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Trevor Bayne First Drove Daytona on iRacing.com

February 23rd, 2011 by

It was standing room only in the Daytona media center this past Sunday afternoon when Trevor Bayne walked in following his dramatic win in the Daytona 500.  But in the same room a year earlier, just a handful of people looked on as drove an iRacing.com-powered simulator while Michael Waltrip talked him around Daytona International … Read the Rest »

IZOD IndyCar Premier Series Debuts at MIS

February 23rd, 2011 by

The new iRacing.com IZOD IndyCar Premier Series (iIIPS) debuted last week at Michigan International Speedway.  As the series name suggests, the iIIPS is the world’s foremost online IndyCar race series.  Sanctioned by INDYCAR®, the iIIPS is a 16 race, 36 week series contested on ovals and road courses on alternating weekends.  Oval Premier and Road … Read the Rest »

GRAND-AM and iRacing.com Announce Premier Online Sports Car Series

February 17th, 2011 by

10-Race, 26-Week Virtual Racing Series To Mirror Rolex Series Schedule When GRAND-AM and iRacing.com announced the GRAND-AM iRacing.com Online Sports Car Series last fall, driving game aficionados, sim racers and sports car racing fans responded enthusiastically.   The series, which runs 12-week seasons and features multi-class racing, quickly became one of the most popular among iRacing.com’s … Read the Rest »

Virginia's GRAND-AM

February 16th, 2011 by

Virginia International Raceway played host to Round Two of the GRAND-AM iRacing.com Online Sports Car Series, the virtual-racing Championship open to members of the iRacing Motorsport Simulations service. Racing in near-perfect replicas of the Riley MKXX Daytona Prototype and the Ford Mustang FR500S, the 12 week mixed-class series will crown its overall and ten divisional … Read the Rest »

Virginia’s GRAND-AM

February 16th, 2011 by

Virginia International Raceway played host to Round Two of the GRAND-AM iRacing.com Online Sports Car Series, the virtual-racing Championship open to members of the iRacing Motorsport Simulations service. Racing in near-perfect replicas of the Riley MKXX Daytona Prototype and the Ford Mustang FR500S, the 12 week mixed-class series will crown its overall and ten divisional … Read the Rest »

Alfalla Wins a Wild Opener

February 16th, 2011 by

With thousands watching via the live broadcast on iRacing.com, Ray Alfalla came home the winner in a wild Round One of the 2011 Nascar iRacing.com Series World Championship at Daytona International Speedway on Tuesday evening.   The Floridian took over the top spot when Jesse Atchison crashed-out of the lead on Lap 86 and stayed in … Read the Rest »

Tonight's NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship Opener Broadcast Live

February 14th, 2011 by

Tonight’s 2011 NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship opener at Daytona International Speedway will be broadcast by PSRTV live on iRacing.com.  The veteran announcer Nim Cross will once again handle the play-by-play and color commentating duties. The race starts at 9 pm ET (Wednesday, February 16 at 0200 GMT) . . . but why wait? Tune … Read the Rest »

Tonight’s NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship Opener Broadcast Live

February 14th, 2011 by

Tonight’s 2011 NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship opener at Daytona International Speedway will be broadcast by PSRTV live on iRacing.com.  The veteran announcer Nim Cross will once again handle the play-by-play and color commentating duties. The race starts at 9 pm ET (Wednesday, February 16 at 0200 GMT) . . . but why wait? Tune … Read the Rest »

Time for 2011 NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship

February 10th, 2011 by

The time has come. The 2011 NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship (NiSWC) is ready to kick off its second year on Tuesday and the quality of competition appears to be second to none. The new class of 20 drivers from the 2010 NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series (NiPS) is extremely deep with talent but let’s not … Read the Rest »

A Different Route

February 9th, 2011 by

The road to the NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship will take on a bit of a different route this year, challenging hopeful sim racers in every way imaginable. Instead of handing out 350 “Pro” licenses to the top 350 ranked drivers, iRacing will let anyone and everyone attempt to fight their way to the top. … Read the Rest »