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Season Four Round-Up: Online Racing at its Best

January 29th, 2010 by

Season Four of 2009 was among the most hotly contested seasons in the history of iRacing.  As is usually the case, a number of online racers scored big in multiple categories, most notably Rusty Greer and Jesse Atchison.  Greer took top honors in SK Modified racing and time trials, besting Charles Cosper and David Oliver … Read the Rest »

Season Four’s Close Finishes

January 27th, 2010 by

Season Four 2009 has drawn to a close and for a number of online racing drivers there is a welcome opportunity to draw breath after some nail-biting climaxes to the season. The first to catch the eye is Division Seven in the IndyCar Series. This saw JD Babbitt from the Plains Club beat International Club … Read the Rest »

iRacing and GAINSCO Partner for Rolex 24

January 26th, 2010 by

Caddell’s Mustang Sports iRacing Colors for Continental Tire Race; Challenge Winner Derek Johnston Learns Daytona Track on iRacing 2009 Rolex Sports Car Series champions Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty begin their title defense at this weekend’s Grand-Am season-opening Rolex 24 under a one-race partnership between their GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing team and iRacing.com.  Four-time NASCAR champion … Read the Rest »

iRacing’s Moulthrop Honored

January 26th, 2010 by

Most iRacers know Dave Moulthrop as the person responsible for the laser scans of race tracks across America and around the world that serve as the foundation for iRacing.com’s millimeter-accurate versions of those same tracks.  Long before his first laser scan, however, Moulthrop (aka “Mope”) was widely recognized as one of America’s leading motorsports photographers. … Read the Rest »

Towler’s 1-2 Knockout

January 26th, 2010 by

Richard Towler Takes Pro Online Racing Title at Road America The iRacing Pro Series Road Racing  finally reached its grand finale this week at Road America. The aftermath of last week’s racing meant Australia’s Luke McLean trailed England’s Richard Towler by a mere nine points (after drops).  So if they raced together on Sunday (in … Read the Rest »

Frantic Finish to World Cup of iRacing RACC Qualifying

January 26th, 2010 by

A frantic finish to 2009 Season 4 saw a clutch performance by Club Australia to qualify for this week’s Regional Annual Club Championship (RACC), the first round in the inaugural World Cup of iRacing Tournament.  Australia outdistanced Club West by 874 points to win its first Regional Season Club Championship (RSCC) in the Pacific Region. … Read the Rest »

Parker is Online Racing Pro Oval Champ

January 25th, 2010 by

NASCAR iRacing Drivers World Championship Field Set Brad Davies, Josh Parker, and Derek Wood all came into the final week of the iRacing Pro Series Oval season at Homestead-Miami Speedway with a legitimate shot at winning the online racing oval championship. Davies has led the points ever since the start of the iRacing Pro Series … Read the Rest »

Not Your Average Desk Job

January 24th, 2010 by

Danny Hannigan first encountered Justin Brown on the high banks of Daytona International Speedway last year.   Funny thing is, neither Hannigan nor Brown was in the Sunshine State, let alone at Daytona.   Rather, the two iRacers were practicing for an upcoming Chevy Silverado Championship race from their homes in Alabama and Georgia, hundreds of miles … Read the Rest »

The AntiSpeed Diary

January 24th, 2010 by

While our first possible race is March 27th, nine weeks away, there is still tons of stuff to do. I have spent the last week settling into my apartment in NYC and getting back into the routine of going to class, doing homework and trying to work out. Oh and trying not to go to … Read the Rest »

World Cup of iRacing Qualifying: In or Out?

January 22nd, 2010 by

It’s the final weekend of qualifying for the inaugural World Cup of iRacing and, as Danny Ocean would say, “Are you in or are you out?” The fifteen online racing clubs from around the world that have already qualified for the World Cup in Seasons One, Two and Three can answer “In” without hesitation.   A … Read the Rest »