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2014 iWCGPS Opener Broadcast on Saturday!

February 28th, 2014 by

The 2014 iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series roars into action Saturday, March 1 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.  The 44 lap race will be broadcast on iRacing.com/live beginning at 14:00 GMT (9:00 am EST). 2013 champion Greger Huttu will be looking to start a robust title defense – and get a leg up on his … Read the Rest »

The Daytona 2000

February 27th, 2014 by

Think Sunday was a long day for Dale Earnhardt Jr, Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski & Company – not to mention millions of TV watchers or the tens of thousands of fans who endured slashing rain, tornado warnings and hours of track drying to witness a Daytona 500 that lasted 10+ hours from start to finish? … Read the Rest »

NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series Broadcast Tonight!

February 25th, 2014 by

A new era in sim-racing starts tonight when the opening round of the 2014 NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series Powered by iRacing.com at Daytona International Speedway will be broadcast on iRacing.com/live.  The 100 lap race airs beginning at 9 PM EDT (01:00 GMT Wednesday). Defending champion Tyler Hudson will be looking to open his title defense … Read the Rest »

iRacing.com and PEAK® Antifreeze/Coolant Ink Multi-Year Commitment

February 21st, 2014 by

Green Flag Waves For 2014 NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series on February 25 iRacing.com and PEAK® Antifreeze/Coolant announced today that PEAK will sponsor iRacing’s top NASCAR online racing championship series for the next three years.   Starting on February 25th, the NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series powered by iRacing.com will see the world’s top sim-racers compete for more … Read the Rest »

Virtual Daytona 500 Kicks-Off Full NASCAR Cup Series Schedule on iRacing

February 19th, 2014 by

Real world racers and sim-racers alike are preparing for the biggest stock car race of all: the Daytona 500.  This year 50,000 iRacers worldwide can compete in an online version of the full NASCAR Sprint Cup Season in the NASCAR iRacing Series (NiS), which kicks-off this week with iRacing’s version of the Daytona 500. From … Read the Rest »

PEAK Stock Car Dreams National Series

January 30th, 2014 by

ATTENTION iRacers:   iRacing.com members have a chance to join an elite group of aspiring racers to compete under the guidance of Michael Waltrip Racing (MWR) team drivers for a real world PEAK racing sponsorship. Simply race in Season One’s PEAK Stock Car Dreams National Series.  The overall Season 1 champion will be awarded a reserved … Read the Rest »

iRacing Q&A

January 29th, 2014 by

Tony Gardner Talks About “Cheating” with iRacing News editor David Phillips In the coming weeks, iRacingNews will feature a series of conversations with key members of the iRacing team discussing topics of interest to the iRacing and sim-racing community.  To get the ball rolling, I sat down with iRacing president Tony Gardner and picked his … Read the Rest »

Overland, Uusi-Jaakola Top Pro Series

January 27th, 2014 by

Chris Overland and Aleksi Uusi-Jaakola took somewhat different paths in the recently concluded iRacing Pro Series, but both arrived at their destinations: iRacing Pro Series champions trophies, $300 in iRacing credits . . . and berths in the 2014 iRacing World Drivers Championships. Overland was the soul of consistency in the NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series, … Read the Rest »

V8’s Championship-winning Holden VF Commodore Coming to iRacing Lineup

December 17th, 2013 by

Holden’s championship-winning VF Commodore is poised to go from V8 Supercars’ race tracks to the computers of sim-racers around the world, thanks to a new agreement between iRacing.com, GM Holden Ltd and Red Bull Racing Australia/Triple Eight Race Engineering. Renowned for the accuracy of its laser-scanned race tracks and virtual race cars, iRacing will develop … Read the Rest »

Bridging the Gap

December 9th, 2013 by

With one European and three World Touring Car Championships to his credit, it’s fair to say there aren’t many gaps in Andy Priaulx’s racing resume.  After serving his apprenticeship in Formula Renault and Formula 3, he burst on the British Touring Car Championship scene in 2001 and has seldom looked back on the way to … Read the Rest »