All News: Bristol Motor Speedway

No Love Lost for the Lampelas at Bristol

January 8th, 2013 by

Bristol Motor Speedway; infamously known as Thunder Valley. Drivers either love it or hate it. Fans generally adore the action, and crewmen always wince after the green flag drops. It’s an all-or-nothing track, feasting on those not fortunate enough to survive to the checkered flag. It’s because of this that drivers in the iRacing.com Sprint … Read the Rest »

Survival Is Key At Lanier

September 10th, 2012 by

Lanier National Speedway, located in Braselton, Georgia, started life in 1982 as a dirt track, which is commonly seen with modifieds, street stocks, and sprint cars. Five years later, Lanier was paved, and its popularity soared.  It’s because of this popularity, along with the track’s rich history, that brought this .375 mile oval to the … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Sean Tait

September 8th, 2012 by

iRacing isn’t just about the DWCs, A licenses, stratospheric iRatings and pro racers like Dale Earnhardt Jr and Joey Logano,Will Power and Justin Wilson who you’ll occasionally bump into (hopefully not literally) on the site.  It’s also about the thousands of casual hobbie-ists who are content with their B, C and D licenses . . … Read the Rest »

Huffman Strikes in Thunder Valley

September 2nd, 2012 by

Week Four of the NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series (NiCAS) took the haulers to Bristol, Tennessee for 130 laps under the lights at the famed Bristol Motor Speedway. Since the repave of Bristol, the preferred line has been right around the top in the top tier NASCAR series, and it is no different on iRacing.com. … Read the Rest »

Brooks Wins at Bristol

August 29th, 2012 by

Bristol Motor Speedway was the site of racing for Week Four of the season. Sim racers raced under the lights of the high banked half mile track located in Bristol, Tennessee. Drivers looked to net as many points as they can in an effort to knock off previous series champion Jared Crawford (Michigan). During the … Read the Rest »

Circle-Track School: Line of Sight Behind The Wheel

August 21st, 2012 by

I took this picture the other day while following a big truck on an interstate highway, going about 60 mph (about 100 kph). Imagine yourself in this situation, driving the car. Where in the picture do you look? Fig. 1. A very common sight while driving. Where are you looking right now? Assuming that you’re … Read the Rest »

Bad Moon Rises at Bristol

July 10th, 2012 by

Bristol Motor Speedway has a well-deserved reputation of hosting some of the most exciting races one can experience. For sprint cars, this means action with a roaring 820 HP engine and less than 14s lap times around the renowned half-mile oval. As the iRacing.com Sprint Car Series rolled into “Thunder Valley” for Week 10, nobody … Read the Rest »

Sansone Scores at Richmond

July 3rd, 2012 by

Last week, defending iRacing.com Sprint Car Series (iSCS) champion Alan Binder let his fellow drivers know that he would be taking Week 9 off.  The competition responded like sharks in a feeding frenzy, with 55 sim-racers entering this week’s events at Richmond International Raceway, all hoping to catch that elusive win with their sprints. Three … Read the Rest »

Lambert Outlasts Late Model Field

April 28th, 2012 by

After 12 weeks of action and thousands of laps in the 2012 Season One iRacing Late Model Tour (iLMT) season, it was Mark Lambert who came out on top of over 3,100 drivers to become champion of the series. While he was relatively quiet in the last two weeks of his championship season, many others … Read the Rest »

Lambert & Smith Battle for Late Model Crown

April 13th, 2012 by

With the checkered flag in sight, the championship contenders in the NASCAR iRacing.com Late Model Series (NiLMS) have begun to step up their game. One doesn’t have to look past the last two weeks in the series to see who will be battling for the title heading down to the wire. Heath Smith and Mark … Read the Rest »