All News: SpecRacer Ford

A Third of the Way Home

March 3rd, 2011 by

We’re now a third of the way through the inRacingNews Challenge season, this past week’s events taking place on the Silverstone National Circuit. The top stories remain the championship dominance of Gabriel Tobar in the SpecRacer Ford class and Chris Hughson in the Pontiac Solstice, as well as Hughson’s drive to win both online racing … Read the Rest »

Hughson, López & Wiggins Take inRacingNews Challenge

January 27th, 2011 by

Chris Hughson, Daniel López and Chris Wigggins put their names in the record books as the first three champions of the inRacingNews Challenge.   In fact López is in the books twice after finishing atop the SpecRacer Ford standings in both the online racing and time trials competition, while Hughson (racing) and Wiggins (time trials) split … Read the Rest »

Hughson, López & Wiggins Take inRacingNews Challenge

January 27th, 2011 by

Chris Hughson, Daniel López and Chris Wigggins put their names in the record books as the first three champions of the inRacingNews Challenge.   In fact López is in the books twice after finishing atop the SpecRacer Ford standings in both the online racing and time trials competition, while Hughson (racing) and Wiggins (time trials) split … Read the Rest »

inRacingNews Challenge Gets the Boot at the Glen

January 21st, 2011 by

The penultimate round of the inaugural inRacingNews Challenge found the sim racers gathering in the Fingers Lakes region of New York to tackle a week’s worth of mixed class online racing on The Boot configuration of Watkins Glen International in their SpecRacer Fords and Pontiac Solstices.   Qualifying showed the SRFs to be about four seconds … Read the Rest »

inRacingNews Challenge Week 10: A R-Ovaling We Go

January 12th, 2011 by

The sim racers of the inRacingNews Challenge took their Pontiac Solstices and SpecRacer Fords to Charlotte Motor Speedway last week in a reprise of Week Four’s r-oval experience, one fusing much of CMS’ 1.5 mile oval with an infield road course to create a 12 turn, 2.25 mile challenge. Chris Hughson was certainly up to … Read the Rest »

Fourth Time’s a Charm

January 6th, 2011 by

For the fourth time in nine weeks the inRacingNews Challenge competitors journeyed to picturesque Summit Point Raceway to do mixed-class battle in their SpecRacer Fords and Pontiac Solstices.  Although this was the iRNC’s fourth trip to the West Virginia road course this season, it would be just the second time the series sim racers tackled … Read the Rest »

Lime Rock Chicanery

December 30th, 2010 by

Thanks to a virtual meteorological quirk, sim racers competing at Lime Rock Park last week in the inRacingNews Challenge were greeted by blue skies and balmy temperatures in stark contrast to the all too real white-out conditions experienced by the rest of the Northeast.  Although this was the series second visit to Lime Rock, it … Read the Rest »

Third Time's a Charm

December 21st, 2010 by

The inRacingNews Challenge made its third visit to the West Virginia panhandle in 2010 Season Four, with a week’s worth of mixed class online racing competition between SpecRacer Fords and Pontiac Solstices at Summit Point Raceway’s Jefferson Circuit.  Reverse.  While some sim racers acted like they didn’t know if they were coming or going, the … Read the Rest »

Third Time’s a Charm

December 21st, 2010 by

The inRacingNews Challenge made its third visit to the West Virginia panhandle in 2010 Season Four, with a week’s worth of mixed class online racing competition between SpecRacer Fords and Pontiac Solstices at Summit Point Raceway’s Jefferson Circuit.  Reverse.  While some sim racers acted like they didn’t know if they were coming or going, the … Read the Rest »

Tight Competition at the Glen

December 16th, 2010 by

The inRacingNews Challenge roared into upstate New York last week for its first encounter with Watkins Glen International.  The short Cup Circuit brought out the best in the sim racers in both the Pontiac Solstice and the SpecRacer Ford classes, witness the close battles for the week’s top points haul in both cars. Duncan Coppedge … Read the Rest »