All News: Texas Motor Speedway

Holgate Dominates Richmond

October 9th, 2014 by

From last week’s visit to the Valley of the Sun the IndyCar Series headed east, past another valley named “Shenandoah” to Richmond and Richmond International Raceway.  A unique hybrid of a track, Richmond is part short track (.75 miles), part speedway (14 degree banking) and one challenging place to race. Tim Holgate was definitely up … Read the Rest »

Behind the Scenes – NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series – Texas Motor Speedway

April 15th, 2014 by

Let’s face it:  There are some who have been waiting a week for this article to hit the website.  I, on the other hand, have actively avoided writing it because revisiting last week’s race seems like a step backwards, nothing that would provide any kind of progress towards the next race.  However, this is easily … Read the Rest »

Overland and Alfalla Collect the Points at Texas

April 11th, 2014 by

Texas Motor Speedway was the racetrack to over 1200 sim-racers as they race towards the halfway point in the NASCAR iRacing Series. The ‘Great American Speedway’ provided some close sim-racing at high speeds, with the virtual track incorporating features of Talladega & Bristol – and with the tarmac renowned for its slipperiness — being precise … Read the Rest »

King Wins Texas Calamity

April 9th, 2014 by

In a race at Texas Motor Speedway that saw crashes and tempers take half the field out of contention, Kevin King kept his nose clean just long enough to score his first win of the 2014 NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series Powered by iRacing. King, who had a fifteenth place car by his own admission, made … Read the Rest »

The Lone Star Paperclip

April 4th, 2014 by

Texas Motor Speedway and Martinsville Speedway are complete opposites of each other. One is a 1.5-mile high banked superspeedway and the other is a flat half-mile paperclip. Each track produces exciting racing, but in two entirely different fashions. Texas produces great side-by-side action and fast speeds and Martinsville is a tight, one-lane racetrack which produces … Read the Rest »

Raffurty Takes All at Martinsville

April 3rd, 2014 by

The NASCAR iRacing Series moved to the state of Virginia for Week 6 at Martinsville Speedway – also known as the Worlds Fastest Paperclip. The .526 mile track would completely change the sim-racers’ driving style from the previous week at Auto Club Speedway as Martinsville requires pin-point accuracy on the slow, tight corners – and … Read the Rest »

Ottinger Shows the Way at Auto Club Speedway

March 26th, 2014 by

Nick Ottinger held-off Danny Hansen during a flurry of late-race restarts at Auto Club Speedway Tuesday night, capturing his first victory of the 2014 season in the NASCAR Peak Antifreeze Series Powered by iRacing. The two battled for the lead for much of the race after starting fourth and second respectively, with Hansen appearing to … Read the Rest »

Yankello Owns AutoClub and HPPSimulation.com Victory Lane

March 24th, 2014 by

Twenty-one drivers took to AutoClub Speedway for a 100 lap event Friday night (March 21, 2014), competing in the fifth race of the 2014 Integrity Racing League Nationwide Open Setup Series.  Anthony Yankello entered the weekend with the points lead and showed speed from the start, capturing his first GranStand Sim Racing Products Pole Award … Read the Rest »

Kingsbury Flies in the Lone Star State

February 25th, 2014 by

Week Four of the 2014 Season 1 iRacing.com IndyCar Oval Series sent the series to Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Only 48 drivers took to the track this week. The story of the week however would be the attrition rate. Troy Eddy (Atlantic) started on pole, with Christopher Demeritt (New Jersey) starting on … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Kevin Vaughn

November 16th, 2013 by

Kevin Vaughn’s sim-racing career is on the rise.  Each of the past three seasons he’s advanced in the overall iRacing.com SpecRacer Ford Challenge standings, going from P4 in 2013 S1 to runner-up in S2 before taking 30 wins in 39 starts to best Luccas Zacca for the overall championship in S3.  That kind of progress … Read the Rest »