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Kirby Earns Third Win Of Season

July 16th, 2011 by

Notching his third victory in only seven starts, Justin Kirby has turned a lot of heads in his first season with the Red Sox Racing League.  Kirby started off the league’s 2011 Season Two schedule with a victory at the technically challenging layout of Spa, and then followed it up with another win at the … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Vinnie Sansone

July 16th, 2011 by

There are more parallels between the online racing of iRacing.com and the “real” racing of NASCAR than just precisely-modeled cars and tracks and well-organized sanctioning bodies.   Jeff Gordon, Kasey Kahne, Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart and a host of other NASCAR stars cut their racing teeth in the USAC ranks driving quarter midgets, midgets, sprint … Read the Rest »

iRacing.com NVIDIA Series Announced

July 15th, 2011 by

iRacing.com announced today that NVIDIA, the world leader in visual computing technologies, will sponsor the iRacing.com NVIDIA Series.  Previously known as the iRacing.com World Championship Series Road Racing, the iRacing.com NVIDIA Series features the world’s top online racers competing in virtual replicas of the Williams-Toyota FW31 Formula One cars on precise, digital versions of many … Read the Rest »

Slipping into Darkness

July 14th, 2011 by

For the tenth week in the Thrustmaster Mustang Challenge the sim racers from all around the globe took on the 17-turn, 3.7-mile Sebring International Raceway located in Sebring, Florida for some night racing for the first time in series history.  During the week a total of 301 drivers attempted to tame the beast known as … Read the Rest »

Ottinger Comes Back

July 14th, 2011 by

For the second time this season the iRacing.com Street Stock Series made a stop at the Lanier National Speedway for some good short track online racing.  Week Ten was one of the biggest turnouts of the season as over 1000 sim racers did an official race during the seven days of racing but, after all … Read the Rest »

Grigg Owns Oxford

July 13th, 2011 by

For the first time this season the sim racers of the iRacing.com Street Stock Series headed to the Oxford Plains Speedway located in Oxford, Maine for Week Nine in the online racing series.  A total of 747 sim racers took part in the online racing during the week, but Andrew Grigg (Connecticut) was the top … Read the Rest »

The Daytona 518

July 13th, 2011 by

The famed Daytona International Speedway hosted Week 10 of the NASCAR iRacing.com Class A series, and the World Center of Racing lived up to its name. Five hundred and eighteen sim racers bolted on the restrictor plate and took to the high banks, making wins very tough to come by. It takes a balance of experience … Read the Rest »

Opportunities Knock

July 12th, 2011 by

As the NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series Season begins to come to a close, the points battles are heating up and the race to make the NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series is still wide open. It was off to New Hampshire Motor Speedway for Week 9, and the opportunities were huge as all the big names … Read the Rest »

Building the iRacing System 101

July 9th, 2011 by

Signing-up for iRacing is easy, posting in the forums is also easy, but deciding exactly what computer you need to run the simulator?  That can be where the challenge is found.  Let me say up front there’s no right way or wrong way to choose your iRacing computer.   We all have different wants, desires, and … Read the Rest »

Turner Remains on Top Down Under

July 7th, 2011 by

Continuing his mastery of the Phillip Island Circuit in Australia, Les Turner led 20 of 31 laps on his way to victory in the Red Sox Racing League’s 7th race of the 2011 Season Two schedule.  His victory in the “Outback 31” extended Turner’s lead in the overall championship to thirty-two points over Brian Irby. … Read the Rest »