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iRacing.com Drivers World Championship Power Rankings
August 22nd, 2012 by In Racing News
A fellow iRacer named Brayden Whitaker has created a rather interesting ranking which he posts on iRacing forum after every iRacing.com Drivers World Championship race. Here is his ranking for Michigan and Road Atlanta: This week saw the NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship hit the two-mile Michigan International Speedway, while the iRacing.com World Championship Grand … Read the Rest »
A Hardcore Fan’s View
July 2nd, 2012 by JaimeB
On Sunday 24th June 2012 I joined an exclusive at Brands Hatch. I call these club members The Hardcore Racing Fans. Why did I join this club? Well because with the deluge of changeable weather mixing from atrocious down poor of rain to sweltering heat and as a certain Ayrton Senna once said ‘It was … Read the Rest »
A Hardcore Fan's View
July 2nd, 2012 by DavidP
On Sunday 24th June 2012 I joined an exclusive at Brands Hatch. I call these club members The Hardcore Racing Fans. Why did I join this club? Well because with the deluge of changeable weather mixing from atrocious down poor of rain to sweltering heat and as a certain Ayrton Senna once said ‘It was … Read the Rest »
Penultimate round of iGPS
April 18th, 2012 by In Racing News
For the penultimate week of Season 1, the iRacing.com Grand Prix Series (iGPS) teams and drivers headed off to Sebring International Raceway. The circuit – 3.7 miles (6.0 km) long and compromising of seventeen turns – features long straights and a hybrid of high speed and technical low speed corners. Although the course offers very … Read the Rest »
Ou All the Way
April 5th, 2012 by DavidP
Week 9 of the 2012 iRacing.com IZOD IndyCar Series headed to Homestead-Miami Speedway. This 1.5 mile track offers fantastic racing with many elements coming into play, including tire wear, fuel mileage and pit strategy. 43 sim racers showed-up with hopes of a win or at least a good finish. The Top Split started with 22 … Read the Rest »
Doyle Does Doughnuts
February 9th, 2012 by DavidP
Round 2 of the 2012 Season 1 iRacing.com IZOD IndyCar Series rolled into Kentucky Motor Speedway for the Follow @TopSplitIndycar 180. While the online racing series visited the Bluegrass State for the first time last year in broad daylight, this season saw the Dallaras under the lights at the fast and sweeping 1.5 mile speedway. … Read the Rest »
Peters Principle
February 6th, 2012 by DavidP
Week One of the 2012 Season 1 iRacing.com IZOD IndyCar Series visited the little track in the heart of America: Iowa Speedway. Due to inclement weather (technical difficulties) the online race was moved from the traditional Monday time slot to Wednesday. 44 drivers showed-up to do battle, splitting the event into fields of 22 sim … Read the Rest »
2011 iRacing.com Japan Grand Prix
October 12th, 2011 by DavidP
Nearly 250 iRacers took advantage of last Saturday’s 2011 iRacing.com Japan Grand Prix at Suzuka International Circuit to see if they could “be like Jenson” — ie Jenson Button, who scored his third win of the 2011 World Drivers Championship at Suzuka on Sunday. Sebastian Schmalenbach (DE-AT-CH) topped the highest strength of field race of … Read the Rest »
Ou Rules at Mid-Ohio
August 8th, 2011 by DavidP
Yang Ou consolidated his lead in the 2011 iRacing.com IZOD IndyCar Premier Series -Road with a convincing victory at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Sunday’s top strength of field (3064) race. The Club Scandinavia member grabbed his tenth pole position of the campaign with a lap of 1:08.382 ahead of championship rival Aleksi Elomaa … Read the Rest »
VIPs at iRacing
May 28th, 2011 by DavidP
Three of iRacing.com’s more prominent members paid a visit to the company’s Bedford, MA office last week, namely IndyCar drivers Will Power, Simona de Silverstro and Justin Wilson. The trio was on a whirlwind tour of Boston last following qualifying for the Centennial Edition of the Indianapolis 500. After a press conference in downtown Boston, … Read the Rest »