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Lovingood Sixth Weekly Class B (Open) Winner

June 20th, 2014 by

Week Six took the NASCAR iRacing.com Class B Open Series to the close confines of Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis, Indiana.  The .686-mile oval, better known to many as Indianapolis Raceway Park, was a new venue on iRacing to the Impalas and Mustangs and after lots of bent sheet metal, the series saw its sixth … Read the Rest »

Making it Real

June 18th, 2014 by

With more than 150 wins to his credits on the ovals and road courses of iRacing.com, it’s fair to say Scott Heckert is a serious sim-racer.  It’s also fair to say he’s a very serious professional racer.  A former karter and Skip Barber Racing School graduate, the Ridgefield CT native won Rookie of the Year … Read the Rest »

Ellis Finds Victory in Final Laps

June 18th, 2014 by

Week Seven of the 2014 Season 2 iRacing.com V8 Supercars Series wrapped-up its Florida visit with a spectacular race at Sebring International Raceway. Nineteen sim-racers settled in for a 22 lap event which saw Shaun Kelly take pole position with a lap time of 2:02.965. From the drop of the green flag, Kelly got off … Read the Rest »

Di Palo Captures Week 7 GT3 Victory

June 18th, 2014 by

Week 7 of the iRacing.com GT3 Challenge Series has concluded an exciting week of sim racing at Circuit Zolder. With over 1,300 different sim-racers registering for official races, the competition was tough and very close on this winding road course. So close, in fact, that the podium finishers for this week only had 12 points … Read the Rest »

Laughton Outruns Conti and Ottinger at Michigan

June 18th, 2014 by

With the way Chad Laughton’s 2014 season has been going, everyone knew it was only a matter of time before he would find victory lane.  The time finally came last night.  Laughton won his first race in the NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series Powered by iRacing at Michigan International Speedway after passing series points leader Michael … Read the Rest »

“Cross”ing off Texas

June 16th, 2014 by

Week Six of the 2014 Season 2 iRacing.com IndyCar Oval Series sent the series to Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. A total 58 sim-racers took to the track this week. The stories of the week would handling and be the ability to keep up with the leaders. Brandon Trost (Pennsylvania) started on pole, … Read the Rest »

NASCAR iRacing Series Open Garage: Michigan

June 13th, 2014 by

We are into the second half of the 2014 NASCAR iRacing Series as we pull the trailer into Michigan International Speedway. By now you should be familiar with most of the common changes we can make to the chassis of a race car to adjust its handling, control its temperatures and increase its speed off … Read the Rest »

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 »