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The Backyard Garage: Short Track Slidin’

May 13th, 2014 by

Week 3 is upon us in the iRacing Silver Crown Cup, and the new virtual Lucas Oil Raceway is the next stop. As this is a new track, many unknowns are associated with it. Setups, racing line, and weather can all play a factor in Thursday night’s race. Last week, we covered the basics of … Read the Rest »

Mosport Welcomes the GT3 Challenge

May 13th, 2014 by

Another race week has come and gone as the iRacing.com GT3 Challenge wraps up Week 2 at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park (Mosport). This fast and sweeping track seemed to be appropriate for the GT3 series and it proved to be an exciting week as many of the drivers continued putting the new BMW Z4 GT3 … Read the Rest »

Hamstead Fires Back at Sonoma

May 12th, 2014 by

The Ford Falcons roared to life once again at Sonoma Raceway this week for Round 2 of the iRacing.com V8 Supercars Series Season 2. It was an exciting online race from the start as pole sitter Jarred Filsell (1:13.146) was quickly overtaken by defending series champion, Madison Down who started from second. Down, who had … Read the Rest »

Jens Heads In the Right Direction

May 12th, 2014 by

Backwards, in reverse, or the wrong way; this describes the Indy GP course for IndyCars, but not the direction Jörn Jens’ sim-racing career is headed. This past weekend was the debut of the Verizon IndyCar Series on the GP course at The Brickyard, and many a critic made a big stink about going the wrong … Read the Rest »

Skip Barber UK&I League Season Two Opener

May 12th, 2014 by

The inaugural race of 2014’s second season with the UK&I Skip Barber league took place at Okayama in Japan.  Last season was dominated by mostly British and American tracks, while the new season threw a curve-ball at word go.  Last season’s champion – Marc Mercer – was absent from the festivities as he was racing … Read the Rest »

Conti Makes Bittersweet Return to Victory Lane

May 7th, 2014 by

After nearly a month long hiatus and a new tire on the cars, the NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series Powered by iRacing returned to action at Pocono Raceway Tuesday night with everyone looking to gain an edge heading into the stretch run of the season. When all was said and done, Michael Conti emerged with the … Read the Rest »

Dixon Holds Off Pack to Win Week 13 SRF Big Grid Race at the Glen

May 7th, 2014 by

Jordan Dixon impressed everyone at Watkins Glen by holding off a seven-car pack for 20 laps on his way to claim a superb victory in the third Week 13 SpecRacer Ford race, sanctioned by the iGPFun League (http://members.iracing.com/membersite/member/LeagueView.do?league=637). The online race took place Sunday on the Glen’s Classic Boot configuration, where a full field of … Read the Rest »

Trost Triumphs at Auto Club

May 7th, 2014 by

The first week of the 2014 Season 2 iRacing.com Indycar Oval Series started off with a bang as the series went to Auto Club Speedway for only the second time. A total of 65 sim-racers took part in races throughout the week. The story of the week was the ability to keep up with the … Read the Rest »

Season 1 ends at iRacing Brasil League

May 6th, 2014 by

The very first season of 2014 at iRacing Brasil league came to an end. They had 5 different series running one race per week, where I had the opportunity to follow and write about two of them: Masters of Track on the road side and NASCAR Pro Series on the oval side. Besides that, they … Read the Rest »

Pocono NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series Preview

May 5th, 2014 by

Finding speed during a period of familiarity is hard in itself; NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series race teams spend countless hours between races searching for that ever-so-important tenth (or even hundredth) of a second. With new builds coming every twelve weeks, these teams enjoy a period in which car physics are static and the tire model … Read the Rest »