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Barr Masters Montreal

February 4th, 2015 by

Week 7 of the iRacing Star Mazda championship took place at the famous Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and, with the likes of Kerry Knowlden and Riku Alatalo absent, it really could have been anyone’s race. The 4.361km circuit had a grueling 18 laps awaiting the 16 drivers who lined-up on the grid. With walls only inches … Read the Rest »

UK&I Skip Barber Passes Halfway Point

March 24th, 2014 by

Last week the legendary Brands Hatch played host to the swarm of F2000s from the UK&I Skip Barber league as they entered round six of their first 2014 season.  Race winner Sebastian Job grabbed pole from Wojciech Swirydowicz and George Streetley and the three drivers battled in close proximity for more than 75% of the … Read the Rest »

Brandt’s Legend Continues to Grow

January 22nd, 2014 by

Throughout the 12 week iRacing.com IZOD IndyCar Road Series season, 263 drivers trotted all over the virtual world in pursuit of an elusive iRacing championship. At circuits from Mid-Ohio and Montreal to Spa and Suzuka, drivers raced to seat themselves on the top of the championship standings.  Nico Brandt (DE-AT-CH), had won the last four … Read the Rest »

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 »

IndyCar Fine Tunes Engine Rules

June 25th, 2013 by

IndyCar announced some “fine-tuning” measures to the engine rules covering the 2.2 liter Chevrolet and Honda turbos used in the IZOD IndyCar Series.  Under the revised regulations, teams will no longer be penalized on race weekends for engine failures occurring during private team and manufacturer test sessions.  Previously, a car/driver was subject to a ten … Read the Rest »

Red Sox Buckeye 30 at Mid Ohio

June 19th, 2013 by

Back in the pack, the course was ready to bite, and it did so early. Near the end of lap four, both the #07 of Andrew Gantman and #70 of James Prostell Jr. would slide coming out of turn 9, and off-camber downhill right-hander. Prostell righted his car and got back in line, Gantman wasn’t … Read the Rest »

Skip Barber 2013 S1 Review

April 27th, 2013 by

After visiting Oran Raceway Park and Suzuka for the final two weeks, the 2013 Season 1 iRacing.com Skip Barber Race Series has come to a close.  As drivers test the changes to the car and prepare for next season, we at inRacingNews had the chance to catch-up with the top three sim-racers in last season’s … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Leila Wilson

January 26th, 2013 by

At first glance, it might appear that F1 driver-turned iRacing director of partner relations Divina Galica is virtually alone when it comes to the distaff side of iRacing.  Not so.  While the overwhelming majority of iRacers are men, scores of women compete on the service . . . none more enthusiastically than Leila Wilson. Fully … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Austin Ogonoski

August 25th, 2012 by

One would be well-advised not to attempt to pigeon-hole Austin Ogonoski.  When it comes to his sim-racing preferences for ovals or road courses, it’s no contest.  The Edmonton resident has nearly six times as many oval (581) as road racing (97) starts on his iRacing resume.  It only follows then that his favorite iRacing track … Read the Rest »

SpecRacer Ford “Graduates” for Season 3

July 30th, 2012 by

The Season 3 iRacing schedule brings something old back into the fold again as the SpecRacer Ford Challenge series re-emerges as the newest and most affordable series at the D-Class license level. Long-time iRacers may remember the SpecRacer Ford Challenge as the Advanced Rookie series prior to the formation of the current inRacingNews Challenge.  The … Read the Rest »