All News: Shannon Whitmore

iRacing’s Dudes Abide

March 30th, 2015 by

Never let it be said that the folks at iRacing lack for hands-on sim racing experience.  Most recent case in point:  the iRacing 12 Hours of Sebring, where iRacing staffers experienced the thrill of victory and the agony of P16. The thrill of victory went to Chris Lerch (vehicle dynamic engineer), Kevin Bobbitt (marketing director), … Read the Rest »

iRacing Q&A: Customer Support

April 18th, 2014 by

Although iRacing.com is justifiably proud of its laser-scanned race tracks, digitally modeled race cars and sophisticated infrastructure, none of that would matter for long without the knowledge and guidance members have come to count on from iRacing’s Customer Support group. Together, Shannon Whitmore (Director of Competition and Support), Susan Flint (Customer Support Manager) and Angela … Read the Rest »

New Alien on the Block

June 10th, 2013 by

iRacers beware:  there’s about to be a new alien on the block.  No, he’s not from Scandinavia.  He’s from . . . Texas; Corpus Cristi to be precise.  But he plans on moving to Roswell, New Mexico in the future.  And unless you’ve been living in a cave for all or some of the past … Read the Rest »

Protests: By the Numbers

August 16th, 2012 by Shannon Whitmore

The racing environment is unique to other competitive sports in that a measure of cooperation must exist amongst the competitors in order to reach the end of the race and accomplish a goal.   For most the goal is getting to the end of the race with a chance to win or finish well.  But what … Read the Rest »

The iRacing.com Protest System – May, 2012

May 11th, 2012 by

“Racing incidents happen.” — Nim Cross I must say that Nim’s statement is very accurate and profound.  There have been literally thousands of forum strings, emails, video reviews, opinions and discussions over the years about how to deal with those cursed incidents and accidents on iRacing.   Passionate discussions and ideas abound about the sporting code, … Read the Rest »

Towler, Wood Suspended from Upcoming iWCRR Events

September 7th, 2010 by

The iRacing.com Competition Committee has suspended Richard Towler and Derek Wood from the next two online racing events in the iRacing World Championship Road Racing (iWCRR) series and placed both drivers on probation for the remainder of the 2010 iWCRR and NASCAR iRacing Series World Championship as the result of tactics they employed during Saturday’s … Read the Rest »