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iRacer Profile: Sean Tait

September 8th, 2012 by

iRacing isn’t just about the DWCs, A licenses, stratospheric iRatings and pro racers like Dale Earnhardt Jr and Joey Logano,Will Power and Justin Wilson who you’ll occasionally bump into (hopefully not literally) on the site.  It’s also about the thousands of casual hobbie-ists who are content with their B, C and D licenses . . … Read the Rest »

ISOWC Indy 500

September 7th, 2012 by

The second annual ISOWC Indy 500 takes place on the 16th September 2012, but first, there’s the small duty of qualifying to make the field. 12 hours of qualifying, over two days offers one of the most daunting prospects in all of sim racing, and YOU could be a part of it. We start, on … Read the Rest »

Ruggier Claims Maiden V8 Supercar Main Race Win

September 7th, 2012 by

Round Five of the iRacing.com V8 Supercars Series presented by BigPond went back to the United States.  The Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, a challenging 3.6km track would be the home for the drivers and teams this week. No fuel-saving or pit stops where required for the teams this week, so it would be a straight … Read the Rest »

Chad J Laughton Wins Big in Atlanta

September 7th, 2012 by

It is always exciting when the NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series (NiCAS) schedule aligns with the NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship (NiSWC) schedule, and last week in Atlanta provided a season’s worth of excitement jam packed into one week of racing. With the current iRacing.com build, the speeds are blistering fast around Atlanta Motor Speedway, … Read the Rest »

Gorlinsky Spins and Wins Atlanta

September 7th, 2012 by

John Gorlinsky rallied from an early spin to win at Atlanta Motor Speedway; his first win of the 2012 NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship season. After finding himself well behind the pack in forty-second place, and still only up to thirty-ninth spot with only 56 laps to go, the veteran sim-racer used some timely cautions, … Read the Rest »

Kerkhof Captivates Championship at Spa

September 6th, 2012 by

In an action-packed 44 laps around the virtual Spa-Francorchamps, Atze Kerkhof became only the third sim-racer to stand on the top step of the 2012 iRacing.com Grand Prix Series World Championship podium. The thirteenth round victory for the Dutchman sees the Team Redline sim-racer consolidate his fifth position in the championship standings, and edge closer … Read the Rest »

Crawford Cruises at Atlanta

September 5th, 2012 by

Atlanta Motor Speedway was the site of racing for Week Five of season. Sim racers traveled to “Hotlanta” to tackle the fast 1.5 mile track. Atlanta is one of the most popular tracks and participation numbers proved that trend correct. For the week 904 drivers attempted a race while 321 drivers attempted at least one … Read the Rest »

Hughson, Velkov Lead inRacingNews Challenge Through First Third of Season

September 4th, 2012 by

What a difference removing a class has made from this season of the inRacingNews Challenge. In the past, through four weeks, the eventual champion has usually found a way to establish himself and begin building a major lead; this time around, both the Mazda MX-5 Roadsters and Pontiac Solstices have five drivers within 100 points … Read the Rest »

Elomaa and McCracken Tame the Phoenix Mile

September 4th, 2012 by

First let me open with an apology to those who expected the column last week.  I was unable to do a write up for the Indianapolis round because I was on vacation.  I checked to see if our hotel had iRacing installed, but to my surprise the staff had never even heard of it.  What?! … Read the Rest »

Get to Know Malik Ray

September 3rd, 2012 by

Looking at this featured iRacers stats, you would think that he has used other motorsport simulations before he started on iRacing, but the 13 year old from South Carolina has only used ever one racing simulation: iRacing. A member since February 2011, he has accomplished a lot in a short period of time, including a … Read the Rest »