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iGPS – Third Quarter Season Review

July 15th, 2013 by

The 2013 Season 2 iRacing.com Grand Prix Series (iGPS) has reached the business end of the season. With ten weeks down, just two remain, as the battle for the Road to Pro is heating up. With ten Pro licenses vacant, nine sim-racers have almost certainly secured their spot in the 2013 Road Pro Series at … Read the Rest »

The Times They Have A’Changed

June 24th, 2013 by

Once upon a time, the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Sonoma Raceway meant three hours of pratfalls guaranteed to generate half a dozen incidents worthy of a Havoc video . . . not to mention hours of banal chatter about “road course specialists” guaranteed to make anyone with even a passing knowledge of motorsports beyond the … Read the Rest »

Huttu Claws to Road America Victory

April 15th, 2013 by

In a toughly-fought 47 laps around the virtual Road America, Greger Huttu battled his way to the front to take victory at the chequered flag. Huttu’s second win of the 2013 season puts the reigning champion equal on points with Hugo Luis, with the pair the only drivers to secure wins this year. Starting from … Read the Rest »

Lindqvist Leads as Fritsche Falters

February 25th, 2013 by

Nicklas Lindqvist continued his great start to the season as he won the third round of the Classic Teams Championship with a stunning 248 point haul at Road America ahead of Tomasz Kozdron who bumped a faltering Gernot Fritsche to third overall. In all 143 drivers took their Lotus 79s to the long straights of … Read the Rest »

Linquvist Storms into CTC Lead

February 15th, 2013 by

From the Kentish Brands Hatch circuit the Classic Team Championship moved across the North Sea to Holland and the classic Zandvoort circuit. Zandvoort represents a much different challenge than the sweeping curves of Week One and up front the lead changed with Nicklas Lingqvist besting Gernot Fritsche into second place. BRM driver, Nilsson, dropped to … Read the Rest »

Ward, Broekman Lead The Way

February 14th, 2013 by

Week Two brought the GRAND-AM Online Sports Car Series to Road America in Elkhart Lake, WI, where the famous 4.048 mile (6.515 km) circuit hosted 50 minute online races every other hour for sim-racers to enjoy.  The Riley Mk XX Daytona Prototype saw fewer entries this week, 572 entering a race, 265 placing a qualifying … Read the Rest »

Kis and Roda On Top At Daytona

February 6th, 2013 by

iRacing.com’s GRAND-AM Online Sports Car Series visited the famous Daytona International Speedway to begin 2013 Season 1.  The 3.56 mile (5.729 km) “Roval” played host to some fantastic racing throughout the week.  With the addition of the new McLaren MP4-12C GT3 to the series and many drivers wanting more action after the Daytona 2.4 World … Read the Rest »

iRacer Cliff White Presented with RRDC Mark Donohue Award

January 30th, 2013 by

Cliff White, winner of the 42nd annual Road Racing Drivers Club Mark Donohue Award for his SpecRacer Ford class victory at the 2012 SCCA National Championship Runoffs at Road America in September, was presented with the unique wheel trophy at the RRDC’s annual dinner held prior to the Rolex 24 At Daytona. RRDC members David … Read the Rest »

Finland Wins 2012 World Cup of iRacing

January 21st, 2013 by

Finland broke DE-AT-CH’s stranglehold on the World Cup of iRacing, dethroning the only champions the competition has ever known with impressive performances at Road America and Texas Motor Speedway in Saturday’s 2012 World Cup of iRacing Finals.  Further emphasizing the depth of competition, Brasil finished runner-up in the online racing event with DE-AT-CH taking third … Read the Rest »

DE-AT-CH, Brasil, Finland, UK/Ireland in World Cup Final

January 15th, 2013 by

The line-up for the 2012 World Cup of iRacing Finals is set following Saturday’s World Cup Tournament.  Three time champions DE-AT-CH led the qualifiers, edging Finland by 17 points (756 to 739) with Brasil (709) coming-in just ahead of fourth and final qualifier UK/Ireland (701).  The four clubs will meet again this coming Saturday (January … Read the Rest »