All News: circuit-zolder

O’Keefe Extends Point Lead

March 22nd, 2013 by

Week Seven brought the iRacing.com Skip Barber Race Series to the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.  Using the short layout, drivers attacked 13 turns over 2.0 miles (3.22 km) of asphalt, Jon Tanko (Iberia) being the fastest with the blazing pole speed of 1:17.280.  All told, 844 drivers took to the track in a race session, … Read the Rest »

Lindqvist’s Title Grip Tightens as Salminen Makes Progress

March 18th, 2013 by

Spa, a places that oozes history, excitement and danger, from 1966 when Jackie Stewart was trapped in his car in torrential rain conditions – spurring on the improvements in safety – to rain causing more chaos when David Coulthard spun on Lap 1 in 1998 and only last year with chaos at Eau Rouge, this … Read the Rest »

Ward, Volyka Victorious at Zolder

February 28th, 2013 by

Week Four brought the GRAND-AM iRacing.com Online Sports Car Series to Circuit Zolder, located in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium.  The 2.492 mile (4.011 km) circuit is well known for its three chicanes breaking-up the long straights.  Some drivers love them, some hate them.  In the Prototype class, 189 drivers entered a race, 114 placed a qualifying lap, … Read the Rest »

Kis and Broekman Go Two For Three

February 25th, 2013 by

The iRacing.com GRAND-AM Sports Car Series visited Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit for Week Three of the season.  Located in Towcester, UK, the 3.194 mile (5.14 km), 17 turn circuit saw competitors enjoy the same venue which has hosted many a memorable British Grand Prix.  With a decrease in attendance this week in both cars, the … Read the Rest »

Vaughn Rocks Zolder

December 18th, 2012 by

Week Seven brought the iRacing.com Skip Barber Series to Circuit-Zolder.  Located in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium, the ten turn 2.492 mile (4.011 km) circuit includes a few sweeping and fast turns broken apart by three tight chicanes and a hairpin. The layout is loved by some and hated by others but, the love/hate relationship resulted in 663 … Read the Rest »

Broekman Victorious in Belgium

December 6th, 2012 by

Round 5 of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar Championship presented by BigPond headed to Belgium.  This would be the first trip of two sortees to Belgium for the series and the first time the drivers and teams would have to tackle Circuit Zolder. Qualifying was lead by Rens Broekman who posted a 1:32.235 while Justin Ruggier … Read the Rest »

Hamstead Wins Down Under

December 1st, 2012 by

Round 4 of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar Championship presented by BigPond returned home to Australia for the first endurance event of the season at Phillip Island. With Scott McLaughlin dominating the first 3 rounds of the Championship, would anyone step up and stop him from having a perfect month of online racing? Richard Hamstead grabbed … Read the Rest »

Classic Teams Championship Ignites at Oulton Park

October 9th, 2012 by

Ever since its arrival on the iRacing service, Oulton Park has gained a reputation as a popular and exciting track and, in Week Nine of the Classic Teams Championship, this English race track delivered; again. The biggest news of the week was the utter failure of two of the top three, teams causing the CTC … Read the Rest »

Luis Zooms to Zolder Victory as Huttu Nears Second Title

September 18th, 2012 by

In a gruelling 77 laps around iRacing’s latest addition to its growing catalogue of race tracks, Hugo Luis scored his fifth victory of the 2012 season at the beautifully rendered Circuit Zolder.   Despite scoring maximum points, the Brazilian did little to slow Greger Huttu’s inexorable march to the iRacing.com Grand Prix Series World Championship, a … Read the Rest »

Oran Park Raceway and Circuit Zolder Join iRacing

December 1st, 2009 by

Two celebrated race tracks half a world apart are set to become a part of iRacing.com in 2010.  Circuit Zolder, a home of the Belgian Grand Prix during the 1970s and ’80s, will join Silverstone, Brands Hatch, Oulton Park and Zandvoort among iRacing’s first European circuits, while Oran Park Raceway will pair with Phillip Island as the first two Australian facilities on the service.