All News: Steve Luvender

iRacing Downshift #61: Special Events and Special Guest Steve Luvender

February 13th, 2025 by

Click here to listen to the latest iRacing Downshift! The boys are back for their first episode of 2025! We kick the new year off with Trading Paints founder Steve Luvender, who talks about 15 years of supporting the iRacing community. We’ve also got fun stories from special events like the VCO Daytona 24, the … Read the Rest »

Robertson Claims iRacing Rallycross World Championship as Salas Wins in Charlotte

November 18th, 2021 by

Images via Justin Melillo In a standoff with SET Esports’ Jonne Ollikainen, it was Subaru Motorsports USA’s Jon Robertson who would make good on last year’s stellar form by locking up the 2021 iRacing Rallycross World Championship presented by Yokohama in the Yokohama iRX Season Finale at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Robertson would cross the line … Read the Rest »

Yokohama iRacing Rallycross Season Finale: Race Preview

November 16th, 2021 by

Image via Justin Melillo The iRacing Rallycross presented by Yokohama season wraps up on Wednesday with its long-awaited debut at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The Yokohama iRX Season Finale will begin at 4PM ET/1PM PT at iRacing.com/live and across a large slate of Facebook, Twitch, and YouTube channels. World Championship With a single race remaining, just … Read the Rest »

Ollikainen’s Return to Sonoma Winner’s Circle Sets Up Epic iRacing Rallycross Title Showdown

November 11th, 2021 by

Images via Justin Melillo For the second year in a row, a late-season visit to Sonoma Raceway in the iRacing Rallycross World Championship presented by Yokohama ended with SET Esports’ Jonne Ollikainen on top of the podium. The championship contender, who now sits just six points behind Subaru Motorsports USA’s Jon Robertson for the points … Read the Rest »

iRacing Rallycross Race Preview: Sonoma

November 9th, 2021 by

The iRacing Rallycross presented by Yokohama season heads back to American soil on Wednesday, visiting Sonoma Raceway for Round 8 presented by DirtFish. Races will begin at 4PM ET/1PM PT at iRacing.com/live and across a large slate of Facebook, Twitch, and YouTube channels. World Championship Defending iRX World Champion Yohann Harth finally scored his first … Read the Rest »

iRacing League Spotlight – Average Joes Racing

March 15th, 2013 by

How did your league get started? Interesting back story on how we began. Joey Knight and I are the co-founders of Average Joes, and brothers from other mothers… so we basically share the same brain. We met online playing a Half-Life mod called Firearms back in 2001. He introduced me to sim racing back using NR2002. Joey had … Read the Rest »

Get to Know Steve Luvender

August 20th, 2012 by

One of iRacing’s most popular features is its in-game paint booth. iRacing gives us the opportunity to paint the cars we run in whatever way we want to, plus they provide us a list of sponsors to use on the cars. Obviously, iRacing can’t give members every single sponsor they might want, so because of … Read the Rest »

Road Warrior

August 9th, 2010 by

Josh Combs brought home the win from the pole in the Vidane Racing Exlander Pro Series FuelPlus.net @ The Glen Saturday. Combs led all 29 laps in the race. Combs, of NASCAR K&N West Series fame, is the second first-time winner in two races this week in Vidane Racing after Jonathan Dickert won Tuesday’s Superspeedway … Read the Rest »