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Charlotte Show

March 14th, 2012 by

The fifth round on the inRacingNews Challenge schedule unfolded on Charlotte Motor Speedway’s 12 turn, 2.25 mile road course. While sports car racing might be the last thing that you’d expect from a track renowned for its stock car events, the Pontiac Solstice and SpecRacer Fords of the iRNC have never failed to put on … Read the Rest »

Rookie Oval Series Change in Season 2, Track Added to Base Content

March 7th, 2012 by

Legends/Street Stock Swap Places; USA Speedway Joins List of Free Tracks In the real world, many oval racers start and enjoy long careers racin’ and rubbin’ on short ovals.  There are many reasons for this including safety and financial considerations, not to mention a driver’s proximity to short tracks.  iRacing has historically followed that progression … Read the Rest »

33 1/3 or 50% at Lime Rock

March 6th, 2012 by

The one-third mark of the inRacingNews Challenge season comes at Lime Rock Park. There, the Pontiac Solstices, SpecRacer Fords and Mazda MX-5 Roadsters would score their fourth set of points on the season, and as only eight weeks count in the standings, Lime Rock marks a sort of halfway point on the year. Pedro Najera … Read the Rest »

Quick Start Jumps Jarrell to Lead

February 16th, 2012 by

Virginias Club sim racer Trey Jarrell started-off the NASCAR iRacing.com Class C Series (NiCCS) in 2012 Season One with a boost of momentum. After hitting the ground running in Week One at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, Jarrell followed-up with an overall weekly victory during the Week Two stop at the Richmond International Raceway. With only … Read the Rest »

Hulbert Claims Radical Racing Challenge Crown

January 29th, 2012 by

VIR Grand East Tops 2012 Season 1 Schedule Following Successful 2011 Season 4 In a Radical Racing Challenges series that would seem to be appropriately named, the drivers of the Class C Radical sports car look forward to a schedule in 2012 Season 1 that includes circuits as diverse as Virginia International Raceway and the … Read the Rest »

Double Vision – Again

January 26th, 2012 by

The final weeks of the 2011 Season 4 inRacingNews Challenge saw the mixed class (SpecRacer Fords and Pontiac Solstices) visit three very different circuits:  the short course configuration at Summit Point Raceway, Charlotte Motor Speedway’s “r-oval” road course and Okayama International’s  long course.  Long or short, r-oval or pure road circuit, Michael Booth and Gabriel … Read the Rest »

Paquette Extends Lead

January 12th, 2012 by

Week Ten of the iRacing.com Street Stock Series saw sim racers travel down south to Braselton, Ga, home to both Road Atlanta and Lanier National Speedway. In this case, drivers were looking to tame Lanier National’s 3/8th mile oval with the season winding-down.  In all, 971 drivers attempted a race during the week with 424 … Read the Rest »

O’Keefe, Gilliland Conquer Charlotte

January 5th, 2012 by

Week Nine of the iRacing.com Street Stock Series (iSSS) saw sim racers travel to the center of American stock car racing, Charlotte Motor Speedway. Charlotte is home to many of NASCAR’s top drivers as well as the NASCAR Hall of Fame (complete with its . Last week, 1522 drivers attempted a race at the 1.5 … Read the Rest »

Hooks Rolls at Thompson

December 29th, 2011 by

Week Eight saw the r iRacing.com Street Stock Series travel to Thompson International Speedway. Thompson, which is located in Thompson, CT, is a 5/8th mile semi-banked oval. 760 sim racers attempted at least one online race during the week, while 274 racers turned a qualifying lap. Weekly High Strength of Field Last week’s high Strength … Read the Rest »

2012 iRacing.com World Tour Schedule

December 22nd, 2011 by

From the virtual sands of Daytona and the digital bricks of Indianapolis to the simulated shores of Phillip Island, the 2012 iRacing.com World Tour will enable iRacers to compete in online versions of some of the world’s classic motorsports events.   Scheduled for the same weekends as their real-world counterparts, the World Tour events are open … Read the Rest »