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VRS Coanda Simsport Wins Top Split of 2021 iRacing 24 Hours of Daytona

January 25th, 2021 by

Three of iRacing’s most dominant road racers combined to take top honors in the top split of the 2021 iRacing 24 Hours of Daytona on Sunday morning, as VRS Coanda Simsport’s Joshua Rogers, Mitchell deJong, and Mack Bakkum took the checkered flag in the annual twice-around-the-clock visit to Daytona International Speedway modeled after IMSA’s premier … Read the Rest »

VCO Cup of Nations Lineup, Qualifying Drivers Set

July 7th, 2020 by

After an intense week of of qualifying competition in both open-wheel and GTE cars, the nationality and driver lineup for the VCO Cup of Nations for UNICEF presented by Acronis has officially been set. 16 nations, each represented by four top iRacers, will take part in two days of exciting competition on July 25-26, with … Read the Rest »

Lionheart IndyCar Series: Harrington’s Last Corner Pass Secures Indy GP Win

June 25th, 2020 by Jason Galvin

Broadcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkyvHjCv8TA&feature=emb_title Connor Harrington had a third place race car. That didn’t keep him from victory lane. Harrington won the Minus 273 Grand Prix of Indianapolis with a thrilling pass of a damaged Sage Karam as the pair streaked towards the checkered flag on the final lap. It was the first road course victory for … Read the Rest »

Battling a Former F1 Driver in iRacing

December 5th, 2016 by Craig Lager

‘I’m on the grid directly behind Rubens Barrichello. The actual one.’ Editor’s note: The following story appears on PC Gamer NOW PLAYING In Now Playing articles PC Gamer writers talk about the game currently dominating their spare time. Today Craig faces the race of his life. The worst and most impossible thing has happened. My … Read the Rest »

In Good Company

March 30th, 2012 by

If a company can be judged by the quality and breadth of its partnerships, then iRacing.com qualifies as the bluest of blue chip companies.  The world’s foremost online auto racing simulation service, iRacing’s partners include sanctioning bodies like NASCAR and IndyCar, race car manufacturers Dallara and Williams, automotive giants Ford, General Motors, Mazda and Volkswagen … Read the Rest »

Two Legs Up

March 30th, 2012 by

By any measure, Rubens Barrichello had a rough introduction to the IZOD IndyCar Series at St. Petersburg.  As if making his IndyCar debut on an unfamiliar street circuit wasn’t challenge enough, the Formula One veteran played catch-up most of the weekend after his Dallara-Chevrolet was sidelined by mechanical problems in the opening practice session.   Nevertheless, … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile – Mogar D. Gomes Filho

March 24th, 2012 by

When the lights go green for the Intel GT Series World Finals on Saturday at Spa, Mogar D. Gomes Filho will be one 32 of the world’s top sim racers (including seven fellow-Brazilians) battling for first place — and the custom Intel gaming computer that goes with it.  Not bad for a guy who doesn’t … Read the Rest »

Formula One for a Day

November 13th, 2009 by

Any racer, sim- or real-world, would give anything to be in Formula One.   A career to match that of Michael Schumacher would be nice but, heck, just the chance to drive a few laps in one of the world’s fastest and most technically advanced race cars is more than 99.99% of the F1- wannabes can … Read the Rest »