All News: Richmond International Raceway

Turner Back in Victory Lane at Homestead

March 17th, 2011 by

Week Eight of Season One of the Red Sox Racing League’s 2011 schedule saw league members basking in the warmth of sunny south Florida for the 29 lap “Hurricane Hunters Grand Prix” at Homestead Miami Speedway’s Road Course B.  The track’s high speed 2.3 mile layout includes enough of the speedway section to lull the … Read the Rest »

Sandt Racking-Up Tour Modified Wins

February 23rd, 2011 by

The same driver, same state with a different track produced a similar story in the third week of online racing competition in the NASCAR iRacing Tour Modified series in 2011. Untamed Motorsports driver Robert Sandt poured the pressure on his fellow sim racers by capturing seven wins at the Richmond International Raceway and would be … Read the Rest »

Speed Tops King at Richmond

February 22nd, 2011 by

For the second consecutive week, the drivers of the NASCAR iRacing Class C Series (NiCCS) battled on a short track as the competitors rolled their trucks onto the Richmond International Speedway. As was the case at Bristol Motor Speedway, many big names in the sim racing world topped the charts after seven days of side-by-side … Read the Rest »

Buchberger Trucks Ahead at Bristol

February 15th, 2011 by

Two wins in two starts seals overall victory From the biggest track on the NASCAR iRacing.com Class C Series (NiCCS) schedule to the smallest, the teams of the popular series headed to the Bristol Motor Speedway for Round Two on the 2011 Season One campaign. Like Daytona, the racing at Bristol can be unpredictable at … Read the Rest »

Sandt Smokes the Competition in Week Two

February 14th, 2011 by

Pennsylvanian posts seven wins at Richmond Although Ryan Field will be shown as the driver who amassed the most points following a week of iRacing NASCAR Tour Modified competition at Richmond International Speedway, the week really belonged to Robert Sandt. The Division One driver who sim races out of the Pennsylvania Club raced in eight … Read the Rest »

Stergios Kicks-Off Season with Irwindale Triumph

February 7th, 2011 by

Shawn Colley mounts Saturday charge, falls short. At the start of this third season of iRacing NASCAR Tour Modified racing, New England’s PJ Stergios wasn’t sure how much racing he would get to do in the “ground pounders” this season. After all, the bigger sim racing picture was a shot at the big time in … Read the Rest »

Stergios Kicks-Off Season with Irwindale Triumph

February 7th, 2011 by

Untamed Motorsports pilot Shawn Colley had the last laugh in the win column though as his two wins on Saturday combined with two on Thursday left him with four victories in five starts.

Stergios Closes the Gap at Richmond

January 13th, 2011 by

Week 10 of the iRacing.com IZOD IndyCar Series held a special challenge for the sim racers: short oval racing under the lights of ¾ mile Richmond International Raceway. With lap times of just around 16 seconds, which  means an average speed of 169 mph or 272 kph, there is hardly any room  for mistakes or … Read the Rest »

Captain Obvious Livery Unveiled

October 23rd, 2010 by

Following last month’s TV event and subsequent Speed News front page, Team GTGateway issued the following statement: Harold Wood, UK/Charlotte, NC USA —  Photos were released today of the upcoming livery for the cars of one of inRacingNews‘ British reporters, who will be running in select events this year. The paint scheme is the result … Read the Rest »

Good Night, Richard

September 8th, 2010 by

Night time was the right time for Englishman Richard Towler, as he returned to his winning ways under the lights in last night’s NASCAR iRacing Series World Championship race at Richmond International Speedway.   In the series’ first race under the night sky, Towler started from the pole and took command of the race early … Read the Rest »