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Johnston Goes Back-to-Back with a Daytona Win

June 29th, 2016 by Corey Davis

When the real-world Sprint Cup Series teams head to the Daytona International Speedway, they anticipate wrecked cars and million-dollar damage bills. When the ITSR Power Series hits the virtual high banks at the World Center of Racing, the teams often expect a very different challenge. Entering Sunday night’s race, the past 258 laps — more … Read the Rest »

Johnston Tames Tire Wear and Atlanta Gremlins With a Peach State Win

June 23rd, 2016 by Corey Davis

The last time the ITSR Power Series raced at the Atlanta Motor Speedway, Tim Johnston led the most laps but pancaked the Turn-4 wall while racing for the lead with 12 laps remaining. More than a year-and-a-half later, Johnston returned to Atlanta determined to reverse his luck at the track. While he topped the speed … Read the Rest »

Franczak on Cruise Control at Phoenix

April 19th, 2016 by Michel Van Dijk

Following last week’s thrilling race at Daytona International Speedway, the European MX-5 Cup headed to Phoenix International Raceway and its combination road course/oval. Much shorter than its Daytona counterpart, the PIR r-oval features a technical infield section, coupled with the oval’s challenging banked Turns 1 and 2 that offer  drivers the best chance to make … Read the Rest »

Draft Class and Love Taps in European MX-5 Cup R-Oval

April 13th, 2016 by Michel Van Dijk (See French translation by Renaud Lacroix below)

Most drivers had adapted to the Global MX-5’s new fixed setup as the European MX-5 Cup headed to Daytona International Speedway, the first of three “r-ovals” on the schedule and the next step on the way to Barcelona where the series’ top sim racers will get their hands on real MX-5s and a chance to … Read the Rest »

Franczak’s Revenge

April 5th, 2016 by Michel Van Dijk (French translation by Anthony Drevet follows)

After a stunning photo finish race at Summit Point Raceway that saw Aday Coba Lopez nip Kamil Franczak, Round 3 of the European MX5 Cup moved to the Okayama International Circuit’s “full” course.  In addition to the challenges presented by the 2.3 mile, 11 turn circuit, drivers faced a new “wrinkle” in the form of … Read the Rest »

Davis Doubles Up, Kelley Ekes Out a Daytona Win

March 2nd, 2016 by

From a twisting road course in Watkins Glen to the high banks of Daytona, the ITSR Power Series schedule challenged drivers with vastly different circuits in the past two weeks.  The drivers met that challenge with 150 laps of caution-free and often close-quarters racing. When the teams rolled into Watkins Glen, a hot, slick track greeted … Read the Rest »

Hamlin Opens NASCAR Speedweeks with Win for Joe Gibbs Racing

February 14th, 2016 by Dave Moulthrop

  The battle for on track supremacy took right back where it left off at the end of the last season during the 4th Annual Sprint Unlimited at Daytona International Speedway. When the dust had settled in the 75 lap non-points race it was a side by side battle with Denny Hamlin’s Gibbs Toyota and … Read the Rest »

IMSA Reality Check: Daytona

February 10th, 2016 by Jared DePouw

2016 marked the 54th running of the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona and the second running of the iRacing 24 Hours of Daytona. Over 2,000 iRacers participated in this year’s event which for the first time was held the weekend before the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona. In this inaugural edition of IMSA Reality Check, … Read the Rest »

Daytona, Sebring Host Extreme League Kickoff

February 5th, 2016 by Jeff Jacobs

The fourth season of road racing in the XtremeMotorsports99 Continental Tire series kicked off under the virtual Florida sun of iRacing.com’s Daytona and Sebring road courses with exciting sim races in both car classes.  Defending ST class champion John Allen returned to the grid in his Mazda MX-5 but dug himself an early hole with … Read the Rest »

Blancpain Endurance Goes ‘Roval’ at Daytona

February 4th, 2016 by Paul Slavonik

After a successful running of the iRacing.com Daytona 24, many drivers got their fair share of laps in at Daytona International Speedway which proved to be a great lead-up to Round 7 of iRacing’s Blancpain Endurance Series. With Daytona being the only roval (road course and oval combination) on the calendar this season, many GT3 … Read the Rest »