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Make Your Laps Make a Difference: iRacing Charlotte 4HR Benefiting the National MS Society

July 26th, 2021 by

DONATE NOW and help us reach out $25,000 goal! $21,293 raised as of Thursday, July 29 Watch the Stream: Saturday 8:30AM ET Race With Us: Friday 22:00 GMT, Saturday 7:00, 12:00, 16:00 GMT iRacing is teaming up with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society on Saturday, July 31 to add a brand-new race to the Special … Read the Rest »

iRacing, National Multiple Sclerosis Society to Team Up for Special Event on July 31st

April 22nd, 2021 by

iRacing will team up with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society on Saturday, July 31 to add a brand new race to the Special Events calendar. The inaugural iRacing 4 Hours at Charlotte Benefiting the National MS Society will feature the Global Mazda MX-5, Audi RS3 LMS, Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR, BMW M4 GT4, … Read the Rest »

#VCOJIMMERCHALLENGE: THE ESPORTS RACING COMMUNITY CHALLENGES SIM STAR JIMMY BROADBENT

April 2nd, 2020 by Virtual Competition Organisation

Contest Extended Through April 4! • Jimmy Broadbent takes up the challenge laid down by the community in the #VCOJimmerChallenge powered by FANATEC. • Time Attack Challenge, with the Mazda MX-5 at Lime Rock Park, to take place on iRacing on Friday. • A FANATEC set worth roughly € 1,700 awaits the winner. Munich – Before YouTuber Jimmy … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Bas Slob

June 29th, 2015 by

An active iRacer since November of 2013, 31 year old Bas Slob has quickly become acquainted with what it takes to be a successful sim racer. Racing out of Randwijk, The Netherlands, Bas has 27 victories in nearly 400 official races on road courses, and has an oval victory at Lanier National Speedway on his … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Chuck Chambliss

March 31st, 2015 by

A solid sim racer in both disciplines, iRacer Chuck Chambliss is a threat on any type of racetrack, oval or road. The 43 year old out of Hueytown, Alabama, has nearly 3600 races to his credit since joining iRacing back in May, 2008. Chambliss is primarily a road racer, with over 60% of his starts … Read the Rest »

Frequent Flyer

January 22nd, 2015 by

Less than two years since taking his first laps in a real race car, Chris Beaufait has already earned awards including the Skip Barber Challenge’s Most Improved Driver.  And while the green flag has yet to wave on the racing season, Beaufait would appear to have the pole for the Most Frequent Flyer Miles award … Read the Rest »

Imitation of Life

September 8th, 2014 by

Every time a sim racer starts up his/her wheel, we expect to have a software experience that mimics real-life racing. However, sim racers try their absolute hardest to find the loopholes and gaps in the given software to find the extra tenth of a second they need. Whether it be from setups, track lines, or … Read the Rest »

Seeing Red(line)

June 20th, 2013 by

Team Redline bills itself as “the world’s most successful virtual racing team.”  Cheeky?  Perhaps. But it’s hard to argue with an outfit whose record includes two iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series titles, 36 iWCGPS race wins, three of four iRacing.com Road Pro Series crowns (and runner-up in the other), placing one of its drivers … Read the Rest »

Return of the King

March 5th, 2012 by

Finland’s Greger Huttu survived a first lap challenge to claim the inaugural victory of the 2012 iRacing.com Grand Prix Series World Championship at Watkins Glen on Saturday.   The flag-to-flag win not only maintains Huttu’s 100% winning record at the Glen in World Championship competition, it stakes the ’10 World Champion to an early lead in … Read the Rest »