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Huttu Fixes Chink in His Armour, Takes Win No.14

August 24th, 2010 by

With 14 rounds of the iRacing World Championship Road Racing series complete, Greger Huttu remains the dominant force in the standings with a 100% winning record.  However, the Finnish sim-racer didn’t have it all his own way on the Silverstone GP circuit.  The Team Redline online racer failed to maintain his flawless record of qualifying … Read the Rest »

The problem with sim racing is…

July 19th, 2010 by

The lack of excuses! When I look at the lap records for a given track, I am usually in the top quarter, quite often in the top ten percent. Yet the gap to the top drivers seems positively cavernous and, quite simply, unachievable, even if I sold the wife and kids and devoted the remainder … Read the Rest »

New Hampshire Surprise

June 29th, 2010 by

New Hampshire Motor Speedway was the site for this week’s NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series (NiPS) action. Door-to-door, fender-to-fender online racing action was the theme all week as the sim racing pros tackled their first flat track of the season. Some new faces found the winners circle, along with multiple top NASCAR iRacing.com World Championship Series … Read the Rest »

NiPS Storms Michigan International Speedway

June 15th, 2010 by

Denny Hamlin (NSCS) and Aric Almirola (NCWTS) were not the only drivers to win at Michigan International Speedway this week. The NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series stormed into MIS for some of the best online racing of the season. The high banked 2.0 mile oval provided for excellent side-by-side sim racing, and some surprise winners. Marc Wulf led … Read the Rest »

Numbers Game

June 15th, 2010 by

In one sense, Round Nine of the iRacing Drivers World Championship Road Racing can be summed-up by the online racing numbers.  As in the ninth win in as many tries for Greger Huttu, who led from green light to checkered flag at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on Saturday.  That’s 50 more laps in the lead … Read the Rest »

Sim Racing Setup Advice from a Blockhead

June 5th, 2010 by

William Blake said that only blockheads copy each other, but obviously he’s never tried to set up a racecar, real or simulated. While working on setting-up the Dallara for the iRacing.com Indy 500 event, I was struck by some of the detailed advice Dale Jr had made on the iRacing forums about setting up the … Read the Rest »

Huttu Heads Redline's Road Atlanta Sweep

June 1st, 2010 by

Continuing his flawless record of eight wins from eight races, Greger Huttu took the top honours from the virtual Road Atlanta to sustain his relentless charge to the inaugural iRacing Drivers World Championship Road Racing (iDWCRR) title. Starting from pole position, the Finn powered into an early lead that he never relinquished, and was never … Read the Rest »

Huttu Heads Redline’s Road Atlanta Sweep

June 1st, 2010 by

Continuing his flawless record of eight wins from eight races, Greger Huttu took the top honours from the virtual Road Atlanta to sustain his relentless charge to the inaugural iRacing Drivers World Championship Road Racing (iDWCRR) title. Starting from pole position, the Finn powered into an early lead that he never relinquished, and was never … Read the Rest »

Charlotte hosts NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series

May 31st, 2010 by

The NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series went to Charlotte Motor Speedway for the second race of the 2010 season. The high banked, mile and a half speedway provided excellent side-by-side online racing at upwards of 200mph. All of the 120 lap, 180 mile, races were exciting right down to the final laps. The top split of … Read the Rest »

Ordinary Men Doing Extraordinary Things

May 28th, 2010 by

Alien. One who pushes the limits further than mere mortals when behind the wheel of a sim race car. One who can simply defy logic with pure speed on the race track. It is a word every online racer knows, but for every Greger Huttu, Richard Towler, and Luke McLean there are hundreds of simply “ordinary” … Read the Rest »