All News: Open Wheel Racing
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 »
Halfway Home
March 17th, 2011 by DavidP
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca marks the halfway point of the IZOD IndyCar Series’ six-race road course schedule. As the challenging circuit has been off the series’ schedule for a few seasons now, this week’s return to the Monterey Peninsula was as good an opportunity as the IZOD IndyCar Series sim racers would have to knock … Read the Rest »
IndyCar Racing Returns to Road America
March 3rd, 2011 by DavidP
The road course edition of the IZOD IndyCar Series is now two races in the books, with this past week’s events at Road America now complete. The Wisconsin track, the first of three tracks not to appear on the real-life IndyCar schedule, has a long and storied history of real open-wheel racing nonetheless, making it … Read the Rest »
IZOD IndyCar Premier Series Debuts at MIS
February 23rd, 2011 by DavidP
The new iRacing.com IZOD IndyCar Premier Series (iIIPS) debuted last week at Michigan International Speedway. As the series name suggests, the iIIPS is the world’s foremost online IndyCar race series. Sanctioned by INDYCAR®, the iIIPS is a 16 race, 36 week series contested on ovals and road courses on alternating weekends. Oval Premier and Road … Read the Rest »
The Williams-Toyota F31 – More (and Less) Than Meets the Eye
September 29th, 2010 by DavidP
On the face of it, designing and building a virtual version of the Williams-Toyota FW31 figured to be the most formidable challenge yet faced by iRacing.com. After all, Formula One is the technological pinnacle of the motorsports world, and it takes a virtual army of engineers, technicians and mechanics just to start a modern Grand … Read the Rest »
Wilson Notches Indy 25 win
May 28th, 2010 by DavidP
Thursday saw Justin Wilson capture the first of what he hopes will be two wins at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway this weekend. Wilson bested a fast field (including Dreyer & Reinbold teammates Mike Conway and Tomas Scheckter) to win a special ten lap sprint race – known as the Indy 25 — featuring Dallara Indy … Read the Rest »
Andretti Autosport Signs iRacer
March 5th, 2010 by DavidP
Andretti Autosport announced it has signed 15-year-old Sage Karam to drive for the team in the 2010 USF2000 National Championship. Karam, a native of Nazareth, Pa., is an avid online racer with 76 wins in more than 350 races in iRacing’s Skip Barber Series, Star Mazda and Legends competition. Karam has also spent the last … Read the Rest »