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Road Warriors: Five Story Drops in the Lotus 49

August 20th, 2014 by

This weekend iRacing once again virtually paralleled a world class event, namely the Monterey Historic weekend at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.  While the Monterey Historics see a wide variety of vintage classics, our virtual Monterey Historics used one of racing’s most iconic open wheel cars: the Lotus 49. Suffice to say competitors did their best … Read the Rest »

8 Reasons To Race the Lotus 49

July 8th, 2014 by

After half a season of covering (and occasionally racing in) the Grand Prix Legends series featuring the Lotus 49 I feel marginally qualified to explain why every road-racing enthusiast should purchase this car yesterday.  There are many reasons to participate in this series, some of which are obvious, but others not so much.  In this … Read the Rest »

Get to Know . . . Allan Paterson

February 3rd, 2014 by

When you think of sim-racing veterans, one of the names you have to put on the list is Allan Paterson. Born in Falkirk, Scotland, Paterson has been on iRacing since December of 2009 after having has first encounter with virtual racing 20 years ago. The 52 year old now living in Wrexham, North Wales has … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Fulvio Barozzini

October 7th, 2013 by

This week, I interviewed iRacer Fulvio Barozzini, a 28 year old sim-racer from Besana, Italy.  A member of iRacing since October of 2010, Fulvio — just like last week’s featured driver Matthias Egger– is a regular in the iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series. In 274 starts on the road side of iRacing, he has … Read the Rest »

Driver vs Racer

July 2nd, 2013 by

Kyle Petty rekindled an old motorsports controversy last week when he spoke of Danica Patrick being a “marketing machine” and a fast driver as opposed to a good racer.  “She can go fast, but she can’t race,” he said. “I think she’s come a long way, but she’s still not a race car driver. And … Read the Rest »

Exceeding Expectations

May 23rd, 2013 by

Round Two of the 2013 iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series at Interlagos produced a noteworthy “first” when Stephen Michaels disconnected from the event.  While it’s not unusual for a driver running a lap down in P30 to withdraw from a race, the fact it was the first time Michaels failed to finish in the … Read the Rest »

Lotus 49, Oran Park, Rockingham Available for Pre-Sale

September 26th, 2012 by

History is poised to come alive on iRacing with one of the Formula One’s most significant cars – the Lotus 49 — and two of the world’s most beloved race tracks – Rockingham Speedway and Oran Park – now available for pre-sale. iRacing’s introduction of the Lotus 49 is a milestone in the evolution of … Read the Rest »

Lotus 49 Coming to iRacing

November 8th, 2011 by

iRacing.com and Classic Team Lotus have announced plans to create a digital version of the renowned 1967 Lotus 49.  This will be the second of the marque’s iconic Formula One cars available on iRacing, joining the 1978 World Championship-winning Lotus 79 which has been raced in the Classic Lotus Grand Prix Series since 2009. “We’re … Read the Rest »