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Skip Barber 2013 S1 Review

April 27th, 2013 by

After visiting Oran Raceway Park and Suzuka for the final two weeks, the 2013 Season 1 iRacing.com Skip Barber Race Series has come to a close.  As drivers test the changes to the car and prepare for next season, we at inRacingNews had the chance to catch-up with the top three sim-racers in last season’s … Read the Rest »

All in the Family

April 26th, 2013 by

Motorsports is replete with great racing families, be their names Allison, Earnhardt or Petty, Andretti, Bettenhausen or Unser, Hill, Rosberg or Stuck.  It may be a little early in the game for sim-racing to boast multi-generational dynasties, but one New Hampshire-based tribe has staked a pretty authoritative claim to being the first family of iRacing. … Read the Rest »

ESM Wins Long Beach…with a little help from iRacing

April 24th, 2013 by

It’s no small challenge for Extreme Speed Motorsports to transition to HPD prototypes after campaigning GT Ferraris the past couple of seasons in the American Le Mans Series.  But, with a little help from their friends at iRacing, the Florida-based team finished an impressive one-two in last weekend’s Tequila Patrón American Le Mans Series at … Read the Rest »

Martti and Tero’s Excellent Adventure

April 22nd, 2013 by

On the morning of 19th April I jumped in my car, and headed towards Salo to pick-up Tero for our small road trip towards Kankaanpää, Finland. After few hours of driving, we finally arrived to the Foracer factory, and got to meet the people behind the motion simulators: Janika Vanhatalo, Jukka Leskinen and Joni Leskinen. … Read the Rest »

Get to Know . . . Derek Crone

April 22nd, 2013 by

This week, I interviewed one of the lead drivers in the youth movement on iRacing.com. Born on March 19, 1996, this iRacer has worked his way from the very bottom to the very top, from hitting the curbs at Oxford Plains Speedway in the Legends car, to racing in the NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Carlos Reyes Aiguadé

April 20th, 2013 by

Get to Know . . . Guy Driggers (Part II)

April 15th, 2013 by

Last week in the first part of my interview with the 22 year old Guy Driggers, we discussed his sim-racing career, and his feelings on it up until now. This week, we talked about his painting career in racing, how he started painting, who he has painted for, and why he loves to paints race … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Carlo Labati

April 6th, 2013 by

Q: What attracted you to iRacing? A: iRacing is a simulator developed after GP Legends and Nascar 2003 Racing Season… so what could be better? Q: What are favorite iRacing cars/tracks? A: My favourite iRacing cars are Dallara in Road and Silverado Trucks in Oval. I love “real” tracks and historical ones. Q: What do … Read the Rest »

Renaissance Man

April 4th, 2013 by

It’s a rare but fortunate occurrence when two seemingly unrelated talents in a person’s skill-sets complement one another . . . think of crooner Tony Bennett, whose paintings grace the covers of several of his record albums/CDs or, on a slightly more elevated plane, of Leonardo da Vinci who used his artistic virtuosity to illustrate … Read the Rest »

Daly’s News

April 3rd, 2013 by

Editor’s note:  Lightning can strike any time, any place . . . but you have to be there for it to strike you.  Ask iRacer Conor Daly.  After an off-season which, among other things, saw him test an IndyCar for AJ Foyt Racing, test a GP2 car for the new Hilmer Motorsports outfit, win the … Read the Rest »