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World Cup: Two Weeks and Counting

October 15th, 2009 by

Less than two weeks remain in the third season of the World Cup of iRacing. Last week three regional championships were up for grabs, Italy has now taken a lead that looks too big for DE-AT-CH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) to overcome, New England still holds the point in the Northeastern Region over New York, as … Read the Rest »

Four Way Battle To Title Going to The Wire

October 14th, 2009 by

Week Eight of the VW Jetta TDI Cup saw a return to the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, with many drivers hoping to add to their totals by improving on one of their previous results, as the ‘drop week’ system only takes into account a competitors’ best seven weeks of racing. It was also a chance … Read the Rest »

Pro Road Racing Infineon: Drivers and tyres bust as pressure mounts

October 14th, 2009 by

Last week saw a few drivers put a little bit of pressure on themselves by using it as yet another dropped race.  Five of the top 20 sat out this race, most notably Bastien Bartisch who has not raced since Week Seven and also Greger Huttu who has missed the last 2twoweeks. With Bartisch bombing … Read the Rest »

The Michigan Mash

October 13th, 2009 by

If you read “New Hampshire iRacing Pro Series: Incidents ‘R Us” then you know how bad the incident situation was last week for the iRacing Pro Series Oval drivers. Luckily, this week produced what we’ll call a mixed bag of improvement. On top of the progress the Pro Series saw this week, the “Fast Track” … Read the Rest »

Alfalla and Davies win at Michigan

October 13th, 2009 by

Saturday night saw the third race session in the Week Ten of the iRacing Oval Pro Series and also saw the usual names back up front as Ray Alfalla took his second win of the week and Brad Davies improved one spot over Wednesday’s second place finish. In the first split, it was Davies who … Read the Rest »

Back-to-Back for Wood

October 13th, 2009 by

Wednesday night in the 10th week of the iRacing Oval Pro Series saw a back-to-back winner in Derek Wood and Ray Alfalla taking his ninth win of the season at Michigan International Speedway. In the first split, Wood dominated his event for the second week in a row, leading 74 laps and taking his third … Read the Rest »

Forever Young

October 11th, 2009 by

You could say the highlight of Ben Anderson’s iRacing experience came a long way from the sim-racing set-up at his home in Minnesota.   In fact, it came in at the real world version of Autobahn Country Club when he did a one-off race in the SCCA Pro Series Playboy MX-5 Cup and introduced himself to … Read the Rest »

Fundamental Questions

October 9th, 2009 by

“Do you ever ask yourself fundamental questions?”  Years after taking a class with Dr Y,  one thing that sticks in my head is the memory of him posing that query in his distinctive Eastern European accent.  It’s a thought-provoking question, one that still guides me through life’s difficult problems I’m not thinking of split-second decisions … Read the Rest »

World Cup Goes Down to the Line

October 7th, 2009 by

With the start of Week Ten in the third season of the World Cup of iRacing, three races for the regional championships are coming down to the line. The Northeastern Region has seen back and forth fights for the top spot between New England and New York over the past week. In the Southeastern Region … Read the Rest »

New Hampshire iRacing Pro Series: Incidents ‘R Us

October 7th, 2009 by

Battered and bruised egos, every driver in the Pro Series must have felt a sigh of relief to get back to a track shorter than 2.5 miles long and banking less than 33°. Surely, after what many would consider Talladega at its best, New Hampshire would prove to be a driver’s track with its 2°/7° … Read the Rest »