All News: richard-towler

Is Towler Up To The Challenge?

February 26th, 2011 by

Whilst we can be a pretty liberal bunch here at inRacingNews, we’re not quite sure if the bridesmaid dress is really suited to Richard Towler. Along with winning  the inaugural NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship, the Englishman was the only sustained challenger to Greger Huttu’s domination of the 2010 iRacing.com World Championship Series Road Racing, … Read the Rest »

iRacing.com World Championship Series Road Racing Preview

February 24th, 2011 by

What The Pundits Say . . . This coming weekend witnesses the opening round of the second iRacing.com World Championship Series Road Racing (iWCSRR) from Spa-Francorchamps, with a 40-plus field of Williams-Toyota FW31s  scheduled to appear on the starting grid for Saturday’s race. The appearance of the likes of Greger Huttu, Richard Towler, Ilkka Haapala … Read the Rest »

iRacing.com World Championship Series Road Racing Broadcast on Saturday

February 23rd, 2011 by

The world’s elite online road racers kick-off the 2011 iRacing.com World Championship Series Road Racing on Saturday, February 26.  The race will be broadcast live on iRacing.com and will feature defending iWCSRR champion Greger Huttu and 2010 series runner-up Richard Towler along with a host of newcomers including 2010 iRacing.com Pro Series Road Racing champion … Read the Rest »

Alfalla Wins a Wild Opener

February 16th, 2011 by

With thousands watching via the live broadcast on iRacing.com, Ray Alfalla came home the winner in a wild Round One of the 2011 Nascar iRacing.com Series World Championship at Daytona International Speedway on Tuesday evening.   The Floridian took over the top spot when Jesse Atchison crashed-out of the lead on Lap 86 and stayed in … Read the Rest »

Field Set for 2011 NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship

January 24th, 2011 by

The line-up for the 2011 NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship has been announced.  Heading the 50-driver roster for the 18-race, 36-week series are the defending champion Richard Towler of Hull, England and title runner-up Brad Davies of Wauchula, Florida.  The 2011 season kicks off on February 15, 9:00 p.m. ET (Feb. 16, 0200 GMT) at … Read the Rest »

Orbis Charity Showdown, Live on PSRTV

January 6th, 2011 by

Saturday, January 8 will see the new iRacing Mazda MX5s and the Pontiac Solstice battle it out on the epic Circuit de Spa Francorchamps in the name of charity. The specially organised 30 lap endurance race, supported by iRacing.com and PSRTV in the form of prizes and live broadcasting, is being held to raise money … Read the Rest »

Lake, McLeod Grab Intel GP Finals Spots

December 13th, 2010 by

Ian Lake and Mitchell McLeod grabbed the final two spots in the Intel GP World Finals competition by finishing one-two in Sunday’s Asia/Australia finals.  Lake led McLeod home by 3.93s after twenty laps of Star Mazda online racing at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The two Australians will join eight sim racers from the United States … Read the Rest »

Townend Triumphs at the Glen

December 10th, 2010 by

The England Club headed off to upstate New York for Round Seven of the club championship, using the Cup variation of Watkins Glen International, a previous favourite amongst the England sim racers last season. Some of you may recall the last Club race there saw a number of front runners run out of fuel, so … Read the Rest »

Towler Honored at NASCAR Sprint Cup Finale

November 25th, 2010 by

Richard Towler, inaugural winner of the NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship, hoists the champion’s trophy for NASCAR’s first global championship, while iRacing.com’s Steve Myers and NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt, Jr. present the winner’s check for $10,000.  NASCAR managing director Blake Davidson looks on.  The presentation to NASCAR’s first virtual racing champion took place at the … Read the Rest »

Club England's Mazda MX-5 Championship

November 19th, 2010 by

Demand for the Club England Mazda MX-5 championship gave race organizers a headache at the opening double header event at Summit Point when 48 sim racers turned up with only 28 pit stalls. Fortunately in online racing we can create another Summit Point and two races ran simultaneously! As drivers set off in practice the … Read the Rest »