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Van Gisbergen Tops V8 Supercar Field in Belgium

June 29th, 2012 by

Round Eight of the iRacing.com V8 Supercars Series presented by BigPond visited one of the world’s most famous tracks: Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps – aka Spa.  Located in Belgium’s Ardennes Mountains, Spa is 7km in length with a total of 20 turns. After missing the last round owing to Internet trouble, Madison Down celebrated his return … Read the Rest »

Crawford Wins Caution Free Race

June 27th, 2012 by

Richmond International Raceway was the location for Week Eight of the season. Drivers would race under the lights at the 0.75 mile track. Jared Crawford (Michigan) looked to continue his current domination of the series while other drivers look to steal Crawford’s thunder. 509 drivers attempted at least one race during the week while 162 … Read the Rest »

Hall Grabs First NiSWC Win at Kentucky

June 27th, 2012 by

Robert Hall captured his first career NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship win at Kentucky Speedway, using pit strategy with 18 laps remaining to take a lead he would hold to the finish. While erstwhile leaders Ray Alfalla and Steve Sheehan played it safe and took four tires on the final round of pit stops during … Read the Rest »

Hamstead Back On Top In Virginia

June 22nd, 2012 by

Round Seven of the iRacing.com V8 Supercars Series presented by BigPond took the teams to the community of Alton, near Danville, Virginia and Virginia International Raceway.  VIR, as it’s known, is a 5.26km track in length with 17 corners and is without a doubt one of the series’ most challenging tracks.  With acres of grass … Read the Rest »

Crawford Continues His Domination

June 20th, 2012 by

Brooklyn, Michigan was the site of racing for Week Seven on the Nascar iRacing.com Class B Series. Drivers looked to tackle the fast two mile oval in hopes of stopping Jared Crawrord’s (Michigan) domination of the series. In all, 1069 drivers attempted at least one race while 305 put down at least one lap in … Read the Rest »

NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series Pocono Report

June 18th, 2012 by

A trip to Long Pond, Pennsylvania for some racing around Pocono Raceway was exactly what some drivers needed to get their NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series (NiCAS) season back on track. Unlike any other track, Pocono offers three vastly different corners, and the longest straightaway in NASCAR. These factors combine to give drivers a feeling … Read the Rest »

Downs’ Magical Month Continues

June 15th, 2012 by

Round Six of the iRacing.com V8 Supercars Series presented by BigPond headed to England’s Oulton Park near the village known as Little Budworth in Cheshire. The 4.3km track features a double chicane on the back straight and offers few overtaking opportunities, so qualifying was the big talking point of the week. As had been the … Read the Rest »

Crawford Takes Over Lead

June 13th, 2012 by

For the sixth week of the season, the Nascar iRacing Class B series traveled to “Sin City”.  Top sim racers traveled out west to race the 1.5 mile Las Vegas Motor Speedway in hopes of winning the Season Two 2012 championship. In all, 574 drivers ran at least one race while 178 drivers attempted one … Read the Rest »

Down Owns the Night

June 11th, 2012 by

Round Five of the iRacing.com V8 Supercars Series presented by BigPond took the teams to Sebring International Raceway where, for the first and only time this season, the drivers would be racing in the dark!  The old 5.95 km airport circuit produced some good, close online racing which saw the drivers having to conserve 300ml … Read the Rest »

Premier GRAND-AM Mid-Ohio

June 7th, 2012 by

Returning to the fore following a break of several weeks, the Premier GRAND-AM iRacing.com Online Racing Series returned for its fourth round at the digital Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. The online racing series, hosted on iRacing.com’s millimetre perfect replicas of tracks from the real life GRAND-AM Rolex Series schedule, sees the Riley Mk XX Daytona … Read the Rest »