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Heated Points Battle Atop Mustang Cup

March 26th, 2013 by

With the Mustangs running at a series-favorite Mid-Ohio in Week 8, the points battle heated-up at the top of the standings.  Last season’s iRacing.com Mustang Cup champion, Dariusz Bielawski, has maintained the points the lead every week – with the exception of Week 3 when he temporarily surrendered the top spot to David L Brown.  … Read the Rest »

Bs Swarm Bristol

March 26th, 2013 by

Week Seven of the NASCAR iRacing.com Class B Series headed east for some short track racing at Bristol Motor Speedway.  170 laps of action around the tight confines of the Last Great Coliseum was on tap for the drivers of iRacing’s second tier division. 319 sim-racers took to the track for a race during Week … Read the Rest »

Salminen Closes on Podium; Lotus Stretch Lead

March 26th, 2013 by

For Round Seven of the Lotus Classic Teams Championship the field remained in Belgium, moving from the classic Spa circuit to the confines of Circuit Zolder. Most famous as the venue where the legendary Gilles Villeneuve lost his life, this circuit represents a huge contrast to the week before.  With three tight chicanes and a … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Steven Eszenyi

March 25th, 2013 by

If you look up improvement or persistent in the dictionary, you’ll probably find a picture of Steven Eszenyi. Steven has been on iRacing since July of 2010.  Statistically, he didn’t get off to a very great start. In 2010 he ran 217 oval races and three road races, and although he won a total of … Read the Rest »

GT Racing Down Under

March 23rd, 2013 by

Week Seven of the iRacing.com Grand Touring Cup series featured Australia’s popular Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.  With its awesome setting overlooking the southern Australian coast, the circuit enabled sim-racers to enjoy virtual views while dueling around 12 turns, a long front stretch and 2.762 miles of racing asphalt in their VW Jettas, Pontiac Solstices … Read the Rest »

O’Keefe Extends Point Lead

March 22nd, 2013 by

Week Seven brought the iRacing.com Skip Barber Race Series to the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.  Using the short layout, drivers attacked 13 turns over 2.0 miles (3.22 km) of asphalt, Jon Tanko (Iberia) being the fastest with the blazing pole speed of 1:17.280.  All told, 844 drivers took to the track in a race session, … Read the Rest »

Late Models Romp on the Beach

March 22nd, 2013 by

Just miles away from the hallowed grounds of Daytona International Speedway lies an 0.48 mile (0.77 km) short track with four turns of 23 degrees of banking. This of course can be none other than New Smyrna Speedway located on New Smyrna Beach.  Founded in 1964, New Smyrna was originally a clay-based short track, but … Read the Rest »

Sandman, Kiss Master the Homestead R-oval

March 22nd, 2013 by

Week Seven brought the iRacing.com GRAND-AM Sports Car Series to South Florida and Homestead-Miami Speedway.  Using the “Road Course B” layout, drivers attacked 2.3 miles (3.701 km) of asphalt consisting of 11 turns.  The R-oval format to the circuit gave drives a hard time setting up for both the high speed oval section along with … Read the Rest »

Gen6 Cars Make Bristol Debut

March 22nd, 2013 by

The always exciting Bristol Motor Speedway opened its gates and played host to the NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series (NiCAS), for week three of their shortened season. This marks the first trip to the famed short track for the new Chevrolet SS and Ford Fusion Gen6 cars on iRacing.com. Bristol has built a reputation on … Read the Rest »

Back to Australia

March 21st, 2013 by

The Late Model Road Racing World Series is back to Australia for its 6th round at the now gone Oran Park Raceway. The online race will be broadcast live on latemodelroad.com this Sunday at 22:30 GMT. The figure-eight shaped, anticlockwise circuit, which was put down in 2010 to make room for a housing development after … Read the Rest »