All News: Lime Rock Park

Hughson, Velkov Lead inRacingNews Challenge Through First Third of Season

September 4th, 2012 by

What a difference removing a class has made from this season of the inRacingNews Challenge. In the past, through four weeks, the eventual champion has usually found a way to establish himself and begin building a major lead; this time around, both the Mazda MX-5 Roadsters and Pontiac Solstices have five drivers within 100 points … Read the Rest »

Last-Minute Jostling At Lime Rock

July 26th, 2012 by

Lime Rock Park hosts the penultimate round of the inRacingNews Challenge, unleashing the Pontiac Solstices, Spec Racer Fords, and Mazda MX-5 Roadsters of the series onto its chicane layout in one of the final chances to gain spots in the championship standings. In Mazda, Omar Soto posted 131 points by winning 12 of 13 starts … Read the Rest »

Gooden Scores First 2012 F2000 Win

May 29th, 2012 by

iRacer Wyatt Gooden took his maiden 2012 F2000 Series Championship victory at Lime Rock Park, inheriting the lead after Robert La Rocca first tore off half a front wing dealing with lapped traffic, and Kyle Connery then went off in the late stages of the race, again, while working lapped traffic around the 1.53-mile circuit. … Read the Rest »

Strong Finish

April 17th, 2012 by

With the final checkered flags for 2012 Season One in sight, the drivers of the inRacingNews Challenge are looking to improve on past weeks and finish-out the season strong. But with plenty of online racing left on the schedule, none of the drivers in the Pontiac Solstice, SpecRacer Ford, or Mazda MX-5 Roadster classes will … Read the Rest »

It's Official

April 10th, 2012 by

Eight of 12 race weekends an official season makes, and the inRacingNews Challenge celebrated Week Eight of 2012 Season One at famed Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. It was a fitting location to celebrate the first official season of the Mazda MX-5 Roadster in the iRNC, which joined the SpecRacer Fords and Pontiac Solstices in what … Read the Rest »

It’s Official

April 10th, 2012 by

Eight of 12 race weekends an official season makes, and the inRacingNews Challenge celebrated Week Eight of 2012 Season One at famed Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. It was a fitting location to celebrate the first official season of the Mazda MX-5 Roadster in the iRNC, which joined the SpecRacer Fords and Pontiac Solstices in what … Read the Rest »

Aranha Off to Hot Start in Barber Premier Series

March 9th, 2012 by

Lime Rock Park played host to the grand opening of the iRacing.com Skip Barber Premier Series with the 1.53 mile road course serving as the stage for exciting online racing in three different time slots on Wednesday.  The warm temperatures accompanying Spring’s early arrival in New England weren’t a major factor for the 194 sim-racers … Read the Rest »

33 1/3 or 50% at Lime Rock

March 6th, 2012 by

The one-third mark of the inRacingNews Challenge season comes at Lime Rock Park. There, the Pontiac Solstices, SpecRacer Fords and Mazda MX-5 Roadsters would score their fourth set of points on the season, and as only eight weeks count in the standings, Lime Rock marks a sort of halfway point on the year. Pedro Najera … Read the Rest »

Points at a Premium

March 1st, 2012 by

Week Three of the first 2012 season of the inRacingNews Challenge saw the three-class series visit Summit Point Raceway for the second time of four on the schedule. Using the Jefferson course, sim racers in Pontiac Solstices, Spec Racer Fords, and now Mazda MX-5 Roadsters would try to best each other and establish their championship … Read the Rest »

Mulligan Time

January 7th, 2012 by

The ninth week of the inRacingNews Challenge season saw the series’ second visit to Lime Rock Park of the championship. This time around, however, the Pontiac Solstice and SpecRacer Ford drivers would be utilizing the chicane layout, rather than the full circuit. With championship points settled for most of the top sim racers, the last … Read the Rest »