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2013 iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series Kicks-Off Saturday

February 28th, 2013 by

Saturday’s opening round of the 2013 iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series at Circuit de Spa Francorchamps will be broadcast on iRacing.com/live beginning at 14:00 GMT (9:00 am EST). Can Greger Huttu defend his 2012 championship title or will last year’s runner up Hugo Luis challenge again? Maybe one of the World Championship Series rookies … Read the Rest »

Mogar DG Filho: Next Stop iWCGPS

February 19th, 2013 by

As the opening round of the 2013 iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series at Spa-Francorchamps on March 2 edges ever closer, we can look forward to seeing some new and familiar names battling for the most coveted sim-racing title in the world . . . and prizes valued at nearly $20,000.   One fresh-faced individual who … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Jérémy Bouteloup

February 2nd, 2013 by

Upon seeing the name “Jérémy Bouteloup” it’s natural for inRacingNews readers to think of the Williams-Toyota FW31.  After all, the Parisian drove his Radicals Racing entry to a worthy P7 in the 2012 iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series on the strength of six top five finishes, including fourth places at Silverstone and Twin Ring … Read the Rest »

Finland Wins 2012 World Cup of iRacing

January 21st, 2013 by

Finland broke DE-AT-CH’s stranglehold on the World Cup of iRacing, dethroning the only champions the competition has ever known with impressive performances at Road America and Texas Motor Speedway in Saturday’s 2012 World Cup of iRacing Finals.  Further emphasizing the depth of competition, Brasil finished runner-up in the online racing event with DE-AT-CH taking third … Read the Rest »

iRacing Launches World Championship Series web site

January 15th, 2013 by

iRacing.com today announced the launch of wcs.iracing.com, a website focused on the iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series and the NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship.  The site features profiles of the drivers competing in the two series, along with schedules, standings, track guides and World Championship-related stories, videos and photo galleries. The World Championship series … Read the Rest »

On the Way Up – Again

December 7th, 2012 by

It’s an understatement to note that Circuit Spa-Francorchamps has played a pivotal role in Richie Stanaway’s racing career.  After all, the New Zealander scored a sensational win there in his GP3 debut in 2011.  Unfortunately, it was also at Spa where, as a member of the Lotus F1 young driver team, he fractured two vertebrae … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Kalle Ruokola

November 10th, 2012 by

Regular inRacing News readers are no doubt familiar with the name Kalle Ruokola.  His name is splashed all over Katier Scott’s Classic Teams Championship reports, from the race results to the superb images of his used to illustrate the stories.  But the resident of Vantaa, Finland can do lots more than wheel a Lotus 79 … Read the Rest »

Kerkhof Takes World Championship Finale

October 16th, 2012 by

The sixteenth and final round of the iRacing.com Grand Prix Series World Championship at the digital Suzuka Grand Prix Circuit saw Atze Kerkhof secure his second win of the season with a dominant pole-to-flag front-running performance.  However, the triumph proved to be too little, too late for the Dutchman, who was looking to overhaul Roland … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Jörn Jens

October 15th, 2012 by

When we think of iRacers in the Brazil, Benelux, Italia or Finland clubs of iRacing, we typically think of them as road racers. Drivers like Hugo Luis, Atze Kerkhof, Matthias Egger and 2012 iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series champion Greger Huttu all originate from these regions. The driver I interviewed for this week article, … Read the Rest »

Luis Powers to Motegi Win as Huttu re-Claims Championship Crown

October 3rd, 2012 by

In the iRacing.com Grand Prix Series World Championship’s inaugural visit to the digital replica of the Twin-Ring Motegi circuit, Hugo Luis dominated proceedings to grab his sixth win of the 2012 season. Despite mounting the top step of the virtual podium, Luis couldn’t prevent Greger Huttu from reclaiming the championship crown that he ceded to … Read the Rest »