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Get to Know: Michael Willard

December 29th, 2014 by

There is one word to describe the final iRacer you will “get to know” in 2014: Dedication. Be it dedication to his multitude of jobs, or his sim racing endeavors, when iRacer Michael Willard has a goal in mind he sticks to it. You can’t win eight division championships without being goal-oriented! The Ohioan has … Read the Rest »

Fun Factor

December 23rd, 2014 by

After my previous blog about my loss of performance midway through the last WCS season I received a massive amount of questions (final amount: three) asking what actually was the thing that was causing the troubles I had. Well, in the end it was my brake pedal which wasn’t working too well. The degradation of … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Cam Stark

December 22nd, 2014 by

A versatile iRacer at the age of 16, Cam Stark of Wimborne Minster in southern England is a regular on the oval and road course sides of iRacing. A member since July 29th of last year, Stark took less than a month drive to victory lane in both the iRacing Street Stock Series at Charlotte … Read the Rest »

Fortune and Misfortune for WiFiSPARK in European Stock Car Championship

December 19th, 2014 by

Excitement and anticipation were both high as the WiFiSPARK iRacing NASCAR team prepared for the penultimate round of the 2014 European Stock Car Championship. Staged at the famed Indianapolis motor speedway, (aka The Brickyard) the race was broadcast live, in high definition, on MaxSpeedTV. The race marked the debut of The Netherlands’ Harm Smit on … Read the Rest »

To the Victor Go the Spoils

November 21st, 2014 by

Question:  What do Michael Conti and Chase Elliott have in common? Answer:  They both arrived for NASCAR’s championship weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway with 2014 NASCAR titles already under their belts.  But while Elliott clinched the Nationwide Series the previous weekend at Phoenix, Conti had done him one – actually five weeks better – by clinching … Read the Rest »

A Dream Come True for iRacer Christian PaHud

November 19th, 2014 by

iRacer Christian PaHud’s dream came true in last month’s Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150 at All American Speedway in Roseville, CA. As winner of the recent PEAK Stock Car Dreams Challenge, PaHud earned a one-off ride in Bill McAnally Racing’s PEAK Toyota in Round 13 of the 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West. The Harrisburg, NC … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Jordan Werth

November 10th, 2014 by

Twenty-one years old from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, iRacer Jordan Werth is a veteran on iRacing with an interesting zest for life. A member of iRacing since September 21, 2011, Werth wasted no time getting to victory lane on iRacing, with his first oval victory coming the next day; his first road victory came less than … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Eric Nordhoff

November 3rd, 2014 by

In 2010 on December 26th, New York native Eric Nordhoff earned a late, but very good, Christmas present: his first career win in iRacing. That win, coming in the Legends car at Lanier National Speedway, set up a successful iRacing sim racing career. Originally from Buffalo, NY, Nordoff currently lives in Ashland, KY where he … Read the Rest »

Behind the Scenes: The NASCAR Peak Antifreeze Series – Trash Talking leads to GFR Day

November 3rd, 2014 by

With a good team comes great teamwork, cooperation, and friendship.  However, with a good team also comes truckloads of trash-talking.  There are two situations in Gale Force Racing which generate the greatest amount of trash talking: 1)  I am ahead of Nick Ottinger on practice speed charts 2)  Someone claims to be the best driver … Read the Rest »

What if This is the Future?

October 28th, 2014 by

So, let me start being very clear about one thing: I love motorsports. I do.  I really do!  More than anything else. Are we clear with that?  OK. Now, this is of course, my opinion. My way of seeing things related to this issue. I don’t usually write about subjects like this, because honestly, sometimes … Read the Rest »