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New Tracks, New Features Highlight Season 4 Release

November 3rd, 2011 by

The addition of Oulton Park and Kentucky Speedway, together with a host of new features and infrastructure improvements, highlight iRacing.com’s 2011 Season 4 release. An integral part of the fabric of the British racing scene for more than half a century, Oulton Park boasts eight different configurations, including the 2.8 mile, 12 turn International Circuit, … Read the Rest »

Lindsey Wins Texas to Open 2011 NiPS

November 2nd, 2011 by

The 2011 NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series (NiPS) started with a bang Tuesday night and saw Marcus Lindsey come away with his first NiPS victory. With 25 spots in the 2012 NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship up for grabs and 61 very talented drivers vying for those spots, everyone was predicting some intense online racing action. … Read the Rest »

Meyn, Talman Top Thompson; Salvatore Takes Title

November 1st, 2011 by

While Brandon Salvatore virtually wrapped-up the 2011 Season 3 NASCAR iRacing.com Tour Modified Series (NiTMS) championship weeks ago, the cars and stars of the series rolled into Thompson International Speedway for Week Twelve to officially crown the champion and complete their season with one final round. When all the online racing was complete in the … Read the Rest »

inRacingNews Challenge Round-Up

November 1st, 2011 by

The final three weeks of 2011 Season 3 were an exercise in globe-trotting for inRacingNews Challenge competitors, as the sim racers brought their Pontiac Solstices and SpecRacer Fords to three very different races tracks in three equally different locales: Summit Point Raceway’s tight, natural terrain “short” course in West Virginia; Charlotte Motor Speedway’s “roval” in … Read the Rest »

Three for One; Suominen for Two

October 31st, 2011 by

Season 3 was the inaugural season of the reformed GT & Prototype Challenge, which for the first time in iRacing history saw three different classes on the track at the same time. With the start of the season, the newly released HPD ARX-01c (a Le Mans Prototype of the LMP2 class) and the Ford GT … Read the Rest »

Wyatt Gooden Featured in “Sports Car”

October 31st, 2011 by

The November, 2011 edition of Sports Car (the official publication of the Sports Car Club of America) contains a revealing article on iRacer Wyatt Gooden’s emergence as one of the top young drivers on the America racing scene.  Here is an excerpt of James Kearney’s story in the First Gear column.  Click here to read … Read the Rest »

Vincent Storms Through Road Atlanta

October 29th, 2011 by

Brad Vincent put on one of most dominating performances of the Red Sox Racing League’s 2011 Season Three schedule at Road Atlanta this week. When drivers showed up for the “Panoz F1 GP at Road Atlanta”, they knew Vincent would be riding a wave of momentum due to his victory at Laguna Seca the previous … Read the Rest »

Tim’s Corner Podcasts

October 29th, 2011 by

Can’t get enough of Tim Terry’s entertaining and informed reportage on the NASCAR iRacing.com Tour Modifieds, NASCAR iRacing.com Class C Series and NVIDIA Cup?  You’re in luck.  The energetic Mr. Terry is launching a weekly podcast on his new website (TimsCorner.ca).  With the “real” racing season on the verge of hibernation, Terry plans to include … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile – Kimmo Suominen

October 29th, 2011 by

For a guy whose favorite quote reads “all good things must come to an end. Preferably in a humongous explosion,” Kimmo Suominen enjoyed a particularly “un-volatile” 2011 Season 3.  No surprise, really, given his safety rating of 4.80 and iRating of 6812.  Given those impressive mumbers, it’s also no surprise the resident of Salo, Finland … Read the Rest »

Miller, Hazard Celebrate at Homestead

October 28th, 2011 by

While Thomas Hazard won his second consecutive round in the NASCAR iRacing.com Class C Series (NiCCS) at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, it was Ashley Miller who celebrated as the series’ season champion. Miller had been in a season long battle with Thomas D Smith for the championship but it was Miller who was better over the … Read the Rest »