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The Importance of Simulation for Race Drivers

December 6th, 2013 by

Editor’s Note: Michael Epps is a young Englishman working his way up the American open wheel racing ladder.  In his first season in North America last year with Belardi Auto Racing, Epps collected half a dozen top ten finishes en route to twelfth place overall in the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda.  Epps … Read the Rest »

Reality is at Hand

December 5th, 2013 by

iRacer Madison Down is set to make his “real” racing debut this weekend at the Sydney MRA Motoring & Services 500.  The seven time champion of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series took top honors in Racecentre’s Race to Reality competition last month and with it came a ride in the Aussie Race Car Series race … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Christopher Shella

December 2nd, 2013 by

Chris Shella has been a part of the iRacing community since July of 2010.  Since then, he has given us 182 reasons why he is one of the top competitors on the service. Specifically, he has scored 172 wins in nearly 1400 oval starts and ten victories in 177 starts on road courses. This year, … Read the Rest »

Madison Down: Reality Begins at Morgan Park

November 25th, 2013 by

Editor’s note: iRacer Madison Down recently won the Racecentre “Racing to Reality” contest enabling one talented sim-racer to secure a ride in the Aussie Racing Cars Series event at Sydney Olympic Park November 29-December 1, 2013.  In addition to the full race weekend, the prize package included driver training and track practice days.  Madison recently … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Ryan Field

November 25th, 2013 by

Since June 25th of 2008, Ryan Field has been a part of the iRacing community and if you look his career statistics, it is no wonder he has over a 6000 oval iRating. In his 480 career oval starts, he has been to victory lane and has started on the pole nearly 75% of the … Read the Rest »

Southern Meteor

November 22nd, 2013 by

It’s an understatement to say February 27 figures to be a big day in the life of Chelsea Angelo.   That’s when Angelo is slated to make her debut for Evans Motorsport in the 2014 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series opener at Adelaide.  The development series for the V8 Supercar Series itself, the Dunlop V8 Supercar Series … Read the Rest »

Vincent Shines as Hudson Grabs NiS Crown

November 18th, 2013 by

With the sand running out on its inaugural season, the NASCAR iRacing Series made its final stop of the campaign at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Although Tyler D Hudson locked-up the series championship over second place Landon Harrison last week at Phoenix International Raceway, there was still a tight battle for third and fourth in points between … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Jeff Drake

November 18th, 2013 by

Michigander Jeff Drake has been a part of the iRacing community since April of 2010. Since joining the service he has predominantly competed on the oval side of iRacing, scoring six wins in 46 starts and finishing in the top five in exactly half of those starts. His last seven starts on iRacing have been … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Kevin Vaughn

November 16th, 2013 by

Kevin Vaughn’s sim-racing career is on the rise.  Each of the past three seasons he’s advanced in the overall iRacing.com SpecRacer Ford Challenge standings, going from P4 in 2013 S1 to runner-up in S2 before taking 30 wins in 39 starts to best Luccas Zacca for the overall championship in S3.  That kind of progress … Read the Rest »

iRacing V8 Champ Wins a “Real” Race Drive

November 15th, 2013 by

Best known for winning seven iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series championships, Madison Down has recently won a seat in a real race car in Racecentre’s Race to Realitycompetition. “Australia’s Most Advanced Simulation Centre,” Racecentre have been running a year-long competition to find Australia’s top sim driver. Recently they held the Grand Final of 16 drivers linking … Read the Rest »