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iRacing Passes the One Billion Lap Mark

September 8th, 2014 by

Bedford, MA (September 8, 2014) –  iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations, the world’s most realistic racing game, announced today that its members have driven over a billion laps on iRacing.com. “A billion is a lot of laps!” said Tony Gardner, President of iRacing.com.  “If you figure an average of a minute a lap on our catalogue of road … Read the Rest »

Demeritt Dominates Phoenix

July 8th, 2014 by

Week Nine of the 2014 Season 2 iRacing.com Indycar Oval Series saw the competitors head to the Valley of the Sun and Phoenix International Raceway. A grand total of 28 sim-racers participated in online races, where clean pit stops, good handling and domination by a single driver would be the stories of the week. Matt … Read the Rest »

Billy the Kid? Try Ryan the Comeback Kid…

June 4th, 2014 by

The virtual Silver Crowns of iRacing were loaded in digital big rigs and hauled out to the desert of Phoenix, Arizona for Round Five of the iRacing Silver Crown Cup. After last week’s thrilling 40 lap sim race in Indianapolis, some short track action was the right medicine for the sim racers. With three of … Read the Rest »

Ryan “Steeles” Indy

May 28th, 2014 by

The iRacing Silver Crown Cup made a stop to the famed virtual Indianapolis Motor Speedway for their version of the Freedom 100. The 40 lap sim-race on Thursday had as much- if not more action than the real Freedom 100 ran last Friday afternoon.  A mere one caution flag flew, giving the sim-racers 36 laps … Read the Rest »

Trips to DIS, PIR, & LVMS

March 14th, 2014 by

Daytona (Week Four) The fourth week of action in the NASCAR iRacing Class C Fixed Series brought 3,609 sim racers from all around the world to the laser scanned Daytona International Speedway. The 2.5-mile monster of a racetrack provides arguably the closest and most exciting racing of any motorsport venue. One of the things that … Read the Rest »

Crawford and Bussa Sprint to Victory Lane at PIR

March 6th, 2014 by

Phoenix International Raceway was the scene for Week Two of the NASCAR iRacing Series, and with its small front straight and trademark left dogleg occupying the backstretch, it proved to be quite a challenge for most of the drivers this week. With close to 1650 sim-racers participating in the seven Open and Fixed races at … Read the Rest »

Silver Crowns Wrestle Irwindale

March 4th, 2014 by

With the rumors that Irwindale Speedway in California may be destroyed, the iRacing.com Silver Crown Cup visited the virtual – and immortal- version of this historic track for a brawl that produced more carnage than ever. The 100 lap contest featured nine yellow flags for almost half the online race: 44 laps. The Thursday night … Read the Rest »

Gunfight at the PIR Corral

February 25th, 2014 by

The virtual Silver Crowns were strapped back into the virtual DeLoreans following last weeks 2007-like Daytona finish, only to go to 2010, and to the Wild West that is Phoenix International Raceway. An online race featuring only four cautions for 15 laps, this brawl between two of the greats in the Silver Crown Cup lived … Read the Rest »

A Team of One – Phoenix International Raceway

February 24th, 2014 by

Week 2 of the NASCAR iRacing Series brings us to Phoenix International Raceway. Phoenix is a very diverse track with two non-symmetrical corners. It is also rather bumpy compared to its real world counterpart. This means there are several unique challenges that Phoenix brings to the table when we want to build a set-up. The … Read the Rest »

Déjà vu at Daytona

February 17th, 2014 by

After flying back on virtual 747s from Twin Ring Motegi, at the old , the iRacing Silver Crown Cup loaded-up in virtual DeLoreans with flux capacitors. After reaching 88 miles per hour, they found themselves on the Daytona surface circa 2007, featuring racing that made for a very 2007-like finish. An unexpected front row saw … Read the Rest »