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100MPH Chess Match

February 26th, 2014 by

Week Three of the iRacing.com Skip Barber Race Series saw a return to US soil for the Classic Course at Watkins Glen in New York State.  This 2.4 mile long circuit only has seven corners in this classic configuration, with the drivers never going below 70mph and having an average lap speed of about 100mph, … Read the Rest »

Kotovaara Sweeps The Glen

September 4th, 2013 by

Watkins Glen hosted the fourth week of this season’s Skip Barber Race Series.  One of North America’s premier circuits, as a former site for the United States Grand Prix, The Glen is also known around the world. This week saw the Barber Series use the Boot configuration of the track, a circuit that is as … Read the Rest »

Via Victorious at Suzuka

August 26th, 2013 by

This week, the iRacing.com Skip Barber Race Series visited the beautiful and technical Suzuka International Racing Course, or simply Suzuka Circuit. This is the track where Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost had their controversial accidents in 1989 and 1990. It’s also where Jacques Villeneuve almost made history where he could have been the first driver … Read the Rest »

Ganzeveld Wins After Last Lap Drama

July 22nd, 2013 by

or the penultimate week of the iRacing.com Skip Barber Race Series, the drivers headed to Road Atlanta. Best known as the home of Petit Le Mans, the 2.54 mile race track features a dozen turns with The Esses (Turns Three to Five) being the most famous and difficult ones. The track is perhaps most well … Read the Rest »

Skip Barber 2013 S1 Review

April 27th, 2013 by

After visiting Oran Raceway Park and Suzuka for the final two weeks, the 2013 Season 1 iRacing.com Skip Barber Race Series has come to a close.  As drivers test the changes to the car and prepare for next season, we at inRacingNews had the chance to catch-up with the top three sim-racers in last season’s … Read the Rest »

Sulzer Back In Style

April 15th, 2013 by

Week 10 brought the iRacing.com Skip Barber Race Series to Road Atlanta, located in Braselton, GA, USA.  Using the tight club layout, drivers attacked 14 corners over 1.81 miles (2.91 km) of track.  Typically used for drifting competitions in real life, this layout was quite sketchy for racing throughout the week.  This showed as only … Read the Rest »

Swirydowicz On Top in England

April 5th, 2013 by

Week Nine brought the iRacing.com Skip Barber Race Series to the grassy hills of Brands Hatch, located in Kent, England.  The “Indy” layout being used is 1.198 miles (1.928 km) and one of the shortest tracks on the schedule.  The pole was won by Nicolas Bihan (Texas) with a blazing fast time of 51.715.  There … Read the Rest »

If It’s Week 8 This Must Be Belgium

March 29th, 2013 by

Week Eight brought the iRacing.com Skip Barber Race Series to Circuit Zolder, located in Heusden, Belgium.  The 2.492 mile (4.011 km) features ten turns, including one of the most challenging and dangerous on iRacing, the Turn 5-6 chicane.  It wouldn’t be so difficult if it weren’t for the massive curbs on either side which you … Read the Rest »

O’Keefe Extends Point Lead

March 22nd, 2013 by

Week Seven brought the iRacing.com Skip Barber Race Series to the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.  Using the short layout, drivers attacked 13 turns over 2.0 miles (3.22 km) of asphalt, Jon Tanko (Iberia) being the fastest with the blazing pole speed of 1:17.280.  All told, 844 drivers took to the track in a race session, … Read the Rest »

Adcock Impresses at Okayama

March 14th, 2013 by

Week Six brought the iRacing.com Skip Barber Race Series to Okayama International Circuit located in Mimasaka, Japan.  The 1.3 mile (2.09 km) “Short” circuit features seven turns, mostly slow and tight. Mastering the tight turns was Jon Tanko (Iberia) setting a 58.700 second lap time as the pole position.  This was a very popular week … Read the Rest »