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Familiar Ground

July 9th, 2012 by

It’s not an inRacingNews Challenge season unless the series makes multiple visits to Summit Point Raceway. This season, the Pontiac Solstices, SpecRacer Fords, and Mazda MX-5 Roadsters of the iRNC visit the track four times, taking-on the Jefferson Course layout in Week Eight. With only eight of 12 weeks counting towards a driver’s championship score, … Read the Rest »

Impalas Shine Under the Night Sky

June 1st, 2012 by

Week Four of the NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series (NiCAS) took us under the lights, in NASCAR’s home town of Charlotte, North Carolina for 110 laps of fender-to-fender action at speeds over 200mph. To add to the already promising week, Charlotte Motor Speedway was next up on the NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship (NiSWC) tour, … Read the Rest »

Hudson Edges Crawford at Charlotte

May 30th, 2012 by

Week Four of the NiCBS traveled to the Mecca of stock car racing, Charlotte Motor Speedway. Top sim racers traveled to Charlotte to try and put a stop to Jared Crawford’s domination. Crawford has been hot this season, winning eight out of his 11 races while leading almost 84% of the laps he has ran. … Read the Rest »

Ottinger Survives Schoenburg’s Charge, Wins Charlotte

May 30th, 2012 by

Nick Ottinger scored his second win of the 2012 NASCAR iRacing.com World Championship Series at Charlotte Motor Speedway, holding hard-charging polesitter Brian Schoenburg at bay on a late restart before the latter’s motor expired with four laps remaining. After starting eighth, Ottinger ran at or near the front throughout the online race and took advantage … Read the Rest »

First Visit

May 29th, 2012 by

Charlotte Motor Speedway’s road course plays host to two rounds of this season of the inRacingNews Challenge, and Week Three marks the first visit. Coming off the first of four stops at Summit Point Raceway, the Pontiac Solstice, SpecRacer Ford, and Mazda MX-5 Roadster sim racers looked to establish themselves in the championship chase, while … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile – Mitch Weatherly

May 26th, 2012 by

Can you teach an old dog new tricks?  Just ask Mitch Weatherly, a charter member of the Pong generation.  The resident of Dunwoody, Georgia was introduced to sim-racing at the ripe old age of 49 . . . and he’s taken to it like a teenager to a smart phone.  Since joining iRacing in the … Read the Rest »

Taming Jefferson

May 24th, 2012 by

Summit Point Raceway is one of the more identifiable locations for inRacingNews Challenge competitors, as the series’ Pontiac Solstices, Spec RacerFords, and Mazda MX-5 Roadsters attempt to tame its various layouts several times each season. Week Two of 2012 Season Two featured the first Summit Point visit of the schedule, a slate of 20-lap races … Read the Rest »

Humpe Leads the Charge in Motegi

May 24th, 2012 by

With the series headed over seas to Motegi, Japan, Week Three for the NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series (NiCAS) was one for the history books in more ways than one. This marked the first ever trip to the freshly scanned and released Twin Ring Motegi for the NiCAS, and the odd characteristics of the 1.549 … Read the Rest »

Alfalla Tames Lady in Black

May 16th, 2012 by

Defending Champ Grabs Third Straight Victory for JRM Ray Alfalla continued his early season dominance of the 2012 NASACAR iRacing.com Series World Championship, picking-up his third win of the season at Darlington Raceway. It was also the third straight victory for JRMotorsports, with teammate Steve Sheehan winning two weeks ago at Richmond on the heels … Read the Rest »

Movin' on Up

April 23rd, 2012 by

Charlotte Motor Speedway hosts two rounds of the inRacingNews Challenge during 2012 Season 1: the fifth and the 11th. The latter, the penultimate round of the schedule, saw drivers in all three classes – Pontiac Solstice, SpecRacer Ford, and Mazda MX-5 Roadster – attempting to post a strong week in order to throw out a … Read the Rest »