All News: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course

Down Downs the Giz

March 2nd, 2011 by

The real-world V8 aces again had to contend with the sim racing world’s best in Race Two of Monday night’s iRacing Supercar series at Mid-Ohio. Australian V8 Supercar Series standout Shane Van Gisbergen may have taken pole again with a lap of 1: 23.553, but sim racer Madison Down was breathing down his neck at … Read the Rest »

Van Gisbergen Gatecrashes Mid-Ohio

March 2nd, 2011 by

We all know the fiendishly accurate iRacing simulation replicates motorsport superbly, but the lines between simulation and reality were blurred even more for Race One, Split One of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar series on Monday at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. After spending some time on the virtual ovals,  top level V8 Supercar star Shane … Read the Rest »

GRAND-AM and iRacing.com Announce Premier Online Sports Car Series

February 17th, 2011 by

10-Race, 26-Week Virtual Racing Series To Mirror Rolex Series Schedule When GRAND-AM and iRacing.com announced the GRAND-AM iRacing.com Online Sports Car Series last fall, driving game aficionados, sim racers and sports car racing fans responded enthusiastically.   The series, which runs 12-week seasons and features multi-class racing, quickly became one of the most popular among iRacing.com’s … Read the Rest »

On the Road at Mid-Ohio

February 17th, 2011 by

The iRacing IndyCar Series Road Course championship began this week with a round at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. The series, which runs every other week, will run a six-race schedule on six of the top road courses in the United States, three of which appear on the real IZOD IndyCar Series schedule. This will … Read the Rest »

It’s Unanimous

December 18th, 2010 by

In racing it’s rare to find something a majority of drivers agree on. It seems to be even more rare when it’s something that everyone seems to enjoy. That was the case though this past week when the iRacing.com Skip Barber Race Series made its way to the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for its second … Read the Rest »

It's Unanimous

December 18th, 2010 by

In racing it’s rare to find something a majority of drivers agree on. It seems to be even more rare when it’s something that everyone seems to enjoy. That was the case though this past week when the iRacing.com Skip Barber Race Series made its way to the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for its second … Read the Rest »

GRAND-AM Mid-Ohio: Local Boy Makes Good

December 8th, 2010 by

The rolling hills of the virtual Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course played host to Round Five of the GRAND-AM iRacing.com Sports Car Series, the multi-class online racing championship for digital replicas of the Ford Mustang FR500S and Riley MkXX Daytona Prototype. Open to members of the iRacing Motorsports Simulation service, the 12 week series pays visits … Read the Rest »

GRAND-AM Homestead

December 1st, 2010 by

The GRAND-AM iRacing.com Online Sports Car Series headed to the digital replica of the Homestead-Miami Speedway Road Course (B config), for Round Four of its 12 week season. The online racing series, open to PC owners with a subscription to the iRacing Motorsport Simulation service, pits the Riley MkXX Daytona Prototype and Ford Mustang FR500S … Read the Rest »

IndyCar Aero Primer

November 20th, 2010 by

Most of new (as well as many experienced) IndyCar drivers feel a bit overwhelmed when they look at the aerodynamic setup options the Dallara IndyCar offers them. However, this subject is not as daunting as you might think. Since most sim racers lack a bachelor’s degree in physics but do know how to race the … Read the Rest »

Haapala Takes Season Finale

October 18th, 2010 by

Illka Haapala capitalised on Richard Towler’s tyre woes at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course to take his second victory in the iRacing World Championship Road Racing in the season finale. The win for the Finnish sim-racer secured him an overall finish of third in the iWCRR, together with the accompanying $1,000 prize. “After the start … Read the Rest »