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Mustang Cup Leader Revolving Door Continues in Brazil

August 27th, 2013 by

So far in Season 3, every week of the iRacing.com Mustang Cup has brought a new overall points leader and that trend continued with Dariusz Bielawski knocking Dan Rasch off the top spot in Week 4.  Certainly the fact that many Mustang FR500S sim-racers don’t yet own the Brazilian Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace track contributed … Read the Rest »

Mustangs To Finish Thrilling Points Battle at Spa

July 16th, 2013 by

It’ll be no relaxing week at the Spa for sim-racers competing for the Top 10 spots in the iRacing.com Mustang Cup.  The final week of Season 2 provides an opportunity to let the virtual V-8s of the Mustang FR500S roar over nine laps of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.  Although Todd Honczarenko appears to have a … Read the Rest »

Mustang Racing Produces Fireworks at Barber

July 10th, 2013 by

The July 4th Holiday in the United States seemed to put a damper on participation in Week 10 of the iRacing.com Mustang Cup, but the races that did go official had no shortage of fireworks between the sim-racers.   With the series visiting Barber Motorsports Park for the first time in two years, those who did … Read the Rest »

Mustangs Take On Okayama Short

July 4th, 2013 by

Week 9 of the iRacing Mustang Cup was the first time the series has ever run the short configuration at Okayama International Circuit, providing a 24-lap challenge in tight quarters.  The short laps required even the fastest of the series leaders to properly manage traffic and execute well-timed passes several times each race.  For the … Read the Rest »

Mustangs Kickoff Strong

May 8th, 2013 by

The most-watched pony race of the week may have taken place at Churchill Downs on Saturday, but the four-wheel variety provided a full week of excitement at Lime Rock Park, first stop for Season 2 of the iRacing.com Mustang Cup series.  A great turnout of 353 different sim-drivers took their Ford Mustang FR500S to the … Read the Rest »

Joe’s iRacing Experience

March 1st, 2013 by

Editor’s note:  Last week we told you how iRacing proved to be the catalyst to Richard Brown’s purchase of his Cadillac CTS-V Coupe.  This week we’re sharing a story written by iRacer Joe Pisciotta for www.StangNet.com about racing his Mustang FR500s year ’round on iRacing.com . . . In the early 1980′s, video game arcades … Read the Rest »

Continental Endurance Sports Car Series Set for February 2

January 24th, 2013 by

Season 3 for the Continental Endurance Sports Car Series is set to launch again on February 2 with the 2.4 Hour race at Daytona International Speedway road course featuring the Mazda MX-5 in the Street Tuner Class and the Ford Mustang FR500S in the Grand Sport Class. Historically the season opener at Daytona is the … Read the Rest »

Roar Before the 2.4

January 21st, 2013 by

The 2013 World Tour of iRacing got off to a roaring start with the Roar Before the 2.4. The mixed class online races on Friday and Saturday featured the Ford Mustang FR500S, Volkswagen Jetta TDi and Mazda MX-5 Cup on the Daytona International Speedway road course, with more than 1300 iRacers participating in the event. … Read the Rest »

Roselli, Gelink Crowned 2012 Premier GRAND-AM Champions

September 26th, 2012 by

A visit to Lime Rock Park for the tenth and final round of Premier Grand-Am iRacing.com Online Sports Car Series last weekend heralded the crowning of two champions in the mixed class online racing series: Anthony Roselli (Daytona Prototypes) and Dave Gelink (Mustang FR500S).  With nearly $3500 in total prize money on the line, this … Read the Rest »

Release Notes for 2012 Season 3

July 26th, 2012 by

The release notes for the 2012 Season 3 build are as follows: Hosted Sessions – Gridding – In a multi-class event you can now select a third gridding option “One class per car – grid all cars in a class together”. – Weight Penalty – You can now specify a weight penalty in kg for … Read the Rest »