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2.4 Hours of Training . . . and Fun

February 3rd, 2010 by

Heralded as one of the most successful events in iRacing’s history, the Rolex 2.4 attracted 950 online racers to the Daytona International Speedway road course for the opening event of the iRacing.com World Tour. The online endurance race staged a few hours prior to the real life Rolex 24 season opener attracted a plethora of … Read the Rest »

Online Pro Road Racers at Silverstone

January 12th, 2010 by

Towler Good, McLean Better, Purdy hanging on Silverstone GP is the home track of England’s Richard Towler and he fared well here in Round 23 of iRacing Pro Series Road Racing  competition this week.   But it was Australian Luke McLean who was able to go one better, thus keeping the series well and truly … Read the Rest »

iRacing.com Announces 2010 World Tour

December 21st, 2009 by

Series of 14 Virtual Events to Track Real-World Counterparts Starting next month members of iRacing.com will able to participate in the iRacing World Tour, a series of same-weekend virtual versions of more than a dozen of the world’s top motorsport events.  Beginning in January with the Grand-Am Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway’s road course, … Read the Rest »

BRDC International Trophy Silverstone

November 21st, 2009 by

It’s 1978 and I’m sitting in Hesketh Formula One car at Silverstone listening to Rene Arnoux’s team trying to fire his engine in the next door garage. My race is in his hands. If he fails to start I will get to race as I’m reserve driver for this event and Nikki Lauda already refused … 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 »

Coeur d’Alene to Woking

November 7th, 2009 by

It’s a long way from Couer d’Alene, Idaho to Brands Hatch and Silverstone; further still to Woking, Surrey.  Thanks to the efforts of Brett Smrz, England seems a little closer to the Potato State these days. Together with California’s Conor DePhillippi, Smrz recently flew the red, white and blue colors of the Team USA Scholarship … Read the Rest »

What You Make of It

October 16th, 2009 by

The pressure to perform is what you make of it.  Ask Brett Smrz.  This weekend he’s following in the footsteps of Jimmy Vasser, Bryan Herta, Buddy Rice and A.J. Allmendinger while flying the flag of the Team USA Scholarship in the Formula Ford Festival at England’s Brands Hatch circuit. If that’s not enough, consider that … Read the Rest »

Lotus (79) Stew

August 28th, 2009 by

I had an embarrassing start in the Lotus 79 and was far off the pace in my first online practice at the Glen. It was due to a couple of reasons – I’d never tried Watkins Glen in iRacing, and I was using the baseline setup. I was doing okay in the fast sections but … Read the Rest »