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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 »

Caudill Jnr., Michigan Top Dog

February 26th, 2010 by

Whilst the championship is in its infancy, this week inRacingNews take a closer look at this week’s top performances.  The third week of the NASCAR iRacing Class A Series (NiCAS) witnessed the virtual Impalas heading to fast and wide Michigan International Speedway. Topping the charts this week, Jim Caudill Jnr. became the highest points scorer, … 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 »

iDWCRR at Barber Motorsport Park

February 22nd, 2010 by

Online racing begins an exciting new era. Well ladies and gentlemen, something many sim racers have dreamed of for years has finally come to fruition with the inaugural iRacing Drivers World Championship Road Racing (iDWCRR). Finally a race simulation producer has taken the final step of not only recreating the driving experience but the competition … Read the Rest »

Wyatt Gooden Confirmed for 2010 Volkswagen Jetta TDI® Cup

February 18th, 2010 by

iRacing.com’s Virtual Jetta TDI Cup Champ Earns Ride in Real-World Series Last fall Wyatt Gooden bested 1,163 competitors to win the iRacing.com Volkswagen Jetta TDI® Cup online racing series, and earn his way into the selection process for the 2010 real-world version.  Earlier this month, the 21-year-old computer information systems student turned in a standout … Read the Rest »

Roberts Continues to Reign

February 18th, 2010 by

As the NASCAR iRacing Class A Series (NiCAS) departs the second round of online racing at Chicagoland, it’s Justin Roberts who continues to lead a tightly-bunched championship table. The Virginias’ Club driver scored a podium finish in his first race of the week, which was superseded by a subsequent win a few days later, earning … Read the Rest »

New Faces at the Front

February 17th, 2010 by

Nothing is worse for a race car driver than a broken down race car. When it comes to online racers, nothing is worse than a broken down computer. For almost the past two months, a broken computer was exactly what iRacer Jason Burstein had to deal with. He was unable to race, unable to compete … Read the Rest »