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Computer Racing Sharpened Teen’s Skills

June 28th, 2013 by

Editor’s note:  The following story appeared in the June 28 issue of The Charlotte Observer: William Byron celebrates after a Legends racing event. Byron partly credits his meteoric rise to the top of his racing division’s standings to computer racing simulations on the iRacing website. A SouthPark teenager may make it in big-time racing one … Read the Rest »

Dillon Kicks-Off NASCAR’s Kentucky Weekend in Style

June 28th, 2013 by

Ty Dillon kicked-off NASCAR’s Kentucky weekend in fine style, passing Kyle Busch in the final laps of the Unoh 225 to score his second NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win of the season.   The win boosted Dillon to third in the CWTS standings, behind Matt Crafton and Jeb Burton. Adding to Dillon’s satisfaction is the … Read the Rest »

The Times They Have A’Changed

June 24th, 2013 by

Once upon a time, the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Sonoma Raceway meant three hours of pratfalls guaranteed to generate half a dozen incidents worthy of a Havoc video . . . not to mention hours of banal chatter about “road course specialists” guaranteed to make anyone with even a passing knowledge of motorsports beyond the … Read the Rest »

Get to Know . . . Casey Malone

June 17th, 2013 by

This week, I interviewed an iRacer who is 20 years old and was born in Mansfield, Texas.  He currently attends Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas and has been on iRacing since September of 2010.  Now, he drives the #92 Garry Mercer Trucking Chevrolet SS for Last Row Motorsports in the NASCAR iRacing.com Series World … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Brandon Buie

May 28th, 2013 by

For this week, I interviewed Brandon Buie, a Pro Series-licensed driver who has been on iRacing since December of 2012. Brandon has been sim racing since the days of NASCAR Racing 2, over a decade ago. Based on his iRacing statistics, it’s safe to assume he learned a thing or two about sim racing from … Read the Rest »

Get to Know . . . Tyler Laughlin

May 13th, 2013 by

I think many of you can relate to this statement: When you first started out sim racing, you really didn’t take it seriously, but then something in you made you realize that if you try, you could really accomplish a great deal. That is definitely the case for iRacer Tyler Laughlin from Knoxville, Tennessee. If … Read the Rest »

The Iowa Stampede

December 19th, 2012 by

Week Seven of the NASCAR iRacing.com Class C Series (open setup) sent the online racers to one of the United States’ newest tracks in Iowa Speedway. The 7/8-mile, progressively banked track was opened in 2006 and has produced some very exciting racing in its short history. Over 900 sim racers rushed into the race servers … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Blaze Carlson

December 17th, 2012 by

Have you ever heard the saying “the facts don’t lie?” Well in this case, they kind of do. The driver I interviewed for this week may not have the best iRating, and he may not be a Pro or Class A driver, but he is always a threat for the win, every time he is … Read the Rest »

Michael Self's PIR Blog

November 21st, 2012 by

Every race I compete in is different, which is ironic because when I made the switch from road racing to ovals everyone gave me a hard time saying that I was just going to be driving the same circle week after week.  But for those who said this, I can’t tell them how wrong they … Read the Rest »

Michael Self’s PIR Blog

November 21st, 2012 by

Every race I compete in is different, which is ironic because when I made the switch from road racing to ovals everyone gave me a hard time saying that I was just going to be driving the same circle week after week.  But for those who said this, I can’t tell them how wrong they … Read the Rest »