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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 »

inRacingNews Challenge x 3

December 20th, 2011 by

Week Four of the final 2011 season of the inRacingNews Challenge saw the Pontiac Solstices and SpecRacer Fords tackle the tricky Lime Rock Park road course. Coming-off of its second round at Summit Point Raceway in the first three weeks, Lime Rock represented a different challenge for the series’ top sim racers. In Solstice, Michael … Read the Rest »

Davis, Speed, van Gisbergen Shine in iPRoC

December 15th, 2011 by

Scott Speed and Shane van Gisbergen won the battles, but Brandon Davis won the war in the inaugural iRacing.com Pro Race of Champions (iPRoC).  The first online event featuring an all star cast of 27 real world professional drivers from most of the world’s top race series, the iPRoC saw former F1 and NASCAR driver … Read the Rest »

iRacing Pro Race of Champions Gets Green Flag Wednesday

December 12th, 2011 by

Real World Pros Meet in the Virtual World The green flag waves on the inaugural iRacing.com Pro Race of Champions (iPRoC) this Wednesday, December 14.  Make that two green flags, as top professional race drivers from around the world will compete in a pair of online races Wednesday evening, both of which will be broadcast … Read the Rest »

Ottinger Class of the Field in Charlotte

December 7th, 2011 by

Week Six of the NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series (NiPS) featured the second straight night race of the season, this time with Charlotte Motor Speedway taking center stage. Nick Ottinger, fresh-off a disappointing twentieth place finish last week at Richmond, came to Charlotte with one goal in mind: dominate the race. He did just that, winning … Read the Rest »

Hudson Rolls

December 7th, 2011 by

Charlotte Motor Speedway hosted Week Five of the iRacing.com Street Stock Series. Some 600 sim racers showed up at the North Carolina track to participate in at least one race on the ¼ mile legends oval, with 225 of them turning a lap in qualifying. Weekly High Strength of Field Last week’s high Strength of … Read the Rest »

Warren's Richmond Surprise

November 30th, 2011 by

The NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series went under the lights at Richmond International Raceway for Week Five and fireworks flew from start to finish with Alex Warren playing his strategy just right to come away with his first series win. The caution waved early and often with 15 yellows slowing the action for 75 of the … Read the Rest »