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Saturday International Radical Showdown Week 7

September 17th, 2012 by

Saturday International Radical Showdown (SIRS) is a weekly race run in the iRacing.com Radical Racing Challenge series using official sessions and points, and includes a mini championship with a cash prize. Started as an initiative to co-ordinate off-peak racing for AUS/NZ racers, plus a strong EU contingent and as many US racers who can attend, … Read the Rest »

Get to Know Matt Stallknecht

September 17th, 2012 by

Before I start, the reason there was no article last week was because I had lost internet connection and did not get it back for a week, hopefully this won’t happen again.  — David This week’s featured iRacing member has accomplished a lot in the four months he has been on iRacing. He has earned … Read the Rest »

Heavyweights Norton & McCracken Win at Richmond

September 17th, 2012 by

Week Seven took the iRacing.com IZOD IndyCar Series oval series to another facility normally associated with stock car country.  At ¾ of a mile, Richmond International Speedway is not only the shortest track on this season’s schedule, but also many a sim-racer’s favorite track as well. Monday’s top split provided as strong of a field … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Dan Garrison, Jr

September 15th, 2012 by

Although Daniel Garrison, Jr is an experienced sim-racer, he still had some things to learn about the sport when he joined iRacing in February.  In fact, he received an accelerated Ph.D. on the Mazda MX-5 at Lime Rock when he attempted to take Turn Five flat-out — and finished atop the guardrail.  In the intervening … Read the Rest »

Tension at Thunder Valley

September 14th, 2012 by

For the iRacing.com Sprint Car Series, Week 5 at Lanier Speedway was a week where hardly anyone escaped without racking up incident points. As the drivers packed up to go to Bristol Motor Speedway for Week 6, many were expecting a similar story, and a theoretical collective sigh of relief was still seven days away. … Read the Rest »

Top Teams Show Form as ATS Fades

September 14th, 2012 by

The Classic Teams Championship took a dramatic turn as it approached the half-way phase with Ferrari and Ligier both scoring top points and Williams snapping at their heals as ATS faded. As the field took on the challenge of the Mid-Ohio circuit for Week Five, all eyes were on the top teams as they desperately … Read the Rest »

V8 Championship Battle Closes up at Oulton Park

September 14th, 2012 by

Round Six of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series Presented by BigPond headed to Oulton Park in the UK.  After last week’s win at Mid Ohio the momentum was definitely in the hands of ANZ Motorsports and Justin Ruggier but the early online race saw Madison Down take the victory over Ruggier.  In qualifying it was … Read the Rest »

Daley Shines Under Richmond Moonlight

September 14th, 2012 by

With the NFL season kicking off while the NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series (NiCAS) was at Richmond International Speedway for Week Six, it was time for some NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series (NiPS) hopefuls to throw a mid season hail mary. With much of the season being dominated by NASCAR iRacing.com World Championship Series (NiSWC) drivers … Read the Rest »

The Killer B’s win deep in the heart of Texas

September 12th, 2012 by

Do not adjust your set.  The cover photo shows the field coming to the checkered flag under green with the top ten covered by less than .9 of a second!  The top 13 only had a margin of victory by less than 1.3 seconds. Week six marked the halfway point for the Izod IndyCar oval … Read the Rest »

Laughton Tops Richmond

September 12th, 2012 by

For Week Six, the midway point of the season, the NiCBS traveled to Richmond International Raceway. Drivers raced under the lights at the 0.75 mile oval located in Richmond, Va. For the week, 544 drivers attempted at least one race while 200 drivers turned at least one lap in qualifying. Week Six’s SoF race took … Read the Rest »