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Formula One: History of an American Spectator

March 15th, 2014 by

Formula One is changing, a lot.  The 2014 season is upon us and, like F1 junkies around the world, I’ll be staying up late (or getting up early) to watch the Australian Grand Prix this weekend.  Like a hopeless gambler haunting the Las Vegas casinos at hours when most mammals would be sleeping, F1 has … Read the Rest »

The Daytona 2000

February 27th, 2014 by

Think Sunday was a long day for Dale Earnhardt Jr, Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski & Company – not to mention millions of TV watchers or the tens of thousands of fans who endured slashing rain, tornado warnings and hours of track drying to witness a Daytona 500 that lasted 10+ hours from start to finish? … Read the Rest »

iRacing.com and PEAK® Antifreeze/Coolant Ink Multi-Year Commitment

February 21st, 2014 by

Green Flag Waves For 2014 NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series on February 25 iRacing.com and PEAK® Antifreeze/Coolant announced today that PEAK will sponsor iRacing’s top NASCAR online racing championship series for the next three years.   Starting on February 25th, the NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series powered by iRacing.com will see the world’s top sim-racers compete for more … Read the Rest »

Riding Shotgun with Justin Boston

February 18th, 2014 by

This story is the first in a series that will follow 2013 ARCA Racing Series Rookie of the Year Justin Boston as he runs the 2014 ARCA Racing season from start to finish. Boston finished-up 2013 with eight top fives, 16 top tens and two poles (both coming at Salem Speedway in Indiana).  Driving for … Read the Rest »

Get to Know . . . Doyle Lowrance

February 17th, 2014 by

For this week’s Get to Know, I interviewed iRacer Doyle Lowrance. 49 years old from Bremerton, Washington, Lowrance is one of the veterans of iRacing, having been on the service since June of 2008. In 118 oval starts, he has scored eight career victories, with his most recent coming at Talladega Superspeedway in the Nationwide … Read the Rest »

Daytona CTSC Diary

February 14th, 2014 by

I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce myself to the iRacing community.  I’m Chris Lerch, and I’m the most recent hire here at iRacing.  I work in vehicle dynamics, and mostly define the multi-body physics models that give each of our cars the unique feel and handling characteristics that we strive to match as … Read the Rest »

Long Division

February 9th, 2014 by

As a member who generally races in Division 4, I sometimes feel all the news and stories we see focus on DWC and Pro drivers, along with the occasional Division 1 sim-racer.  So I thought it would be great thing to do a Q&A with some of the top drivers for the past season in … Read the Rest »

Get to Know . . . Allan Paterson

February 3rd, 2014 by

When you think of sim-racing veterans, one of the names you have to put on the list is Allan Paterson. Born in Falkirk, Scotland, Paterson has been on iRacing since December of 2009 after having has first encounter with virtual racing 20 years ago. The 52 year old now living in Wrexham, North Wales has … Read the Rest »

iRacing Q&A

January 29th, 2014 by

Tony Gardner Talks About “Cheating” with iRacing News editor David Phillips In the coming weeks, iRacingNews will feature a series of conversations with key members of the iRacing team discussing topics of interest to the iRacing and sim-racing community.  To get the ball rolling, I sat down with iRacing president Tony Gardner and picked his … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Chad Laughton

January 27th, 2014 by

North Carolina’s Chad Laughton may be a pro, literally, at getting around the tracks on iRacing, but he is still relatively new to the sim. He will celebrate his two year anniversary on April 17.  For nearly two years, Laughton has been tearing-up the virtual tracks of iRacing, scoring 138 wins in 372 starts on … Read the Rest »