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iRacer Josh Berry Takes First NASCAR Late Model Win for JR Motorsports

May 3rd, 2011 by

Veteran iRacer and JR Motorsports late model driver Josh Berry’s gutsy driving paid dividends for the team, as he became a first-time winner in the No. 72 Chevrolet following Saturday’s Aqua Pros Twin 100 at Motor Mile Speedway.  Berry took a fourth-place qualifying effort and led the final 50 laps to earn JRM its first … Read the Rest »

Caudill Comes-Up Huge

April 28th, 2011 by

Jim Caudill Jr. once again came up huge, this time putting a seal on the 2011 Season 1 NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series Championship (NiCAS). The Mid-South sim racer reminded everyone what he is capable of throughout the season but especially in holding-off a hard charging Josh Berry in the final weeks to win the … Read the Rest »

Alfalla Shines Under the Lights of Richmond

April 27th, 2011 by

Ray Alfalla collected his second NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship victory of the season last night, holding-off Josh Parker over several late-race restarts at Richmond International Raceway. Alfalla led the field for most of the evening, with the JDR Graphics Chevy setting pace for a race high 146 of 200 laps. The online race was … Read the Rest »

Bump, Run and Win

April 13th, 2011 by

Jeremy R Allen became the newest NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship (NiSWC) race winner on Tuesday night, taking the victory at Talladega Superspeedway.  The Indianapolis sim racer led only five of the 90 laps, but they were the most important five of the whole race.  Late race contact with Theo Olson ended-up with Olson spinning … Read the Rest »

Berry Bumps to Martinsville Win

March 30th, 2011 by

Josh Berry emerged the winner at Martinsville Speedway after push came to shove in the final laps of last night’s NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship event.  With half a dozen laps remaining, Berry came to a restart behind series leader Ray Alfalla, Thomas Hazard and Josh Parker.  As Alfalla and Parker traded paint heading into … Read the Rest »

GRAND-AM Boot Camp

March 24th, 2011 by

A visit to the virtual finger-lakes of Watkins Glen played host to Round Six of the GRAND-AM iRacing.com Online Sports Car Series, where the Riley Mk XX Daytona Prototype and Ford Mustang FR500S continued their 12 week Championship on the ‘Boot’ configuration. Open to members of the iRacing.com Motorsport Simulation service, the mixed class online … Read the Rest »

iRacer Cassill Takes Over for Elliott

March 24th, 2011 by

iRacer and NASCAR driver Landon Cassill will take over driving duties for Phoenix Racing beginning at Auto Club Speedway this weekend.  Cassill, 21, replaces 1988 NASCAR Cup champion Bill Elliott, who started the first four races of the season in the No. 09 Chevrolet. “Hopefully, I can do good enough to keep the car in … Read the Rest »

Power and Wilson Join iRacing.com for IZOD IndyCar Series

March 24th, 2011 by

At this weekend’s 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series season-opening Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, check out the helmets worn by last year’s first and second-place finishers, Will Power and Justin Wilson.  Both are big fans of iRacing.com, the world’s most authentic driving game, and for 2011 each has revised his helmet design to prominently feature … Read the Rest »

Halfway Home

March 17th, 2011 by

Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca marks the halfway point of the IZOD IndyCar Series’ six-race road course schedule. As the challenging circuit has been off the series’ schedule for a few seasons now, this week’s return to the Monterey Peninsula was as good an opportunity as the IZOD IndyCar Series sim racers would have to knock … Read the Rest »

Hazard Grabs Win in Thunder Valley

March 16th, 2011 by

Thomas Hazard took the victory at Bristol Motor Speedway in Round Three of the NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship (NiSWC), holding-off teammate Josh Berry during a flurry of late race restarts. Hazard spent nearly every lap of the race running in the top five, just biding his time. He made his move on the long … Read the Rest »