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A Polish Victory Lap in Homestead

April 28th, 2015 by

Week Five of the 2015 Season 2 iRacing.com IndyCar Combined Series sent the series Homestead-Miami Speedway. A total of 168 sim-racers took to the track in South Florida throughout a week where aero push, cautions, crashes, domination, fuel mileage, handling, lap traffic, pit strategy, pit road entrances and exits, and tire wear were just some … Read the Rest »

Fast, Just Not Fast Enough

April 27th, 2015 by

Week 7 of the 2015 NASCAR iRacing Series Open takes us to Thunder Valley, aka Bristol Motor Speedway. Bristol is a track you either love or hate. Many people love Bristol for its fast half mile racing; others dislike Bristol cause of the beat ‘n bang nature of short tracks. Personally, Bristol is a track … Read the Rest »

Preston Perseveres, Wins at Oran Park

April 24th, 2015 by

Week 5 of the iRacing.com V8 Supercars Americas series at the legendary Oran Park Raceway continued the tight challenge for the Season 2 championship and brought with it a series of epic battles all the way to the end. For 55 laps, the virtual Ford Falcons and Holden Commodores negotiated the 12 turns of the … Read the Rest »

NASCAR iRacing Series Week 9: Pratt’s Motor Speedway (aka Richmond)

April 24th, 2015 by

After a great third place at Bristol, we opened Week 9 of the NASCAR iRacing Series at Pratt’s Motor Speedway. The team has requested and been granted the use of the new track name based on the six NiS races run here. Of those six races Falcon Racing has a fourth, three fifths and a … Read the Rest »

Trost Triumphs at Motegi

April 23rd, 2015 by

Week Three of the 2015 Season 2 iRacing.com IndyCar Combined Series sent the series Twin Ring Motegi. A total of 109 sim-racers took to the track in “The Land of the Rising Sun” throughout the week. Aero push, cautions, crashes, handling, lap traffic, pit strategy, restarts and tire wear were just some of the storylines … Read the Rest »

Burnin’ Rubber & Cash Lone Star-style

April 22nd, 2015 by

The stars at night are big and bright… Deep in the Heart of Texas! Welcome everyone to the beautiful Dallas / Fort Worth area, where everything is bigger than everywhere else.  This includes the paychecks, as this is one of the bigger races of the season, with a nice purse for the top five finishers.  … Read the Rest »

Greatness and Not So Greatness

April 22nd, 2015 by

NASCAR iRacing Series Week 8 at Bristol was one of Greatness and not so Greatness. Wednesday we ran the first of the Open races and it went well, no yellows as I came around to complete Lap Five.  A short time later I found I had completed eight laps . . . and had 31 … Read the Rest »

Humpe’s Richmond Runaway

April 22nd, 2015 by

Kenny Humpe continued his early-season dominance of the NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series Powered by iRacing by winning his third race of the young season at Richmond International Raceway. The Richmond was the most impressive of the three, with Humpe pacing the field for every lap save for a scoring mix-up under caution. A flurry of … Read the Rest »

Texas Tire Management

April 17th, 2015 by

Week 6 of the 2015 NASCAR iRacing Series Open takes us back out to the western United States: Texas Motor Speedway! Texas has always been a track where I have struggled to finish well; in fact my best result here last year was only 12th. However, I always try to look at each week positively, … Read the Rest »

From Online to On-Track Competition, Byron Quickly Finds Success

April 13th, 2015 by

Stock car racing first caught William Byron’s attention at age 6 when he was channel surfing on his family’s TV, but it was iRacing on his computer that eventually led him to on-track competition. Today, the 17-year-old Byron is driving for two Mooresville-based teams: HScott Motorsports with Justin Marks in NASCAR’s K&N Pro Series East, … Read the Rest »