All News: Michigan International Speedway

Iowa’s Battle Royal

January 12th, 2012 by

The NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series brought excitement with them as online racing competitors made the trip to Iowa for Week Ten of their twelve week season. As if Iowa Speedway’s unique 7/8 mile oval did not provide enough setup nightmares for crew chiefs, the Chevrolet Impalas roared to life under the night sky for … Read the Rest »

Setting the Stage

January 11th, 2012 by

Michigan International Speedway played host to the penultimate race of the 2011 NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series season and, with the series championship and automatic berths in the 2012 NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship still up for grabs, last night’s online race figured to set the stage for next week’s dramatic season finale.  While all eyes … Read the Rest »

Warren Wins Vegas on Last Lap Pass

January 4th, 2012 by

The NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series visited Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the tenth week of twelve in the season. With time running out to secure a spot in the 2012 NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship, Vegas was expected to be a hotly contested online race, and it lived-up to expectations as Alex Warren beat Patrick … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: John Schweickart

December 3rd, 2011 by

When it comes to iRacing, John Schweickart is on movin’ on up.  Although the Dayton, Ohio-based Schweickurt has been sim racing for the best part of a decade, he is only now closing-in on completing his second full year of iRacing.  And looking better and better all the time.  After finishing a rather distant (at … Read the Rest »

Berry Brings the Heat to Texas

November 11th, 2011 by

NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship driver Josh Berry spent one of the first “off weeks” of that season by lightning up the NASCAR iRacing.com Class C Series during the first round of the 2011 Season Four campaign. Berry took the big online racing win of the week at Texas Motor Speedway and will go into … Read the Rest »

High Banks + High Speeds + Davies = High Points

August 25th, 2011 by

Once again the high banks and high speeds of Michigan International Speedway provided some of the closest online racing of the season in the NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series. Speeds topped the 200mph mark as drivers sailed-off into the eighteen degree banking in the turns. Utilizing the high side of the track gave drivers a … Read the Rest »

Illini Mighty at Michigan

August 18th, 2011 by

Illinois sim racer Brandon Buchberger flexed his muscle during Week Two as he took the overall win in the NASCAR iRacing.com Class C Series (NiCCS) at Michigan International Speedway. Over 2000 sim racers took to the track, but it was a win on August 14th that put Buchberger over the top for the victory. Buchberger … Read the Rest »

One Giant Leap

August 18th, 2011 by

For the first time this season, the NASCAR iRacing Class A Series turned both left and right, in their trip to Watkins Glen. History tells us the road courses are usually a slow week for the primarily oval division, however, history led us astray this time as the big names were out and the points … Read the Rest »

Hightower Tops MIS Trucks

July 22nd, 2011 by

Duval takes top split race. The stars of the NASCAR iRacing.com Class C Series (NiCCS) took to Michigan International Speedway this past week for Round Eleven of the series. The popular race track brought-out over 1,700 sim racers, all of whom were gunning for the glory of obtaining a checkered flag in the virtual “Irish … Read the Rest »

Michigan Gets Hazard-ous

June 23rd, 2011 by

Week Two of 2011 Season 2’s NASCAR iRacing.com Class B Series is now in the books, as sim racers now start unloading and turning laps at Road America. In Week Two, drivers turned speeds over 170 mph in the Irish Hills at Michigan International Speedway (MIS) in  races topping 4,500 strength of field (sof) rating, … Read the Rest »