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Dale Earnhardt Jr. Helps to Bring North Wilkesboro Speedway to iRacing

December 12th, 2019 by

One of NASCAR’s most beloved historic tracks will finally host racing again in 2020, this time virtually, as North Wilkesboro Speedway will make its debut on iRacing. Opened in 1947, the legendary North Carolina short track hosted racing for 50 years, including 93 NASCAR Cup Series events, before it closed down at the end of … Read the Rest »

Denny Hamlin wins first Daytona 500 for Toyota

February 21st, 2016 by Dave Moulthrop

  It was Sunday money for Denny Hamlin who after winning last weekends Sprint Unlimited repeated the feat 7 days later by capturing his first career Daytona 500 by the closest recorded margin in the races 58 year history at 0.010 seconds . It was the 27th victory in the Sprint Car Series for Hamlin … Read the Rest »

Hamlin Opens NASCAR Speedweeks with Win for Joe Gibbs Racing

February 14th, 2016 by Dave Moulthrop

  The battle for on track supremacy took right back where it left off at the end of the last season during the 4th Annual Sprint Unlimited at Daytona International Speedway. When the dust had settled in the 75 lap non-points race it was a side by side battle with Denny Hamlin’s Gibbs Toyota and … Read the Rest »

NBCSN: iRacing, Dale Earnhardt Jr Boost Josh Berry’s Career

September 15th, 2015 by

During NBC Sports Network’s broadcast of Friday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Richmond International Raceway, color analysts Carl Edwards and Dale Jarrett, along with play-by-play announcer Leigh Diffey, discussed the role iRacing, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and JR Motorsports have played in the career of  Josh Berry, who started fifth and finished seventh at Richmond in … Read the Rest »

Gordon on Top for Final Daytona 500

February 15th, 2015 by

The last time a driver qualified over 200 mph at Daytona International Speedway was 1986 when Cale Yarborough made a single car lap of 203.519 mph. That 200 mph barrier came down during Coors Light qualifying for the 57th Annual Daytona 500. For the first time qualifying for the 500 was done in groups with … Read the Rest »

Rubbin’ is Racin’

January 12th, 2015 by

Last Tuesday, the NASCAR iRacing Pro Series took to the virtual Dover International Speedway for the eighth installment of the season. Corey Vincent dominated much of the race, leading 131 laps but only getting a third place finish. Brian Schoenburg led in the closing laps, ahead of Josh Berry, who had started the race in … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Jordan Werth

November 10th, 2014 by

Twenty-one years old from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, iRacer Jordan Werth is a veteran on iRacing with an interesting zest for life. A member of iRacing since September 21, 2011, Werth wasted no time getting to victory lane on iRacing, with his first oval victory coming the next day; his first road victory came less than … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Joshua Guiher

June 30th, 2014 by

Racing out of Bellefonte, PA, iRacer Joshua Guiher definitely knows how to race… a lot. When he joined iRacing in June, 2008, Guiher wasted no time getting acclimated to the service. In 2008 alone, he started 564 oval races and 189 road races. Talk about dedication. Since winning for the first time in the iRacing … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Danny Huegel

May 28th, 2014 by

When NASCAR joined the iRacing family in 2009, another person did too. His name is Danny Huegel. A member since May of 2009, Huegel has worked his way up, in the five years he has been on iRacing, to become a fast and respected iRacer. In 347 oval starts, the 19 year old has earned … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Francesco Rizzi

April 28th, 2014 by

If the last name of 21 year old iRacer Francesco Rizzi seems familiar, it may be because last week we learned about his brother, Massimiliano. This week, it’s Francesco’s turn. Living in Savigliano, just like his brother, he loves to drive a #08 Kellogg’s liveried car, no surprise given that when he started playing NASCAR … Read the Rest »