All News: Bristol Motor Speedway

Two Continents, Two Victories

June 18th, 2014 by

The Land of the Rising Sun is home to many famous race tracks, such as Suzuka, Okayama and Twin Ring Motegi. And the iRacing Silver Crown Cup visited the historic racing land of Motegi for a white-knuckle 65 lap sim race last Thursday night. While the sim racing was cleaner than last season’s event, the … Read the Rest »

Buchberger Thrashes to Victory at Bristol

April 2nd, 2014 by

After an exciting, draft-filled week of sim-racing on the virtual plains of Kansas, the iRacing Silver Crown Cup traveled east to the last great (digital) colosseum: Bristol Motor Speedway. This half-mile re-creation of the historic speedway produced some classic sim-racing during Thursday night’s event. With drivers having such experience with this car/track combination, the yellow … Read the Rest »

Tough as Steele

March 27th, 2014 by

The iRacing.com Silver Crown Cup raced their way into the virtual plains of Kansas for the first race with this car at Kansas Speedway. With many unknowns prior to the event, there was more uncertainty than ever as to who would emerge victorious in Thursday’s sim race.  Jeffery Mays snagged the pole away from Thomas … Read the Rest »

Kusheba’s Streak Continues; Lopez Wins in Bristol

March 20th, 2014 by

Week 4 of the NASCAR iRacing Series brings the online racers to Bristol Motor Speedway, the shortest track on the calendar. With its small straights and 30-degree banking, Bristol still provides great yet fast racing. Qualifying proved very close with laps of around 15 seconds, meaning there was no time for mistakes on a hot … Read the Rest »

Hudson, Kusheba Take Control in Vegas

March 13th, 2014 by

NASCAR iRacing Series Round 3: Las Vegas Motor Speedway The ‘Diamond in the Desert’ hosted Week 3 of the 2014 NASCAR iRacing Series. The 1.5 mile Las Vegas Motor Speedway was the location for both the Fixed and Open setup online races this week, with just over 1500 sim-racers trying to prove they could be … Read the Rest »

A Team of One: Bristol Motor Speedway

March 12th, 2014 by

Other than the fight, the most exciting thing at Dirt Devils Speedway was how simple the set-ups were. It’s always exciting seeing a girl that can bench more than Mark Martin start a fight but the cross weight was unreal. So was the camber! With the monsoon that came through this week the track felt … Read the Rest »

A Team of One

March 4th, 2014 by

I really want to write a monologue on how I hate change. Specifically, change from the standard. I think we can all agree that a 1.5 mile cookie-cutter is the standard in NASCAR tracks. Las Vegas is the standard of the standard. Fairly new surface, progressive banking . . . a set-up builder’s dream. I’m … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Justin Laxton

March 4th, 2014 by

Justin Laxton could possibly be one of the quickest learners on iRacing.com. He joined the service on March 12th, 2013 and since the beginning of the year, his oval iRating has increased by over 1000. Born in 1988, Laxton, who currently lives in Verona, Wisconsin.  He has started 426 oval races and visited virtual victory … Read the Rest »

Kusheba Regains Points Lead as Poulin Tops Bristol

March 2nd, 2014 by

While some of the top iRacing Pros turned their attention to the start of the NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series at Daytona, Week Four of the  iRacing.com PEAK Stock Car Dreams National Series saw the series regulars push back to the top of the points standings.  Paul Kusheba, who held the led in the early weeks … Read the Rest »

Conte Takes PEAK Points Lead at Chicagoland

February 20th, 2014 by

Some of iRacing’s top stars flexed their muscles in Week 3 of the PEAK Stock Car Dreams National Series, taking over the points lead at the first quarter mark of the 2014 Season 1 championship after a visit to the virtual Chicagoland Speedway. Woodland Park, New Jersey’s Michael Conti grabbed 263 points in Wednesday night’s … Read the Rest »