All News: Okayama International Circuit

From One Shootout to Another

September 18th, 2014 by

The battle for the Mazda Shootout in the iRacing Mazda Cup has become a duel of three U.S sim racers from coast to coast. Steven Diem, Glenn McGee and Richard Eklund all are separated by 69 points. To refresh your memory .  .  . the overall champion at the end of the 2014 Season 3 … Read the Rest »

Okaya-Mamma Mia!

September 10th, 2014 by

Round Five of the Skip Barber 2K Cup ventured to Okayama for a 23 lap race and one mandatory pit stop, as per usual.  Simon Hulbert took pole position for the first time this season after posting a lap of 1:45.733, only four hundredths faster than Vinicius Rocha in second.  Ricardo Ferreira looked to build … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Matt Pawelski

August 25th, 2014 by

With 51 career oval and 40 career road victories, Pennsylvanian iRacer Matt Pawelski is a contender every time he hits the racetrack. That’s nothing new.  He joine iRacing on March 11th in 2011 and, two days later, found himself sitting in virtual victory lane with his Legends car at Lanier National Speedway. Eleven months later, … Read the Rest »

Pedersen Strikes in the Land of the Rising Sun

August 15th, 2014 by

As Week 2 of the 2014 S3 iRacing Mazda Cup concluded, all eyes turned to Jesper Pedersen, who for the second week in a row, piloted his virtual Mazda MX-5 to a top-5 points finish and topped the 170-point barrier. He went two-for-two this week, winning both races he participated in. As the Scandinavian tallied … Read the Rest »

Kronke tries, fails to beat Huttu’s win streak

August 7th, 2014 by

The 11th Round of the iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series saw the series stay in Japan, as drivers headed to the Okayama International Circuit. This track hosted the Pacific Grand Prix in 1994 and 1995, won by Michael Schumacher on both occasions, however three time champion and runaway points leader Greger Huttu had yet to … Read the Rest »

iRacing Q&A: Dan Garrison

July 18th, 2014 by

The next time an email or PM arrives from iRacingNews asking you to answer some questions for a story . . . you might want to keep Dan Garrison in mind.   Away back in August of 2012, Dan took time to supply some “A’s” to our “Q’s” for an iRacer Profile.  Fast forward to June, … Read the Rest »

Strong Start to Mazda MX-5 Cup

May 15th, 2014 by

With iRacing.com and Mazda partnering up for a once in a life time opportunity for sim-racers there has been an influx of competition in the iRacing Mazda MX-5 Cup.  No wonder.   iRacers competing in Seasons 2 and 3 of the 2014 iRacing MX-5 Cup are eligible to compete in the annual Mazda Club Racing … Read the Rest »

Broz Top Cat in Mustang Challenge Opener

February 6th, 2014 by

Vedran Broz has a jealous and angry cat.  This cat is the frequent subject of lengthy posts by the sim-racer in the Ford Mustang FR500S forum, interwoven with track tips, driving impressions, setup ideas and other information that is lapped up by competitors.  While the cat doesn’t appreciate its caretaker’s attention being diverted to a … Read the Rest »

Kim & Dario Top iRacing.com Production Car Challenge

November 12th, 2013 by

Those iRacing sim-drivers looking to run their Mazda Roadster or Pontiac Solstice in the inRacing News Challenge will notice this series has been overhauled in several ways.  First-off the name has been changed to the “iRacing Production Car Challenge” and, secondly, the release of iRacing’s new tire model which has provided uniform racing between both … Read the Rest »

Muggleton’s Title Defence Off to a Strong Start

November 8th, 2013 by

Season 4 of the 2013 iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series kicked-off on Monday night at Okayama in Japan. A record Strength of Field of 4648 saw a great turn-out of over 126 people competing in the main online race. Josh Muggleton started his title defence in the best way possible, edging-out team mate Madison Down and … Read the Rest »