All News: Joni Bäckman


The Chicane of Many Moves

May 26th, 2015 by

Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, Montreal, Canada; the circuit that week 10 of the iRacing Grand Prix Series will be tackling. The drivers had 42 laps awaiting them where concentration needed to be incredibly high. With the concrete walls in close proximity of each of the 13 turns, over the 4.361km distance, a small misjudgement could prove costly … Read the Rest »

Pedersen Strikes in the Land of the Rising Sun

August 15th, 2014 by

As Week 2 of the 2014 S3 iRacing Mazda Cup concluded, all eyes turned to Jesper Pedersen, who for the second week in a row, piloted his virtual Mazda MX-5 to a top-5 points finish and topped the 170-point barrier. He went two-for-two this week, winning both races he participated in. As the Scandinavian tallied … Read the Rest »

Daley Dominates CTMP

September 4th, 2013 by

After a four weeks of only turning left, the NASCAR iRacing Class C Series Fixed heads into Canada for a trip to the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park for the fifth week of action during Season Three. The 2.459-mile, 10-turn road course located in Bowmanville, Ontario is isn’t a new track to the iRacing.com service, but … Read the Rest »

iRacing.com Global Challenge Series Quarterly Recap: Part 2

June 5th, 2013 by

Welcome to the Part 2 of the article covering the first quarter of  online racing in the iRacing.com Global Challenge Series. Part 1 focused on the Kia Optima Class. This article will feature some drivers racing primarily in the Cadillac CTS-V Class, with interviews and statistics were collected after racing had concluded at Mid-Ohio Sports … Read the Rest »

Grand Touring Cup Season Debuts at Daytona

February 6th, 2013 by

Undoubtedly among the most prestigious race tracks in the world, let alone the United States, Daytona International Speedway hosted the first week of iRacing’s exhilarating Grand Touring Cup racing.  The vehicles in contention? The FWD, 170hp German Volkswagen Jetta TDI cup sedans, the classic Japanese 170hp Mazda MX-5 Cup cars and the popular 177hp American … Read the Rest »