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Re-igniting real-world rivalries

December 6th, 2010 by

The iRacing Mazda Cup returned to Lime Rock Park for Week Four of Season 4B. Heading the field was the seemingly unstoppable Anthony Vranic of Melbourne. With a near 100% win rate at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in the previous week, he swapped wins at Lime Rock with fellow Aussie Andrew Le in an epic … Read the Rest »

Winesette Wins Another

December 3rd, 2010 by

Galen Winesette dominated the JWHRL NASCAR iRacing Class B Fixed Series race for the second week in a row Tuesday night, leading 43 of 50 laps en route to an easy victory. Just like the week before at Phoenix, Winesette started on the pole and was never passed on the race track, winning in convincing … Read the Rest »

Typical iRacing Mazda Cup Race . . .

December 2nd, 2010 by

iRacing’s newly-released Mazda MX-5/Roadster sure has been a hit.  The most fitting (and popular) celebration of this fantastic handling little production sports car is the iRacing Mazda Cup, with over 5,000 entries in the four week series. Alternating between scenic and demanding Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and the short, fast Lime Rock Park, the series … Read the Rest »

Charlotte Challenges inRacing News Challenge

December 1st, 2010 by

Week Four of the inaugural inRacingNews Challenge found the Pontiac Solstices and SpecRacer Fords convening at Charlotte Motor Speedway’s challenging road course.  Although the 12 turn, 2.25 mile circuit may looks like a run-of-the-mill r-oval from afar, up close and personal it’s anything but an antiseptic circuit, what with a tricky “thread-the-needle” entry to Turn … Read the Rest »

Back Home Again in Indiana

December 1st, 2010 by

In the midst of celebrating the centennial era of  its namesake circuit, the iRacing.com IZOD IndyCar Series came back to the unique 2.5 mile oval that is the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.   Built in 1909, the track hosted the first 500 mile event (the so called “Sweepstakes Race”) in 1911 and has since lured the world’s … Read the Rest »

GRAND-AM Homestead

December 1st, 2010 by

The GRAND-AM iRacing.com Online Sports Car Series headed to the digital replica of the Homestead-Miami Speedway Road Course (B config), for Round Four of its 12 week season. The online racing series, open to PC owners with a subscription to the iRacing Motorsport Simulation service, pits the Riley MkXX Daytona Prototype and Ford Mustang FR500S … Read the Rest »

Winding Down and Heating Up

December 1st, 2010 by

The pro sim racers took to the track in Homestead Miami Speedway for Round Fifteen in the eighteen week NASCAR iRacing Pro Series. As the season winds down and the points heat up, the drivers are getting tense and it showed this week in Homestead. HMS is not a track usually associated with trading paint, … Read the Rest »

Towler Honored at NASCAR Sprint Cup Finale

November 25th, 2010 by

Richard Towler, inaugural winner of the NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship, hoists the champion’s trophy for NASCAR’s first global championship, while iRacing.com’s Steve Myers and NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt, Jr. present the winner’s check for $10,000.  NASCAR managing director Blake Davidson looks on.  The presentation to NASCAR’s first virtual racing champion took place at the … Read the Rest »

Lucky Henrik Müller Inherits Win

November 25th, 2010 by

Although newcomer Joze Rozman was the fastest driver of the day, it was Henrik Müller who able to take the checkered flag first in the ianIndy.de  series race at Road Atlanta.  After all, sometimes you need the necessary luck in order to make the old saying come true: “To finish first, you must first finish.”  … Read the Rest »

Asia/Australia Intel GP Final Field Set

November 24th, 2010 by

Ten iRacers qualified for the Asia/Australia Intel GP Series Finals during the Asia/Australia Regionals at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, November 16-22.  The ten top point-getters include Tatsuro Hashimoto (Club International) and Marc Beeson, Danny Davidson, Ian Lake, Darren Marsh, Luke McLean, Mitchell McLeod, John Pickett, Jamie Rosenzweig and Jonathan Salhani (all from Club Australia). The … Read the Rest »