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Huttu’s Online Racing Grand Slam

April 5th, 2010 by

Greger Huttu made it four-for-four in iRacing Drivers World Championship competition with a flag-to-flag victory at Watkins Glen, coming home 21.6s clear of Ben Cornett with Luke McLean taking the final podium spot a half second adrift of Cornett.  The victory not only kept Huttu’s virtually perfect iDWC record intact (the only laps he hasn’t … Read the Rest »

Huttu's Online Racing Grand Slam

April 5th, 2010 by

Greger Huttu made it four-for-four in iRacing Drivers World Championship competition with a flag-to-flag victory at Watkins Glen, coming home 21.6s clear of Ben Cornett with Luke McLean taking the final podium spot a half second adrift of Cornett.  The victory not only kept Huttu’s virtually perfect iDWC record intact (the only laps he hasn’t … Read the Rest »

Ten Corvettes Win iRacing.com 120 Minutes of Sebring

March 22nd, 2010 by

More than 370 online racers worldwide competed in the iRacing.com 120 Minutes of Sebring on Saturday, piloting their GT1 Corvette C6.Rs around fabled Sebring International Raceway.  Featuring ten races with 37 or 38 competitors apiece, the event was staged between 12 noon and 2 pm eastern time during the period the Speed television network cut-away … Read the Rest »

The Time is Come for the NASCAR iRacing World Championship

February 9th, 2010 by

The moment so many have anticipated for so long is nearly upon us.  People like  iRacing.com co-founders John Henry and Dave Kaemmer, who dreamed of the day when the world’s best sim-racing would be sanctioned by NASCAR.  And the late Bill France, Jr. who, as NASCAR chairman, spoke more than a decade ago of a … Read the Rest »

Jirak, DE-AT-CH Club Take Road America and World Cup of iRacing

February 7th, 2010 by

Marcus Jirak and Andre Boettcher waged an epic dual over the second half of the World Cup Final at Road America.  And while the outcome of the race may have been in doubt almost until the checkered flag, the champion of the World Cup of iRacing was not.  Barring a collision between the leading teammates, … Read the Rest »

Wood Dominates MIS in World Cup Final

February 7th, 2010 by

Derek Wood scored a dominant victory for himself and the Plains club in the World Cup of iRacing oval final at Michigan International Speedway on Saturday afternoon.  Wood started from pole and led 62 of 80 laps en route to his victory.  While he four other iRacers managed to lead at least one lap, as … Read the Rest »

DE-AT-CH’s Cinderella Story

February 7th, 2010 by

Four months ago, there seemed two chances for Club DE-AT-CH to win the inaugural World Cup of iRacing: slim and none.  After all, Club Italia had won the first three RSCCs in the Central European region and didn’t look much like conceding the fourth and final RSCC in Season Four of 2009. But DE-AT-CH not … Read the Rest »

The Magnificent Seven Advance to World Cup Finals

February 1st, 2010 by

An energetic week and weekend of racing in the Regional Annual Club Championship (RACC) Runoffs and Finals saw seven clubs advance to the inaugural World Cup of iRacing Finals.  Scheduled for February 6, the World Cup of iRacing Finals will feature the top drivers from iRacing’s Club California, Mid-South, Great Plains, DE-AT-CH, Ohio, England and … Read the Rest »

World Cup of iRacing RACC Finals on Tap

January 29th, 2010 by

A week’s worth of oval and road racing by nearly 600 competitors from Class D iRacers to iRacing pros has set the stage for this weekend’s long-anticipated World Cup of iRacing Regional Annual Club Championship (RACC) Finals.  Featuring the week’s top point-getters from the 17 international clubs that qualified for the RACC, the Finals competition … Read the Rest »

Season Four Round-Up: Online Racing at its Best

January 29th, 2010 by

Season Four of 2009 was among the most hotly contested seasons in the history of iRacing.  As is usually the case, a number of online racers scored big in multiple categories, most notably Rusty Greer and Jesse Atchison.  Greer took top honors in SK Modified racing and time trials, besting Charles Cosper and David Oliver … Read the Rest »