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Kostecki King of Trucks

March 15th, 2012 by

The stars of the NASCAR iRacing Class C Series crossed the midway point of the 2012 Season One campaign following Rounds Five and Six at the Phoenix International Raceway and Bristol Motor Speedways, respectively. While the venues are very different from one another, one thing stayed the same over the two weeks. When all the … Read the Rest »

Charlotte Show

March 14th, 2012 by

The fifth round on the inRacingNews Challenge schedule unfolded on Charlotte Motor Speedway’s 12 turn, 2.25 mile road course. While sports car racing might be the last thing that you’d expect from a track renowned for its stock car events, the Pontiac Solstice and SpecRacer Fords of the iRNC have never failed to put on … Read the Rest »

Juhring Wins Again

March 14th, 2012 by

Week Six of2012 Season 1 saw the NASCAR iRacing.com Class B Series travel out west to “Sin City.” Drivers would attempt to tame the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in an effort to stake their claim to the series championship. During the week, 967 sim racers attempted at least one race, with 332 of them attempting … Read the Rest »

Road America Rendezvous

March 13th, 2012 by

The rendezvous-point this week for the iRacing.com Grand Prix Series teams and drivers was Road America – a 4.048 mi (6.515 km) circuit consisting of 14 turns. Constructed in the mid-1950s, Road America is one of only a hand-full of road circuits in the world maintaining its original configuration. The track features many elevation changes, … Read the Rest »

Trump Cards

March 12th, 2012 by

What’s the first thing young Jordan Taylor did when Corvette Racing invited him to a test?    Well, the first thing AFTER high-fiving his father Wayne and brother Ricky . . . He played his trump card, making a bee-line to his sim racing rig to begin preparing for this chance of a lifetime using iRacing.com.  … Read the Rest »

Hamstead Tops Again at Sebring

March 10th, 2012 by

Week 5 of Season 1, 2012, and the iRacing.com V8 Supercars Series presented by Big Pond, featured 19 lap races chock full of bumps and grinds at Sebring International Raceway’s notoriously rough airport track. The action began with the customary V8SC Americas events on Thursday and Friday nights (9:45 PM EST/02:45 GMT), along with European … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile – John-Michael Shenette

March 10th, 2012 by

John-Michael Shenette has one foot grounded real world racing, the other in sim racing.  Or is it the other way around?  For in the case of the Connecticut’s Shenette, the boundaries between the real and virtual racing are blurred.  And that’s a good thing.  A former iRacing.com marketing intern, past Late Model and SK Modified … Read the Rest »

Spy Photo

March 9th, 2012 by

Getting a Grip on PIR

March 9th, 2012 by

The season of huge races continued for the NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series, this time it was Week Five at Phoenix International Raceway. With forty-one sim racers topping the 200 point mark, it was another strong week for many NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series hopefuls. The aging PIR surface offers little grip, so the few who … Read the Rest »

Aranha Off to Hot Start in Barber Premier Series

March 9th, 2012 by

Lime Rock Park played host to the grand opening of the iRacing.com Skip Barber Premier Series with the 1.53 mile road course serving as the stage for exciting online racing in three different time slots on Wednesday.  The warm temperatures accompanying Spring’s early arrival in New England weren’t a major factor for the 194 sim-racers … Read the Rest »