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Gorlinsky Aces Atlanta

August 3rd, 2011 by

John Gorlinsky drove to victory on Tuesday in Round 13 of the NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship at the Atlanta Motor Speedway. Gorlinsky, who started from the pole position on the 43 car field, led 117 of 162 laps, including the final 33 circuits of the online race. The driver of the #21 Wrangler Chevrolet … Read the Rest »

Wood Holds-off Sheehan at The Magic Mile

July 6th, 2011 by

Week Eleven took the NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship (NiSWC) to New Hampshire Motor Speedway for some flat track online racing action. Fresh off wins at Pocono and Michigan, Steve Sheehan grabbed the pole at The Magic Mile but fell just short in his quest for three wins in a row as JR Motorsports teammate … Read the Rest »

Sheehan Doubles Up at Michigan

June 22nd, 2011 by

Steve Sheehan put on a show Tuesday night at Michigan International Speedway, winning his second straight NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship race in commanding fashion from Derek Wood and Richard Towler. Sheehan qualified on the pole and had the dominant car on a short run. That turned-out to be the winning combination as eight cautions … Read the Rest »

Berry Bumps to Martinsville Win

March 30th, 2011 by

Josh Berry emerged the winner at Martinsville Speedway after push came to shove in the final laps of last night’s NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship event.  With half a dozen laps remaining, Berry came to a restart behind series leader Ray Alfalla, Thomas Hazard and Josh Parker.  As Alfalla and Parker traded paint heading into … Read the Rest »

Davies Dominates Vegas

March 2nd, 2011 by

Brad Davies completely dominated Week Two of the NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, leading 106 of 133 laps en route to the online racing victory. Davies put a bad run in the season opener at Daytona in the rear view mirror by starting on pole and never being challenged on … Read the Rest »

Five in a row, Jimmie who?

November 1st, 2010 by

The Great Plains Club finished off the third season of 2010 the same way it had the previous four seasons: atop the Central Region standings in the World Cup of iRacing competition. After jumping out to an early lead in Week One of the season, the Great Plains never looked back, holding the lead for … Read the Rest »

Towler, Wood Suspended from Upcoming iWCRR Events

September 7th, 2010 by

The iRacing.com Competition Committee has suspended Richard Towler and Derek Wood from the next two online racing events in the iRacing World Championship Road Racing (iWCRR) series and placed both drivers on probation for the remainder of the 2010 iWCRR and NASCAR iRacing Series World Championship as the result of tactics they employed during Saturday’s … Read the Rest »

Wood Wins at TMS, Davies Snags NiSWC Points Lead

July 28th, 2010 by

Derek Wood put himself on the winning strategy at Texas Motor Speedway last night, and captured his first career NASCAR iRacing Series World Championship (NiSWC). While Wood soared to the win, points leader Richard Towler plummeted late in the race to finish twelfth. With Towler’s misfortune, Brad Davies now finds himself leading the NiSWC title … Read the Rest »

An Online Racing Dream Come True

February 10th, 2010 by

The dream of one day having a top iRacing division, sanctioned by NASCAR, became a reality for iRacing co-founders John Henry and David Kaemmer. The NASCAR iRacing World Championship began Tuesday night at the famed Daytona International Speedway with, by far, the most important race in the history of iRacing to date. It began with … 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 »