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Sim Racing Setup Advice from a Blockhead

June 5th, 2010 by

William Blake said that only blockheads copy each other, but obviously he’s never tried to set up a racecar, real or simulated. While working on setting-up the Dallara for the iRacing.com Indy 500 event, I was struck by some of the detailed advice Dale Jr had made on the iRacing forums about setting up the … Read the Rest »

Jimmie Johnson Preps with iRacing.com for Watkins Glen GRAND-AM Debut

June 4th, 2010 by

With Limited Practice Time on Double-Duty Weekend, Four-Time NASCAR Sprint Cup Champ Learns Glen Long Course in Simulator In addition to competing in Sunday’s Gillette Fusion ProGlide 500 presented by Target NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Pennsylvania’s Pocono International Raceway, four-time series champion Jimmie Johnson is also joining reigning GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series … Read the Rest »

iRacing Driving School Intro

June 2nd, 2010 by

Towler’s Back (to Back)

June 2nd, 2010 by

Hard on the heels of his NASCAR iRacing.com World Championship Series (NiCWS) triumph at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Richard Towler made it back-to-back wins on Tuesday evening at Michigan International Speedway. MIS showed us some of the best online racing to date, as the yellow flag that has so often slowed the NiCWS stayed away this week … Read the Rest »

Big points day for Labati at the Glen

June 2nd, 2010 by

The fourth week of iRacing’s IZOD IndyCar Series at Watkins Glen saw a frantic online race on Monday evening (7.30 GMT) in a split that produced six lead changes and some good rewards for the participating sim racers. Italy’s Carlo Labati came out victorious in the race after having fought off Jannis Koopmann and Sven Mitlehner of club DE-AT-CH. … Read the Rest »

Huttu Heads Redline’s Road Atlanta Sweep

June 1st, 2010 by

Continuing his flawless record of eight wins from eight races, Greger Huttu took the top honours from the virtual Road Atlanta to sustain his relentless charge to the inaugural iRacing Drivers World Championship Road Racing (iDWCRR) title. Starting from pole position, the Finn powered into an early lead that he never relinquished, and was never … Read the Rest »

Charlotte hosts NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series

May 31st, 2010 by

The NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series went to Charlotte Motor Speedway for the second race of the 2010 season. The high banked, mile and a half speedway provided excellent side-by-side online racing at upwards of 200mph. All of the 120 lap, 180 mile, races were exciting right down to the final laps. The top split of … Read the Rest »

24 Winners in iRacing.com Indy 12,000

May 30th, 2010 by

Two dozen iRacers shared the glory of winning Saturday’s inaugural iRacing.com Indy 500, aka Round Six of the World Tour of iRacing. The 24 sim racers completed 4800 virtual laps of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s venerable 2.5 mile oval, for a total of 12,000 virtual miles. More than 750 iRacers competed in the event, which … Read the Rest »

Ordinary Men Doing Extraordinary Things

May 28th, 2010 by

Alien. One who pushes the limits further than mere mortals when behind the wheel of a sim race car. One who can simply defy logic with pure speed on the race track. It is a word every online racer knows, but for every Greger Huttu, Richard Towler, and Luke McLean there are hundreds of simply “ordinary” … Read the Rest »

Wilson Notches Indy 25 win

May 28th, 2010 by

Thursday saw Justin Wilson capture the first of what he hopes will be two wins at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway this weekend.  Wilson bested a fast field (including Dreyer & Reinbold teammates Mike Conway and Tomas Scheckter)  to win a special ten lap sprint race – known as the Indy 25 — featuring Dallara Indy … Read the Rest »