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iPSO Week 5: Parker Narrows the Gap to Davies

September 8th, 2009 by

On a week when iPSO championship leader Brad Davies went winless at Phoenix International Raceway, Josh Parker earned his seventh victory of the campaign to move within 55 points of the top spot in the title race.  Parker edged Tyler Price on Saturday evening while Davies had to be content with a second place finish … Read the Rest »

Skidpadman – Effect of the Rear Anti-Roll Bar

September 5th, 2009 by

When iRacing threw in the free skidpad to the list of goodies in the recent update, I decided it was time to learn things about car handling systematically starting with a car with only a few setup variables – the Skip Barber F2000. I checked four different rear anti-roll bar (RARB) settings, and at least … Read the Rest »

Welcome to inRacingNews.com brought to you by iRacing.com

September 2nd, 2009 by

It has always been the vision of iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations to create a distance racing community and to promote the sport of simulated racing.  I use the word distance to account for the Internet and the global nature of racing and the iRacing community with members from over 70 countries.   But one thing our current … Read the Rest »

Editor’s Welcome

September 2nd, 2009 by

Welcome to inRacingNews, the first publication to bring you all the news from the world’s foremost race simulation service together with the latest developments from Formula One, NASCAR, IndyCar, ALMS, Grand-Am and other top professional racing series. Race simulation has become increasingly sophisticated and popular in the past twenty years, evolving from primitive video games … Read the Rest »

Introduction to the World Cup of iRacing

September 2nd, 2009 by

I’m British. Where I come from football (aka soccer) is King, but I was never really that interested in the day-to-day league games the way others seemed to be as there wasn’t really a local team for me. The team which was nearest to me had their stadium in a different town! Confusing, I know… … Read the Rest »

Davies Continues to Lead iPSO

September 1st, 2009 by

As the focus of the iRacing Pro Series Oval (iPSO) shifted to Atlanta Motor Speedway, Brad Davies scored his fourth win in as many weeks of competition to solidify his lead in the iPSO points standings over Josh Parker and Jesse Atchison. Although Davies led 49 or 110 laps on Sunday, he had to work … Read the Rest »

Towler Stays Atop iPSRR Standings

September 1st, 2009 by

Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca saw Richard Towler score his second win of the iRacing Pro Series Road Race (iPSRR) campaign during Week 4.  The victory enabled Towler to maintain a slim (17 point) lead over Shawn Purdy while the consistent Darren Marsh, still in search of his first iPSRR, slotted into third place in the … Read the Rest »

Lotus (79) Stew

August 28th, 2009 by

I had an embarrassing start in the Lotus 79 and was far off the pace in my first online practice at the Glen. It was due to a couple of reasons – I’d never tried Watkins Glen in iRacing, and I was using the baseline setup. I was doing okay in the fast sections but … Read the Rest »

Test Drives: Chicagoland and New Hampshire; Summit Point and VIR Reversed

August 28th, 2009 by

iRacing’s newest oval is Chicagoland Speedway, a 1.5-miler with 18 degrees of banking in the turns.  I took the Impala SS Class B for a spin there and was struck by how big and open the track felt.  The unusual curved backstretch means there is no definite exit point from Turn 2, just a gradually … Read the Rest »

The Customer is (Nearly) Always Right

August 27th, 2009 by

There is no more thankless task in motorsports than that of chief steward.  Charged with interpreting and enforcing a myriad of rules and regulations and occasionally refereeing disputes among supremely competitive individuals, sometimes the most a chief steward can hope for is to earn an equal degree of enmity from all sides. It’s tough enough … Read the Rest »