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Majeski, the Late Models Maestro

April 26th, 2013 by

Lying in the Estrella Mountains in the sparsely populated Arizona desert is something that in itself is very alive: Phoenix International Raceway.  PIR is the beating heart at the center of the beastly desert and the roar of the engines at one of NASCAR’s finest racing facilities can be heard for miles around. Though the … Read the Rest »

Ruggier Keeps Title Hopes Alive

April 18th, 2013 by

Round 11 of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series headed to Lime Rock Park for the first time in a few years. The championship had a new leader coming into New England with Madison Down leading Justin Ruggier by 44 points with Joshua Muggleton still in the hunt just a few points behind Ruggier. Ruggier couldn’t … Read the Rest »

Class B Action in the Lone Star State

April 18th, 2013 by

Week 11 of the NASCAR iRacing.com Class B Series headed to the Lone Star State for the final mile and half week of the season.  Texas Motor Speedway is known for its high speeds and tricky corner exits and would be sure to provide a challenge to all drivers.  442 sim-racers would start a race … Read the Rest »

An Open Letter from Target/Ganassi to Toyota GP of Long Beach GP Pro/Celebrity Drivers

April 17th, 2013 by

April 17, 2013 Dear Drivers, It’s the Target Racing Indy car drivers here, with some (unsolicited) advice as you prepare to hit the track this weekend at The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Pro/Celebrity Race. Think you can just put on a fire suit and slide into a race car for 10 adrenaline-pumping laps … Read the Rest »

Class B Rocks

April 17th, 2013 by

Rockingham Speedway played host to the tenth week of the season for the NASCAR iRacing.com Class B Series.  A fixture on the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series for years, Rockingham was brought back to light by Andy Hillenburg and staff in 2008.  134 sim-racers would take to the high banked mile oval for Week … Read the Rest »

The NASCAR iRacing Road to Pro: Week 8 of 8

April 16th, 2013 by

Editor’s note:  Brennan Mercer has been at it again: toting-up actual and potential points  for the 2013 Season One NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series (open setup).  As the top ten points finishers not already holding a Pro or Pro/WC license from Seasons 1, 2 and 3 in the Class “A” open setup NASCAR series qualify … Read the Rest »

Humpe Dominates Paperclip

April 12th, 2013 by

Martinsville hosted top sim racers from all over the world for week six of the NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series (NiCAS) eight week season. Over thirty shiny new Gen6 stockcars would enter the ancient speedy, and hardly any would leave without some sort of damage. Any racer can make decent lap times around the paperclip … Read the Rest »

Down Dominates at the Island

April 5th, 2013 by

Round Nine of the iRacing.com V8 Supercars Series headed back to Australia and Phillip Island to start the run home with the series now into the final month of racing and into the drop rounds. Justin Ruggier took over the championship lead last round with Madison Down now in second place.  Joshua Muggleton has been … Read the Rest »

Huffman Claims Iowa in Gen6

April 5th, 2013 by

Iowa Speedway located in Newton, Iowa hosted Week Five of the shortened NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series (NiCAS) season. Despite being just short of one mile in length, the Gen6 stockcars blister around the moonlit D shaped oval. The track designed by NASCAR legend Rusty Wallace offers a lot of unique characteristics for drivers and … Read the Rest »

Conti Regains Form in Phoenix

April 3rd, 2013 by

Michael Conti’s first two NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship races had all the makings of a sophomore slump. Shockingly, he failed to qualify for the season opener at Daytona, then could not crack the top 20 the following week at Las Vegas. Mired deep in the standings, Conti needed a breakthrough . . . and … Read the Rest »