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iRacer Profile: Michael Keeton

February 19th, 2011 by

One of the new features we’ll be including in inRacingNews V2 are brief profiles on your fellow iRacers, some of whose names will be familiar to you, others a little less so.  Chosen (almost) entirely at random, we’ll lead off with a quick introduction to Michael Keeton.  Not the star of Batman (who spells his … Read the Rest »

Alfalla Wins a Wild Opener

February 16th, 2011 by

With thousands watching via the live broadcast on iRacing.com, Ray Alfalla came home the winner in a wild Round One of the 2011 Nascar iRacing.com Series World Championship at Daytona International Speedway on Tuesday evening.   The Floridian took over the top spot when Jesse Atchison crashed-out of the lead on Lap 86 and stayed in … Read the Rest »

Heavyweights at the Glen

February 14th, 2011 by

Week Two of 2011 Season One brought the iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series to Watkins Glen.  And in a split worthy of the Upstate New York’s track’s tremendous heritage, the virtual V8 heavyweights got together for a sim racing rumble on Valentine’s Day.  Mitchell McLeod poled with a 1.11.813, from Week One dominator Trond Hjerde. Next … Read the Rest »

Don’t Just Watch The Daytona 500, Drive It!

February 11th, 2011 by

The Great American Sim-Race Is Open to Everyone Practice starts tomorrow (February 12) for the iRacing.com Daytona 500, a virtual version of NASCAR’s 2011 season-opening event that runs on February 19, the day before the real Daytona 500.  Unlike the NASCAR Sprint Cup race that more than 200,000 will view from the grandstands at Daytona … Read the Rest »

Stergios Kicks-Off Season with Irwindale Triumph

February 7th, 2011 by

Untamed Motorsports pilot Shawn Colley had the last laugh in the win column though as his two wins on Saturday combined with two on Thursday left him with four victories in five starts.

A Race Within Itself

February 5th, 2011 by

Registering for classes in college is a race within itself. Choosing the right classes at the right times, with the most compatible professors is a fun challenge. Not only that, but you have to wake up at 7AM and type in your course numbers quicker than thousands of the other members of your class. Always … Read the Rest »

Cars? Simulated. Drama? Real.

February 1st, 2011 by

Many of us will testify that explaining our sim racing hobby to outsiders can be a bit of a chore. Eventually, the term “computer games” is the only vernacular they can understand, as much as that term makes us cringe. It’s difficult to articulate just how many real-world challenges iRacing actually simulates, and how many … Read the Rest »

New year – New Series – Fresh new car smell

January 28th, 2011 by

The new VW Jetta TDI and Mazda MX-5 mixed class series (officially known as the iRacing Grand Touring Cup) really does have that new car smell right now.  The response has been overwhelmingly positive to the announcement that the MX-5 will be paired with the VW Jetta TDI in a mixed class series starting with … Read the Rest »

The Sweet Science . . .

January 28th, 2011 by

Whether you’re a long-time sim racer or just got your steering wheel and pedals last night, you’re bound to enjoy Tony Johns’ reflections on his twenty years of sim racing in his alliteratively titled blog “The Sweet Science of Simulated Racing.” http://www.popoffvalve.com/2011/1/27/1960074/the-sweet-science-of-simulated-racing

2011 World Tour of iRacing Opens With Jan. 29 Running of iRacing GRAND-AM 2.4 Hours of Daytona

January 28th, 2011 by

Season Opener Features Multi-Class Sim Racing with Riley XX Daytona Prototype and Ford Mustang FR 500S on Daytona Road Course As the green flag waves at 3:30 p.m. EDT to start the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway, nearly two dozen iRacing.com members (among them Alex Gurney, Justin Wilson, AJ Allmendinger, Michael McDowell and Colin … Read the Rest »