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Ben Kennedy Wins in iRacing Chevy at Orlando

March 22nd, 2010 by

It didn’t take long for Ben Kennedy to put iRacing.com at the forefront of Super Late Model racing.  After finishing third last week at New Smyrna Speedway in the debut of his iRacing.com-sponsored Chevrolet Impala SLM, Kennedy drove to an impressive victory at Orlando Speedworld on Friday night. Kennedy started sixth but quickly moved-up to … Read the Rest »

Who Needs Swahili in Sim Racing?

March 17th, 2010 by

Jesse Atchison, aka JA28, is one of iRacing’s top oval competitors.   Champion of 2009 Season One Legends Cup and Season 4 Impala SS B, the Maryland-basd sim racer was a leading contender in the inaugural iRacing Pro Series Oval (iPSO) competition earlier this year.  Atchison started online racing in 2002 and was the 2003 … Read the Rest »

Q&A with NiCWS Winner and Pro Road Racing Champion Richard Towler

March 11th, 2010 by

Over the past seven years Richard Towler has emerged as one of world’s top sim racers.  Based in Hull, England, the 26 year old Towler traveled a well-trodden online racing path from Gran Tourismo 2002 to NASCAR 2003 and has been a member of iRacing.com since June of 2008.  In that time he has won … Read the Rest »

Q&A with NiCWS Winner and Pro Road Racing Champion Richard Towler

March 11th, 2010 by

Over the past seven years Richard Towler has emerged as one of world’s top sim racers.  Based in Hull, England, the 26 year old Towler traveled a well-trodden online racing path from Gran Tourismo 2002 to NASCAR 2003 and has been a member of iRacing.com since June of 2008.  In that time he has won … Read the Rest »

How to Survive a Legends Race

March 7th, 2010 by

OK, so you  just joined iRacing.com and hopped into your first Legends race.  Odds are you got collected in a crash.  There are a few things you can do to avoid the incidents and climb your way to the top of the iRacing leader boards. One of the things you can do that is simple … Read the Rest »

Andretti Autosport Signs iRacer

March 5th, 2010 by

Andretti Autosport announced it has signed 15-year-old Sage Karam to drive for the team in the 2010 USF2000 National Championship. Karam, a native of Nazareth, Pa., is an avid online racer with 76 wins in more than 350 races in iRacing’s Skip Barber Series, Star Mazda and Legends competition.  Karam has also spent the last … Read the Rest »

Revolution Racing Academy-Style Development Embraces Technology, Hands-on Training

March 3rd, 2010 by

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (February 22, 2010) – Revolution Racing continues to evolve its driver development curriculum by combining technology with hands-on training in its academy-style development program. Strategic partnerships with iRacing and VisionRacer, along with contributions from Logitech, allow Revolution drivers to get behind the virtual wheel to prepare for the 2010 season. In addition to … Read the Rest »

We won the Horse Race, with a Donkey

March 1st, 2010 by

Editors note: Darryn Lobb is a two-time champion of the South Africa Shelby CanAm Championship and an avid online racer, having joined iRacing.com last year.  After winning the 2007 Shelby CanAm title, Lobb raced a Nissan 350Z in the South African Production Car Championship before returning to Shelby CanAm last year and winning another title.  … Read the Rest »

Show Stealer

February 24th, 2010 by

Sandeep Banerjee absolutely stole the show in the second ever NASCAR iRacing World Championship race.  Fittingly, the “big roulette wheel” — aka  Las Vegas Motor Speedway — was the stage for what many are calling the biggest longshot story in online racing history.  While there may, (stress may) have been bigger upsets in sim racing … Read the Rest »

Wheatley’s 500: Motherboard of doom

February 22nd, 2010 by

Or A Tale of What Might Have Been The evening before the iRacing Daytona 500, I changed my PC’s motherboard in preparation for a graphics card upgrade.  Unfortunately, although I reinstalled Windows 7, reinstalled a bunch of programs, got iRacing working, etc, I forgot to do something terribly important… On Saturday 13th February, 2010 I … Read the Rest »