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Three’s Company, 363 is a Crowd

August 29th, 2011 by

Sebastian Vettel, Mark Webber and Jenson Button had plenty of company on the podium at Spa-Francorchamps over the weekend.  Less than 24 hours before 24 Formula One pilotes set off for the 2011 Shell Belgian Grand Prix, more than 363 iRacers took to the challenging 4.35 mile circuit in their virtual Williams-Toyota FW31s for the … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: PJ Stergios

August 27th, 2011 by

If PJ Stergios’s name sounds familiar, there are plenty of reasons.  First, PJ features regularly on inRacingNews’ accounts of a number of series from NASCAR Class A, Radicals, Silver Crown  (where he won the 2009 Season 3 title) Sprint Cars (he is P5 in Division One as of this writing) to IndyCar (where he currently … Read the Rest »

Family Affair

August 27th, 2011 by

The family that sim races together stays together, even when one member of that family is in the military, stationed far from home.  That’s certainly the case with iRacers Jeff Hubbell and his son Chad, a Master at Arms in the U.S. Navy. With Chad stationed at the joint Naval Support Facility Anacostia/Bolling Air Force … Read the Rest »

Ou Closes on IndyCar Premier Series Oval Title at NHMS

August 22nd, 2011 by

Yang Ou took another step towards securing the 2011 iRacing.com IZOD IndyCar Premier Series Oval title at New Hampshire Motor Speedway last week.  Ou scored a dominant — if close – win over Tim Doyle in the top strength of field (2287) event to collect 143 points towards his championship.  Ou started from pole and … Read the Rest »

iRacing.com Belgian Grand Prix Set for August 27

August 22nd, 2011 by

The iRacing.com Belgian Grand Prix is set for Spa-Francorchamps on August 27 as the latest round of the iRacing.com World Tour.   The event is free and open to all iRacers and will feature digital versions of the Williams-Toyota FW 31 cars beginning at 17:00 GMT (1 pm EDT). The 44 lap races will feature splits … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Andrea Disarò

August 20th, 2011 by

It should come as no surprise that Andrea Disarò is a big Ferrari fan.  After all, as a resident of the Rho, Italy, he’s almost a next door neighbor to Maranello.  Nor should it be surprising that Spa-Francorchamps is Disarò’s favorite track on the iRacing service.  After all, it would be tough to name another … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Sam Edwards

August 13th, 2011 by

In many racing circles “Squirrel” would not necessarily be a nickname of endearment connoting – in most circles – an excitable, unpredictable driver.  Yet, Sam Edwards proudly carries the bushy-tailed rodent’s handle and although he may be excitable, he’s anything but unpredictable.   In 2011 Season 2, for example, you could have set your watch (figuratively … Read the Rest »

Caudill to Drive JR Motorsports Late Model

August 11th, 2011 by

Longtime iRacer Jim Caudill Jr. has been selected to drive a JR Motorsports Chevrolet in two upcoming late model races at Motor Mile Speedway (Radford, VA).  The announcement was made by JRM co-owner and general manager Kelley Earnhardt, who revealed that Caudill will pilot the No.  88 Chevrolet in races on August 13 and 20, … Read the Rest »

Ou Rules at Mid-Ohio

August 8th, 2011 by

Yang Ou consolidated his lead in the 2011 iRacing.com IZOD IndyCar Premier Series -Road with a convincing victory at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Sunday’s top strength of field (3064) race.  The Club Scandinavia member grabbed his tenth pole position of the campaign with a lap of 1:08.382 ahead of championship rival Aleksi Elomaa … Read the Rest »

The Ugly, the Bad and the Good

August 8th, 2011 by

Last weekend was a case of the Ugly, the Bad and the Good for iRacers at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Iowa Speedway and Pocono Raceway. First the ugly . . . Long-time iRacer Justin Wilson sustained an anterior compression fracture of the fifth thoracic vertebra on Friday in an incident during practice for the … Read the Rest »