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High Rollers

May 23rd, 2013 by

The iRacing.com IndyCar Oval series took to Las Vegas Motor Speedway for a high speed, high stakes game of poker at 220 miles per hour.  Built in 1996, LVMS is a 1.5 mile D-shaped oval quite capable of providing side-by-side action, lap after lap. The high speeds at LVMS make for exciting and pulse-pounding online … Read the Rest »

Homestead Sweet Homestead

May 20th, 2013 by

In the second week of the iRacing.com IndyCar Series Oval series we visit Homestead Miami Speedway, a 1.5 mile oval consisting of four turns of 18 to 20 degree banking and lined with palm trees behind its ocean-colored walls. Throughout the week many drivers talked of a bump exiting the corners that made the car … Read the Rest »

The Art and Physics of iRacing’s Gen-6 Cars

March 27th, 2013 by

As the saying goes, “art imitates life.” Or is it the other way around? Does life imitate art? In the case of iRacing’s Gen-6 Chevy SS and Ford Fusion, it’s both. Read on . . . Just two days after Jimmie Johnson drove his new Generation-6 Chevrolet SS to victory in 2013 Daytona 500 on … Read the Rest »

The Art and Physics of iRacing’s Gen-6

March 25th, 2013 by

As the saying goes, “art imitates life.”  Or is it the other way around?  Does life imitate art?  In the case of iRacing’s Gen-6 Chevy SS and Ford Fusion, it’s both.  Read on . . . Just two days after Jimmie Johnson drove his new Generation-6 Chevrolet SS to victory in 2013 Daytona 500 on … Read the Rest »

Lindsey Takes First NiSWC Victory at Vegas

March 20th, 2013 by

Marcus Lindsey finally put it all together. After spending much of his first year in the NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship underachieving and running mid-pack, Lindsey finally broke through with a dominating performance at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the second round of the 2013 championship. His #1 Chevy SS was dominant, and Lindsey took … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Adam Gilliland

March 18th, 2013 by

If you didn’t recognize the name Adam Gilliland, you probably do now after watching the season opener of the 2013 NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship last Tuesday. In his first race of the season, he scored the biggest win in his sim-racing career in a close finish against NiPS runner-up Jared Crawford at Daytona International … Read the Rest »

Diamonds are for Koehler

March 14th, 2013 by

Week Six of the NASCAR iRacing.com Class B Series stayed on the west coast for a trip to the Diamond in the Desert: the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.  90 laps of close quarter racing where on tap for the drivers of iRacing’s second tier division around the mile and half oval just up the road … Read the Rest »

Gilliland’s Last Lap Dash Beats Crawford in NiSWC Opener

March 13th, 2013 by

Adam Gilliland held-off Jared Crawford in a door-to-door battle to the checkered flag as the field wrecked behind them to win the season opener of the 2013 NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship at Daytona International Speedway. The win is Gilliland’s first victory in just five career NiSWC starts. “I had an amazing car in both … Read the Rest »

Luza’s Week in the Sun

March 11th, 2013 by

Week Five of the NASCAR iRacing.com Class B Series found its way to the Valley of the Sun and Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona.  95 laps would be the task for each driver to see who could master the mile flat track in the Arizona desert.  Following last week’s events at the Daytona International … Read the Rest »

World Cup Qualifying Round 2: Virginias Lead the Way

October 25th, 2012 by

Seven More Clubs Punch their Ticket to the World Cup Tournament Last weekend saw the second round of qualifying for the 2013 iRacing World Cup, with iRacers representing clubs around the globe taking to Las Vegas Motor Speedway in their Chevy Silverados and the Suzuka Circuit in their Dallara IndyCars.  At stake was the opportunity … Read the Rest »