All News: chevrolet

Pace Rolls to Victory at The Rock

May 30th, 2017 by Richard J. Clarkson

Larry Pace won Sunday night’s 5:15 p.m. top-split iRacing NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event at the digital Rockingham Speedway in dominating fashion. The Canadian started on pole and led all but five laps en route to the 203rd oval victory of his iRacing career, bumping-up his iRating to an impressive 5773. Pace had to … Read the Rest »

Manes Cyclones to Victory at Kansas

May 16th, 2017 by Richard J. Clarkson

“I got lucky,” Garret Manes said, standing in Kansas Speedway’s virtual Victory Lane. “I thought Martin was coming.” But it didn’t matter. The Buckeye, Martin Porter, had run out of time, out of laps. When the final restart came with only three laps to go, the field not even romping down the backstretch before the … Read the Rest »

Stock Car Time Machine: 02/22/04

April 18th, 2017 by Richard J. Clarkson

After a long day of transmission flushes, brake jobs, oil changes and tire rotations, iRacer Scott Smith – or as he’s known on the sim, Scott Smith6 – sits behind his desk, sipping from a shiny, silver can. His leather office chair squeaks as he gently leans back. He rests his feet on the cherry … Read the Rest »

IndyCar Reality Check: Phoenix

April 7th, 2016 by Jared DePouw

There are lessons aplenty to be gleaned from the Verizon IndyCar Series’ recent return to Phoenix International Raceway.  Most of all the Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix stressed the importance of building a quality setup in order to maximize the two things in abundance at ZoomTown, USA: speed and grip. At 1.022 miles in length, … Read the Rest »

Corvette C7 Daytona Prototype Coming to iRacing

August 25th, 2015 by

The world’s fastest Corvette is coming to iRacing.com.  The renowned online motorsports service announced today that a digital version of the Corvette C7 Daytona Prototype will be available to its more than 60,000 members come mid-September when it will be featured in the official IMSA iRacing.com Online SportsCar Championship. Developed in partnership with Chevrolet, Pratt … Read the Rest »

O’Rourke Obliterates Iowa

September 13th, 2013 by

Week Six of the NASCAR iRacing Class C Fixed Series brings nearly 2,100 sim racers to the virtual Iowa Speedway for 45 laps of racing at the 0.875-mile short track. Iowa Speedway is a favorite among the real racing community as well as the sim racing community for the great racing it produces all throughout … Read the Rest »

IndyCar Fine Tunes Engine Rules

June 25th, 2013 by

IndyCar announced some “fine-tuning” measures to the engine rules covering the 2.2 liter Chevrolet and Honda turbos used in the IZOD IndyCar Series.  Under the revised regulations, teams will no longer be penalized on race weekends for engine failures occurring during private team and manufacturer test sessions.  Previously, a car/driver was subject to a ten … Read the Rest »

The Art and Physics of iRacing’s Gen-6 Cars

March 27th, 2013 by

As the saying goes, “art imitates life.” Or is it the other way around? Does life imitate art? In the case of iRacing’s Gen-6 Chevy SS and Ford Fusion, it’s both. Read on . . . Just two days after Jimmie Johnson drove his new Generation-6 Chevrolet SS to victory in 2013 Daytona 500 on … Read the Rest »

Talladega Superspeedway Gates Open For iRacers: Chevy Impala SS Nationwide Car Is Coming Soon

April 17th, 2009 by Tony Gardner

NASCAR’s fastest race track, Talladega Superspeedway, is now available to iRacing.com members, and a new version of Chevrolet’s racing stock car – the Impala SS, as raced in NASCAR’s Nationwide Series – will join the iRacing fleet within the next two weeks. “Talladega Superspeedway is host to some of the legendary races in the history of motorsport, and now our members will be able to make personal racing history of their own,” said Tony Gardner, iRacing’s president. “And we expect our members to enjoy competing at Talladega and elsewhere with this new version of the Chevy Impala SS.