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Shifflett, Allen Repeat as Class Champions in Xtreme League Road Series

December 23rd, 2015 by Jeff Jacobs

As ten weeks of sim racing competition came to a close at Road Atlanta, Tyler Shifflett and John D Allen successfully defended their respective class championships in Season 3 of the XtremeMotorsports99.com Continental Tire Road Racing Series.  Despite coming into the final event trailing by seven points, Shifflett took the GS class championship in his … Read the Rest »

Zolder’s Chicanes Challenge GTC

January 15th, 2015 by

After a week of sim-racing on the sweeping turns at Mosport, the iRacing.com Grand Touring Cup featured a completely different challenge with the tricky chicanes of Belgium’s Circuit Zolder. Having been absent from the GTC schedule for two years, Zolder was new to most of the drivers and had to be re-learned by the others. … Read the Rest »

Mustang Debut at COTA Challenges iRacers, Shuffles Standings

June 10th, 2014 by

Rookies and past-champions alike struggled to master the 20-turns at Circuit of the Americas in the series debut at this new track during Week 6 of the iRacing.com Mustang Challenge. In a week of competition producing only five official races, defending Season 1 Champion Patrick Bieri prevailed in a key Strength-of-Field race on Sunday to … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Jake Hayes

April 14th, 2014 by

From Commerce, Georgia, iRacer Jake Hayes has not even celebrated his one year anniversary on iRacing. Although he only joined iRacing in June of 2013, he has already started 344 oval races and 212 road races, and has recorded 14 and 19 victories respectively. On ovals, he got his first career win on his second … Read the Rest »

Mustang Records Fall at Road Atlanta

March 20th, 2014 by

With V8 motors feasting on the cool Georgia air at Road Atlanta, Mustang sim-racers broke qualifying and race lap records in Week 7 of the iRacing.com Mustang Challenge. Matthew Pilus set a new qualifying record of 1:32.323, just edging out Kimmo Suominen’s 1:32.387. But at race time, it was Patrick Bieri setting the new competition … Read the Rest »

Broz Top Cat in Mustang Challenge Opener

February 6th, 2014 by

Vedran Broz has a jealous and angry cat.  This cat is the frequent subject of lengthy posts by the sim-racer in the Ford Mustang FR500S forum, interwoven with track tips, driving impressions, setup ideas and other information that is lapped up by competitors.  While the cat doesn’t appreciate its caretaker’s attention being diverted to a … Read the Rest »

Resurgent Mustang Challenge Features 12 Weeks of Most-Requested Tracks in Season 1

January 25th, 2014 by

After seeing significant growth in participation in the final season of 2013, the iRacing.com Mustang Challenge has released a Season 1 schedule for 2014 comprised of the tracks most requested by series participants.  Series regular John King polled drivers on the tracks they most wanted to see in the 2014 schedule and his efforts were … Read the Rest »

No Holiday From Intense Mustang Points Battle in Weeks 8-9

December 31st, 2013 by

Season 4 of the iRacing.com Mustang Cup series has been a slugfest at the top of the points battle between defending Champion Dariusz Bielawski, Season 2 Champion Todd Honczarenko, and current leader Patrick Bieri.  The spirit of the holiday season did nothing to reduce the intensity in Week 8 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and Week … Read the Rest »

Bieri Survives Watkins “Endurance” Test Atop Mustang Series

November 21st, 2013 by

Patrick Bieri extended his stay at the top of the iRacing.com Mustang Cup standings for the third straight week with a solid performance during extra-long races at Watkins Glen.  Ordinarily the series races run about 25 minutes for the top drivers, but 18 laps on the “boot” configuration at The Glen ran nearly 40 minutes.  … Read the Rest »

Mustang’s Season 4 Schedule Delivers V8 Joy, Promises Thrilling Drivers’ Duel

November 1st, 2013 by

The iRacing.com Mustang Cup kicks off Season 4 this week with an exciting new schedule and a line-up of top drivers guaranteed to produce a thrilling battle for the overall points championship.  The new schedule, listed in full below, features tracks and configurations most requested by the sim-racers who regularly participate in the series.  “Awesome … Read the Rest »