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Ty Brings Home the Win at State Park Speedway

May 18th, 2015 by

Ty Majeski took a big step towards a successful defense of his ARCA Midwest Tour title by winning the second round of the 2015 series at State Park Speedway in Wausau, WI.  Despite posting a record-breaking qualifying lap in the iRacing Ford Fusion, Majeski was bumped down to second by Tim Sauter.  After coming from … Read the Rest »

Not Just a Game

May 5th, 2015 by

Editor’s note:  The following is an excerpt from the cover story of the June, 2015 edition RaceTech magazine.  Click here to read the complete article starting on page 30.  iRacers can also take advantage of a special 50% discount in a subscription to RaceTech by going to the magazine’s web site and entering the code … Read the Rest »

World Cup of iRacing Intimidator Super Speedway Championship

April 23rd, 2015 by

The World Cup of iRacing Intimidator Super Speedway Championship is set for Saturday, May 2 at Talladega Superspeedway and will answer the nagging question:  Which club can best use the draft and teammates to intimidate their way to victory? Two heats are scheduled.  The Eastern Hemisphere Heat is slated for 11 am GMT/ 9pm Sydney … Read the Rest »

iRacing World Championship Grand Prix Series Saturday!

April 9th, 2015 by

Aleksi Uusi-Jaakkola leads the world’s top sim racers to Road America on Saturday for Round Four of the 2015 iRacing World Championship Grand Prix Series in an online race that will be broadcast on iracing.com/live starting at 14:00 GMT (10 am eastern). As he has been since he grabbed the pole at Interlagos in his … Read the Rest »

Making His Fortune

April 3rd, 2015 by

One of the most-used words in Mitchell deJong’s vocabulary is “fortunately.”   Indeed, just about every time he discusses some aspect of his burgeoning career as a race driver he employs some variation of the word. While there’s no doubt fortune has smiled on the 17 year old Californian, his accomplishments to date suggest he makes … Read the Rest »

IMSA, iRacing.com Announce IMSA iRacing.com Online Sports Car Championship

April 2nd, 2015 by

The International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) and iRacing.com today announced the creation of the IMSA iRacing.com Online Sports Car Championship.   The online racing series features iRacing’s digital versions of Daytona Prototypes, LMP and GT cars competing on laser-scanned versions of Daytona International Speedway, Sebring International Raceway, Watkins Glen International and many other tracks on IMSA’s … Read the Rest »

De Jong, Radicals Online and Foracer Coanda Simsport Win at Sebring

March 30th, 2015 by

A busy day of sim racing at Sebring International Raceway on Saturday saw Mitchell deJong capture Round Three of the iRacing World Championship Grand Prix Series even as Radicals Online (prototype) and Forarcer Coanda Simsport (GT3) motored to the class wins in the top split of the iRacing 12 Hours of Sebring. DeJong scored an … Read the Rest »

SafeisFast with Shane van Gisbergen

March 10th, 2015 by

V8 Supercars star Shane van Gisbergen is no stranger to iRacing or iRacers. He has more than iRacing 800 starts to his credit and has collected a total of 263 wins . . . and as evidence of Shane’s multi-faceted talent, 131 of those wins came on the ovals as compared to his 132 road … Read the Rest »

FansChoice.tv and iRacing.com Join Forces

February 24th, 2015 by

FansChoice.tv and iRacing.com are teaming up to make Tuesdays NASCAR iRacing Night on FansChoice.tv during the 2015 racing season. Beginning tonight night, race fans will be able to watch the world’s top sim racers in the NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series Powered by iRacing.com and the NASCAR iRacing Class B Series, on FansChoice.tv on alternate Tuesdays … Read the Rest »

Majeski’s Bid for World Series SLM Title Dashed

February 22nd, 2015 by

Ty Majeski’s bid to capture the Super Late Model championship in the 49th Annual World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing ended in a hard crash on Friday night.  Majeski, who went into Friday night’s 35 lap race holding a one point lead in the SLM standings, was running fifth when an apparent suspension failure … Read the Rest »