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Stars ‘n Sparks Fly in Iowa

June 28th, 2013 by

Week 8 of the iRacing.com IndyCar Oval Series action saw the teams take to the banked turns of Iowa Speedway for close quarters combat on a 180 mile per hour track surrounded by an unyielding wall and with an even more venomous apron. The 0.875 mile four turn oval can support two lane racing in … Read the Rest »

Castro, Crossno Lead IndyCar Ovals

June 20th, 2013 by

The seventh week of the iRacing.com Indy Car Oval racing took us to Wisconsin to battle on the historic Milwaukee Mile a four turn oval with 9.25 degree banking and an appetite for the rubber on your tires. The Milwaukee Mile saw 561 drivers in both the IndyCar Oval Fixed and Open series trying to … Read the Rest »

Scribner Tops the Monster

June 5th, 2013 by

A monster lay in wait for the drivers and teams of the NASCAR iRacing.com Class B Series in Week 5:  Dover International Speedway.  Otherwise known as “The Monster Mile,” Dover is known for concrete pavement, steep banking, close racing and big wrecks.  With that being said, only 157 drivers tackled the mile track during the … Read the Rest »

Honors and Heartbreaks at Iowa

May 26th, 2013 by

Built in 2006, Iowa Speedway is one of the “babies” of motorsports venues. In that small time frame, however, the track has hosted many different kinds of racing series on its five different track configurations. Not only has NASCAR’s Nationwide Series and Camping World Truck Series visited the track, but the IndyCar and Indy Lights … Read the Rest »

Proving Ground

April 7th, 2013 by

Week Nine of the NASCAR iRacing.com Late Model Series took to the tarmac of South Boston Speedway. The track was originally built as a dirt track before being converted to a .357 mile paved track in 1962. Finally in 1994 the track took to its current 0.4 mile configuration. The four turns with 12 degrees … Read the Rest »

Huffman Claims Iowa in Gen6

April 5th, 2013 by

Iowa Speedway located in Newton, Iowa hosted Week Five of the shortened NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series (NiCAS) season. Despite being just short of one mile in length, the Gen6 stockcars blister around the moonlit D shaped oval. The track designed by NASCAR legend Rusty Wallace offers a lot of unique characteristics for drivers and … Read the Rest »

Mission Accomplished

April 4th, 2013 by

Week Nine of the NASCAR iRacing.com Class B Series made its way to Iowa Speedway and the cornfields of the Hawkeye State for the second to last short track of the season.  Simon Crochart held the points lead heading to Iowa and looked to improve his margin over second place Ashley Miller.  For the week, … Read the Rest »

Class B Battle Shapes-Up at MIS

April 1st, 2013 by

Week Eight of the NASCAR iRacing.com Class B Series headed north to Michigan International Speedway for some high speed online racing around the two mile oval.  With seven weeks down in the season, the points battle is starting to take shape between several drivers.  How would those guys fair during the week. 582 sim-racers took … Read the Rest »

Dusett & Miller Ignite Iowa

March 23rd, 2013 by

One of the newer tracks in the iRacing.com service plays host to Week Seven of the NASCAR iRacing.com Class C Series (fixed setup) as almost 2,200 sim racers took the green flag for at least one race at Iowa Speedway. Chris J Miller (Carolina) took home the trophy during the week’s high Strength of Field … Read the Rest »

Shelton Tops at Iowa

March 20th, 2013 by

Iowa Speedway, a four-turned banked short track in the corn fields of Newton, Iowa was the watering grounds for Week Seven of the NASCAR iRacing.com National Series. iRacing’s sim-racers enjoyed an action-filled week on the online version of the track that NASCAR champion Rusty Wallace had built himself. The track draws some of its design … Read the Rest »