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IndyCar Fine Tunes Engine Rules

June 25th, 2013 by

IndyCar announced some “fine-tuning” measures to the engine rules covering the 2.2 liter Chevrolet and Honda turbos used in the IZOD IndyCar Series.  Under the revised regulations, teams will no longer be penalized on race weekends for engine failures occurring during private team and manufacturer test sessions.  Previously, a car/driver was subject to a ten … Read the Rest »

A Vintage Week of Sim-Racing

June 24th, 2013 by

The NASCAR iRacing Series thundered into wine country in Sonoma, California last week for the series’ first road race of the season.  NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship driver Tyler D Hudson found himself-sitting at the top of the points coming into the week ahead of fellow NiSWC driver Landon Harrison. Thursday night was the first … Read the Rest »

The Times They Have A’Changed

June 24th, 2013 by

Once upon a time, the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Sonoma Raceway meant three hours of pratfalls guaranteed to generate half a dozen incidents worthy of a Havoc video . . . not to mention hours of banal chatter about “road course specialists” guaranteed to make anyone with even a passing knowledge of motorsports beyond the … Read the Rest »

Mustangs Stampede The Glen

June 21st, 2013 by

The iRacing.com Mustang Cup series welcomed the second half of Season 2 with a stampede at the Watkins Glen Cup course as 426 sim-racers competed in 61 races producing 29 different winners.  To put this amazing turn-out in perspective, the usual most popular track in the series (Daytona) was visited in Week 5, attracting 224 … Read the Rest »

Moreira Stutters, Fritsche Surges, Dudognon Leads

June 21st, 2013 by

Over the course of two weeks at Zolder and Mid-Ohio the Classic Teams Lotus 79 series was turned on its head as the fortunes of drivers fighting for the championship fluctuated wildly. As the field arrived at Zolder the championship was bubbling nicely only for it to explode as former champion, Gernot Fritsche destroyed season … Read the Rest »

Down Strikes Back

June 17th, 2013 by

Round Six of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series headed to Sonoma Raceway to tackle the Cup layout.  After last week’s chaos at VIR, this week couldn’t come soon enough as the drivers championship heats-up with Justin Ruggier atop the  standings without tasting victory this season while ANZ also extended their lead over Tatts.com in the … Read the Rest »

iRacing.com Global Challenge Quarterly Recap: Part 1

May 28th, 2013 by

Down Dodges Drama at Action-Packed Sonoma

April 11th, 2013 by

Round Ten of the iRacing.com V8 Supercars Series was back in the USA at Sonoma Raceway where, for the first time, the sim-racers would not be using the Long circuit instead of the more familiar Cup layout. The championship had closed-up after Madison Down’s win at Phillip Island with Justin Ruggier only five points ahead … Read the Rest »

Vintage Sim-Racing

February 14th, 2013 by

Another week of sim racing means another week of the thrilling Class D battles in the iRacing.com Grand Touring Cup. This time though, it’s a little different.   For Week 2 the series shifted to a track where the sun seems to endlessly shine on the slick black asphalt: the great Sonoma Raceway. The 2.53 mile … Read the Rest »

Grand Touring Cup Season Debuts at Daytona

February 6th, 2013 by

Undoubtedly among the most prestigious race tracks in the world, let alone the United States, Daytona International Speedway hosted the first week of iRacing’s exhilarating Grand Touring Cup racing.  The vehicles in contention? The FWD, 170hp German Volkswagen Jetta TDI cup sedans, the classic Japanese 170hp Mazda MX-5 Cup cars and the popular 177hp American … Read the Rest »