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Krönke’s Grand Slam

April 25th, 2017 by David Phillips (words( Hugo Luis (images)

Martin Krönke completed an iRacing World Championship Grand Prix Series grand slam in impressive fashion, romping to dominant win at Road America. Adding a dash of icing to his cake, VRS Coanda Simsport teammate Mitchell DeJong came home second nearly 20 seconds adrift of the defending series champion which Antoine Higelin (Apex Racing UK) capped-off … Read the Rest »

Bell Weathers Late Restart for WoO Win

April 25th, 2017 by David Phillips

Christopher Bell led from start to finish at Williams Grove last night to win iRacing’s weekly World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series feature. But Bell’s victory wasn’t as easy as it looked. Despite grabbing the pole position and leading the first 27 laps, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series competitor faced one final hurdle … Read the Rest »

Coming to iRacing: Knoxville Raceway

April 21st, 2017 by David Phillips

iRacing.com announced today that it plans to add Knoxville Raceway to its catalogue of precisely-modeled race tracks. Known as the “Sprint Car Capital of the World,” the 1/2 mile dirt track hosts the famed Knoxville Nationals as well as weekly races throughout the racing season. Widely considered the premier sprint car event of the year, … Read the Rest »

Seavey Tops iRacing World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Cars at Volusia

April 18th, 2017 by David Phillips

Logan Seavey started on top and stayed on top in Monday’s iRacing World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series race at the virtual Volusia Speedway Park. After setting fast time in qualifying, the Sutter, CA-based sim racer jumped to the lead at the green from Mike McKinney and went the distance in the 30 lap … Read the Rest »

Cordoba Wins Road Atlanta Shoot-Out

April 4th, 2017 by David Phillips

Gianmarco Cordoba emerged the winner of a frantic Skip Barber Race Series contest at Road Atlanta last Wednesday evening, swapping the lead with Philippe Leybaert several times before taking the checkered flag with a relatively comfortable 1.4s advantage over his rival. Sai Andra finished third an additional 3.5s in arrears after an equally intense race … Read the Rest »

Now Available: Dirt Racing

March 29th, 2017 by David Phillips

“Now Available: Dirt Racing.”  Four words iRacers have been waiting to read – and we’ve been itching to write. We’ve added dirt Legends and Street Stocks to everyone’s iRacing account along with a dirt version of USA International Speedway. But that’s just for starters.   There’s also a Dirt Late Model Package that includes three different … Read the Rest »

A Dirt Racing Primer

March 28th, 2017 by David Phillips

Sim racers around the world have been looking forward to getting down and dirty ever since iRacing announced plans to develop its dirt racing feature.  Now that dirt racing is a reality on iRacing, it’s important to understand that racing on digital dirt differs from sim racing on virtual pavement in significant ways. Who better … Read the Rest »

Guindi is King of the Mountain

March 27th, 2017 by David Phillips

Johnny Guindi stormed to a dominating win at Mt. Panorama in the iRacing.com Skip Barber Race Series, leading all ten laps from pole position and finishing more than 11 seconds clear of runner-up David Friedman.  Adam Rylance turned-in a fine drive of his own by motoring from 10th on the grid to a third place … Read the Rest »

Andra Takes Round One of iRacing Skip Barber Race Series

March 22nd, 2017 by David Phillips

Sai Andra captured the opening round of the Wednesday evening iRacing.com Skip Barber Race Series at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, passing pole-winner and early leader Greg Seitz on Lap 10 and holding the lead through to the finish.  Seitz did not make it easy on Andra, snapping at his rival sim racer’s heels for the … Read the Rest »

Krönke Dominates 2017 iRacing World Championship GP Opener

March 6th, 2017 by David Phillips

2016 iRacing World Championship Grand Prix Series champion Martin  Krönke picked-up where he left off last year in the opening round of the 2017 season, scoring a dominant win at Interlagos.   Krönke started from pole and was never headed, coming home some 7s clear of five time world champion Greger Huttu with Aleksi Uusi-Jaakkola an … Read the Rest »