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Hughson, Baird Top iRNC After Summit Point

August 16th, 2013 by

The inRacing News Challenge mixed-class racing series made the trip from Japan to West Virginia, United States in Week Two for one of four trips to Summit Point Raceway this season.  The 1.1 mile Jefferson road course in its “Reverse” configuration offers sim racers seven technical corners, elevation changes and two long drafting straights. Last … Read the Rest »

Tempers Flare at Irwindale

August 16th, 2013 by

Irwindale, home of this year’s X-Games Global Rally Cross events, was the destination for Week Two of the NASCAR iRacing.com Late Model Tour. For sim-racers this track was a unique challenge, one with a very different racing groove than many anticipated. Late Models would prefer to stay above the dotted white line on the track … Read the Rest »

Red Sox Gentleman Jim 24 at Daytona

August 16th, 2013 by

The real race was in front of Vincent at the start. Second place starter Marty Sponsler hounded Troy Vincent from the start of the race and the two battled for position throughout the first lap, with Sponsler drafting for the lead at the end of lap one. Having already made slight contact in turn four … Read the Rest »

Hauck Handles The Lady

August 15th, 2013 by

After a very tricky season-opener at Pocono Raceway, the NASCAR iRacing Class C Fixed Series heads to a track with “lady” in the nickname, so you know it’s going to be a crazy ride. Darlington Raceway, also known by many as The Lady in Black, plays host to Week Two of Season Three. The 1.366-mile … Read the Rest »

Red Bull F1 Seat a Mixed Blessing – Ask Mark Webber

August 15th, 2013 by

Dysfunctional intra-team rivalries are nothing new to Formula One.   One of F1’s axioms, of course, is the first driver you have to beat is your teammate.  Nobody takes a whole lot of notice when that team is Marussia or Minardi, but when it involves drivers on a front running team things can quickly become a … Read the Rest »

Prototype & GT Challenge Week 2: Road America

August 14th, 2013 by

The iRacing.com Prototype & GT Challenge series arrived at fast and narrow Road America Circuit in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin for the second round of 2013 Season 3. With Sebring in the books last week, we discovered this season may be one of the closest we’ve had in the series.  Once again the drivers did not … Read the Rest »

Ganassi and Montoya Part Ways in NASCAR

August 14th, 2013 by

Guess yesterday’s column was a day too soon.  No sooner did we chronicle the first of what figures to be several stanzas in racing’s  2013/2014  game of musical chairs, than Earnhardt/Ganassi Racing announced Juan Pablo Montoya will not be back in the team’s NASCAR Sprint Cup entry next season. The news hardly comes as a … Read the Rest »

Masterful Huttu Wins at Motegi

August 13th, 2013 by

Round 12 of the iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series brought the virtual Williams-Toyota FW31 Formula 1 cars to Japan’s Twin Ring Motegi complex, where Greger Huttu continued his rich vein of form to extend his lead in the standings. The Finn has 500 points to his name and now leads his closest rival, Hugo … Read the Rest »

Austin Dillon Just One Note in Racing’s Musical Chairs

August 13th, 2013 by

Vendors hawking race programs ought to do a land office business in the coming weeks.  NASCAR, IndyCar . . . fans won’t know the players without a program. The highest profile seat in racing’s game of musical chairs is that of the #14 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevy SS which will be occupied by 2011 Camping World … Read the Rest »

2013 iGPS Opener: Well Worth the Wait

August 12th, 2013 by

With 2013 Season Two of the iRacing Grand Prix Series (iGPS) finally water under the bridge, Season Three is now upon us. Now that the top finishers from S2 have achieved their long-awaited promotion, new opportunities present themselves for those awaiting S3 as this is the last chance during 2013 to join the sim racing … Read the Rest »