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Commitment and Confidence in the Lone Star State

April 7th, 2011 by

Week Nine brought the NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series to Texas Motor Speedway, where the Lone Star State provided some of the most intense, door to door, bumper to bumper, sim racing the series has seen all year. With speeds topping the 200mph mark into Turn One, commitment and confidence was key. Jim Caudill Jr … Read the Rest »

Rookies to Racers

April 5th, 2011 by

The Science Channel will air Rookies to Racers on Thursday, April 7 at 9 pm EDT.   Rookies to Racers chronicles the 2010 SCCA Pro Racing VW Jetta TDI Cup and features several prominent iRacers including Arie Ouimet and Wyatt Gooden.  Gooden, of course, earned a full season’s ride in the series by winning the 2009 … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile – Nenad Matijevic

April 2nd, 2011 by

So far it’s been a pretty typical week for Nenad Matijevic, at least in terms of sim racing: two starts and two wins in the Mustang Challenge, eight starts and five wins in the Pontiac Solstice and one start and one win in the SpecRacer Ford in the inRacingNews Challenge.  OK, so Matijevic didn’t do … Read the Rest »

Class A Paper Clip

March 31st, 2011 by

Paper clip-shaped Martinsville Speedway was the host for Week Eight of the NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series, and with the NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship event next up on the track’s schedule, there was a lot to be gained. Bumping and banging was not only expected, it was perfected at this half mile track. Not … Read the Rest »

Berry Bumps to Martinsville Win

March 30th, 2011 by

Josh Berry emerged the winner at Martinsville Speedway after push came to shove in the final laps of last night’s NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship event.  With half a dozen laps remaining, Berry came to a restart behind series leader Ray Alfalla, Thomas Hazard and Josh Parker.  As Alfalla and Parker traded paint heading into … Read the Rest »

Turner Takes RSRL Title at Mosport

March 30th, 2011 by

Fifteen members of the Red Sox Racing League traveled to Bowmanville, Ontario for this week’s race at the Mosport International Raceway.  Race number ten on the RSRL 2011 Season One schedule was the 29 lap, “Polar Bear Grand Prix.” Canadian Les Turner entered the race with a virtually insurmountable lead in the championship point race, … Read the Rest »

iRacing for Japan in Connecticut

March 30th, 2011 by

More than 250 iRacers raced at two tracks in Connecticut last week in support of Red Cross relief efforts following the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The  suggested minimum donation of $10 per race, together with $500 pledged by iRacing.com, puts the total amount pledged to the Red Cross from the event at over $3,000. … Read the Rest »

Carolina Club Challenge Set for Saturday

March 29th, 2011 by

Not every iRacing club has the NASCAR Hall of Fame in its midst.  But Carolina Club does and they’re planning an extraordinary club activity in Charlotte this coming Saturday, April 2. “We wanted to do something that would give the Carolina Club members a chance to get to meet one another and have some fun … Read the Rest »

Aliens Land at Zandvoort

March 29th, 2011 by

Trans Tasman’s Madison Down was back for Race Two of Monday’s online racing event in the iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series amid the dunes of Zandvoort, bringing a collective (good-natured) groan from the rest of the field. Down snared pole position from Dylan Sharman in the VRS Falcon, while Wayne Harris and Darrin Vouch put on … Read the Rest »

Kivekäs King of Zandvoort

March 28th, 2011 by

Showing the sim-racing world his position atop the iRacing.com World Championship Series Road Racing (iWCSRR) standings is no fluke, series-rookie Klaus Kivekäs secured his first victory of the season at Circuit Park Zandvoort on Saturday and, in the process confirmed his credentials as a serious title contender. The unfettered victory for the Finnish online-racer  maintains … Read the Rest »