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iRacing Q&A: Customer Support

April 18th, 2014 by

Although iRacing.com is justifiably proud of its laser-scanned race tracks, digitally modeled race cars and sophisticated infrastructure, none of that would matter for long without the knowledge and guidance members have come to count on from iRacing’s Customer Support group. Together, Shannon Whitmore (Director of Competition and Support), Susan Flint (Customer Support Manager) and Angela … Read the Rest »

Behind the Scenes – NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series – Texas Motor Speedway

April 15th, 2014 by

Let’s face it:  There are some who have been waiting a week for this article to hit the website.  I, on the other hand, have actively avoided writing it because revisiting last week’s race seems like a step backwards, nothing that would provide any kind of progress towards the next race.  However, this is easily … Read the Rest »

iRacers at Long Beach

April 14th, 2014 by

Ten lucky iRacers from as far away as Chicago and Salt Lake City enjoyed a special tour of the Target/Chip Ganassi Racing paddock area on Saturday afternoon at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.   The first to respond to a post on the iRacing forums, the iRacers got an inside look at the TCGR … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Jake Hayes

April 14th, 2014 by

From Commerce, Georgia, iRacer Jake Hayes has not even celebrated his one year anniversary on iRacing. Although he only joined iRacing in June of 2013, he has already started 344 oval races and 212 road races, and has recorded 14 and 19 victories respectively. On ovals, he got his first career win on his second … Read the Rest »

Interview with a Champion: Renato Silva

April 7th, 2014 by

Versão em português abaixo Renato Silva has been the name to look for in SuperGT series, on the first season of the year at Brasil Lemans Series league. With four victories within five races, a second place finish and the champion title already secured with one race remaining in the season, the beginning of 2014 … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Michael Abrams

April 7th, 2014 by

iRacer Michael Abrams knows  a thing or two about cars and racing. Although he started sim-racing over a decade ago with Papyrus’ NASCAR Racing 4, his racing experience started even earlier. From 2000 to 2010, the Long Island-based Abrams raced radio-controlled cars and after earning multiple trophies in his r/c career, he decided to return … Read the Rest »

Behind the Scenes – NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series – Auto Club Speedway

March 31st, 2014 by

Today is Saturday.  Earlier in the week, Tuesday if you’re interested, our team did something we honestly weren’t expecting on Monday night.  We showed up to a brand new track and cleaned house.  “Max points,” as they say.  I could sit here and say “we” all night, but the truth is that I wasn’t there … Read the Rest »

The Fall and Rise of Grand Prix Legends

March 27th, 2014 by

This is my story of the fall and rise of iRacing.com’s Grand Prix Legends series. There were times I was not involved, and thus I don’t have all the details, but I hope my perspective offers some insight into how the series has come back from the brink, and offers some reason to come and … Read the Rest »

Riding Shotgun with Justin Boston, Part II

March 27th, 2014 by

Coming into the second race of the 2014 ARCA Racing Series season on Saturday, Justin Boston driver of the #25 Venturini Motorsports Toyota Camry found himself sitting 40th in points following the season opener at Daytona. Boston was looking forward to bouncing back from Daytona’s disappointment at Mobile International Speedway.  He started the weekend as … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Dylan M. Schmidt

March 24th, 2014 by

A member of iRacing since October of 2009, Iowa’s Dylan Schmidt has crafted some pretty impressive career statistics, with multiple victories on ovals and road courses alike. He has 48 career oval victories and six official road course victories, with his first coming in this month of 2011 at Lime Rock Park. Father of a … Read the Rest »