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Steele Wins Battle of Survival at Richmond

March 21st, 2017 by Daniel Ensch

Christian Steele managed to sift his way through nine yellows that consumed almost a third of the total laps available to claim his first win of the 2017 campaign Sunday evening at Richmond in the fourth round of the Apex InfoTech Indy Elite series. At first glance the scheduled 150 lap distance (105 miles) seemed … Read the Rest »

Aero Wars: The uphill battle NASCAR has gotten itself into

July 25th, 2015 by

The year is 1968.  The racing series:  Formula 1.  Colin Chapman bolts a small front wing and a rear spoiler onto Graham Hill’s Lotus 49.  The result is tremendous.  All Formula 1 teams follow suit in affixing their cars with some kind of aerofoil-shaped device on their cars.  Dubbed “guillotine” wings because….well never mind, let’s … Read the Rest »

IndyCar Reality Check: The Milwaukee Mile

July 17th, 2015 by

Built in 1903 and located on the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds, The Milwaukee Mile is the oldest motor speedway in the United States and is home to the second shortest track on the Verizon IndyCar Series schedule. At 1.015mi in length and only 9.25° of banking in the corners, Milwaukee is one of the most difficult … Read the Rest »

No Love Lost

February 17th, 2015 by

The ninth week of the iRacing Star Mazda championship took the sim racers to Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin where one of America’s most famous tracks — Road America — awaited with its 14 turns in four miles (aka 6.515 kilometres). With Road America’s variation of long straights and quick sweeping corners it was essential to find … Read the Rest »

Smidl Cleans-Up at Okayama

November 4th, 2014 by

Okayama International Circuit played  host to the opening week of the 2014 S4 iRacing Star Mazda Championship, with over 1000 iRacers taking the green flag! Every online race this week – bar two -had a couple of splits or more, indicating it was going to be a closely-fought battle for the advantage in the championship … Read the Rest »

The Kitchen Sink: Homestead – Not a Typical 1.5 Miler

September 4th, 2014 by

Previous: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Homestead is one of those tracks that is so similar to yet so different from other tracks on the schedule. At 1.5 miles, Homestead is the same length as far too many high banked speedways; however, the differences between Homestead and other 1.5 mile circuits are easily … Read the Rest »

The Kitchen Sink: Finding a Little Bit of Speed at Motegi

August 19th, 2014 by

Previous: 1 | 2 | 3 Twin Ring Motegi’s Oval course is one of the trickiest on iRacing. At first glance one would think that it is a very easy course. The racing surface is very wide and the pavement very smooth; however there is something about the Japanese asphalt that makes this track very … Read the Rest »

Road Warriors at Mid-Ohio

August 19th, 2014 by

The iRacing Road Warrior Series traveled to the challenging Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio for Round 10. This battle saw the Road Warriors take on the course in the Dallara DW-12 for a 50 lap sprint to the checkers. The high downforce car was on edge the whole way around Mid-Ohio’s off camber … Read the Rest »

NASCAR iRacing Series Open Garage: Indianapolis Motor Speedway

July 22nd, 2014 by

This just in: Indianapolis Motor Speedway is a 2.5 mile oval. Long straights and four sharp turns provide the qualities of the high speed speedways with the challenge of setting-up the car for braking and corner rotation which will be key here as corner exit is going to play heavily on the cars’ acceleration going … Read the Rest »

NASCAR iRacing Series Open Garage: Kentucky Speedway

June 27th, 2014 by

Kentucky Speedway, for some, is one of the most difficult of the 1.5 mile speedways. You would think with its steep banks and wide front straight it would be one of everybody’s favorites; however the bumpy surface and limited preferred driving grooves can be deceiving. There are points where the rough surface, combined with windy … Read the Rest »