All News: iRacing People

iRacer Profile: Marco Luca Abbate

September 21st, 2013 by

Madwire Media Partners with Nicholas Morse in NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship

September 16th, 2013 by

iRacer Profile: Stan Bragg Jr

September 14th, 2013 by

Q: Who is your racing idol? A: Davey Allison, he was a great race car driver and just had a great personality; always smiling.  Even when he had horrible luck he was always smiling. Q: What is your biggest sim accomplishment? A: Well after taking 12 years off from sim-racing and all racing games for … Read the Rest »

An Unfamiliar Story

September 12th, 2013 by

It’s a familiar story: kid dreams of being a race driver but because of finances/age/location (take your pick) gets his start sim-racing rather than in “real” racing.  Parlays success as a sim-racer into a chance at “real” racing and makes good. In the case of Randy Wolfgram you can put that familiar script in the … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Steliyan Chepilevski

September 7th, 2013 by

Q: How long have you been sim racing? A: My first sim racing was in 2004 with Live for Speed 1.   Later on I found rFactor which I used for a short period of time. In 2008 started a serious racing in Richard Burns Rally until 2012. I was introduced to iRacing in 2011. Q: … Read the Rest »

First Time a Charm

September 5th, 2013 by

Editor’s note: Most iRacers know Brennan Mercer for his painstaking, number-crunching analyses of the iRacing Pro Series . . . not to mention as a Class A-licensed road and oval sim-racer.  But last weekend marked his debut as a member of the Fifth Estate, as he traveled to Canadian Tire Motorsport Park to cover the … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Brandon Trost

September 3rd, 2013 by

This week, I had the pleasure of  interviewing iRacer Brandon Trost.  If you look at his career statistics, you would think he is a sim-racing addict. Since joining iRacing in June of 2012, he has started 1669 oval races, winning 124 times and taking 502 top five finishes, along with 152 pole starts.  The majority … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Brandon Six

August 31st, 2013 by

Q: How long have you been sim-racing? A: I’ve been sim-racing for about 12 years now. I started sim racing on NR2003 when I was seven years old. Q: What attracted you to iRacing? A: Justin Thompson sent me some pictures of himself on iRacing and I thought it looked cool, so I decided to … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Don Stephenson

August 24th, 2013 by

Q: How long have you been sim racing? A: Since the first one came out, I believe Nascar Racing by Papyrus. Q: What attracted you to iRacing? A: The internet and popularity that it had developed over the last few years. Q: What are favorite iRacing cars/tracks? A: My Cottentelle Gen 6 Chevy SS made … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Anthony Kernich

August 19th, 2013 by

This week I interviewed 22 year old Anthony Kernich from Adelaide, South Australia. Now, Americans’ common stereotype for “foreign” drivers is that they are superb road racers and a majority of the tracks they run are road courses.  As the saying goes, there is a reason that stereotypes are stereotypes: because they are true. Kernich … Read the Rest »