All News: iRacing Competitions

Down Downs the Giz

March 2nd, 2011 by

The real-world V8 aces again had to contend with the sim racing world’s best in Race Two of Monday night’s iRacing Supercar series at Mid-Ohio. Australian V8 Supercar Series standout Shane Van Gisbergen may have taken pole again with a lap of 1: 23.553, but sim racer Madison Down was breathing down his neck at … Read the Rest »

Van Gisbergen Gatecrashes Mid-Ohio

March 2nd, 2011 by

We all know the fiendishly accurate iRacing simulation replicates motorsport superbly, but the lines between simulation and reality were blurred even more for Race One, Split One of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar series on Monday at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. After spending some time on the virtual ovals,  top level V8 Supercar star Shane … Read the Rest »

Mallia and Sharman Premier Racers

March 2nd, 2011 by

This week witnessed the premier of the Premier GRAND-AM iRacing.com Online Sports Car Series, a 10 round championship spread across 26 weeks featuring the digital versions of the Riley MkXX Daytona Prototype and the Ford Mustang FR500S on millimeter-accurate virtual versions of most of the tracks on the GRAND-AM Rolex Series calendar.  The championship is … Read the Rest »

Davies Dominates Vegas

March 2nd, 2011 by

Brad Davies completely dominated Week Two of the NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, leading 106 of 133 laps en route to the online racing victory. Davies put a bad run in the season opener at Daytona in the rear view mirror by starting on pole and never being challenged on … Read the Rest »

Coleman Claims Charlotte

March 1st, 2011 by

The short track stars of iRacing.com Street Stock Series rolled into the Charlotte Motor Speedway for a change of pace from the traditional short track atmosphere.  During Week Four the sim racers took to the high-banked 1.5-mile track usually reserved for the top drivers in NASCAR. Fittingly then, NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship (NiSWC) rookie … Read the Rest »

Turner Extends RSR Points Lead Down Under

March 1st, 2011 by

Week Six of Season One of the Red Sox Racing League’s 2011 schedule saw twelve sim racers traveling to Australia for the 24 lap “Surf’s Up” event at the Phillip Island Circuit.  This historic track which first hosted races in 1928 has seen several different configurations and major renovations over the years. The current track … Read the Rest »

Laughton Lays It On 'Em at Dover

March 1st, 2011 by

The stars of the NASCAR iRacing Class C Series (NiCCS) trucked into Delaware last week for seven days of online racing at the track nicknamed the “Monster Mile.” Dover International Raceway played host to Round Four on the schedule and proved popular with the drivers as 1112 of them came out to race in the … Read the Rest »

Laughton Lays It On ‘Em at Dover

March 1st, 2011 by

The stars of the NASCAR iRacing Class C Series (NiCCS) trucked into Delaware last week for seven days of online racing at the track nicknamed the “Monster Mile.” Dover International Raceway played host to Round Four on the schedule and proved popular with the drivers as 1112 of them came out to race in the … Read the Rest »

An Epic Journey to Show Sim Racing in a New Light

March 1st, 2011 by

If there was a “longest tow” award at Friday’s iRacing.com Intel® GP Series World Final in Hannover, Germany it would be a dead heat between Ian Lake and Mitchell McLeod.  The two Australians quite literally traveled from half a world away to participate in the Super Bowl of sim racing, which is scheduled to take … Read the Rest »

Class A Ticket to Vegas

March 1st, 2011 by

The competitors of the NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series tried their luck in the city of sin last week, as the series rolled into Las Vegas for a visit to Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The races were packed all week, with the biggest names in online racing leading the way. Jim Caudill Jr. once again … Read the Rest »