All News: iRacing People

Get to Know: J.D Laird

April 1st, 2013 by

J.D Laird, a 25 year old from Anaheim, CA, may have accomplished a great deal in his sim-racing career — but he has accomplished far more in his painting career, which is the focus of this week’s Get to Know. Even though you may not have known it, you have probably seen some of Laird’s … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Dave Judson

March 30th, 2013 by

Q:     What attracted you to iRacing? A:    My friend/fellow iRacer Eric Vanek kept telling me some good stories about truck races he had been doing at Talladega.  I was intrigued so I looked into iRacing and saw how realistic it looked and I signed up and haven’t looked back! Q:     What are favorite … Read the Rest »

iRacing & Partners Donate to Pinellas County Science Center- – Students Win!

March 29th, 2013 by

Normally there would only have been one winner in the 2013 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg: James Hinchcliffe, the first IndyCar driver to complete 110 laps of the 1.8 mile street circuit on Sunday.  But thanks to the Science Center of Pinellas County and iRacing, this year’s racing produced scores of winners . . … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Ariel Eduardo Bernardi

March 23rd, 2013 by

First Timer

March 21st, 2013 by

Editor’s note: In his comment on yesterday’s NiSWC race report, Tyler Beals mentioned he was starting his first ever race on iRacing last night, Street Stocks at USA International.  I thought his experience might make for enjoyable reading and Tyler was kind enough to share his reflections on his first taste of competition with the … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Adam Gilliland

March 18th, 2013 by

If you didn’t recognize the name Adam Gilliland, you probably do now after watching the season opener of the 2013 NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship last Tuesday. In his first race of the season, he scored the biggest win in his sim-racing career in a close finish against NiPS runner-up Jared Crawford at Daytona International … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Alex Simpson

March 16th, 2013 by

Q: How long have you been sim racing? A: I’m pretty new to sim racing compared to some, December just gone, marked my one year sim racing anniversary. Before that I played around on the consoles for about a year at Apex Racing League on different titles. Q: What attracted you to iRacing? A: A … Read the Rest »

iRacing League Spotlight – Average Joes Racing

March 15th, 2013 by

How did your league get started? Interesting back story on how we began. Joey Knight and I are the co-founders of Average Joes, and brothers from other mothers… so we basically share the same brain. We met online playing a Half-Life mod called Firearms back in 2001. He introduced me to sim racing back using NR2002. Joey had … Read the Rest »

Self Promotion

March 14th, 2013 by

The last three years of my racing career have gotten off to less than stellar starts.  Finishing outside of the top 10 on all three occasions has made a rebound difficult.  It turns the beginning of the season in to a chase as opposed to a strong, consistency hold.  This year I knew things had … Read the Rest »

A Small World Gets Smaller – Thanks to iRacing

March 13th, 2013 by

While racing authentic digital versions of exciting cars on laser-scanned renditions of the world’s great tracks is undeniably iRacing’s number one draw, the chance to be part of a vibrant, international community of sim-racers surely rates among the biggest benefits enjoyed by the nearly 40,000 iRacers around the world.   From Atlanta to Zolder, countless friendships … Read the Rest »