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Flying Finns Invade SRFord Challenge at Brands Hatch

August 17th, 2012 by

The SpecRacer Ford Challenge sailed across the pond to Kent, England, to visit the famous Brands Hatch GP course for Week 2.  This marked the first official visit to Brands for the series, and the track proved to be particularly well-suited for the SpecRacer Ford. Unlike Watkins Glen, though, Brands Hatch is one of those … Read the Rest »

Protests: By the Numbers

August 16th, 2012 by Shannon Whitmore

The racing environment is unique to other competitive sports in that a measure of cooperation must exist amongst the competitors in order to reach the end of the race and accomplish a goal.   For most the goal is getting to the end of the race with a chance to win or finish well.  But what … Read the Rest »

NiCCS Starts-Off With a Bang

August 13th, 2012 by

The NASCAR iRacing.com Class C Series (NiCCS) “trucked” into Pocono Raceway for Week One of the season. With its long straightaways and three very different turns, The Tricky Triangle always produces close competition and entertaining online racing. A whopping 1,069 sim-racers competed in at least one points paying race this week. Five drivers had twenty … Read the Rest »

Binder Fired-Up At Phoenix

August 8th, 2012 by

More than 820 horsepower. Over 650 lb/ft of torque. Nothing but a fancy colorful roll cage holding a 410 cubic inch V8 engine and four tires to separate the driver from the pavement. Lap times usually averaging less than 20 seconds. This is the sprint car. A common sentiment held between iRacing drivers is that … Read the Rest »

Down Claims Title #4 as van Gisbergen Wins Finale

July 27th, 2012 by

Round 12 and the season finale of the iRacing.com V8 Supercars Series presented by BigPond was held in England at a 4.2km roller coaster of a race track known as Brands Hatch.  Madison Down had all but secured the online racing championship heading into this round and with ANZ Motorsport securing the team championship in … Read the Rest »

European Sim Racing Association

July 27th, 2012 by

ESRA (European Sim Racing Association) is proud to announce their first ever championship in partnership with inRacing News. We are a group of enthusiastic sim-racers that wants to offer European sim-racers (all are of course welcome) a challenging place to run on European times.  The world championships that runs on Saturday around midnight is not … Read the Rest »

Release Notes for 2012 Season 3

July 26th, 2012 by

The release notes for the 2012 Season 3 build are as follows: Hosted Sessions – Gridding – In a multi-class event you can now select a third gridding option “One class per car – grid all cars in a class together”. – Weight Penalty – You can now specify a weight penalty in kg for … Read the Rest »

Irwindale Sprint Car Gallery

July 25th, 2012 by

Down With Crown In Sight

July 20th, 2012 by

Round 11 of the iRacing.com V8 Supercars Series presented by BigPond returned the States with a visit to 4km, 12 turn Road Atlanta.  A long back straight made it difficult to develop a setup which would be fast through the turns and fast on the back straight, but a lot of people traded straight line … Read the Rest »

King Wins Chaotic Dover

July 11th, 2012 by

Earlier this season’s NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship, Kevin King looked poised for a win at Phoenix International Raceway before contact on a restart late in the race sent him spinning from contention. This time at Dover International Speedway, there was no late-race drama and King capitalized on the opportunity to take his first NiSWC … Read the Rest »