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Towler Continues to Roll at VIR

January 5th, 2010 by

Round 22 of the iRacing Pro Series Road Racing took place at the awesome Virginia International Raceway where even the best drivers find all their skills are required just to finish a race before they even think of how hard they dare to push this monster of a track. But this does not stop the … Read the Rest »

Familiar Favorites

January 4th, 2010 by

The iRacing Pro Series Oval made a rare trip to a flat track for Week 22 of its inaugural season, namely, New Hampshire Motor Speedway.  In the series’ last visit to NHMS, the “Who’s Who” of the iPSO all found Victory Lane.  Thus drivers like Ray Alfalla, Richard Towler and Brad Davies all looked to … Read the Rest »

An Interesting Year, Part I

January 1st, 2010 by

1978 was an interesting year for me, as it was the year I was named to drive the Hesketh 308E in the FIA Formula One Championship. I would be on the tracks with the great drivers of that time, six of whom were or would become World Champions: Emerson Fittipaldi (1972 and ’74), Niki Lauda … Read the Rest »

Road Atlanta Pro Road Racing: Towler Continues to Roll

December 29th, 2009 by

Road Atlanta is a favourite venue of many and good racing took place there both in Week Eight of the iRacing Pro Series Road Racing and now again in Week 21.  As a result, Richard Towler finds himself in the lead of the iPSRR in what has become a three horse race between himself, Luke … Read the Rest »

What’s in a Name?

December 28th, 2009 by

“The Lady in Black” lived up to her name during Week 21 of the iRacing Pro Series Oval. Many of iRacing’s top drivers received her infamous “Black Stripe” early and often. Although this was the iPSO’s second trip to the tricky Darlington Raceway, many pros still found themselves searching for the secret of how to … Read the Rest »

Something You Don’t See Every Day

December 23rd, 2009 by

This week marks the beginning of drivers dropping their worst results from their season points score in the case they have run every iRacing Pro Series Road Racing event to date.  This means over the remaining five weeks of the iPSRR we could see quite a lot of movement in the top 50.  However, this … Read the Rest »

iRacing.com Announces 2010 World Tour

December 21st, 2009 by

Series of 14 Virtual Events to Track Real-World Counterparts Starting next month members of iRacing.com will able to participate in the iRacing World Tour, a series of same-weekend virtual versions of more than a dozen of the world’s top motorsport events.  Beginning in January with the Grand-Am Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway’s road course, … Read the Rest »

Return to Thunder Valley

December 21st, 2009 by

The iRacing Pro Series Ovals’ Week 19 trip to Thunder Valley provided a wild week of racing action. Although it was the iPSO’s second trip to Bristol Motor Speedway, this time around provided much different results for most of the competitors. The week started out rather unusually when technical difficulties ended one of the two … Read the Rest »

Return of the Draft

December 21st, 2009 by

As the Chevy Silverado Championship descended on Chicagoland Speedway for Week Seven, so did the return of the often dreaded draft. Drivers had enjoyed a two week break from the “draft lock” tracks at Bristol and Phoenix, but would have to quickly settle back into pack racing in order to be successful.  Since this was … Read the Rest »

The Power of Skip Propels You

December 19th, 2009 by

Lately I have been running the engine so hard in the Skip Barber F2000 that it wails in such a way that I think I need to call Father Karras. In the past I was kind and gentle to the powertrain, but now I’ve learned that it needs to be pushed closer to the limit … Read the Rest »