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European MX-5 Cup Season Opens at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca

March 22nd, 2016 by Michel Van Dijk

More than 1000 drivers competed in an exciting first week of the European MX-5 Cup, a week that saw a wide mixture of European sim racers push the exciting new Global Mazda MX-5 to its max at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.  At stake is the opportunity for the top 20 finishers in the series to … Read the Rest »

Xtreme Road Excitement at Laguna, Monza

February 14th, 2016 by Jeff Jacobs

With grids packed full of Mustangs and MX-5s, the Laguna Seca and Monza GP road courses on iRacing.com provided two thrilling races and set up an exciting championship points race with one-third of the season complete. Week three in the XtremeMotorsports99.com Continental Tire series featured 60 minutes of sim-racing at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, with … Read the Rest »

Daytona, Sebring Host Extreme League Kickoff

February 5th, 2016 by Jeff Jacobs

The fourth season of road racing in the XtremeMotorsports99 Continental Tire series kicked off under the virtual Florida sun of iRacing.com’s Daytona and Sebring road courses with exciting sim races in both car classes.  Defending ST class champion John Allen returned to the grid in his Mazda MX-5 but dug himself an early hole with … Read the Rest »

Blancpain Endurance returns to Zandvoort

December 30th, 2015 by Paul Slavonik

With the qualification for the upcoming Blancpain GT World Championship Series now complete, the dust can finally settle as the Blancpain Endurance Series returns to its normal 12-week format. As Season 1 of 2016 kicked off, the series returned to the Netherlands for three-hours of sim-racing along the 2.67 mile road course known as Circuit … Read the Rest »

Jarvis Wins the Race but Brunner Steals the Show

September 10th, 2015 by

With many of the Pro Mazda sim racers realising that New Hampshire Motor Speedway’s road course wouldn’t have the best of turnouts for the finale of the season, they made sure to turn out in droves for the penultimate week at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The circuit located in California, USA, notoriously has one of … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Andrew Micke

May 18th, 2015 by

25 year old Andrew Micke has been a member on iRacing since March, 2013. Racing out of his home in Rhode Island, Micke has a lot to be proud of in his two year iRacing career with 29 oval victories and 24 road course victories in 641 and 605 starts respectively. His first victory on … Read the Rest »

The More We Run the More We Learn

May 12th, 2015 by

Round 4 of the Tudor United Sportscar Championship was at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.  I say “Round 4” because it’s important to realize that, in our first year running an LMP car, this was Michael Shank Racing’s fourth race – ever– with the Ligier/Honda.  So while a lot of the teams running Daytona Prototypes have … Read the Rest »

Learning and Looking Forward

April 27th, 2015 by

Speaking personally, the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach is always one of my favorite events of the season.  Speaking professionally, my Michael Shank Racing teammates and I knew we would be at a disadvantage in the LMP Ligier-Honda at Long Beach for Round Four of the Tudor United Sportscar Championship.   As is typical with … Read the Rest »

Early Advantage: Sicilia

December 30th, 2014 by

Week 1 of the inaugural 2015 season took the Star Mazda’s to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The 2.238 mile circuit had an 11 turn configuration awaiting the drivers over 20 laps of sim racing. This season is where the new qualifying format has been implemented.  In brief, the new format means qualifying and the race … Read the Rest »

What a Season!

December 10th, 2014 by

It was my first season on iRacingNews, and I was covering the series which I personally loved to take part in: the Star Mazda Championship. This shortened season has produced some fantastic sim racing along with bringing some huge fields out for the races which counted most. All in all. it’s been a pleasure to … Read the Rest »