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Slipping into Darkness

July 14th, 2011 by

For the tenth week in the Thrustmaster Mustang Challenge the sim racers from all around the globe took on the 17-turn, 3.7-mile Sebring International Raceway located in Sebring, Florida for some night racing for the first time in series history.  During the week a total of 301 drivers attempted to tame the beast known as … Read the Rest »

Ottinger Comes Back

July 14th, 2011 by

For the second time this season the iRacing.com Street Stock Series made a stop at the Lanier National Speedway for some good short track online racing.  Week Ten was one of the biggest turnouts of the season as over 1000 sim racers did an official race during the seven days of racing but, after all … Read the Rest »

Grigg Owns Oxford

July 13th, 2011 by

For the first time this season the sim racers of the iRacing.com Street Stock Series headed to the Oxford Plains Speedway located in Oxford, Maine for Week Nine in the online racing series.  A total of 747 sim racers took part in the online racing during the week, but Andrew Grigg (Connecticut) was the top … Read the Rest »

Kline Inaugural PIR Tour Modified Winner

July 13th, 2011 by

Untamed Motorsports pulled into Phoenix International Raceway this past week fully prepared for Round Ten of 2011 Season Two of the NASCAR iRacing.com Tour Modified season. In the end, the team which focuses most of their time on the modified ranks on the online racing service came out with three of the top five spots with their … Read the Rest »

The Daytona 518

July 13th, 2011 by

The famed Daytona International Speedway hosted Week 10 of the NASCAR iRacing.com Class A series, and the World Center of Racing lived up to its name. Five hundred and eighteen sim racers bolted on the restrictor plate and took to the high banks, making wins very tough to come by. It takes a balance of experience … Read the Rest »

Opportunities Knock

July 12th, 2011 by

As the NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series Season begins to come to a close, the points battles are heating up and the race to make the NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series is still wide open. It was off to New Hampshire Motor Speedway for Week 9, and the opportunities were huge as all the big names … Read the Rest »

Coomans Cruises to Lead at Okayama

July 12th, 2011 by

Though he won a race in his two NVIDIA Cup starts last week, it was a second place finish in a high sof race that put Jan Coomans on top of his peers in the weekly standings. Coomans, a driver from the Benelux sim racing club, came into the second week of racing in the … Read the Rest »

Building the iRacing System 101

July 9th, 2011 by

Signing-up for iRacing is easy, posting in the forums is also easy, but deciding exactly what computer you need to run the simulator?  That can be where the challenge is found.  Let me say up front there’s no right way or wrong way to choose your iRacing computer.   We all have different wants, desires, and … Read the Rest »

Turner Remains on Top Down Under

July 7th, 2011 by

Continuing his mastery of the Phillip Island Circuit in Australia, Les Turner led 20 of 31 laps on his way to victory in the Red Sox Racing League’s 7th race of the 2011 Season Two schedule.  His victory in the “Outback 31” extended Turner’s lead in the overall championship to thirty-two points over Brian Irby. … Read the Rest »

Kiraly and Gelink Head Towards Titles

July 6th, 2011 by

The 2011 Premier GRAND-AM iRacing.com Online Sports Car Series brought the Daytona Riley Prototypes and Ford Mustang FR500S’ to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for Round Seven of the online-racing championship open to subscribers of the iRacing Motorsport Simulation service. With the series heading into its final acts, the battle for points intensifies as competitors vie … Read the Rest »