All News: Tony Kanaan

Lionheart IndyCar Series Birky Trucking 125 Preview

August 5th, 2015 by

The Lionheart IndyCar Series presented by Overdrive Graphics heads to the Iowa Speedway for the Birky Trucking 125, broadcast live on the Global SimRacing Channel at 10:35 eastern time. The 7/8 of mile speedway located in Newton, Iowa has become a fan and driver favorite on iRacing. The real-life track opened in 2006 and hast … Read the Rest »

IndyCar Battle Between the Lakes

September 25th, 2014 by

Week 8 of the iRacing Indy Car Road series saw the drivers stop and battle for virtual glory at Autódromo José Carlos Pace (aka Interlagos). The classic circuit is located in Brazil, the nation that has seen the likes of Formula 1 legends named Senna, Piquet, Fittipaldi, modern day heroes like Massa and Barrichello, and … Read the Rest »

Dallara DW12 Now Available!

May 19th, 2014 by

The Dallara DW12 IndyCar is now available for $11.95. That’s just in time for iRacers looking to channel their inner Tony Kanaan or Ed Carpenter – or Kurt Busch – in the iRacing Indy 500 on Friday and Saturday. You say you recently bought the “old” Dallara? Anyone who purchased the Dallara IR03/05 in the … Read the Rest »

A Win-Win for IndyCar and United SportsCar Racing

July 18th, 2013 by

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away World Drivers Championship (Formula One) and Championship of Makes (sports car) events were scheduled on alternating weekends.  So the likes of Fangio, Hawthorn, Moss, Hill and, later, Rodriguez, Siffert, Ickx, Peterson and Andretti fulfilled their F1 commitments one weekend and raced sports cars the next.  … Read the Rest »

STEM iRacing Camp

July 17th, 2013 by

The Science Center of Pinellas County (FL) is playing host to the STEM iRacing Camp in July and August.  The camp is the latest element of the Science Center’s programs emphasizing science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

Plenty of Milk to Go ‘Round

May 29th, 2013 by

iRacing & Partners Donate to Pinellas County Science Center- – Students Win!

March 29th, 2013 by

Normally there would only have been one winner in the 2013 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg: James Hinchcliffe, the first IndyCar driver to complete 110 laps of the 1.8 mile street circuit on Sunday.  But thanks to the Science Center of Pinellas County and iRacing, this year’s racing produced scores of winners . . … Read the Rest »

A Moving Experience

June 3rd, 2011 by

Whether you’re talking about concerts, plays, movies or any other kind of public performance, your experience with that performance is greatly influenced by the audience and the setting involved. I recall seeing Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines in a jam-packed cinema as a youth and, along with the rest of the audience, laughing … Read the Rest »

Sponsler Scores at Homestead-Miami

January 4th, 2011 by

Close, side-by-side racing is the trademark of south Florida’s 1.5 mile Homestead-Miami Speedway oval. Danica Patrick and Tony Kanaan showed in the IZOD IndyCar Series season finale how it can be done when they fought very hard for the second position in the last 15 laps. One of the keys behind the competitiveness surely is … Read the Rest »