All News: South Boston Speedway

Turner Holds-Off Kersey at VIR

February 23rd, 2011 by

Les Turner knew he had his hands full when the green flag dropped at this week’s Red Sox Racing League event at the Virginia International Raceway.  First opened in 1957, VIR’s full course is a beautifully designed layout featuring some of the most interesting stretches of racing terrain anywhere in the world.  Located near the … Read the Rest »

Sandt Racking-Up Tour Modified Wins

February 23rd, 2011 by

The same driver, same state with a different track produced a similar story in the third week of online racing competition in the NASCAR iRacing Tour Modified series in 2011. Untamed Motorsports driver Robert Sandt poured the pressure on his fellow sim racers by capturing seven wins at the Richmond International Raceway and would be … Read the Rest »

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 »

Sandt Smokes the Competition in Week Two

February 14th, 2011 by

Pennsylvanian posts seven wins at Richmond Although Ryan Field will be shown as the driver who amassed the most points following a week of iRacing NASCAR Tour Modified competition at Richmond International Speedway, the week really belonged to Robert Sandt. The Division One driver who sim races out of the Pennsylvania Club raced in eight … Read the Rest »

Street Stocks do SoBo

February 10th, 2011 by

South Boston Speedway in Virginia was host to the first of twelve weeks of online racing in the  2011 Season One iRacing Street Stock Series.  The track commonly called SoBo is a 4/10-mile oval with 12 degree banking in the turns.  SoBo, as it’s commonly nicknamed, opened in 1957 and has been the proving grounds … Read the Rest »

The Thompson Tango

January 25th, 2011 by

The iRacing Street Stock Series rounded out a five week season this past Monday as the drivers took to Connecticut’s Thompson International Speedway for another episode of short track online racing in the Northeast United States. Two time and reigning Chili Bowl champion Kevin Swindell (Carolina Club) took home top championship point honors for the … Read the Rest »

Threes Are Wild in World Tour Finale

November 19th, 2010 by

The inaugural World Tour of iRacing finished with a flourish last night as 330 iRacers took part in the iRacing Late Model 300.  The online racing event produced ten splits of 33 iRacers apiece running 300 laps around South Boston Speedway in their Late Model Chevy Monte Carlos. The race showcased short track action at … 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 »