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Does NASCAR Need More Road Races?

May 13th, 2015 by

The year was 2012 and the scene was Race 22 at Watkins Glen International for the Finger Lakes 355 at the Glen: over 90,000 fans watched as 43 NASCAR drivers negotiated 90 laps of the historic 2.45 mile road course. After 89-laps of hard fought racing, however, the true battle finally began on the last … Read the Rest »

Boes Pulls Pocono Upset

May 6th, 2015 by

Allen Boes scored the first win of his NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series Powered by iRacing career on Tuesday night at Pocono Raceway, becoming the most improbable winner thus far in 2015. Boes ran near the back for most of the race and narrowly avoided two wrecks before pit strategy enabled him to stay out for … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Nelson Rivera

May 4th, 2015 by

New York iRacer Nelson Rivera has been around the online racing service for a while, eight years and two months to be exact. A member since March of 2007, the soon-to-be-fifty year old is a well-seasoned veteran of iRacing and has achieved a lot in his sim racing career. In 632 total oval starts, he … Read the Rest »

Tough Times in Richmond

May 4th, 2015 by

Week 8 of the 2015 NASCAR iRacing Series Open takes us to another southern short track, Richmond International Raceway.  I enjoy sim racing at Richmond, but I don’t always get good results. I either finish well here or get involved in a crash, sometimes both. I had a good run here last year in the … Read the Rest »

Flawless Victory for Grigg-Gault

May 1st, 2015 by

As the iRacing.com V8 Supercars Americas series officially passed the halfway mark of 2015 Season 2, fans were treated to an excellent display of skill and dedication at the hands of SDC Motorsports’ Ethan Grigg-Gault. For 30-laps at the historic Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Grigg-Gault took 18 of his fellow sim-racers to school as he demonstrated … Read the Rest »

Behind the Scenes: NASCAR Peak Antifreeze Series – Goodbye My Friend

April 29th, 2015 by

I can still remember those days as a child. My mother picking me up from school, pulling into the driveway at my house and seeing my neighbor, a mid-30s man with dark hair, gym shorts, and a pair of well-used sandals, tending to his garden, simply enjoying life.  He would stand up from his work, … Read the Rest »

Gale Force Racing, LSRTV and Bussa Team Up for NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series

April 28th, 2015 by

Gale Force Racing and LiveSimRacingTV (LSRTV) announced Monday an 11 race partnership that will power the No. 34 of Matt Bussa through the remainder of the 2015 NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series powered by iRacing. Under the agreement, LSRTV will serve as primary sponsor and be featured on all primary sponsor locations onboard the No. 34 … Read the Rest »

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 »