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Cooke Masters the Tricky Triangle

March 4th, 2014 by

Week Five of the 2014 Season 1 iRacing.com IndyCar Oval Series sent the series to Pocono Raceway in Long Pond Pennsylvania. Only 53 drivers took part in trying to master the Tricky Triangle, with troublesome Turns One and Two the story(s) of the week. Randy Crossno (California) started on pole, with Brad Sanford (Texas) on … Read the Rest »

Warren’s Magic Mile

February 18th, 2014 by

With visits to Pocono Raceway and Kentucky Speedway to start the season, the NASCAR iRacing Class C Fixed Series brings together over 1,700 sim-racers for 35 laps of action at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. New Hampshire is a 1.058-mile flat oval with banking ranging from two to seven degrees in the turns. Since opening its … Read the Rest »

Doing it the Wright Way

February 5th, 2014 by

With Paul Kusheba claiming the NASCAR iRacing Class C Fixed championship for the last season of 2013, thousands of sim racers are eager to hit the virtual Pocono Raceway to begin Season One 2014 with a bang. With over 1,700 racers attempting at least one race during Week One, it was easy to see that … Read the Rest »

Pocono Comeback

January 30th, 2014 by

Round 11 of the 2013-14 16th Street Racing League will go down as one of the greatest races in league history. Excitement, close battles, drama, and pure driver dedication abounded throughout the field, and for Matt Cooke, this was perhaps the most determined comeback drive of his iRacing Career. Down in P16 after a pit … Read the Rest »

Overland, Uusi-Jaakola Top Pro Series

January 27th, 2014 by

Chris Overland and Aleksi Uusi-Jaakola took somewhat different paths in the recently concluded iRacing Pro Series, but both arrived at their destinations: iRacing Pro Series champions trophies, $300 in iRacing credits . . . and berths in the 2014 iRacing World Drivers Championships. Overland was the soul of consistency in the NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series, … Read the Rest »

Unexpected Twists in Season Finale at Concord

January 21st, 2014 by

The final week of the NASCAR iRacing.com Late Model Series traveled to Midland, North Carolina to race at Concord Speedway.  This unique track is easily comparable to Pocono due to its triangular configuration, but with one very significant twist: it’s only a half mile in length, shorter than 2.5 mile Pocono’s front straightaway alone. Sim-racers … Read the Rest »

2013 iRacing World Cup of iRacing Preview

January 17th, 2014 by

The field is set for the fifth annual World Cup of iRacing, in what looks to be the most competitive club competition to date. Five clubs will battle over four races on January 18 to determine who will have bragging rights for the next 12 months, being able to call themselves World Cup Champions. The … Read the Rest »

New Jersey Head Last Chance Qualifiers as World Cup Ramps-Up

January 9th, 2014 by

New Jersey headed the leaderboard as six clubs booked their places in the iRacing 2013 World Cup finals. The US club was joined by four other North American clubs – Ohio, Carolina, Michigan and Midwest — as well as the European, Scandanavia clubs. Participation for this final chance event was disappointing as smaller clubs often … Read the Rest »

Overland Conquers Tricky Triangle

December 4th, 2013 by

Chris Overland had the restart of his life at the perfect time, outrunning Brandon Schmidt into Turn One on a green-white-checker finish to score his first NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series win at Pocono Raceway. Overland only led two laps, but they were the last two of the race as he set sail after passing Schmidt, … Read the Rest »

Gorlinsky Grabs Daytona Thriller

November 27th, 2013 by

John Gorlinsky scored his first win of the NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series season at Daytona International Speedway Tuesday night, and along with it he might have saved his shot at returning to the NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship for 2014. Gorlinsky was just ahead of Tom Moustakas when the fourth yellow flag of the event … Read the Rest »