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iRacing’s Dudes Abide

March 30th, 2015 by

Never let it be said that the folks at iRacing lack for hands-on sim racing experience.  Most recent case in point:  the iRacing 12 Hours of Sebring, where iRacing staffers experienced the thrill of victory and the agony of P16. The thrill of victory went to Chris Lerch (vehicle dynamic engineer), Kevin Bobbitt (marketing director), … Read the Rest »

Coanda SimSport at SimRacing Expo 2014

September 26th, 2014 by

The successful new sim racing team — Coanda SimSport — descended on the Nürburgring last weekend for the SimRacing Expo 2014 . . . not to mention the iRacing Nürburgring 1000 round of the Blancpain Sprint Series. Organized by Marc Hennerici, from the ADAC Mittelrhein e.V., the Simracing Expo was the first of its kind, … Read the Rest »

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 »

Motorsport Stars Gravitate to iRacing at Autosport International

January 16th, 2012 by

Last week saw iRacing make their first “full” appearance at the Autosport International Show with a dedicated booth.  In the opening two-days (reserved for the motorsport trade patrons), the iRacing stand (72465) was one of the busiest at the NEC, Birmingham show.With a pair of VRX 3D motion simulators, the iRacing display brought delight to … Read the Rest »

The iRacing.com Road Racing Tournament Set for October 18 & 19

October 14th, 2011 by

iRacing.com is hosting an online racing tournament featuring the Star Mazda at Watkins Glen International (Boot Configuration). We’ll be utilizing one of our newest features, tournament racing, to host this special two-night event. The tournament kicks off on Wednesday, October 19th at 8 pm EDT (October 20th 00:00 GMT) and concludes the following night. The … Read the Rest »

The iRacing.com Road Racing Tournament Set for October 18 & 19

October 14th, 2011 by

iRacing.com is hosting an online racing tournament featuring the Star Mazda at Watkins Glen International (Boot Configuration). We’ll be utilizing one of our newest features, tournament racing, to host this special two-night event. The tournament kicks off on Wednesday, October 19th at 8 pm EDT (October 20th 00:00 GMT) and concludes the following night. The … Read the Rest »

GRAND-AM and iRacing.com Announce Premier Online Sports Car Series

February 17th, 2011 by

10-Race, 26-Week Virtual Racing Series To Mirror Rolex Series Schedule When GRAND-AM and iRacing.com announced the GRAND-AM iRacing.com Online Sports Car Series last fall, driving game aficionados, sim racers and sports car racing fans responded enthusiastically.   The series, which runs 12-week seasons and features multi-class racing, quickly became one of the most popular among iRacing.com’s … Read the Rest »

2011 World Tour of iRacing Opens With Jan. 29 Running of iRacing GRAND-AM 2.4 Hours of Daytona

January 28th, 2011 by

Season Opener Features Multi-Class Sim Racing with Riley XX Daytona Prototype and Ford Mustang FR 500S on Daytona Road Course As the green flag waves at 3:30 p.m. EDT to start the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway, nearly two dozen iRacing.com members (among them Alex Gurney, Justin Wilson, AJ Allmendinger, Michael McDowell and Colin … Read the Rest »

GRAND-AM and iRacing.com in Sports Car Racing Partnership

October 22nd, 2010 by

iRacing.com’s newest partnership with a professional race sanctioning body will debut in 2010 Season 4 with the GRAND-AM iRacing.com Online Sports Car Series.  The multi-class series featuring the Riley Mk XX Daytona Prototype and the production-based Ford Mustang FR500S will be sanctioned by GRAND-AM, the road-racing arm of NASCAR, and organized by iRacing.com.  The announcement … Read the Rest »

iRacing TV Episode Two

July 30th, 2010 by

The second installment of iRacingTV is now available.  This month’s webcast features iRacing marketing director Kevin Bobbitt and marketing manager Sean Siff discussing the 2010 Season 3 build.   The segment will also cover several iRacing series including the NASCAR iRacing Series World Championship and the iRacing World Championship Road Racing as well as the iRacing Pro Series, Mixed Class series and GP Master event along with an update on the progress of the Williams FW31 with iRacing vehicle dynamics engineer Eric Hudec.