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Down Wins Bathurst Thriller

March 13th, 2014 by

The iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series took to its spiritual home of Mt Panorama Bathurst for Round Six of 2014 Season 1. Continuing his streak of six pole positions was Madison Down, as the TT-R sim-racer was the only driver to get into the 2:05s. Second on the grid went to Rens Broekman with Row Two … Read the Rest »

Down Goes Two for Two

February 17th, 2014 by

iRacing.com’s official V8 Supercar Series headed to Brands Hatch in England for the second round of 2014 Season 1 and a 38 lap race. Qualifying was tight but for the second time this season it was Madison Down taking the pole position being the only sim-racer to dip into the 1:25’s. Teammate Josh Muggelton placed … Read the Rest »

Bucheim on Top of Radical Challenge

February 17th, 2014 by

Tino Bucheim scorched to the top of the iRacing.com Radical Challenge championship standings after a scorching week at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The DE-AT-CH sim-racer scored an emphatic 211 points to sit atop the tables by 14 points in a week that saw 259 drivers cross the start line. Pj Stergios was the top overall … Read the Rest »

Driving with Both Eyes

February 15th, 2014 by

Every sim-racer, as well as everyone who’s raced live knows that racing is a matter of details.  A heartbeat’s time can be the difference between a brilliant move and utter disaster. So, both in live racing and on the computer, people seek an edge.  Sim-racers can debate endlessly about the benefits of better CPUs and … Read the Rest »

Long Division

February 9th, 2014 by

As a member who generally races in Division 4, I sometimes feel all the news and stories we see focus on DWC and Pro drivers, along with the occasional Division 1 sim-racer.  So I thought it would be great thing to do a Q&A with some of the top drivers for the past season in … Read the Rest »

Super Late Model is . . . Super

January 29th, 2014 by

On Monday, iRacing released a new build that included what is possibly the greatest car they have ever developed. The Super Late Model has been long anticipated and it seems to be so popular that the service had to go into maintenance mode multiple times over the past 36 hours. But enough about that . … Read the Rest »

Design & Build Your Own Sim-Rig

January 27th, 2014 by

In the weeks ahead iRacingNews will carry a series of stories by iRacer Ben Nile on the design and construction of your own sim-rig.  The first installment focuses on some of the preliminary steps, not least of which is deciding where the sim-rig will be located and the materials to used in its construction -Ed. … Read the Rest »

Hammer Time in Brazil

December 9th, 2013 by

The iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series went to the world famous Autódromo José Carlos Pace (also known as “Interlagos”) for Round 5.  While championship leader Josh Muggleton had the week off after getting married on the Saturday it opened-up the opportunity for another sim-racer else to take a win. Qualifying was led by the TTL Racing … Read the Rest »

Muggleton’s Perfect Month

December 2nd, 2013 by

The iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series came home to Phillip Island for Round 4 of Season 4 with Josh Muggleton having dominated the first three weeks of the season and on the verge of making it a perfect month of November. Shaun Kelly in his new team for Season 4 got his first pole position with … Read the Rest »

Berg Takes the Long Way to Lanier Win

November 26th, 2013 by

The NASCAR iRacing.com Late Model Series visited Lanier Speedway for the fourth week of 2013 Season 4.  Nestled across the highway from Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia, Lanier closed its doors in 2011 but – thanks to iRacing.com — lives on in the virtual racing world.  This week’s feature race, coming in strong with the … Read the Rest »