All News: Sports Car Racing

PR1/Mathiasen Prototype wins Lime Rock’s Northeast Grand Prix

July 26th, 2015 by

By Dave Moulthrop  ( Lakeville, CT) Mike Kimber-Smith and teammate Mike Guasch celebrated the return of Prototype racing to Lime Rock Park after a one year absence by winning their third Tudor PC Challange race of the season by a 8.304 second margin, but that was hardly the story.  The first 65 laps of the … Read the Rest »

Solo Drivers Dominate Blancpain Endurance Series

July 24th, 2015 by

For many drivers, the iRacing.com Blancpain Endurance Series is oftentimes seen as a unique challenge given the sheer length of the online races. Additionally, it’s no secret that the Endurance Series takes a bit more finesse than its Sprint Series counterpart in that one must look after their car for a longer period of time … Read the Rest »

Schartner Enters Blancpain Endurance Series; Wins at Montreal

July 10th, 2015 by

The iRacing.com Blancpain Endurance Series descended on the historic Circuit Gilles Villeneuve located in Montreal, Canada for Week 3 and it’s fair to say that the track was represented in the best possible way. For 112 laps around the hybrid circuit, teams and drivers navigated through the treacherous chicanes and sweeping turns as the three-hour … Read the Rest »

iRacing Signs Agreement with Le Mans

July 9th, 2015 by

iRacing.com announced today it has signed an agreement with the Automobile Club de l’Ouest to develop a digital version of the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans circuit for its award-winning online motorsports simulation service.  iRacing’s team of nearly a dozen laser scanning technicians, photographers and artists recently completed their data-gathering work in France prior … Read the Rest »

Glacier Racing Takes Victory in Blancpain Endurance Series

June 29th, 2015 by

The iRacing.com Blancpain Endurance Series wraps up an amazing week of sim racing as teams from all over the world competed on the hills and long straights of Road America. For three-hours, drivers negotiated massive fields of sometimes over 50 cars on the track at once. In the top Strength of Field race (SoF 2977), … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Bas Slob

June 29th, 2015 by

An active iRacer since November of 2013, 31 year old Bas Slob has quickly become acquainted with what it takes to be a successful sim racer. Racing out of Randwijk, The Netherlands, Bas has 27 victories in nearly 400 official races on road courses, and has an oval victory at Lanier National Speedway on his … Read the Rest »

Blancpain Endurance Season Kicks Off at Zandvoort

June 24th, 2015 by

The iRacing.com Blancpain Endurance Series, which has often played second fiddle to its Sprint series counterpart, has suddenly been thrust into the sim-racing spotlight. With the recent announcement of the forthcoming iRacing.com Blancpain GT Series, sim-racing teams from all over the world are gearing up for something they’ve been wanting for quite some time: a … Read the Rest »

Be Prepared

April 16th, 2015 by

Editor’s note:  Oswaldo Negri, Jr’s name should be familiar to iRacers.  Apart from being a long-time member of iRacing, he’s been a mainstay of Michael Shank Racing since 2004 and has a win and a couple of pole positions in the Rolex 24 at Daytona to show for his efforts.  This year finds “Ozz” doing … 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 »

SRO, iRacing.com Announce Blancpain GT Sim Racing Series

March 16th, 2015 by

SRO Motorsports Group and iRacing.com today announced the creation of two online racing series for virtual sports cars that are based on the Blancpain Sprint Series and Blancpain Endurance Series.   The two series will feature iRacing’s digital GT3 cars, including the BMW Z4, Ford GT and McLaren MP4-12C (with Aston Martin and another major manufacturer … Read the Rest »