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Parker Scores First NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship Win at Phoenix International Raceway

April 7th, 2010 by

Josh Parker barged into the lead with ten laps remaining to score his first NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship (NiSWC) victory at Phoenix International Raceway last night.  Parker out-muscled leader Josh Berry on a late restart, then cruised to the online racing victory from John Gorlinsky and Derek Wood when a multi-car crash resulted in … Read the Rest »

Huttu’s Online Racing Grand Slam

April 5th, 2010 by

Greger Huttu made it four-for-four in iRacing Drivers World Championship competition with a flag-to-flag victory at Watkins Glen, coming home 21.6s clear of Ben Cornett with Luke McLean taking the final podium spot a half second adrift of Cornett.  The victory not only kept Huttu’s virtually perfect iDWC record intact (the only laps he hasn’t … Read the Rest »

Computer Racing Games to Online Racing: A Harsh Reality?

April 3rd, 2010 by

The leap from computer racing games to a global internet racing series can prove to be a bit of a shock to the ego. You see, most computer racing games are designed to let you win. Race in F1 and you will be running with the Red Bulls rather than the Virgin, Lotus and HRT. … Read the Rest »

Online Racing Shake-Up at the Brickyard

March 31st, 2010 by

With eight weeks of competition in the NASCAR iRacing Class A Series (NiCAS) now complete, Brian Schoenburg continues to lead the online racing championship by 50 points, despite being absent from proceedings at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway last week. The Californian has now registered seven weeks worth of results in the Chevrolet Impala Class A … Read the Rest »

Sim-Racer or Sim-Rider?

March 28th, 2010 by

I’ve noticed two types of sim racers in the Rookie Legends Series: racers who are going all-out for the win and riders who are making laps and just trying to stay out of the way and gain Safety Rating points. I can understand where the riders are coming from. There are plenty of accidents in … Read the Rest »

Sim Racing’s Code of Uncertainty

March 27th, 2010 by

A cop pulls over Heisenberg, and asks him “Do you know how fast you were going?” and he answered “No, but I know where I am.” It’s a geeky scientist joke about the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle which states the more precisely you know the location of something, the less you know about its velocity, and … Read the Rest »

Schoenburg: Online Racing King of New Hampshire

March 26th, 2010 by

In a master class of short-track racing, Brian Schoenburg claimed maximum points at New Hampshire Motor Speedway last week to further extend his lead in the NASCAR iRacing Class A Series (NiCAS). Schoenburg’s domination in his only online race of the week earned the Californian 237 championship points and a lead in the standings table … Read the Rest »

Martinsville Muscle

March 24th, 2010 by

Ray Alfalla  muscled past Richard Towler in the closing laps at Martinsville Speedway on Tuesday to score his first win in the NASCAR iRacing World Championship Series.   Towler had dominated the race from the outset, leading 153 of the first 236 laps.  But a late caution set-up a frantic restart that saw Alfalla and … Read the Rest »

Ben Kennedy Wins in iRacing Chevy at Orlando

March 22nd, 2010 by

It didn’t take long for Ben Kennedy to put iRacing.com at the forefront of Super Late Model racing.  After finishing third last week at New Smyrna Speedway in the debut of his iRacing.com-sponsored Chevrolet Impala SLM, Kennedy drove to an impressive victory at Orlando Speedworld on Friday night. Kennedy started sixth but quickly moved-up to … Read the Rest »

Zen-Like Huttu Wins at Zany Zandvoort

March 22nd, 2010 by

Following a late change to the iRacing Drivers World Championship Road Racing schedule, Week Three of the series moved to iRacing’s most recent addition to its track catalogue, Circuit Park Zandvoort.  The slight curve ball didn’t seem to affect iWDCRR leader Greger Huttu, however, as he drove to his third win in as many outings, … Read the Rest »