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Shields Earns First Victory at Road America

February 1st, 2011 by

Twenty-two members of the Red Sox Racing League traveled to Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin for the seconnd event of the 2011 Season One schedule as Road America played host to the 18 lap “It’s Cool to be Cheesy” race.  Experienced sim racers knew the trick to success at the challenging 14 corner four mile track would … Read the Rest »

Gooden, Michaels Take GRAND-AM Titles at Daytona

January 26th, 2011 by

The twelfth and final Round of the inaugural GRAND-AM iRacing.com Online Sports Car Series headed to the Daytona International Speedway’s road course, where the overall and divisional champions of the virtual Riley MkXX Prototype and Ford Mustang FR500S were crowned. The inaugural edition of this online racing series, open to subscribers of the iRacing.com Motorsport … Read the Rest »

Turner Takes First RSR F1 Race of 2011

January 25th, 2011 by

Definition: change – To make different in some particular way; to replace with another; to make a shift from one to another.  Members of the Red Sox Racing League could be forgiven for believing the league’s recent change of vehicles from the Star Mazda to the Williams-Toyota FW31 would mean someone other than defending Three-time … Read the Rest »

Whillier Wins by 0.003s!

January 15th, 2011 by

The iamINDY.de Michigan INDY 560K delivered everything it promised before the race: lots of side-by-side racing, a 128 green flag lap part (which are 248 miles!), just one caution, eleven lead changes and the closest finish in iamINDY.de history only tell part of the story of this impressive race.  What’s more, the race ended with … Read the Rest »

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 »

Club England Road Championship Update

January 7th, 2011 by

Blake Townend has stamped his authority on the Club England Road Championship with a remarkable run of seven online racing victories in a row; however, the championship is far from sealed. Reigning champion, Adam Miles, is only eight points behind with just four rounds to go. Townend has been made to battle hard for his … Read the Rest »

Sponsler Scores at Homestead-Miami

January 4th, 2011 by

Close, side-by-side racing is the trademark of south Florida’s 1.5 mile Homestead-Miami Speedway oval. Danica Patrick and Tony Kanaan showed in the IZOD IndyCar Series season finale how it can be done when they fought very hard for the second position in the last 15 laps. One of the keys behind the competitiveness surely is … Read the Rest »

Christmas Number One

January 3rd, 2011 by

Forget X Factor’s Matt Cardle’s hit single, the real attention for this year’s UK Christmas Number One was focused on who would win the iRacing England Club championship round in Christmas week. Would Blake Townend make it a remarkable six wins in a row or could the reigning champion Adam Miles take the top spot … Read the Rest »

GRAND-AM Hits the (online) Road (America)

November 24th, 2010 by

The virtually-epic (or is it epic virtual?) Road America played host to Round Three of the GRAND-AM iRacing.com Online Sports Car Series, the online racing series open to PC owners with a subscription to the iRacing.com motorsport simulation service. The GRAND-AM sanctioned 12 week championship pays visits to highly accurate reproductions of circuits on the … Read the Rest »

Williams x 2

November 19th, 2010 by

With its picturesque rolling hills in beautiful Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, Road America is the perfect track to kick off the ISRA GP1 Championship.  The track and setting seem almost purpose-built for the newly-released iRacing Williams-Toyota FW31.  You have every possible corner to challenge your ability to focus for over 300 kilometers: The Carousel, The Kink, … Read the Rest »