All News: Patrick Atherton

Heavyweights at the Glen

February 14th, 2011 by

Week Two of 2011 Season One brought the iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series to Watkins Glen.  And in a split worthy of the Upstate New York’s track’s tremendous heritage, the virtual V8 heavyweights got together for a sim racing rumble on Valentine’s Day.  Mitchell McLeod poled with a 1.11.813, from Week One dominator Trond Hjerde. Next … Read the Rest »

Scandinavia Invades Aussie Island

February 10th, 2011 by

The cream of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar series hit the Island for the  9.45 pm race on Week One of 2011 Season One.  Scandinavian whiz Trond Hjerde tore up pole with a 1min 32.026 from Wayne Harris who was seven tenths behind but a still rapid at 1min 32.727. On the next row was the … Read the Rest »

Keeping up with the Smiths

February 8th, 2011 by

It was an all-antipodeans’ party for Race One of the iRacing V8 Supercar Series on February 7th. The spiritual home of the iRacing Falcon FG01, Phillip Island, was the venue for Week One of the opening season of online racing in 2011. The picturesque Victorian circuit is a perpetual favourite, especially with those sim racers … Read the Rest »

Cars? Simulated. Drama? Real.

February 1st, 2011 by

Many of us will testify that explaining our sim racing hobby to outsiders can be a bit of a chore. Eventually, the term “computer games” is the only vernacular they can understand, as much as that term makes us cringe. It’s difficult to articulate just how many real-world challenges iRacing actually simulates, and how many … Read the Rest »

Lime Rock and Roll

January 24th, 2011 by

The iRacing Mazda Cup intensified at Lime Rock Park, with the Aussie sim racing party being gatecrashed by a quick Scandinavian and a token Brit. Mr. Consistency Jason Spencer predictably nabbed pole with a 59.756 from the very racily-named Mikko Nassi (Scandinavia), also in the 59s. Next was Kane Baxter-Smith from Adelaidean Mark Ludwigs-Christoff, making … Read the Rest »

Restless in Laguna

January 13th, 2011 by

Throughout the iRacing Mazda Cup it has been a case of watching your back. Just when you think you have established a foothold on the top podium step, you are soon overrun by a steady influx of talented rookies. So popular and competitive is this online racing series that there’s no rest for the frontrunners. … Read the Rest »

Three Stars and a Supporting Cast

December 17th, 2010 by

Talking about iRacing’s new Mazda MX-5, the inRacingNews article “Balancing Act” made the claim that “slower cars will always generate closer racing in the sim and in real life (than really fast cars)…” In support of that claim, I give you the 5pm split on Sunday, December 12th in the iRacing Mazda Cup at Mazda … Read the Rest »

While the Cat’s Away . . .

December 13th, 2010 by

The Antipodean sim racers were at it again in a small but exciting field in the December 9th 10pm split three of the iRacing Mazda Cup at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. With Anthony Vranic absent for this split, arch rival Andrew Le nabbed pole with a scorching  lap of 1min 42. 258. Still, he was … Read the Rest »

While the Cat's Away . . .

December 13th, 2010 by

The Antipodean sim racers were at it again in a small but exciting field in the December 9th 10pm split three of the iRacing Mazda Cup at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. With Anthony Vranic absent for this split, arch rival Andrew Le nabbed pole with a scorching  lap of 1min 42. 258. Still, he was … Read the Rest »

Re-igniting real-world rivalries

December 6th, 2010 by

The iRacing Mazda Cup returned to Lime Rock Park for Week Four of Season 4B. Heading the field was the seemingly unstoppable Anthony Vranic of Melbourne. With a near 100% win rate at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in the previous week, he swapped wins at Lime Rock with fellow Aussie Andrew Le in an epic … Read the Rest »