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Rundell tames VIR to earn first RSR victory

October 6th, 2010 by

The arrival of cool weather and vivid fall colors reminds race fans change is in the air.  September 30th, 2010 might just be remembered as the night change came to the Red Sox Racing League.  After watching Darren Kersey and Les Turner claim 19 of the 27 races in the first two seasons of the … Read the Rest »

Davies’ Day, Towler’s Title

October 6th, 2010 by

Richard Towler entered the final week of the NASCAR iRacing Series World Championship with nothing but high hopes.  Trailing Towler in the championship by 34 points, Brad Davies entered the final week of the NASCAR iRacing Series World Championship with equally high but (slightly) slimmer hopes.  The season finale at Charlotte Motor Speedway would be … Read the Rest »

Clean Air Key in Windy City

October 5th, 2010 by

The NASCAR iRacing Pro Series tackled Chicagoland Speedway for the first time this season for Week Eleven. This 1.5 mile “cookie cutter” challenged the pro sim racers in more ways then one. Not only was tire conservation key, but much like the NiSWC, clean air was vital. Two new faces found victory lane this week … Read the Rest »

Victory For Haapala Sets Up a Final Showdown

October 5th, 2010 by

Becoming only the third driver to chalk up a win in the series, Illka Haapala took a pole-to-flag victory from Round 17 of the iRacing World Championship Road Racing series at Philip Island, giving the Finn a major boost in his attempt to snatch second position in the championship and the accompanying $3000 prize.  With … Read the Rest »

Towler/Davies Race For All the Marbles Tonight on iRacing.com

October 5th, 2010 by

After seventeen weeks of fierce competition, Richard Towler and Brad Davies will decide the inaugural NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship title between themselves tonight at Charlotte Motor Speedway.  The race, which will be broadcast on iRacing.com, is set for 9 pm eastern time (01:00 GMT) and will be preceded by a special fifteen minute preview … Read the Rest »

Monstrous News for iRacing.com

October 5th, 2010 by

iRacing.com has added Dover International Speedway to its ever growing catalogue of race tracks.  Known as The Monster Mile, Dover is a real beast of a race track, exactly one mile in length and featuring 24 degree banked turns – not to mention a 46 foot tall, muscle-bound, statue outside the gates named “Miles the … Read the Rest »

Gooden Takes Rookie Honors in 2010 Volkswagen TDI Cup Series

September 30th, 2010 by

A second-place finish in the season finale at the Autódromo Internacional Miguel E. Abed in Amozoc, Mexico, earned iRacer Wyatt Gooden rookie-of-the-year honors in the 2010 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup Series.  With his hard-fought runner-up spot in Mexico, Gooden, whose real-world Jetta TDI racer carries iRacing.com livery based on winning iRacing.com’s virtual Volkswagen Jetta TDI … Read the Rest »

Rhyne earns first Red Sox Racing Victory at Mid Ohio

September 29th, 2010 by

Lexington, Ohio was the host city for this week’s Red Sox race at the Mid Ohio Sports Car Course.  This is one of the toughest tracks on the RSR 2010 Season 3 schedule.  The 2.25 mile, 13 turn configuration includes blind hill crests and off-camber corners, which makes it virtually impossible to see or react … Read the Rest »

Italian Shut-out at Philip Island

September 29th, 2010 by

It was three Italians dominating the standings for Round 11 of the iRacing Pro Road Racing series at Philip Island, with the likes of Luca Masier, Matthias Egger and Carlo Labati securing the highest points total of the week. Maintaining his stranglehold on the Championship, Masier made it ten wins from as many starts, with … Read the Rest »

The Williams-Toyota F31 – More (and Less) Than Meets the Eye

September 29th, 2010 by

On the face of it, designing and building a virtual version of the Williams-Toyota FW31 figured to be the most formidable challenge yet faced by iRacing.com.  After all, Formula One is the technological pinnacle of the motorsports world, and it takes a virtual army of engineers, technicians and mechanics just to start a modern Grand … Read the Rest »