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Simley and Jette Score Breakthrough Power Series Wins

September 30th, 2015 by

With the season winding down, ITSR Power Series competitors found it more important than ever to score valuable points in recent trips to Chicagoland and New Hampshire. For the title contenders, that meant negotiating a minefield of crashed cars, pit strategy, and last-lap excitement that saw two first-time winners emerge. Cloudy weather in Chicago meant … Read the Rest »

Behind the Scenes: The NASCAR Peak Antifreeze Series powered by iRacing.com – Sliders to Systems

September 27th, 2015 by

Anybody remember this screen?  If you don’t, shame on you.  It’s the garage screen from Papyrus’ NASCAR Racing 2003 Season, probably one of the most viewed screens in sim-racing history.  You can think of this screenshot as the great-grandfather of what we have today on iRacing.  It represents a time when chassis setups were becoming … Read the Rest »

Demeritt Dominates Chicagoland

November 25th, 2014 by

Week Three of the 2014 Season 4 iRacing.com IndyCar Oval sent the series to Chicagoland Speedway. A total of 63 competitors participated in sim-racing throughout the week. Cautions, aero-wash, a difficult pit road entry, lapped traffic and single file restarts were just some of the storylines that played out throughout the week near Chi-town. Christopher … Read the Rest »

Brasil Tops World Cup of iRacing Qualifying

July 16th, 2012 by

Northwest Squeaks Through to Tournament Brasil came out on top of the opening qualifying round for the 2012 World Cup of iRacing as 37 clubs from around the world battled in online races around the famous Mosport Park and Chicagoland circuits. Driving the Impala B and new Cadillac CTS-V over 600 drivers took to the … Read the Rest »

Roberts Continues to Reign

February 18th, 2010 by

As the NASCAR iRacing Class A Series (NiCAS) departs the second round of online racing at Chicagoland, it’s Justin Roberts who continues to lead a tightly-bunched championship table. The Virginias’ Club driver scored a podium finish in his first race of the week, which was superseded by a subsequent win a few days later, earning … Read the Rest »

Test Drives: Chicagoland and New Hampshire; Summit Point and VIR Reversed

August 28th, 2009 by

iRacing’s newest oval is Chicagoland Speedway, a 1.5-miler with 18 degrees of banking in the turns.  I took the Impala SS Class B for a spin there and was struck by how big and open the track felt.  The unusual curved backstretch means there is no definite exit point from Turn 2, just a gradually … Read the Rest »