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NASCAR iRacing Series Weekly Tune up New Hampshire Motor Speedway

July 9th, 2013 by

The NASCAR iRacing Series makes its 17th stop of the season at New Hampshire Motor speedway. Tyler D Hudson is still got a good lead in the points over Landon Harrison but Hudson had so hard hits in the points over the past two weeks. Harrison keeps making up a little ground each week due … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: David Massieux

July 1st, 2013 by

This week I interviewed an iRacer who could definitely be described as consistent by his fellow competitors.  If you look at his stats, you can see why. He definitely doesn’t have the most starts on iRacing – with 144 oval starts and 140 road starts – but he has won 35 and 34 times on … Read the Rest »

Computer Racing Sharpened Teen’s Skills

June 28th, 2013 by

Editor’s note:  The following story appeared in the June 28 issue of The Charlotte Observer: William Byron celebrates after a Legends racing event. Byron partly credits his meteoric rise to the top of his racing division’s standings to computer racing simulations on the iRacing website. A SouthPark teenager may make it in big-time racing one … Read the Rest »

What’s the Point?

June 28th, 2013 by

As I’ve said multiple times, the goal of everyone at the Golden Gate Racing team this year is the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Championship. So after winning three straight races, and gaining the points lead by rebounding from an 18 points deficit after the second race, we felt it was time to start points … Read the Rest »

Get to Know . . . Josef Miele

June 24th, 2013 by

Right now, it probably isn’t the best time to be a Jeff Gordon fan. So far though, in the summer he has finished in the top 12 in three of the past four races, including a third at Dover and a runner up finish at Sonoma yesterday, giving his fans something to smile about — … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Chad Pruitt

June 22nd, 2013 by

Q:     How long have you been sim racing? A:    I started racing on consoles in ‘97 when NASCAR 98 came out. Moved on to PC when NASCAR Racing 4 came out but never raced online until 2008 when I got rFactor. Q:     What attracted you to iRacing? A:    The laser-scanned tracks and being … Read the Rest »

Seeing Red(line)

June 20th, 2013 by

Team Redline bills itself as “the world’s most successful virtual racing team.”  Cheeky?  Perhaps. But it’s hard to argue with an outfit whose record includes two iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series titles, 36 iWCGPS race wins, three of four iRacing.com Road Pro Series crowns (and runner-up in the other), placing one of its drivers … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Andre Castro

June 20th, 2013 by

Andre Castro, currently the point leader in the iRacing.com IndyCar Fixed Oval Series, took some time to talk with me this week and let everyone know a bit about himself. 14 years of age, Andre lives in New York City and has been racing karts regionally since he was seven years old.   He won his … Read the Rest »

Get to Know . . . Casey Malone

June 17th, 2013 by

This week, I interviewed an iRacer who is 20 years old and was born in Mansfield, Texas.  He currently attends Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas and has been on iRacing since September of 2010.  Now, he drives the #92 Garry Mercer Trucking Chevrolet SS for Last Row Motorsports in the NASCAR iRacing.com Series World … Read the Rest »

iRacing Artists Make Their Mark in NASCAR

June 14th, 2013 by

Since iRacing.com opened its virtual doors for business in 2008, the online racing service’s meticulously modeled race cars and tracks have proven to be valuable tools for professional race drivers, be they established stars like NASCAR’s Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Brad Keselowski, emerging talent like Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year Landon Cassill or Conor … Read the Rest »