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Marcos Edges Coomans for NVIDIA Cup

September 1st, 2011 by

Coomans takes victory at Okayama Jan Coomans’ run to an NVIDIA Cup championship in 2011 Season 3a came up eight points short but not before a strong run in Week Four at Okayama International Circuit nearly propelled the Benelux sim racer into the top spot in the standings. Coomans topped the weekly standings in Week … Read the Rest »

Guess Who?

August 18th, 2011 by

Week Two of the Thrustmaster Mustang Challenge had sim racers from all around the world take a trip to Watkins Glen International for some online racing on one of the most famous circuits in not only the United States, but the world as well.  The 3.4-mile, 12-turn circuit located in up-state New York played host … Read the Rest »

Where There’s a Will There’s a Way

August 9th, 2011 by

A lot of people have built their own home-made racing simulators.  Technically, anyone who has fastened a steering wheel to a desk has already started to build their simulator, but many people stop building their simulator the day their first wheel arrives.  I am not one of those people. Let me give you a bit … Read the Rest »

Where There's a Will There's a Way

August 9th, 2011 by

A lot of people have built their own home-made racing simulators.  Technically, anyone who has fastened a steering wheel to a desk has already started to build their simulator, but many people stop building their simulator the day their first wheel arrives.  I am not one of those people. Let me give you a bit … Read the Rest »

V8 Supercars to Sanction iRacing.com Series

August 2nd, 2011 by

iRacing.com and V8 Supercars announced an agreement today that will see the organizers of the successful V8 Supercar Championship officially sanction the popular online racing service’s V8 Supercar series, which will be known as the iRacing.com V8 Supercars Series presented by BigPond.  V8 Supercars thus joins NASCAR, INDYCAR and GRAND-AM as partners in sanctioning competition … Read the Rest »

Down on Top

July 26th, 2011 by

The final round of the iRacing V8 Supercar Series delivered the drama it promised. This strength-to-strength online racing series keeps producing more action, right when you think it can’t get any hotter. Not only is the bulging entry list a testament to this, the spectator gallery has become standing room only. For the Week 12 … Read the Rest »

Laughton Leads at Homestead

July 5th, 2011 by

California sim racer Joshua Laughton took one big step towards sealing his NASCAR iRacing.com Class C Series (NiCCS) 2011 Season Two championship this past week by taking the big win at Homestead Miami Speedway. The 27-year old claimed the overall Week Nine victory on the wings of a win in a June 28th triumph against … Read the Rest »

Van Gisbergen Gatecrashes Mid-Ohio

March 2nd, 2011 by

We all know the fiendishly accurate iRacing simulation replicates motorsport superbly, but the lines between simulation and reality were blurred even more for Race One, Split One of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar series on Monday at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. After spending some time on the virtual ovals,  top level V8 Supercar star Shane … Read the Rest »