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Laughton & King Trade Wins at Pocono

June 12th, 2014 by

Pocono was the next location for the NASCAR iRacing Series as the teams drive themselves towards the midpoint of the season. ‘The Bermuda Triangle’ hosted some thrilling sim racing in Week 14 – even if most of the actual competition lasted only a few laps at a time what with the many caution laps over … Read the Rest »

Hamstead Triumphs on The Mountain

June 10th, 2014 by

With the iRacing.com V8 Supercars Series settling in for Week 6 at the Legendary Mount Panorama, this was a race which brought out many veteran drivers who heard the call of the mountains once again. Twenty-one of some of the best iRacing.com V8 Supercar drivers showed up, but only one could truly conquer The Mountain. … Read the Rest »

Behind the Scenes: The NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series at Dover

June 9th, 2014 by

The Mighty Monster We see it all too often in motorsports:  A team spends countless hours preparing a car, makes sure every single detail is perfect, executes the best race strategy possible and still comes up short despite their best efforts.  We see it almost weekly in the Sprint Cup Series with Kevin Harvick, and … Read the Rest »

Price Inflation! Two-Time Defending Truck Champ Raises Stakes at Dover

June 9th, 2014 by

As Season 2 of the 2014 NASCAR iRacing.com Class B Open Series approaches the midway point, it is obvious there is no clear-cut favorite to take home the sim-racing championship.  After four races of the young season were put into the books, no driver had pulled a repeat win and that streak remained intact after … Read the Rest »

Conti Masters the Monster

June 5th, 2014 by

Week 13 of the NASCAR iRacing Series brought the teams and drivers to Dover International Speedway, all with the aim of competing with many drivers of the same skill level. iRacing’s iRatings system enables 32 drivers of the same speed to race against against each other, and this week  the one mile track brought the … Read the Rest »

Billy the Kid? Try Ryan the Comeback Kid…

June 4th, 2014 by

The virtual Silver Crowns of iRacing were loaded in digital big rigs and hauled out to the desert of Phoenix, Arizona for Round Five of the iRacing Silver Crown Cup. After last week’s thrilling 40 lap sim race in Indianapolis, some short track action was the right medicine for the sim racers. With three of … Read the Rest »

Conti Rides High with Dover Victory

June 4th, 2014 by

Michael Conti pulled-off a surprising victory in Round Seven of the 2014 NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series at Dover International Speedway Tuesday night, beating Chris Overland, PJ Stergios and Nick Ottinger on a restart with three laps to go. The win was Conti’s second triumph in the last three in the NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series events. … Read the Rest »

Bordoy Does It Again for Week 5 GT3

June 3rd, 2014 by

The iRacing.com GT3 Challenge wraps up an exciting week of racing at Autódromo José Carlos Pace in Sao Paulo, Brazil for Week 5 of the 2014 Season 2 series. With close to 1,900 different drivers entering this week, tensions flared as the 30 minute sprint race saw many sim-racers fighting not only to the finish, … Read the Rest »

Strategy Double-“Cross”-es Richmond

June 3rd, 2014 by

Week Five of the 2014 Season 2 iRacing.com IndyCar Oval Series sent the series to Richmond International Raceway. Only 28 sim-racers participated in online races throughout the week, nearly matching a season low in participation. Handling  and pit strategy would be the stories throughout the week of sim-racing with the new Dallara DW12. Christopher Demeritt … Read the Rest »

A Design Contest Story: From iRacing to Real Racing

June 2nd, 2014 by

Last year, by the month of October, I was taking a look on the iRacing forums for paint requests. I’m a Brazilian graphic designer, living in Rio de Janeiro, and had decided to offer my services for the community – as many of you reading this right now already know. Before, I would only paint … Read the Rest »