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GRAND-AM Online Race Series Debuts at Watkins Glen

November 10th, 2010 by

Last week saw the opening round of the GRAND-AM iRacing.com Online Sports Car Series, the exciting new online racing championship resulting from the partnership between GRAND-AM and iRacing.com Motorsports Simulations. In true GRAND-AM style, the multi-division championship sees the Riley MkXX Daytona Prototype and Ford Mustang FR500S share the same track, whilst battling in their … Read the Rest »

iRacing IZOD IndyCar Series Starts into its Second Year

November 2nd, 2010 by

With the start of 2010 Season 4, the Dallara IndyCar is already going into its second year in the iRacing IZOD IndyCar Series. Since its introduction, the fast 650-700hp open wheeler has received several improvements from the iRacing development team as well as changes to the schedule. The release of the Dallara at the end … Read the Rest »

Red Sox Racing League Review

August 31st, 2010 by

Les Turner once again demonstrated why he is regarded as the “Jimmie Johnson” of the Red Sox Racing league’s 2010 schedule.  After winning the Season One championship with a total of 723 points, Turner upped the heat on his online racing competition with 841 points in Season Two.  The Canadian-based sim racer not only averaged … 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 »

Wyatt Gooden Wins Round Six,Takes Lead in 2010 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup

August 3rd, 2010 by

Ohio iRacer Scores Second Consecutive Victory Series rookie, Wyatt Gooden, earned his second consecutive Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup victory and the season-championship point lead on Sunday with a win at Autobahn Country Club, Round Six of the ten race SCCA Pro Series championship.  Two more rookies rounded out the top-three as Jarvis Gennari earned his … 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 »

Masier Breaks Free in the iRacing Pro Series

July 20th, 2010 by

With six rounds of the iRacing Pro Road Racing Series complete, Luca Masier has now established a firm grip on the Championship lead following a flawless outing at Infineon. Competing on the long configuration of the virtual race track, the Italian claimed a flag-to-flag victory to share the top points scoring honours for the week. … Read the Rest »

And Now for Something Completely Different . . .

July 15th, 2010 by

One of the cool things about hosted racing is that it enables the “host” to think outside the box.  Why limit yourself to racing COTs at Daytona, IndyCars at Indianapolis, Lotus 79s at Brands Hatch, SK Modifieds at Stafford and Skip Barber F2000s at Lime Rock?  Why not, for example, race Riley MK XXs at … Read the Rest »

A Question of Balance

June 30th, 2010 by

After missing race six of the 2010 iRacing World Tour (the Indianapolis 500) due to me actually attending the real thing for work I managed to make Race Seven (aka the iRacing.com Road America 200) having had enough practice to where I felt I could at least handle myself around Road America in a Class … Read the Rest »

Bringing Home the Brats

June 21st, 2010 by

Richard Crozier (Club Celtic) laid a bit of a whoopin’ on his fellow iRacers in the top-rated split of the World Tour of iRacing’s Road America 200 on Saturday.  The Scot brought his Chevrolet Impala SS B home more than a minute ahead of the similar car of neighbor Richard Towler (England) with New England’s … Read the Rest »