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Chase Elliott takes Jr. Motorsports Star Car to Daytona Victory

February 20th, 2016 by Dave Moulthrop

  Daytona Speedweeks are going just fine for second generation driver Chase Elliott. He started of the week by winning his first Sprint Cup Coors Light Pole Position for The Daytona 500 and book ended the week on the eve of the 500 by winning the 35Th Annual  Xfinity Series, Powershares QQQ 300 on Saturday. … Read the Rest »

Hoose Steals Win at Five Flags

February 16th, 2016 by Chris Wolfson

There was no love lost in the Bootleg Racing League the night before Valentine’s Day as the Outlaw Modified Series sim racers unloaded at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, FL.  Matt Hoose (#21) leads the points battle over Brian Neff (#60) by a single point.  Neff was on a hot-streak coming into the SK Modified … Read the Rest »

Warstler is Perfect in Kentucky

February 15th, 2016 by Ken Rodriguez

The iROC HPP Simulation Grand National Series headed south to Sparta, Kentucky on Wednesday evening for the LouisvilleChevyDude.com 150 at the 1.5-mile Kentucky Speedway. The ambiance in the garage area prior to race time was one of excitement and exhilaration, as all of the drivers and teams prepared for a sim racing extravaganza in the Bluegrass State.

Xtreme Road Excitement at Laguna, Monza

February 14th, 2016 by Jeff Jacobs

With grids packed full of Mustangs and MX-5s, the Laguna Seca and Monza GP road courses on iRacing.com provided two thrilling races and set up an exciting championship points race with one-third of the season complete. Week three in the XtremeMotorsports99.com Continental Tire series featured 60 minutes of sim-racing at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, with … Read the Rest »

Hamlin Opens NASCAR Speedweeks with Win for Joe Gibbs Racing

February 14th, 2016 by Dave Moulthrop

  The battle for on track supremacy took right back where it left off at the end of the last season during the 4th Annual Sprint Unlimited at Daytona International Speedway. When the dust had settled in the 75 lap non-points race it was a side by side battle with Denny Hamlin’s Gibbs Toyota and … Read the Rest »

In Development: Animation

February 12th, 2016 by

We talked with David – our Senior Animator – about his plans for advancing animation in iRacing. We’ll look into what we have in store for our upcoming build, and what we have planned for the future – including pit crews.

Practice Makes Instinct: Applying Sim-Racing to Everyday Driving

February 12th, 2016 by Paul Slavonik

Wyatt Gooden, Glen McGee, Ty Majeski… These are just a few sim-racers who took the experience they gained from the iRacing.com Motorsports Simulation software and successfully translated it to real-life racing. As a result, their names were catapulted to stardom in the sim-racing world and rightfully so as they’ve been able to do what few … Read the Rest »

First Medical Equipment Joins Lionheart IndyCar Series as Presenting Sponsor

February 11th, 2016 by Jason Galvin

The Lionheart IndyCar Series, the premier open-wheel fixed setup league on the iRacing.com service, made three giant announcements today. For the first time in series history, the league announced a series sponsor: The Lionheart IndyCar Series presented by First Medical Equipment is ready to go for season four. “When we started this league, I never … Read the Rest »

iRacing’s McGee Selected for JJ Racing Development Team

February 11th, 2016 by

JJ Racing Development (JJRD), an industry leader in coaching and driver development services among the junior and pro-levels of motorsports, has selected iRacer, turned professional Mazda race car driver, Glenn McGee to join their 2016 driver development program. In addition to JJRD’s full coaching services, designed to prepare drivers for the demands of a professional … Read the Rest »

The Mountain Hosts Blancpain Endurance

February 11th, 2016 by Paul Slavonik

Coinciding with the world-famous motorsports spectacle known as the Bathurst 12-hour, iRacing’s Blancpain Endurance Series took to their digital counterpart of the iconic Mount Panorama for three-hours of sim-racing around the 3.8 mile road course. As the Bathurst 12-hour got underway, iRacing fans were also rewarded by seeing fellow iRacer Shane van Gisbergen set the … Read the Rest »