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Ou Takes Over at PIR

March 15th, 2011 by

After the first round of the iRacing.com IZOD IndyCar Premier Series (iIIPS) at super-fast two mile Michigan International Speedway, the sim racers had to forget everything they learned when they arrived for Round Two at the unique one mile oval known as Phoenix International Raceway (PIR).  Built especially for open-wheel racing in 1964, the track … Read the Rest »

Home Win For McLean at Philip Island

March 14th, 2011 by

Avoiding a huge opening lap accident that involved 12 of the iRacing.com World Championship Series Road Racing field, and capitalising on a ‘power failure’ for Jesse Nieminen, Australia’s Luke McLean secured his first ever race victory in the globe’s most prestigious sim-racing series. Before the 35 car field had even taken to the grid for … Read the Rest »

‘No Nerves’ Nieminen

March 12th, 2011 by

Amongst the sim-racing fraternity, it was pretty much expected that Greger Huttu would fly out of the blocks and continue where he left off in his domination of the 2010 iRacing.com World Championship Series Road Racing. Whilst the names of Luca Masier, Klaus Kivekas and David Williams were bounded around like cheap candy as possible … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Chris Hughson

March 12th, 2011 by

It would be easy to characterize Chris Hughson as the king of the inRacingNews Challenge.  After all, in the inaugural season of the iRNC, Hughson came close to running the table, winning the Pontiac Solstice class and finishing third to Daniel López and Gaston Taberner in SpecRacer Ford . . . this after compiling a … Read the Rest »

Same Game, New Faces

March 11th, 2011 by

The second edition of the NVIDIA Cup championship is underway, starting with a week of online racing at Connecticut’s Lime Rock Park.  The initial four week segment of the season (aka Season 1a) saw sim racers Marcello Maio and Artur Turcu battle from start to finish with Maio coming-out on top at the very end.  … Read the Rest »

Console Racing Gamers Turn To iRacing for New Challenges

March 10th, 2011 by

When you’ve reached the top of the heap in console driving games what comes next?  Increasingly, many top-tier driving game aficionados are turning to the super-high fidelity, internet-based simulation service from iRacing.com. The cars and tracks on iRacing.com’s simulation are so accurate that many real-world NASCAR, INDYCAR and GRAND-AM stars make regular use of the … Read the Rest »

Kiss Rocks and Michaels Parties at Homestead

March 10th, 2011 by

Round Five of the GRAND-AM iRacing.com Online Sports Car Series brought the virtual Riley MkXX Daytona Prototypes and Ford Mustang FR500S together at the Homestead-Miami Speedway for a mixed class battle on the Road Course B configuration. Open to members of the iRacing.com Motorsport Simulation service, the two tier Championship is fought across a 12 … Read the Rest »

What’s in a Name?

March 10th, 2011 by

The NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series stormed into Long Pond, Pennsylvania for a visit to the “Tricky Triangle” this past week. Pocono Raceway lived up to its nickname — and more — as a flurry of drivers proved they could not handle the challenges posed by the unique three-cornered speedway . The yellow silk was … Read the Rest »

A Wise Voice for iRacing

March 10th, 2011 by

NASCAR Nationwide Series driver Josh Wise is the latest pro racer to tout the benefits of iRacing.com, both for the fun factor and as a serious tool for helping him improve his “game.”  The youngest champion in USAC history, Wise caught the eye of another USAC champion – Tony Stewart – who helped him break … Read the Rest »

In Quest of the Double

March 9th, 2011 by

Chris Hughson continues his quest for dual titles in the inRacingNewsChallenge, adding to his lead in the Pontiac Solstice class after five weeks of online racing but losing ground to Gabriel Tobar in the SpecRacer Fords. Week Five, which saw the iRNC take on Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, helped Hughson extend his points lead in … Read the Rest »