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2nd Annual eRacr Firecracker 400 Runs Tonight

June 30th, 2021 by

After eight heat races and two rounds of qualifying, it all comes down to this: the eRacr Blue-Emu Firecracker 400, one of iRacing’s most popular independently staged events featuring the 1987 NASCAR Cup Series Chevrolet Monte Carlo and Ford Thunderbird, takes place tonight from the virtual Daytona International Speedway. 43 drivers, including a mix of … Read the Rest »

Blue-Emu Firecracker 400 Qualifying Begins Tonight

June 23rd, 2021 by

One of iRacing’s biggest independently organized events enters its second stage tonight, as qualifying for the Blue-Emu Firecracker 400 kicks off tonight at 7PM ET. Fans of some of eNASCAR’s biggest stars, as well as some of the fastest real-world pros in the world, can tune in for first and second round qualifying from the … Read the Rest »

NASCAR Unveils New International iRacing Series

June 18th, 2021 by NASCAR PR

Coming on the heels of a successful year across NASCAR’s fast-growing esports platform – the sanctioning body is today announcing an all-new eNASCAR series that will place a spotlight on the stars of its three international racing divisions across Europe, Mexico and Canada. The new series – entitled “the eNASCAR International iRacing Series” – will … Read the Rest »

2nd Annual Firecracker 400 Kicks Off Tonight

June 15th, 2021 by

One of iRacing’s biggest independent events kicks off tonight with the return of the Blue-Emu Firecracker 400, a unique multi-week event organized by eRacr featuring the 1987 NASCAR Cup Series Chevrolet Monte Carlo and Ford Thunderbird and the legacy scan of Daytona International Speedway. Spearheaded and organized by real-world NASCAR Cup Series drivers Landon Cassill … Read the Rest »

Krogstad, Ollikainen Split iRX All-Star Invitational presented by Yokohama Wins at Daytona, Barcelona

May 5th, 2021 by

Two members of last year’s iRacing Rallycross World Championship roster scored the wins in Tuesday’s iRX All-Star Invitational presented by Yokohama races across two different tracks. Hansen Williams Esports’ Henrik Krogstad, a real-world RX2 champion, took advantage of contact between World RX star Kevin Hansen and longtime RX2 driver Tanner Whitten in the closing laps … Read the Rest »

iRacing Rallycross All-Star Invitational presented by Yokohama Race Preview: Daytona/Barcelona

May 2nd, 2021 by

The world’s best rallycross drivers—both real and virtual—are ready to get back behind the wheel on iRacing on Tuesday afternoon, as the second round of the iRacing Rallycross All-Star Invitational presented by Yokohama splits the series after a unified round at Brands Hatch two weeks ago. The real pros head to North America for a … Read the Rest »

eRacr Carnomaly 500 Brings Top iRacers, Real-World Stars Together

February 17th, 2021 by

Over the next three weeks, nearly 400 iRacers from around the world will strap into the NASCAR Cup Series Car of Tomorrow for the eRacr Carnomaly 500, which kicks off its preliminary races from the virtual Daytona International Speedway tonight. The second major independent event organized by NASCAR stars Landon Cassill and Parker Kligerman through … Read the Rest »

Conti Kicks Off 2021 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series Season With Daytona Win

February 9th, 2021 by

18 years to the day after his boss, Dale Earnhardt Jr., won the NASCAR Cup Series Shootout at Daytona International Speedway, JR Motorsports driver Michael Conti marked the occasion by putting a different red #8 Chevrolet in victory lane. For Conti, though, Monday night’s triumph may have had bigger implications. By winning the first eNASCAR … Read the Rest »

eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series Race Preview: Daytona

February 8th, 2021 by

The wait is over: 40 of the top iRacers in the world finally take the green flag on the 2021 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series season tonight at Daytona International Speedway. And after multiple years of explosive growth across the series (and sim racing as a whole), what we see on track tonight just may foreshadow … Read the Rest »

Clampitt, Ottinger Go 1-2 for William Byron eSports in eNASCAR Clash at Daytona

February 2nd, 2021 by

.013 seconds was all that separated new William Byron eSports teammates Logan Clampitt and Nick Ottinger from one another in Monday night’s eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series Clash at Daytona International Speedway. The annual non-points exhibition and unofficial kickoff to the 2021 campaign went into overtime after a number of cautions, as drivers looked to dial … Read the Rest »