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Luis' Maiden Win Opens-Up Championship Fight

June 20th, 2011 by

After securing maximum points with his first ever victory in the series at Sebring International Raceway, Hugo Luis has reignited the fight for the top honours in the iRacing.com World Championship Series Road Racing. Starting from the second row of the grid, Luis patiently moved his way to the front of the pack, first taking … Read the Rest »

You know you're an iRacer when…

June 18th, 2011 by

(Many thanks to all those who contributed on the thread- sorry we can’t publish them all here. Among other things, it shows what a great community is the iRacing community- competitive, sharp and good humoured.) YOU KNOW YOU’RE AN iRACER WHEN…. – two cars pass you on either side on the freeway and you expect … Read the Rest »

Pocono's Mixed Bag

June 9th, 2011 by

The “Tricky Triangle” in Long Pond, Pennsylvania hosted Week Five of the NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series. World Championship drivers flooded into the Poconos and clustered at the top of the leader board, preparing for their NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship race at Pocono Raceway the following week. Pro and World Championship sim racers made … Read the Rest »

A Moving Experience

June 3rd, 2011 by

Whether you’re talking about concerts, plays, movies or any other kind of public performance, your experience with that performance is greatly influenced by the audience and the setting involved. I recall seeing Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines in a jam-packed cinema as a youth and, along with the rest of the audience, laughing … Read the Rest »

Kivekäs' Command Performance

May 23rd, 2011 by

Klaus Kivekäs blasted his way to the front of the 35 car field at the dusty, arid cauldron of online racing known as Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca to dominate Round Seven of the iRacing World Championship Series Road Racing (iWCSRR) and claim his second win of the season. Starting from fourth on the grid, the … Read the Rest »

iRacing Partners with McLaren Electronic Systems for Online Racing Data Analysis

May 5th, 2011 by

BEDFORD, MA  (May 5, 2011) – iRacing.com, the world’s leading online motorsports simulation service, announced today it is partnering with McLaren Electronic Systems to incorporate the ATLAS Express data analysis software into its system.  As a result, iRacing’s more than 25,000 members will now have access to similar data acquisition and telemetry software used on … Read the Rest »

iRacing.com Teams with JR Motorsports to Announce iRacing 2.0

May 3rd, 2011 by

BEDFORD, MA (May 3, 2011) – The JR Motorsports  No.7 Chevrolet, driven by Josh Wise, will race under iRacing.com colors in two NASCAR Nationwide Series events this summer in support of the all-new iRacing 2.0,  the popular online racing service’s dramatic new software release.  This long awaited release will add many user enhancements and features … Read the Rest »

iRacing.com Announces iRacing 2.0

May 3rd, 2011 by

World’s Premier Online, Multiplayer Racing Game to Release Revolutionary Updates over the Summer Months BEDFORD, MA (April 20, 2011) – iRacing.com today formally announced its most dramatic software release to date – Version 2.0. Coming in the summer of 2011, iRacing 2.0 will feature enhancements across the board for the popular online, multi-player racing title. … Read the Rest »

The Mother of Sim Racing

April 7th, 2011 by

When my iRacing colleague Otto Szebini e-mailed me a series of photos from the NVIDIA home office showing, among other things, a Jim Clark tribute Lotus/sim racing chassis, it triggered a complex series of memories . . . not least of which (thanks to a timely reminder from David Malsher at Racer magazine) are those … Read the Rest »

Turner Claims the "Pot of Gold" at Road Atlanta

March 21st, 2011 by

Red Sox Racing League members had a short trip from last week’s online race at Homestead to this week’s event at Road Atlanta.  Race number nine on the league’s 2011 schedule was the 27 lap “Oh I wish I were in Dixie, Away, Away” event.  Road Atlanta is situated in the hills of northeast Georgia.  … Read the Rest »