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Red Sox Dust In The Wind 30

December 16th, 2013 by

PIPER, KANSAS – Typically, when the sun sets on a racetrack, it’s time for the fans and teams to call it a night. This week in Kansas, however, the night lights coming on mean the party is just getting started. Better known for hosting NASCAR oval races since opening in 2001, Kansas speedway has added … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Jeff Drake

November 18th, 2013 by

Michigander Jeff Drake has been a part of the iRacing community since April of 2010. Since joining the service he has predominantly competed on the oval side of iRacing, scoring six wins in 46 starts and finishing in the top five in exactly half of those starts. His last seven starts on iRacing have been … Read the Rest »

Red Sox Hallows’ Eve at Okayama

November 13th, 2013 by

OKAYAMA PREFECTURE, JAPAN – Overshadowed by the legendary Japanese Formula One circuits of Fuji and Suzuka, it can be easy to forget that a few chapters of F1 racing history have taken place at Okayama International Circuit. Then known as TI Circuit Aida, the facility played host to the Pacific Grand Prix in 1994 and … Read the Rest »

Red Sox Sao Paulo 30

November 8th, 2013 by

SAO PAULO, BRAZIL – After seven weeks of close racing, the championship race for Red Sox Racing’s McLaren Turbo Challenge continues to be up for grabs. Leaving the season’s first night race in Sebring and heading south of the equator to Interlagos in Brazil, the series is bound to see some more dramatic action as … Read the Rest »

Red Sox Fall Classic 30 at Sebring

October 30th, 2013 by

SEBRING, FLORIDA – From one classic American road racing venue to another, Red Sox Racing League’s McLaren Turbo Challenge finishes its mid-season stretch of races in the U.S. leaving New York’s Watkins Glen to race at Florida’s Sebring International Raceway. Once a WWII United States Air Force training ground, Sebring has served as a racing … Read the Rest »

Fritsche Champion After Stellar Season

October 23rd, 2013 by

Despite a quiet end to the season, Gernot Fritsche comfortably retook the Classic Teams Championship as the veteran sim-racer fully got to grips with the Lotus 79 on the NTMv5 (new tire model version 5) after two slightly off-colour seasons. Fritsche finished the season with a massive 134 point lead over second placed Tapani Linnaluoto, … Read the Rest »

Red Sox 24 Laps of Watkins Glen

October 18th, 2013 by

Getting ready to face the final half of the season, it’s still anyone’s race. Between the outright speed of Brad Vincent, a resilient Troy Harder, the consistent Joseph Jordan, and a host of others ready to pounce in case trouble slows these front runners, there is no threat in sight of a runaway. This was … Read the Rest »

Linnaluoto Wins But Fails to Close Gap

October 15th, 2013 by

A quiet week for the Classsis Teams Championship saw just 54 sim-racers take their Lotus 79s to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. This challenging circuit surprisingly lacked popularity despite being one of the basic content tracks, but half a dozen online races that went official and produced good racing.

Red Sox Griebling 30 at Mid Ohio

October 11th, 2013 by

It’s tough to call a sixth place start and a third place finish an off day, but for two-time, double-defending McLaren Turbo Challenge champion Brad Vincent, the standards are incredibly high. Climbing back from few setbacks that have seen him miss a race finish and have a pole position escape him, Vincent finds himself in … Read the Rest »

Red Sox Stoner’s Corner 30 at PI

October 7th, 2013 by

The practice would pay off in a hotly contested qualifying session that saw the top fifteen cars blanketed by only 1.5 seconds. It was no surprise that the front row was only separated by .160 seconds, but quite a few did take notice that for the first time this season, Brad Vincent was out-qualified, relegated … Read the Rest »