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Thompson Wins at Kentucky

July 4th, 2012 by

Kentucky Speedway was the site of racing for Week Nine of the season. Drivers raced under the lights at the 1.5 mile track located in Sparta, Kentucky. Kentucky seemed to bring out the worst in drivers as Week Nine saw many more wrecks than normal. Week Nine is also the week in which drops come … Read the Rest »

Valantiejus Wins, Fritsche Leads

July 4th, 2012 by

Classic Teams Championship Round 9: Oulton Park The Classic Teams Championship continues to go from strength to strength. This week saw the roster of drivers grow to 86. And what better place to celebrate than Oulton Park. Regarded by many as a spiritual home to the series, everyone had a smile on their face being … Read the Rest »

Hamstead Closes Gap with Win in Japan

July 4th, 2012 by

Round Nine of the iRacing.com V8 Supercars Series presented by BigPond saw the teams travel to Japan for a 20 lap shootout at the famous Suzuka International Racing Course. This 5.8km course features a unique cross-over design, with 17 turns and little room for error. Madison Down grabbed the pole position in qualifying with a … Read the Rest »

An Army of Two

July 4th, 2012 by

Ever think you would go from sim-racing to real racing? What about starting a racing business with a childhood friend who is serving overseas as we speak? Well that is what iRacer Josh Parker and long-time friend Mark Richards are doing. Richards Parker Racing LLC is now an official Dare Stock race team that will … Read the Rest »

Sansone Scores at Richmond

July 3rd, 2012 by

Last week, defending iRacing.com Sprint Car Series (iSCS) champion Alan Binder let his fellow drivers know that he would be taking Week 9 off.  The competition responded like sharks in a feeding frenzy, with 55 sim-racers entering this week’s events at Richmond International Raceway, all hoping to catch that elusive win with their sprints. Three … Read the Rest »

A Hardcore Fan's View

July 2nd, 2012 by

On Sunday 24th June 2012 I joined an exclusive at Brands Hatch.  I call these club members The Hardcore Racing Fans. Why did I join this club? Well because with the deluge of changeable weather mixing from atrocious down poor of rain to sweltering heat and as a certain Ayrton Senna once said ‘It was … Read the Rest »

iRacer of the Week: Cody Byus

July 2nd, 2012 by

Have you ever wondered how it would feel to race in a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car? Ask one of the 2000 sim-racers who have raced in the iRacing.com NASCAR Class A Series this season. The series runs the car used in the Sprint Cup Series on the same tracks as their real life … Read the Rest »

No Place Like Home

July 2nd, 2012 by

Okayama International Circuit has become somewhat of a second home for the inRacingNews Challenge, as the Pontiac Solstices, SpecRacer Fords and Mazda MX-5 Roadsters of the series have all become mainstays at the Japanese circuit, much as has been the case on the various configurations of Summit Point Raceway.  The iRNC opened the season at … Read the Rest »

Adams Stays Hot in Homestead

June 30th, 2012 by

It doesn’t get much better than Florida in the summer, which is why a trip to Homestead, Miami Speedway for Week Eight of the NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series (NiCAS) was a very welcome site for everyone. Homestead offers a unique balance of driver and setup, more so than a lot of other tracks on … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile — Aaron Likens

June 30th, 2012 by

Aaron Likens’ sim-racing fortunes are on the rise.  After finishing P16 and 15 in the first two seasons of the iRacing.com IZOD IndyCar Series oval (fixed setup) competition, he finds himself leading the points in Season 3.  Although he has just a single win in Week 2 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to his credit, … Read the Rest »