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Brad Davies and Josh Parker win at Homestead

October 26th, 2009 by

Saturday night at Miami-Homestead Speedway produced a dual shootout in the iRacing Oval Pro Series with Brad Davies and Josh Parker taking victories in their respective splits. Saturday night at Miami-Homestead Speedway produced another two splits in the iRacing Pro Series Oval.  In the first split it was Brad Davies taking his record 10th victory … Read the Rest »

Thomas Hazard and Derek Wood win in Miami

October 26th, 2009 by

Wednesday was another night of iRacing Oval Pro Series racing that turned out to be a double feature for the drivers. With Miami-Homestead Speedway attracting splits of 28 and 29 cars, both races were packed and it was Thomas Hazard grabbing his fourth win this year and Derek Wood taking his fifth win of the … Read the Rest »

Who Has Pot to Cell?

October 24th, 2009 by

It’s time for an intervention. I read with interest many forum posts on pedals and how different brands, constructions, and components can yield a big gain in performance on track. Every such proclamation made me quite skeptical. My belief has always been that it’s the poor writer who blames his pen, and if ‘aliens’ were … Read the Rest »

Caution: Objects in Mirror are Closer than they Appear

October 24th, 2009 by

Wyatt Gooden would be well-advised to bear that familiar phrase in mind as he prepares for the ultimate showdown in iRacing’s VW Jetta TDI Cup.  Sunday afternoon’s race (slated for 4:15 EST) will determine the inaugural champion and the winner of the biggest prize in sim-racing, a spot in the selection process for the 2010 … Read the Rest »

Final Week of Season 3 for the World Cup

October 22nd, 2009 by

The final week for Season 3 of the World Cup of iRacing is underway and two regions are still too close to call a winner. In the Northeastern Region New England leads New York, and in the Southeastern Region South America still has a gap over the Mid-South. New England lost the lead going into … Read the Rest »

iRacing Pro Series Two Steps into Texas

October 21st, 2009 by

The need for collision repair over the last two weeks put a strain many of the iRacing Pro Series (iPSO) drivers and their virtual pit crews; would Texas be more of the same? With iRacing introducing the new Fast Track program, perhaps the quality of racing in the iPSO would improve. The Fast Track program … Read the Rest »

Silverstone GP iPSRR Week 11 – New cars meet old venue

October 19th, 2009 by

It was predicted that Silverstone would see a return to the track by many of the iRacing Pro Series Road Racing drivers and that proved the case, but it no doubt raised a few eyebrows to see Richard Towler sit out this home venue. Also noteworthy is the fact that Bastien Bartsch has missed the … Read the Rest »

Brad Davies & Derek Wood win at Texas

October 19th, 2009 by

In a dual split, Wednesday night Pro race, Derek Wood and Brad Davies continued their winning ways at Texas Motor Speedway and took home the crown over two large fields of very talented drivers. In the first split, Wood put another notch in his belt with his fourth straight Wednesday night victory in the Pro … Read the Rest »

Camera Editing Primer

October 17th, 2009 by

Editor’s note:  2009 Season Three saw the introduction of dramatically enhanced camera functions to the iRacing service.  “inRacingNews’” Tech Tip guru Ray Bryden was kind enough to put together the following camera editing primer: To Activate the Editor Hit <Ctrl> <F12> on the replay screen. This brings up the Camera Edit box.  You can edit … Read the Rest »

What You Make of It

October 16th, 2009 by

The pressure to perform is what you make of it.  Ask Brett Smrz.  This weekend he’s following in the footsteps of Jimmy Vasser, Bryan Herta, Buddy Rice and A.J. Allmendinger while flying the flag of the Team USA Scholarship in the Formula Ford Festival at England’s Brands Hatch circuit. If that’s not enough, consider that … Read the Rest »