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An Unfamiliar Story

September 12th, 2013 by

It’s a familiar story: kid dreams of being a race driver but because of finances/age/location (take your pick) gets his start sim-racing rather than in “real” racing.  Parlays success as a sim-racer into a chance at “real” racing and makes good. In the case of Randy Wolfgram you can put that familiar script in the … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Steliyan Chepilevski

September 7th, 2013 by

Q: How long have you been sim racing? A: My first sim racing was in 2004 with Live for Speed 1.   Later on I found rFactor which I used for a short period of time. In 2008 started a serious racing in Richard Burns Rally until 2012. I was introduced to iRacing in 2011. Q: … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Brandon Six

August 31st, 2013 by

Q: How long have you been sim-racing? A: I’ve been sim-racing for about 12 years now. I started sim racing on NR2003 when I was seven years old. Q: What attracted you to iRacing? A: Justin Thompson sent me some pictures of himself on iRacing and I thought it looked cool, so I decided to … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Don Stephenson

August 24th, 2013 by

Q: How long have you been sim racing? A: Since the first one came out, I believe Nascar Racing by Papyrus. Q: What attracted you to iRacing? A: The internet and popularity that it had developed over the last few years. Q: What are favorite iRacing cars/tracks? A: My Cottentelle Gen 6 Chevy SS made … Read the Rest »

Bonito Captures iRacing All Star Crown

August 6th, 2013 by

Italy’s Enzo Bonito bested iRacing’s top World Championship drivers to capture the inaugural iRacing All Star event on Saturday, edging Andre Boettcher and PJ Stergios for the title.  Bonito opened the day with a dominant win in his McLaren MP4-12C at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, leading from start to finish to best Martin Krönke and pole-sitter … Read the Rest »

iRacing Road & Oval All Stars Square-off on Saturday

July 30th, 2013 by

The first annual iRacing.com All Star event will be broadcast on www.iracing.com/live at 2 pm EDT (18:00 GMT) on Saturday, August 3.  The event pits the top 20 drivers from the road and oval world championship series in races at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and Milwaukee.  In addition to the 40 iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Denis Valjean

July 27th, 2013 by

Q: How long have you been sim-racing? A: I started simracing playing Indycar Racing I, from Papyrus at 1996 with an airplane joystick. Online sim-racing with a decent steering wheel only in 2007, with GTR 2 from Simbim. Q: What attracted you to iRacing? A: The structure, organization and the simulator’s quality. The iRating and … Read the Rest »

New, Enhanced Tracks and Features Headline Season 3 Build

July 23rd, 2013 by

iRacer Profile: Chris Overland

July 20th, 2013 by

Q: How long have you been sim-racing? A: I’ve been sim-racing on consoles since the early 2000s, but I’ve only been racing PC sims like NASCAR Racing 2003 Season and iRacing for about four years. Q: What attracted you to iRacing? A: I was on youtube one morning and was recommended a video that DWC … Read the Rest »

iRacing Pocono 400

July 3rd, 2013 by