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iRacer Profile: Chris Hughson

March 12th, 2011 by

It would be easy to characterize Chris Hughson as the king of the inRacingNews Challenge.  After all, in the inaugural season of the iRNC, Hughson came close to running the table, winning the Pontiac Solstice class and finishing third to Daniel López and Gaston Taberner in SpecRacer Ford . . . this after compiling a … Read the Rest »

Same Game, New Faces

March 11th, 2011 by

The second edition of the NVIDIA Cup championship is underway, starting with a week of online racing at Connecticut’s Lime Rock Park.  The initial four week segment of the season (aka Season 1a) saw sim racers Marcello Maio and Artur Turcu battle from start to finish with Maio coming-out on top at the very end.  … Read the Rest »

Console Racing Gamers Turn To iRacing for New Challenges

March 10th, 2011 by

When you’ve reached the top of the heap in console driving games what comes next?  Increasingly, many top-tier driving game aficionados are turning to the super-high fidelity, internet-based simulation service from iRacing.com. The cars and tracks on iRacing.com’s simulation are so accurate that many real-world NASCAR, INDYCAR and GRAND-AM stars make regular use of the … Read the Rest »

Kiss Rocks and Michaels Parties at Homestead

March 10th, 2011 by

Round Five of the GRAND-AM iRacing.com Online Sports Car Series brought the virtual Riley MkXX Daytona Prototypes and Ford Mustang FR500S together at the Homestead-Miami Speedway for a mixed class battle on the Road Course B configuration. Open to members of the iRacing.com Motorsport Simulation service, the two tier Championship is fought across a 12 … Read the Rest »

What’s in a Name?

March 10th, 2011 by

The NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series stormed into Long Pond, Pennsylvania for a visit to the “Tricky Triangle” this past week. Pocono Raceway lived up to its nickname — and more — as a flurry of drivers proved they could not handle the challenges posed by the unique three-cornered speedway . The yellow silk was … Read the Rest »

A Wise Voice for iRacing

March 10th, 2011 by

NASCAR Nationwide Series driver Josh Wise is the latest pro racer to tout the benefits of iRacing.com, both for the fun factor and as a serious tool for helping him improve his “game.”  The youngest champion in USAC history, Wise caught the eye of another USAC champion – Tony Stewart – who helped him break … Read the Rest »

In Quest of the Double

March 9th, 2011 by

Chris Hughson continues his quest for dual titles in the inRacingNewsChallenge, adding to his lead in the Pontiac Solstice class after five weeks of online racing but losing ground to Gabriel Tobar in the SpecRacer Fords. Week Five, which saw the iRNC take on Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, helped Hughson extend his points lead in … Read the Rest »

Shields Earns Third RSR Win at Indy

March 9th, 2011 by

Week Seven of Season One of the Red Sox Racing League’s 2011 schedule brought online racing league’s members back to the United States as they lined up for the 25 lap  “Kiss the Bricks at Indy” event at the historic Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s 2.6 mile, 13 turn Formula One road course. Capitalizing on his first … Read the Rest »

iWCSRR Round Two Broadcast Saturday

March 9th, 2011 by

Round Two of the 2011 iRacing.com World Championship Series Road Racing will be broadcast live on iRacing.com this coming Saturday, March 12. From the brooding pine forests of Spa-Francorchamps in Round One, the world’s best online road racers travel to the Phillip Island circuit on Australia’s sun-splashed southern coast for the second installment of the … Read the Rest »

Berry Bursts to Victory at Michigan

March 8th, 2011 by

The virtual Brooklyn, Michigan played host to round five of the NASCAR iRacing Class C Series (NiCCS) tour as the world’s top sim racers visited the two-mile Michigan International Speedway. The high-speed track lends itself to lots of side-by-side and action-filled online races as was seen over seven days of intense competition and in the … Read the Rest »