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Down Downs the Giz

March 2nd, 2011 by

The real-world V8 aces again had to contend with the sim racing world’s best in Race Two of Monday night’s iRacing Supercar series at Mid-Ohio. Australian V8 Supercar Series standout Shane Van Gisbergen may have taken pole again with a lap of 1: 23.553, but sim racer Madison Down was breathing down his neck at … Read the Rest »

Van Gisbergen Gatecrashes Mid-Ohio

March 2nd, 2011 by

We all know the fiendishly accurate iRacing simulation replicates motorsport superbly, but the lines between simulation and reality were blurred even more for Race One, Split One of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar series on Monday at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. After spending some time on the virtual ovals,  top level V8 Supercar star Shane … Read the Rest »

Davies Dominates Vegas

March 2nd, 2011 by

Brad Davies completely dominated Week Two of the NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, leading 106 of 133 laps en route to the online racing victory. Davies put a bad run in the season opener at Daytona in the rear view mirror by starting on pole and never being challenged on … Read the Rest »

Laughton Lays It On ‘Em at Dover

March 1st, 2011 by

The stars of the NASCAR iRacing Class C Series (NiCCS) trucked into Delaware last week for seven days of online racing at the track nicknamed the “Monster Mile.” Dover International Raceway played host to Round Four on the schedule and proved popular with the drivers as 1112 of them came out to race in the … Read the Rest »

Laughton Lays It On 'Em at Dover

March 1st, 2011 by

The stars of the NASCAR iRacing Class C Series (NiCCS) trucked into Delaware last week for seven days of online racing at the track nicknamed the “Monster Mile.” Dover International Raceway played host to Round Four on the schedule and proved popular with the drivers as 1112 of them came out to race in the … Read the Rest »

An Epic Journey to Show Sim Racing in a New Light

March 1st, 2011 by

If there was a “longest tow” award at Friday’s iRacing.com Intel® GP Series World Final in Hannover, Germany it would be a dead heat between Ian Lake and Mitchell McLeod.  The two Australians quite literally traveled from half a world away to participate in the Super Bowl of sim racing, which is scheduled to take … Read the Rest »

Newcomer Nieminen Draws First iWCSRR Blood

March 1st, 2011 by

In a race that made the one-man domination of the 2010 iRacing.com World Championship Series (iWCSRR) seem like a distant and faded memory, Jesse Nieminen claimed a pole-to-flag victory at the legendary Circuit de Spa Francorchamps ahead of the reigning champion to sit atop of the standings after Round One. The Scandinavian, who made cameo … Read the Rest »

World’s Top Sim Racers in iRacing.com Intel® GP Series World Finals

March 1st, 2011 by

It started last summer with more than 7,500 of the world’s top driving game enthusiasts and sim racers competing for starting spots in a sprint race that pits the very best of drivers in online racing against one another for bragging rights and substantial prize money.  The shoot-out comes this Friday, March 4, when ten … Read the Rest »

Mauriello Captures Concord

February 28th, 2011 by

New Jersey driver takes two wins in two starts. The NASCAR iRacing.com Tour Modified Series left Virginia in the second and third weeks of the season to head to North Carolina for three days of online racing competition. The uniquely configured Concord Speedway played host to Week Four of racing in the Class C division … Read the Rest »

Sim Racing’s Super Bowl Another Chance for Huttu to Shine

February 28th, 2011 by

Professional football has already had its Super Bowl this year, stock car racing its Daytona 500.   Now sim racing takes the spotlight with the iRacing.com Intel® GP Series World Final on Friday, March 4 which will be broadcast live at 10:00 CET (4:00 am ET).  Part of the Intel Extreme Masters Tournament at the CeBIT … Read the Rest »