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What’s in a Name?

December 28th, 2009 by

“The Lady in Black” lived up to her name during Week 21 of the iRacing Pro Series Oval. Many of iRacing’s top drivers received her infamous “Black Stripe” early and often. Although this was the iPSO’s second trip to the tricky Darlington Raceway, many pros still found themselves searching for the secret of how to … Read the Rest »

Something You Don’t See Every Day

December 23rd, 2009 by

This week marks the beginning of drivers dropping their worst results from their season points score in the case they have run every iRacing Pro Series Road Racing event to date.  This means over the remaining five weeks of the iPSRR we could see quite a lot of movement in the top 50.  However, this … Read the Rest »

iRacing.com Announces 2010 World Tour

December 21st, 2009 by

Series of 14 Virtual Events to Track Real-World Counterparts Starting next month members of iRacing.com will able to participate in the iRacing World Tour, a series of same-weekend virtual versions of more than a dozen of the world’s top motorsport events.  Beginning in January with the Grand-Am Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway’s road course, … Read the Rest »

Return to Thunder Valley

December 21st, 2009 by

The iRacing Pro Series Ovals’ Week 19 trip to Thunder Valley provided a wild week of racing action. Although it was the iPSO’s second trip to Bristol Motor Speedway, this time around provided much different results for most of the competitors. The week started out rather unusually when technical difficulties ended one of the two … Read the Rest »

Return of the Draft

December 21st, 2009 by

As the Chevy Silverado Championship descended on Chicagoland Speedway for Week Seven, so did the return of the often dreaded draft. Drivers had enjoyed a two week break from the “draft lock” tracks at Bristol and Phoenix, but would have to quickly settle back into pack racing in order to be successful.  Since this was … Read the Rest »

The Power of Skip Propels You

December 19th, 2009 by

Lately I have been running the engine so hard in the Skip Barber F2000 that it wails in such a way that I think I need to call Father Karras. In the past I was kind and gentle to the powertrain, but now I’ve learned that it needs to be pushed closer to the limit … Read the Rest »

A Day with Steve Myers: What Being a Cat-Herder is all about…

December 19th, 2009 by

One of the most well-known personalities behind the scenes at iRacing.com Motorsports Simulations, Steve Myers, has been generous enough to sit down and answer some interesting questions that most of the community would love to hear about. Would like to thank Steve as this would have taken three decades to write, and I know with … Read the Rest »

Pro Road Racing at Sebring: The Fight for the Top 50 Intensifies

December 16th, 2009 by

This week saw the beginning of a run home that features purpose-built road courses exclusively and this was accompanied by an increase in driver numbers. Amongst the extra drivers were the likes of Greger Huttu and Bastien Bartsch, both of whom would star this week for various reasons. Mixed fortunes came for many of the … Read the Rest »

Hex-a-what?

December 15th, 2009 by

The worlds of motorsport, both real world and online, are continuing to blend into one. I had the opportunity to drive the Cruden Hexatech simulator this past week at the Performance Racing Industry show (PRI) in Orlando, FL and it is really pretty remarkable. Incredibly smooth motion including the ability to simulate yaw which I … Read the Rest »

It’s an Ill Wind that Blows No Good

December 14th, 2009 by

Week 19 of the iRacing Pro Series Oval blew the iRacing Pros to the Windy City of Chicago. The high banked, one and a half mile oval promised to be exciting for the competitors, but nobody could have expected what Wednesday night had in store for them. Wednesday night, which is usually the most popular … Read the Rest »