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Q&A With Byron Daley

June 24th, 2010 by

As 2010 Season Two enters the home stretch, Byron Daley finds himself leading the NASCAR iRacing.com Class B Series standings, while running in the top twenty in the NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series in his rookie pro campaign.  Not bad for an 18 year old from the Bronx, a locale more commonly associated with the New … Read the Rest »

Q&A With Byron Daley

June 24th, 2010 by

As 2010 Season Two enters the home stretch, Byron Daley finds himself leading the NASCAR iRacing.com Class B Series standings, while running in the top twenty in the NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series in his rookie pro campaign.  Not bad for an 18 year old from the Bronx, a locale more commonly associated with the New … Read the Rest »

iRacing: Music to Florian Godard’s Ears

June 9th, 2010 by

Florian Godard lives life in the allegro lane.  A world-class double bassist in the Orchestre d’Ile de France, Godard is one of just five sim racers regularly competing in both the NASCAR iRacing.com World Championship Series (NiWCS) and the iRacing Drivers World Championship Road Racing (iDWCRR).  But beautiful music and fast cars have long been vital … Read the Rest »

Jimmie Johnson Preps with iRacing.com for Watkins Glen GRAND-AM Debut

June 4th, 2010 by

With Limited Practice Time on Double-Duty Weekend, Four-Time NASCAR Sprint Cup Champ Learns Glen Long Course in Simulator In addition to competing in Sunday’s Gillette Fusion ProGlide 500 presented by Target NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Pennsylvania’s Pocono International Raceway, four-time series champion Jimmie Johnson is also joining reigning GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series … Read the Rest »

Pagenaud a winner from South Boston to Spa

May 10th, 2010 by

Simon Pagenaud completed a unique double yesterday, becoming the first driver to ever win a Legends Cup race at South Boston Speedway and the Le Mans Series Spa 1000kms in the same season. Pagenaud, an iRacer since last August, scored his Legends Cup sim racing win at South Boston in February.  Yesterday, he teamed with … Read the Rest »

Good, Hard Lessons

April 28th, 2010 by

After a winter’s worth of preparation and anticipation, I headed to Virginia International Raceway last week for Rounds One and Two of the 2010 SCCA Pro Racing Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup.   As many of you know, I was fortunate enough to win the iRacing VW Jetta TDI Cup Series last year and with it – … Read the Rest »

Real Online Racers Never Give Up

April 26th, 2010 by

Talladega Superspeedway has been my favorite place to watch a race since I first discovered NASCAR in 1994: I could not believe racing of this type existed and after watching a few seasons of Formula One that had bored me to tears or drove me to them with death and ram-happy Germans; I latched onto … Read the Rest »

Mixed Feelings for South African iRacer

April 21st, 2010 by

Last weekend saw Darryn Lobb, 2009 South African Shelby Can-Am champion head to Cape Town for Round Three of the 2010 South African Shelby Can-Am championship. Darryn is currently leading the points championship by 23 points after two wins in the first four heats. With added motivation after the blown motor in the Cape Town … Read the Rest »

The Two Worlds of Josh Berry

April 20th, 2010 by

Entering tonight’s race at Talladega Superspeedway, Hendersonville, Tennessee’s Josh Berry finds himself in ninth spot in the inaugural NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship (NiSWC) points race.   Although the veteran online racer has yet to find the form that garnered nearly a dozen wins and third spot in last year’s iRacing Pro Series Oval (iPSO) competition, … Read the Rest »

Computer Racing Games to Online Racing: A Harsh Reality?

April 3rd, 2010 by

The leap from computer racing games to a global internet racing series can prove to be a bit of a shock to the ego. You see, most computer racing games are designed to let you win. Race in F1 and you will be running with the Red Bulls rather than the Virgin, Lotus and HRT. … Read the Rest »