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Kline Upends Field at USA

October 18th, 2011 by

While Brandon Salvatore continued to add to his point total in the NASCAR iRacing.com Tour Modified Series (NiTMS) on Week Ten, it was veteran sim racer Shane Kline who showed the way in Round Ten. The Untamed Motorsports driver captured the top split race of the week at the USA International Speedway to take the … Read the Rest »

V8 iRacers farewell Dan

October 18th, 2011 by

Sim racers are just like any other motorsport enthusiast. When a real-world driver’s life is tragically cut short,  all enthusiasts feel as though they have lost a colleague. The loss of IZOD Indycar driver and 2011 Indy 500 winner Dan Wheldon was felt by all in the iRacing community. The V8 racers no less, as … Read the Rest »

Week 13 Classic Indy 500

October 17th, 2011 by

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Indianapolis 500, two of iRacing’s most “niche” and dedicated communities are coming together for a friendly match in this specially hosted event in Week 13 featuring the Classic Lotus 79.   Practice starts on Tuesday, September 18 with qualifying and the race scheduled for Saturday, October 30. … Read the Rest »

Remarkable

October 15th, 2011 by

iRacing.com was part of a remarkable evening of racing last Saturday at Tri-City Speedway in Pontoon Beach, IL.  That’s when and where Shane Hmiel returned to Victory Lane on the anniversary of an accident that left him paralyzed.  A year after a crash in a USAC Silver Crown race at Terre Haute ended his career … Read the Rest »

The iRacing.com Road Racing Tournament Set for October 18 & 19

October 14th, 2011 by

iRacing.com is hosting an online racing tournament featuring the Star Mazda at Watkins Glen International (Boot Configuration). We’ll be utilizing one of our newest features, tournament racing, to host this special two-night event. The tournament kicks off on Wednesday, October 19th at 8 pm EDT (October 20th 00:00 GMT) and concludes the following night. The … Read the Rest »

Hazard’s GSR Truck Series 2-Fer

October 14th, 2011 by

Thomas Hazard (Rochester, MN) picked up where he left off one week ago by taking the victory in Thursday’s GSRacing.net 100 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Hazard, driving the #9 nVidia Chevrolet Silverado, started sixth in the 32 truck field and wasted no time getting to the front, working his way into the top three … Read the Rest »

Return to Suzuka

October 14th, 2011 by

For the second time this season, the drivers in the Thrustmaster Mustang Challenge headed to Japan for some action at the 3.609-mile, 17-turn Suzuka International Racing Course.  A total of 367 sim racers attempted to be crowned the week’s best, but after seven days of online racing, Norbert Leitner (Central-Eastern Europe) was the driver who … Read the Rest »

Saarinen Uncorks at Laguna

October 14th, 2011 by

Week 9 in the 2011 Season 3 Thrustmaster Mustang Challenge took the sim racers to the twists and turns of the 11-turn, 2.238-mile Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in the hills overlooking Monterey, California.  Over 500 drivers tried to entictoryer their names into the record book as a winner at the famed California track, but after … Read the Rest »

The Certain Champion

October 14th, 2011 by

Dario Franchitti or Will Power?  Who will wear the mantle of 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series champion?  We won’t know for sure until the conclusion of Sunday’s IZOD IndyCar World Championship at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, but the identity of one 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series champion is already certain.  That would be 22 year old Yang … Read the Rest »

Lime Rock with a Twist

October 13th, 2011 by

Season Three of the 2011 inRacingNews Challenge hit its three-quarters point with Week 9 at Connecticut’s historic Lime Rock Park.  However this was Lime Rock with a twist, rather a chicane, as the Pontiac Solstice and SpecRacer Ford sim racers used  the chicane layout during their week in the valley of the virtual Housatonic. In … Read the Rest »