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60+ Racing Adventures Round 5: Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca

July 17th, 2017 by Wayne Strout

Round 5 of the 60+ Racing Adventures League for drivers age 60 and older ran Wednesday, July 12 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and featured the Pro Mazda.  25 sim racers participated in an event that was broadcast live and memorialized on YouTube by RaceSpot.TV.  The stars of the day were Portugal’s Antonio Reis and … Read the Rest »

Power Series Road Ringers Tackle Laguna Seca

April 12th, 2016 by Corey Davis

You could fill a book with the history of stock car racing at road courses like Watkins Glen, Sonoma, and Riverside, but you’d need far fewer pages to document the history of stock cars at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Other than some historic car events, demonstration runs, and eight Winston West Series races held sporadically between … Read the Rest »

Early Advantage: Sicilia

December 30th, 2014 by

Week 1 of the inaugural 2015 season took the Star Mazda’s to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The 2.238 mile circuit had an 11 turn configuration awaiting the drivers over 20 laps of sim racing. This season is where the new qualifying format has been implemented.  In brief, the new format means qualifying and the race … Read the Rest »

Fun in the Sun for Cubis

September 8th, 2014 by

It’s a glorious path to heaven for some and the bane of existence to others. In one moment, you could be having that special “Whincup” moment where you’re ripping through the field, hitting all of your marks and feeling like you should be doing this racing stuff for a living. In the next moment, one … Read the Rest »

Legendary Loti at Laguna

September 8th, 2014 by

Week Four of this season’s Grand Prix Legends championship returned to the site of one of the most exciting races from last season, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.  There were 18 sim-racers on the grid for an 18 lap race up, down, and all around this hilly and twisty American classic.  Michel Dudognon took pole position … Read the Rest »

As Tough as (Lime) Rock

August 25th, 2014 by

Week 3 in the iRacing Mazda MX-5 Cup brought the series to the virtual Lime Rock Park for the first of two visits for the season. While the course features only one left-hand turn, it was nonetheless a challenging week for the sim racers not only in terms of negotiating the track itself, but overtaking … Read the Rest »

UK&I Skippies Return to Laguna Seca

June 9th, 2014 by

Last season at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca it was George Streetly taking the top step for the UK&I Skip Barber League.  Streetly was followed by Sebastian Job and Blake Townend who, like the Streetly, are not racing in this second season of 2014. After missing the opening races Marc Mercer is on a mission to … Read the Rest »

Alatalo’s Laguna Cruise

February 12th, 2014 by

After an easy week to start the season, Week Two of the 2014 Season 1 iRacing.com Indy Road Series took a very different direction for everyone involved. Drivers had to take on the twists and turns of the tricky Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for one of the season’s biggest tests. Ultimately it would be former … Read the Rest »

Chin Grabs Early Lead at The Glen

February 6th, 2014 by

With defending iRacing.com IndyCar Road Series champion Nico Brandt choosing to not run the 2014 Season 1 championship, the iRacing IndyCar Road championship is up for grabs. And with the arrival of the Dallara DW-12 on the horizon, time is running-out for drivers to take their shot at winning a championship with the current Dallara … Read the Rest »

iPCC-Crowns Final Champions

February 4th, 2014 by

The iRacing.com Production Car Challenge concluded its final season at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in California.  This 2.3-mile, eleven turn layout provides sim drivers with ski slope elevation changes, mostly left hand turns and The Corkscrew; what’s more the circuit provided great racing which changed the outcome of the championship in both the Pontiac and … Read the Rest »