All News: Disciplines

Coverage of the many forms of racing available on iRacing, from new car builds to race events.

Like Father, Like Son

August 25th, 2011 by

This week the NASCAR iRacing Late Model Series made the long trip out west to Toyota Speedway in Irwindale, CA. The half mile asphalt track seats 15,000 fans and features a Bose sound system that was broadcasting the name Hubbell all week. When you hear the name Hubbell, you think of a telescope. In this … Read the Rest »

Hubbell Makes History

August 16th, 2011 by

The second week of the 2011 Season 2 brought the NASCAR iRacing.com Late Model Series to “America’s Hometown Track,” South Boston Speedway. SoBo as many call it is a 4/10 mile long bullring located in southern Virginia. In real life the track hosts a weekly show of NASCAR Late Model Stock Car races that keep … Read the Rest »

Caudill to Drive JR Motorsports Late Model

August 11th, 2011 by

Longtime iRacer Jim Caudill Jr. has been selected to drive a JR Motorsports Chevrolet in two upcoming late model races at Motor Mile Speedway (Radford, VA).  The announcement was made by JRM co-owner and general manager Kelley Earnhardt, who revealed that Caudill will pilot the No.  88 Chevrolet in races on August 13 and 20, … Read the Rest »

Ou Rules at Mid-Ohio

August 8th, 2011 by

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 »