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August 4th, 2011 by

Another season of the inRacingNews Challenge is in the books, and while the final results feature some new names atop the championship standings, others stay the same. Case in point: While the Pontiac Solstice class crowned a new champion in Marius Golombeck, replacing Chris Higgins (who still placed sixth overall despite only scoring points in … Read the Rest »

Kirby Wins At Road America

August 4th, 2011 by

In a brilliant defense of his home track, Justin Kirby picked up his fifth win of the Red Sox Racing Leagues 2011 Season Two F1 schedule.  His victory at the “It’s Cool to be Cheesy 22” moved Kirby into second place in the overall championship point race.    Road America is one of the favorite tracks … Read the Rest »

Gorlinsky Aces Atlanta

August 3rd, 2011 by

John Gorlinsky drove to victory on Tuesday in Round 13 of the NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship at the Atlanta Motor Speedway. Gorlinsky, who started from the pole position on the 43 car field, led 117 of 162 laps, including the final 33 circuits of the online race. The driver of the #21 Wrangler Chevrolet … Read the Rest »

Kivekäs Rises To The Top at Road Atlanta

August 3rd, 2011 by

In an action-packed 75 laps around the hills of Road Atlanta, Klaus Kivekäs steered clear of trouble to claim his third win of the iRacing.com NVIDIA Grand Prix Series and extend his lead at the top of the championship table.  What’s more, the My3id sim-racer benefited from the early exit of Greger Huttu, which leaves … Read the Rest »

V8 Supercars to Sanction iRacing.com Series

August 2nd, 2011 by

iRacing.com and V8 Supercars announced an agreement today that will see the organizers of the successful V8 Supercar Championship officially sanction the popular online racing service’s V8 Supercar series, which will be known as the iRacing.com V8 Supercars Series presented by BigPond.  V8 Supercars thus joins NASCAR, INDYCAR and GRAND-AM as partners in sanctioning competition … Read the Rest »

A Dozen More Black Stripes

August 2nd, 2011 by

The 2011 NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series, Season 2 came to a close with the final checkered flag of the season at Richmond International Raceway. With many new names climbing the sim racing ladder, Season 2 provided a stepping stone for twelve of the best to move onto the 2011 NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series. Robert … Read the Rest »

Sharman Scores Thompson Triumph

August 2nd, 2011 by

“Finally!” After weeks of trying and many close calls, Dylan Sharman has come out on top of the NASCAR iRacing Tour Modified Series. Thompson International Speedway was the sight of Week Twelve and the Australia/NZ Club driver bested 94 other sim racers to take the win on the high banks! Sharman came out on top … Read the Rest »

Season of Surprises

July 29th, 2011 by

This year’s iRacing.com NVIDIA Grand Prix Series so far has been a season of surprises. Many of the heavyweights everyone expected to shine, have struggled. Many of the newcomers have out performed not only expectations, but previous personal results as well. Nor has perennial favorite and current World Champion Greger Huttu performed in the manner … Read the Rest »

Lappalainen and Gelink Score Big

July 28th, 2011 by

The final week in the Thrustmaster Mustang Challenge had the sim racers take on the 17-turn, 3.194-mile monster of a circuit known as Silverstone, located deep in the heart of Northamptonshire.  During the week a total of 428 drivers attempted to be number one for the week, but after all was said and done, it … Read the Rest »

Schnieders Sweeps-Up NVIDIA Cup

July 28th, 2011 by

Over 2,400 drivers took to the track for the final week of competition in the NVIDIA Cup’s 2011 Season 2c and when the dust settled after hundreds of races over the seven day span it was Marco Schnieders standing tall. Not only did Schnieders take the overall win for the week at Okayama International Circuit, … Read the Rest »