All News: Okayama International Circuit

Kerkhof Dominates at Spa

November 7th, 2011 by

Taking his first steps towards the 2012 iRacing.com NVIDIA Grand Prix Series, Atze Kerkhof took the spoils of victory and maximum points at the opening round of the iRacing.com Pro Series Road Racing at Spa-Francorchamps with a dominant flag-to-flag performance. With the top 25 in the standings gaining entry to next years iNGPS following the … Read the Rest »

inRacingNews Challenge Round-Up

November 1st, 2011 by

The final three weeks of 2011 Season 3 were an exercise in globe-trotting for inRacingNews Challenge competitors, as the sim racers brought their Pontiac Solstices and SpecRacer Fords to three very different races tracks in three equally different locales: Summit Point Raceway’s tight, natural terrain “short” course in West Virginia; Charlotte Motor Speedway’s “roval” in … Read the Rest »

Coomans Doubles his (NVIDIA Cup) Pleasure

October 27th, 2011 by

While Kelvin van der Linde scored his first overall victory of 2011 Season 3c at Okayama International Circuit, it was Jan Coomans who took away his second consecutive championship in the NVIDIA Cup. While this is Coomans’ second straight title, he has finished in the top two spots in the last four seasons, solidifying Coomans … Read the Rest »

Charlotte Shuffle

September 26th, 2011 by

The fifth week of the third season of the 2011 inRacingNews Challenge saw sim racers take-on the road course at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. With one third of the season in the books, the top championship contenders in both Pontiac Solstice and SpecRacer Ford have been well established, Once again, Michael Booth was the class … Read the Rest »

Big Weeks ‘R Us

September 26th, 2011 by

Big weeks from Kalle Ruokola in Pontiac Solstice and Tim Bone in SpecRacer Ford defined Week Four of the third season of the 2011 inRacingNews Challenge. The sim racers convened at Lime Rock Park for the first of two rounds this season, utilizing the circuit’s full layout. Previously, this event had taken place later in … Read the Rest »

Big Weeks 'R Us

September 26th, 2011 by

Big weeks from Kalle Ruokola in Pontiac Solstice and Tim Bone in SpecRacer Ford defined Week Four of the third season of the 2011 inRacingNews Challenge. The sim racers convened at Lime Rock Park for the first of two rounds this season, utilizing the circuit’s full layout. Previously, this event had taken place later in … Read the Rest »

Terrell Takes BBR Okayama 100

September 26th, 2011 by

A total of 26 Dallara IndyCars laid-down practice times prior to the Big Red Racing’s BBR Okayama 100, with all but one taking the green flag on the tough11 turn,  2.3 mile road course located in Japan. The night started with eventual winner Courtney Terrell taking pole position with a time of 1:18.136, two tenths … Read the Rest »

Team Spirit

September 10th, 2011 by

There’s no “I” in team. There may be plenty of “I’s” in Team Giddy-Up! and the names of Toshinobu Shigemitsu, Nobuhiro Fujitaka and Teruaki Kato.  And, obviously, there’s an “i” in iRacing.    But when it came to Round Three of the Okayama Challenge Cup, a two hour enduro at Okayama International Circuit in July, there … Read the Rest »

Coomans Creams Competition at Lime Rock

September 8th, 2011 by

Jan Coomans wasted no time getting to the front in 2011 Season 3b of the NVIDIACup as the Benelux club sim racer had a perfect week en route to the overall victory in Round One of Four of the popular entry level iRacing road racing series at Lime Rock Park. His biggest win came on … Read the Rest »

Ferey Fires on All Eight

September 1st, 2011 by

Week Four of the Thrustmaster Mustang Challenge sent the sim racers to one of the newest tracks in the iRacing service.  The Okayama International Circuit, located in Mimasaka, Okayama, Japan, is an 11-turn, 2.314-mile “country club” race track.  598 racers attempted to solidify their spots as the best at Okayama, but Raphael Ferey (France) showed … Read the Rest »