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iRacers Well-Prepared for Brickyard Grand Prix

July 25th, 2012 by

Track-time will be at a premium when the GRAND-AM Rolex Series races at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the first time in Friday’s Brickyard Grand Prix.  Specifically, the one day event will limit drivers and teams to an hour’s worth of practice and a single 15 minute qualifying session before the green flag waves at … Read the Rest »

Close Racing Causes A Stir in Loudon

July 20th, 2012 by

Anytime the NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series (NiCAS) heads to Loudon, New Hampshire it is always a nail biter, but this weeks door to door racing action created quite a stir around the online racing community. Whenever high horsepower stock cars are put on a relatively flat oval, it is begging for full contact, high … Read the Rest »

Crawford Wins Again

July 18th, 2012 by

New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, NH was the location where the action took place for Week 11. Sim racers traveled to the “Granite State” in hopes of scoring enough points to knock off championship leader Jared Crawford (Michigan). During the week, 563 people attempted one race while 153 people attempted at least one qualifying … Read the Rest »

Sandt Dominates (Again) at Stafford

July 16th, 2012 by

While all the focus of the NASCAR iRacing.com SK Modified Series may be on the championship battle between Richard Smith and Marc Pilon, Robert Sandt is quickly emerging as the driver to beat. As the series headed to Jack Arute’s Stafford Motor Speedway, Sandt drove to a solid victory for the second consecutive week and … Read the Rest »

iRacer of the Week: Kevin King

July 16th, 2012 by

We all have those races we love to remember, like making a last lap pass for the victory at Daytona International Speedway or dominating the race at Watkins Glen. Then we have those races we want to forget, for example crashing in a race at Talladega Superspeedway or being spun out on the last lap. … Read the Rest »

Participation Soars for Daytona Night Race

July 11th, 2012 by

As if a trip to the famed Daytona International Raceway itself wasn’t enough incentive to break out the racing gloves, this week the NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series (NiCAS) took us under the lights on the freshly repaved surface for seventy laps of nerve racking drafting. In 2010 the aging asphalt was getting worn down … Read the Rest »

Malik Ray Wins Daytona SoF Race

July 11th, 2012 by

For the tenth week of the season, the NiCBS traveled to the sunshine state to race the famous Daytona International Speedway. Daytona is known for high participation and big points. . Drivers took to the track under the lights in hopes in cashing in on the high points payouts.  For the week, 1668 drivers ran … Read the Rest »

King Wins Chaotic Dover

July 11th, 2012 by

Earlier this season’s NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship, Kevin King looked poised for a win at Phoenix International Raceway before contact on a restart late in the race sent him spinning from contention. This time at Dover International Speedway, there was no late-race drama and King capitalized on the opportunity to take his first NiSWC … Read the Rest »

iRacer of the Week: Michael Conti

July 9th, 2012 by

As most of us know, the iRacing population is mostly filled with adults. But there are also plenty of teenagers and young kids who take part in sim-racing. Logically, if you compare adults to the overall youth on iRacing, the adults should run better and win more races based on the years of experience that … Read the Rest »

Premier GRAND-AM Round-Up

July 6th, 2012 by

It’s been a busy few weeks in the Premier GRAND-AM iRacing.com Online Sports Car Series, the sim-racing championship run exclusively on the iRacing.com Motorsport Simulation service. The 10 race series hosts digital replicas of the Riley Mk XX Daytona Prototype and Ford Mustang FR500S, on millimetre precise virtual versions of some of America’s greatest road … Read the Rest »