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Not Your Average Desk Job

January 24th, 2010 by

Danny Hannigan first encountered Justin Brown on the high banks of Daytona International Speedway last year.   Funny thing is, neither Hannigan nor Brown was in the Sunshine State, let alone at Daytona.   Rather, the two iRacers were practicing for an upcoming Chevy Silverado Championship race from their homes in Alabama and Georgia, hundreds of miles … Read the Rest »

The AntiSpeed Diary

January 24th, 2010 by

While our first possible race is March 27th, nine weeks away, there is still tons of stuff to do. I have spent the last week settling into my apartment in NYC and getting back into the routine of going to class, doing homework and trying to work out. Oh and trying not to go to … Read the Rest »

World Cup of iRacing Qualifying: In or Out?

January 22nd, 2010 by

It’s the final weekend of qualifying for the inaugural World Cup of iRacing and, as Danny Ocean would say, “Are you in or are you out?” The fifteen online racing clubs from around the world that have already qualified for the World Cup in Seasons One, Two and Three can answer “In” without hesitation.   A … Read the Rest »

Official NASCAR Online Racing Begins

January 21st, 2010 by

iRacing.com Is Home To Five NASCAR Series A vision that Bill France Jr. articulated more than fifteen years ago will become reality this season with the formation of the NASCAR iRacing.com Series, an official NASCAR racing series. On February 9th online racing competition commences with the first event of the inaugural 18-race, 39-week NASCAR iRacing … Read the Rest »

iRacing World Tour Kicks Off With Rolex 2.4 on January 30

January 20th, 2010 by

Virtual Version of Grand-Am Season Opener Features Riley XX Daytona Prototype on Digital Duplicate of Daytona Road Course As the green flag waves at 3:30 p.m. EDT to start the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway, hundreds of iRacing members will be just winding down from their own participation in a tribute 2.4-hour (144-minute) virtual … Read the Rest »

iRacing Pro Road Racers at Infineon Raceway

January 19th, 2010 by

Dark Clouds over Normally Sunny California And so the iRacing Pro Series Road Racing moved to Infineon Raceway this week and the top three of England’s Richard Towler, Australia’s Luke McLean and Canada’s Shawn Purdy knew that a poor performance of online driving would see them either drop out of contention for the title or … Read the Rest »

Two for One

January 18th, 2010 by

With only two weeks remaining in the inaugural iRacing Pro Series Oval season, the points battles for the championship and the top 50 (and a spot in the iRacing Drivers World Championship) are hot and heavy. Entering the week, Brad Davies enjoyed a useful — but vulnerable — 53 point lead over Josh Parker in … Read the Rest »

Second Shift

January 16th, 2010 by

Alright, I wouldn’t go so far as to call this a retraction, but let’s call it a little clarification of the last article I wrote on the optimum shift RPMs for the Skip Barber car. Based on the calculations of horsepower and RPMs, I put together a prescribed set of shift RPMs for each gear … Read the Rest »

iRacing at the Autosport International Show

January 16th, 2010 by

The second week of January always heralds the start of a ‘new racing season;’ whilst the first laps in anger are many weeks away, the Autosport International Show is traditionally seen as the opening event on the motorsport calendar. This year, the team from iRacing Motorsport Simulations have jetted across the Atlantic to make an … Read the Rest »

Introducing AntiSpeed Competition

January 15th, 2010 by

Editor’s note:  inRacingNews is pleased to present the first installment of a regular blog by Austin Brauser and Charlie Anti, of AntiSpeed Competition.  Both iRacers, Anti will be driving a F2000 engineered by Brauser in this year’s US F2000 National Championship.  We think you’ll enjoy their unique perspective on the trials, tribulations and (we hope) … Read the Rest »