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Ferrari Storm to Huge CTC Lead as Williams Falter

November 16th, 2012 by

Round Two of the Lotus 79 2012 Season 4 and the Classic Teams Championship represented a complete contrast to Round One as the wide spaces of the Suzuka Circuit were replaced by the exciting, but all together trickier Road Atlanta. With a track that puts more demands on setup than Suzuka and drivers still getting … Read the Rest »

Ferrari Take Early Lead in CTC Title Defence

November 9th, 2012 by

221 drivers, 23 races, 16 different race winners and some fantastic close action online racing at the virtual Suzuka Circuit marked the start of 2012 Series 4 Lotus 79 Classic Teams Championship. Once again a substantial number of those drivers entering the series have also entered the Frank Herfjord-arranged Classic Teams Championship with resulting field … Read the Rest »

Petit Le Mans World Tour

October 26th, 2012 by

Not long before the Rebellion, Level 5, Oreca, Extreme Speed, IMSA Matmut and Momo race teams sped to class wins (and the Delta Wing once again proved it is in a class of its own) in last weekend’s Petit Le Mans Powered by Mazda, some three dozen iRacers experienced the thrill of victory in the … Read the Rest »

Kerkhof Captivates Championship at Spa

September 6th, 2012 by

In an action-packed 44 laps around the virtual Spa-Francorchamps, Atze Kerkhof became only the third sim-racer to stand on the top step of the 2012 iRacing.com Grand Prix Series World Championship podium. The thirteenth round victory for the Dutchman sees the Team Redline sim-racer consolidate his fifth position in the championship standings, and edge closer … Read the Rest »

iGPSWC Round 13 on iRacing Live Saturday!

August 31st, 2012 by

Round 13 of the iRacing.com Grand Prix Series World Championship will be broadcast live on iRacing Live this Saturday at 14:00 GMT (10 am Eastern).  The world’s finest online road racers will take on the daunting challenges of 44 laps around the historic 4.35 mile (7 km) Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in their Williams-Toyota FW31s. 2010 … Read the Rest »

Huttu’s Back in the Box Seat

August 7th, 2012 by

Just when it seemed current iRacing.com Grand Prix Series World Championship title holder Hugo Luis was mustering a comeback, Greger Huttu bagged his seventh win of the season at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, to assert his position atop the series standings. With five rounds of the championship remaining, the Finn can now afford to … Read the Rest »

Huttu's Back in the Box Seat

August 7th, 2012 by

Just when it seemed current iRacing.com Grand Prix Series World Championship title holder Hugo Luis was mustering a comeback, Greger Huttu bagged his seventh win of the season at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, to assert his position atop the series standings. With five rounds of the championship remaining, the Finn can now afford to … Read the Rest »

Down With Crown In Sight

July 20th, 2012 by

Round 11 of the iRacing.com V8 Supercars Series presented by BigPond returned the States with a visit to 4km, 12 turn Road Atlanta.  A long back straight made it difficult to develop a setup which would be fast through the turns and fast on the back straight, but a lot of people traded straight line … Read the Rest »

Turning Point: Road Atlanta

June 29th, 2012 by

Classic Teams Championship: Round 8, Road Atlanta The drivers were all pleased to see the 2.54-mile sweeping layout of Road Atlanta back on the schedule and the venue for Round 8 of the Classic Teams Championship. This week there were 64 drivers, just 4 less than at the last round, and 14 official races over … Read the Rest »

Globe Trotters

April 27th, 2012 by

Weeks 9 and 10 took the iRacing.com Prototype and GT Challenge outside of North America for the final time this season, to a pair of tracks 10,000 miles apart in opposite hemispheres. Their track layouts once again provided the globe-trotting sim racers with contrast from week-to-week as Silverstone’s wide, historic airfield layout in the English … Read the Rest »