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Towler, Wood Suspended from Upcoming iWCRR Events

September 7th, 2010 by

The iRacing.com Competition Committee has suspended Richard Towler and Derek Wood from the next two online racing events in the iRacing World Championship Road Racing (iWCRR) series and placed both drivers on probation for the remainder of the 2010 iWCRR and NASCAR iRacing Series World Championship as the result of tactics they employed during Saturday’s … Read the Rest »

Bronx Bomber

August 25th, 2010 by

The Yankees weren’t the only ones from the Bronx swinging for the fences on Tuesday night.  Gotham’s Steve Sheehan shocked everyone watching, as well as himself, by bombing through the chaos of a late restart to claim his first career NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship win in only his second start. Atlanta Motor Speedway was … Read the Rest »

Huttu Fixes Chink in His Armour, Takes Win No.14

August 24th, 2010 by

With 14 rounds of the iRacing World Championship Road Racing series complete, Greger Huttu remains the dominant force in the standings with a 100% winning record.  However, the Finnish sim-racer didn’t have it all his own way on the Silverstone GP circuit.  The Team Redline online racer failed to maintain his flawless record of qualifying … Read the Rest »

Towler Tops Intel GP Series European Regional Finals

August 23rd, 2010 by

Richard Towler grabbed the lead on the opening lap and motored to a narrow victory over pole-sitter Greger Huttu and Bastien Bartsch in the Intel GP Series European Regional Finals at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on Saturday. Although Hutu grabbed the pole with a blistering lap of 1:18.128 in his Star Mazda, Towler (1:18.195) was … Read the Rest »

Parity at MIS

August 23rd, 2010 by

For the second time this season, Michigan International Speedway played host to the NASCAR iRacing Pro Series (NiPS). As always, the high banks provided thrilling online racing action from front to back. No matter what position you are in, there is no place to hide in the Irish Hills. Josh Berry comes away with top … Read the Rest »

13: Lucky For Some

August 9th, 2010 by

Whilst superstitious people may consider 13 to be an unlucky number, the frivolous folklore failed to intimidate Greger Huttu, who took his thirteenth victory of the iRacing World Championship Racing Racing series at Road America this weekend. Huttu had an unchallenged run to the chequered flag, to maintain his 100% pole position and winning record … Read the Rest »

Wood Wins at TMS, Davies Snags NiSWC Points Lead

July 28th, 2010 by

Derek Wood put himself on the winning strategy at Texas Motor Speedway last night, and captured his first career NASCAR iRacing Series World Championship (NiSWC). While Wood soared to the win, points leader Richard Towler plummeted late in the race to finish twelfth. With Towler’s misfortune, Brad Davies now finds himself leading the NiSWC title … Read the Rest »

The Unblemished Dozen

July 27th, 2010 by

Whilst in racing there is no such thing as a forgone conclusion, Greger Huttu’s writing of the iRacing World Championship Road Racing (iWCRR) history books could be an exception to the rule. Marking two-thirds through the inaugural iWCRR season with a visit to the virtual Infineon long configuration, Huttu continued his flawless record with his … Read the Rest »

The problem with sim racing is…

July 19th, 2010 by

The lack of excuses! When I look at the lap records for a given track, I am usually in the top quarter, quite often in the top ten percent. Yet the gap to the top drivers seems positively cavernous and, quite simply, unachievable, even if I sold the wife and kids and devoted the remainder … Read the Rest »

Huttu – (Still) Flawless at Mosport

July 12th, 2010 by

Continuing his relentless charge towards the inaugural iRacing Drivers World Championship Road Racing (iDWCRR) title, Greger Huttu collected his 11th win of the season at Mosport International Raceway on Saturday.  For those keeping score that makes 11 pole positions and 11 victories from 11 starts for the Finnish sim racer, who now leads the standings … Read the Rest »