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Turner Extends RSR Points Lead Down Under

March 1st, 2011 by

Week Six of Season One of the Red Sox Racing League’s 2011 schedule saw twelve sim racers traveling to Australia for the 24 lap “Surf’s Up” event at the Phillip Island Circuit.  This historic track which first hosted races in 1928 has seen several different configurations and major renovations over the years. The current track … Read the Rest »

Turner Holds-Off Kersey at VIR

February 23rd, 2011 by

Les Turner knew he had his hands full when the green flag dropped at this week’s Red Sox Racing League event at the Virginia International Raceway.  First opened in 1957, VIR’s full course is a beautifully designed layout featuring some of the most interesting stretches of racing terrain anywhere in the world.  Located near the … 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 »

ISRA GP1 Championship Brings F1 Back to The Glen

January 10th, 2011 by

From 1948 to 1955 sports car races were staged on the streets and local roads at the southern end of Seneca Lake in the small New York town of Watkins Glen.  Owing to growing safety concerns about racing of public roads, a permanent circuit – designed as a smaller version of the original 6.6 mile  … Read the Rest »

Back Home Again in Indiana

December 1st, 2010 by

In the midst of celebrating the centennial era of  its namesake circuit, the iRacing.com IZOD IndyCar Series came back to the unique 2.5 mile oval that is the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.   Built in 1909, the track hosted the first 500 mile event (the so called “Sweepstakes Race”) in 1911 and has since lured the world’s … Read the Rest »

Mixing It Up Down-Under

November 24th, 2010 by

The Ford Falcon V8 Supercar, if it could pick a home, would probably choose Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Victoria, Australia.  The track suits the V8 perfectly with its long sweeping corners and incredible top-speed, making racing here a joy for the V8 drivers.  Home to the L&H 500, a premier Australian endurance race, … Read the Rest »

Rennsport: Another name for Diversity

November 18th, 2010 by

Although you’d never know it by reading inRacingNews, the Rennsport Racing League has had quite an active past couple of weeks.  In keeping with its core value of diversity, two weeks ago the series journeyed to Australia where the Rennsport regulars race their Mazda MX-5s at Phillip Island.  Last night, the sim racers pulled their … Read the Rest »

Just What Exactly is a “Sim Racing Community”?

October 8th, 2010 by

As sim racers we are a small part of a wider community that includes people from all walks of life, and it often astounds me to see the propensity for generosity and empathy that exists among the online racing fraternity.  To me, no greater example came when tragedy struck one of our fellow Club Aus/NZ … Read the Rest »

Victory For Haapala Sets Up a Final Showdown

October 5th, 2010 by

Becoming only the third driver to chalk up a win in the series, Illka Haapala took a pole-to-flag victory from Round 17 of the iRacing World Championship Road Racing series at Philip Island, giving the Finn a major boost in his attempt to snatch second position in the championship and the accompanying $3000 prize.  With … Read the Rest »