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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 »

Kiss Rocks and Michaels Parties at Homestead

March 10th, 2011 by

Round Five of the GRAND-AM iRacing.com Online Sports Car Series brought the virtual Riley MkXX Daytona Prototypes and Ford Mustang FR500S together at the Homestead-Miami Speedway for a mixed class battle on the Road Course B configuration. Open to members of the iRacing.com Motorsport Simulation service, the two tier Championship is fought across a 12 … Read the Rest »

What’s in a Name?

March 10th, 2011 by

The NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series stormed into Long Pond, Pennsylvania for a visit to the “Tricky Triangle” this past week. Pocono Raceway lived up to its nickname — and more — as a flurry of drivers proved they could not handle the challenges posed by the unique three-cornered speedway . The yellow silk was … Read the Rest »

A Wise Voice for iRacing

March 10th, 2011 by

NASCAR Nationwide Series driver Josh Wise is the latest pro racer to tout the benefits of iRacing.com, both for the fun factor and as a serious tool for helping him improve his “game.”  The youngest champion in USAC history, Wise caught the eye of another USAC champion – Tony Stewart – who helped him break … Read the Rest »

Berry Bursts to Victory at Michigan

March 8th, 2011 by

The virtual Brooklyn, Michigan played host to round five of the NASCAR iRacing Class C Series (NiCCS) tour as the world’s top sim racers visited the two-mile Michigan International Speedway. The high-speed track lends itself to lots of side-by-side and action-filled online races as was seen over seven days of intense competition and in the … Read the Rest »