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Dangerous Dover

June 24th, 2013 by

Dover International Speedway —  The Monster Mile — a mix between a short track and an intermediate speedway, was the host of Week Seven of the NASCAR iRacing.com Late Model Tour.  Sim-racers suited up for the opportunity to take on what most NASCAR drivers consider one of the toughest tracks to tame. However for the … Read the Rest »

A Vintage Week of Sim-Racing

June 24th, 2013 by

The NASCAR iRacing Series thundered into wine country in Sonoma, California last week for the series’ first road race of the season.  NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship driver Tyler D Hudson found himself-sitting at the top of the points coming into the week ahead of fellow NiSWC driver Landon Harrison. Thursday night was the first … Read the Rest »

Unusual Suspect

June 24th, 2013 by

Approaching the mid-point of the season Tuesday at Kentucky Speedway, the top of the standings of the 2013 NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship is dominated by the usual suspects: veterans Tyler Hudson and Brian Schoenburg have finished in the top ten in points the past two seasons while Nick Ottinger is coming-off a fourth place … Read the Rest »

Get to Know . . . Josef Miele

June 24th, 2013 by

Right now, it probably isn’t the best time to be a Jeff Gordon fan. So far though, in the summer he has finished in the top 12 in three of the past four races, including a third at Dover and a runner up finish at Sonoma yesterday, giving his fans something to smile about — … Read the Rest »

The Times They Have A’Changed

June 24th, 2013 by

Once upon a time, the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Sonoma Raceway meant three hours of pratfalls guaranteed to generate half a dozen incidents worthy of a Havoc video . . . not to mention hours of banal chatter about “road course specialists” guaranteed to make anyone with even a passing knowledge of motorsports beyond the … Read the Rest »

Red Sox Panoz 30 at Road Atlanta

June 23rd, 2013 by

Drama would follow for the #18, though, as a braking system failure would pose a serious threat for the championship leader as he could only use about 75% of the available braking force. The crew spent the rest of the session successfully dismantling and reassembling the mechanism, but without any time to test the system … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Chad Pruitt

June 22nd, 2013 by

Q:     How long have you been sim racing? A:    I started racing on consoles in ‘97 when NASCAR 98 came out. Moved on to PC when NASCAR Racing 4 came out but never raced online until 2008 when I got rFactor. Q:     What attracted you to iRacing? A:    The laser-scanned tracks and being … Read the Rest »

Down Continues Fine Form at The Glen

June 21st, 2013 by

Round 7 of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series took the teams to one of the most popular tracks on the calendar: Watkins Glen.  However, this week’s racing saw the drivers take on a different challenge with the “Classic” layout bringing the big back straightaway into play. Qualifying for this week was (once again) led by … Read the Rest »

Mustangs Stampede The Glen

June 21st, 2013 by

The iRacing.com Mustang Cup series welcomed the second half of Season 2 with a stampede at the Watkins Glen Cup course as 426 sim-racers competed in 61 races producing 29 different winners.  To put this amazing turn-out in perspective, the usual most popular track in the series (Daytona) was visited in Week 5, attracting 224 … Read the Rest »

Moreira Stutters, Fritsche Surges, Dudognon Leads

June 21st, 2013 by

Over the course of two weeks at Zolder and Mid-Ohio the Classic Teams Lotus 79 series was turned on its head as the fortunes of drivers fighting for the championship fluctuated wildly. As the field arrived at Zolder the championship was bubbling nicely only for it to explode as former champion, Gernot Fritsche destroyed season … Read the Rest »