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Same Game, New Faces

March 11th, 2011 by

The second edition of the NVIDIA Cup championship is underway, starting with a week of online racing at Connecticut’s Lime Rock Park.  The initial four week segment of the season (aka Season 1a) saw sim racers Marcello Maio and Artur Turcu battle from start to finish with Maio coming-out on top at the very end.  … Read the Rest »

What’s in a Name?

March 10th, 2011 by

The NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series stormed into Long Pond, Pennsylvania for a visit to the “Tricky Triangle” this past week. Pocono Raceway lived up to its nickname — and more — as a flurry of drivers proved they could not handle the challenges posed by the unique three-cornered speedway . The yellow silk was … Read the Rest »

Shields Earns Third RSR Win at Indy

March 9th, 2011 by

Week Seven of Season One of the Red Sox Racing League’s 2011 schedule brought online racing league’s members back to the United States as they lined up for the 25 lap  “Kiss the Bricks at Indy” event at the historic Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s 2.6 mile, 13 turn Formula One road course. Capitalizing on his first … Read the Rest »

Berry Bursts to Victory at Michigan

March 8th, 2011 by

The virtual Brooklyn, Michigan played host to round five of the NASCAR iRacing Class C Series (NiCCS) tour as the world’s top sim racers visited the two-mile Michigan International Speedway. The high-speed track lends itself to lots of side-by-side and action-filled online races as was seen over seven days of intense competition and in the … Read the Rest »

Engelhart Sails to Stafford Win

March 7th, 2011 by

With only twelve races hitting official point paying status when it came to the NASCAR iRacing.com Tour Modified Series in Week Five, the cars and stars of the series had to make their finishes count or face a drop week when it comes to the online racing championship. When the pressure is on though, the … Read the Rest »

Essa Makes His Points

March 7th, 2011 by

Round Four of the South African iRacing Championship moved to the short and tricky Summit Point Raceway. After a successful real life race weekend at the Phakisa Raceway, the trio of Zaahir Essa, Darryn Lobb, and Justin Allison hoped to battle it out for the overall win in the online discipline. At Phakisa, Essa pulled … Read the Rest »

One Down, Two to Go

March 4th, 2011 by

The past week of online racing at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca concluded the first NVIDIA Cup championship of the season, part one of three in 2011 Season One. The four weeks were full of close racing, constant back-and-forth, with over 2000 iRacers participating every week. A sincere congratulations goes out to Marcello Maio, for taking … Read the Rest »

iRacing Intel® GP Finals at Hand

March 3rd, 2011 by

In less than 24 hours, the first champion of the inaugural iRacing.com Intel® GP Series World Final will be crowned.  The champion could be any one of ten of the world’s top sim racers who have journeyed to Hannover, Germany from Australia, the United States and many parts of Europe for the Intel Extreme Masters … Read the Rest »

IndyCar Racing Returns to Road America

March 3rd, 2011 by

The road course edition of the IZOD IndyCar Series is now two races in the books, with this past week’s events at Road America now complete. The Wisconsin track, the first of three tracks not to appear on the real-life IndyCar schedule, has a long and storied history of real open-wheel racing nonetheless, making it … Read the Rest »

A Third of the Way Home

March 3rd, 2011 by

We’re now a third of the way through the inRacingNews Challenge season, this past week’s events taking place on the Silverstone National Circuit. The top stories remain the championship dominance of Gabriel Tobar in the SpecRacer Ford class and Chris Hughson in the Pontiac Solstice, as well as Hughson’s drive to win both online racing … Read the Rest »