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How a Video Game Developed NASCAR’s Newest Rookie Superstar

August 24th, 2016 by Owen S. Good

Truck series leader William Byron says iRacing proved he was worth the risk Air wrenches chirp through the walls of the high-tech garage as I ask the 18-year-old rookie to confess the dumbest thing he’s ever done on the track. He grins like he’s been caught shooting spitwads. “Oh yeah, well, one time I went … Read the Rest »

eSports Pioneer iRacing.com Celebrates Eighth Anniversary

July 19th, 2016 by

  iRacing.com is marking its eighth anniversary providing on-line racers with the world’s foremost online motorsports racing simulation.  iRacing launched in 2008 and was founded in 2004 by Boston Red Sox owner John Henry and award-winning racing game developer Dave Kaemmer as a true motorsport simulation. From the outset, the company developed iRacing as an … Read the Rest »

Do You Know the Way to Barcelona? Aday Coba Lopez

June 30th, 2016 by David Phillips

Do you know the way to Barcelona?  OK, it’s not quite as catchy a title as “Do You Know the Way to San Jose” but, rest assured Jeremy Bouteloup, Aday Coba Lopez and Kamil Franczak don’t much care. After all they know the way to Barcelona. The way led through the 12 week long iRacing … Read the Rest »

iRacing Drivers Advance to Mazda Friends of MX-5 Training Event: A Chance of a Lifetime for Three Sim Racers

June 23rd, 2016 by

Three of Europe’s top sim racers will have the opportunity of a lifetime July 2-3 when they participate in the Friends of MX-5 Training Event in Barcelona. The trio – Kamil Franczak (Poland), Jeremy Bouteloup (France) and Aday Coba Lopez (Spain) – finished on the podium in the Grand Finale of iRacing.com’s European MX-5 Cup, … Read the Rest »

Virtual Mazda Racers Advance to iRacing European MX-5 Cup Grand Finale Tonight

June 9th, 2016 by David Phillips

Twenty of Europe’s top sim racers are looking to take the next step toward a professional racing career Thursday in the Grand Finale of iRacing.com’s European MX-5 Cup.  The race will be broadcast on iRacingLive at 4:30 pm Eastern/20:30 GMT.  The top three finishers in the 25 minute online race will be invited to the … Read the Rest »

iRacing to Build Virtual Williams Grove Speedway

April 13th, 2016 by David Phillips

iRacing.com and Williams Grove Speedway today announced plans to build a digital version of the historic central Pennsylvania clay oval for the popular online motorsport simulation service.   The world’s leading centralized racing game platform, iRacing recently announced plans to add dirt race tracks and racing cars to its service. Click here a video of iRacing’s … Read the Rest »

iRacing to Add Dirt Oval Racing

April 1st, 2016 by David Phillips

iRacing.com today announced plans to add dirt surface race tracks and cars to its popular online motorsports simulation service. The world’s leading centralized racing game platform, iRacing enables sim racers to compete in more than 50 different digital race cars on laser-scanned replicas of the world’s most renowned racing circuits, including every track on the … Read the Rest »

iRacing to Sponsor Nurburgring 1000

August 4th, 2014 by

Bedford, MA (August 4, 2014) – iRacing.com, whose popular online racing game is recognized as the most accurate simulation of “real” racing, today announced it will sponsor the Nurburgring 1000. Round 5 of the Blancpain Endurance Series, the “iRacing.com Nurburgring 1000”, is scheduled for the weekend of September 19-21. Motorsports fans attending the iRacing.com Nurburgring … Read the Rest »

iRacing Pro Race of Champions II on Tap for December 12

December 5th, 2012 by

International Cast of Racing All Stars to Battle Online at Iowa and Watkins Glen   Bedford, MA (December 12, 2011) –  A remarkably diverse collection of international racing talent is set to compete online in the second annual iRacing Pro Race of Champions on December 12. Drivers with resumes from NASCAR, IndyCar, GRAND-AM, ALMS, V8 Supercars, … Read the Rest »

Ray Alfalla Wins Second Straight NASCAR iRacing.com Title

October 3rd, 2012 by

More than $19,000 in Cash and Prizes to Top Series Finishers Bedford, MA (October 3, 2012) – Ray Alfalla captured his second consecutive NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship title last night when he drove to a  fifth place finish in the online racing series’ season finale on iRacing’s digital version of Homestead-Miami Speedway.   The Cape … Read the Rest »