin, Texas played host to the 6 hour race featuring GT3 cars, which was sponsored by grandprix247.com. After 24 hours … Read the Rest »

The Sun that Never Set – Our Win in the 24 Hours of Daytona

February 5th, 2015 by

Look for the brake point… Downshift to 2nd… “That was a 1:48.5, need more of that.” Anyone leaving pit road?  Nope, set up here… Watch that dirt on the outside…Any HPDs behind? Nope… Oops, bad entry…slight understeer…watch the wheelspin… “2nd place hit a 1:48.2, at the line now” Man I hate this corner…tiptoe a little … Read the Rest »