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Same Story, Different Week

October 13th, 2011 by

The NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series headed west from Dover for their debut at Iowa Speedway, a short track with the personality of a big track and bumps that will eat-up even the best of drivers.  Iowa’s vastly different corners made setups a pain and crew chiefs’ lives miserable.  However, Iowa’s challenges rewarded the lucky … Read the Rest »

2011 iRacing.com Japan Grand Prix

October 12th, 2011 by

Nearly 250 iRacers took advantage of last Saturday’s 2011 iRacing.com Japan Grand Prix at Suzuka International Circuit to see if they could “be like Jenson” — ie Jenson Button, who scored his third win of the 2011 World Drivers Championship at Suzuka on Sunday. Sebastian Schmalenbach (DE-AT-CH) topped the highest strength of field race of … Read the Rest »

Gorlinsky’s Homestead Win Wraps-up 2011 NiSWC Season

October 12th, 2011 by

John Gorlinsky might not be the 2011 champion of the NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship, but the veteran sim racer locked-up the runner-up spot in the championship with a dominating performance at Homestead-Miami Speedway last night. Gorlinsky grabbed the pole position and was never seriously challenged the whole night, leading all but a few laps … Read the Rest »

Q&A With the 2011 NiSWC Champion Ray Alfalla

October 11th, 2011 by

Nine months ago, fifty drivers set out with a goal: to win the NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship and the title of best oval sim racer in the world, not to mention more than $10,500 worth of cash and prizes. With consistency the key, Ray Alfalla rose above the rest of the field to claim … Read the Rest »

Huttu Untouchable as Luis Takes iNGPS Crown

October 11th, 2011 by

The penultimate round of the iRacing.com NVIDIA Grand Prix Series brought the Williams-Toyota FW31s to a virtual-Japan for their first ever visit to the 3.6 mile Suzuka International Circuit.   And it was 2010 World Champion Greger Huttu who claimed the top step of the podium for his fourth victory of the season so far. … Read the Rest »

Ottinger Takes Point Lead At Lanier

October 11th, 2011 by

For Week 10 of 2011 Season 3, the iRacing.com Street Stock Series traveled to Braselton, Georgia to race at Lanier National Speedway. Lanier, which is located directly across the street from Road Atlanta, was recently put up for sale but that did not stop iRacing’s top sim racers from racing on the 3/8th mile oval. … Read the Rest »

Sansone Leads after Bristol

October 11th, 2011 by

The high banks of Bristol Motor Speedway hosted the iRacing.com Sprint Car Cup for the 10th week of racing action in 2011 Season 3. Two nights of racing proved that even with a small car count, sprint cars at Thunder Valley can always provide great online racing action. Going into the week Alan Binder led … Read the Rest »

Rising Stars in Sebring Darkness

October 11th, 2011 by

With Australia’s biggest V8 Supercar race, the Bathurst 1000, run and won in the real world the day before, the V8 iRacers were missing one or two of their real-world regulars, for obvious reasons. At Week Ten of the iRacing V8 Supercar Series by Bigpond Sport, the battle was revisited under the night skies of … Read the Rest »

Got Setup?

October 9th, 2011 by

Boy, this new iRacing 2.0 is something isn’t it?  Personally, I really don’t have any complaints, but I do enjoy the depth that iRacing goes to in order to give us an accurate racing simulation.  Entering various sessions soon after the build was released all I heard was complaints  . . . which, to be … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Christian Aranha

October 8th, 2011 by

Christian Aranha is not letting any grass grow beneath his feet when it comes to one of the newest cars on the iRacing service, the HPD ARX01.  The Floridian jumped into the sensational new LMP2 sports prototype, grabbed the lead in the iRacing.com Prototype and GT Challenge and hasn’t looked back.  With 15 wins in … Read the Rest »