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Commodore’s Garage #27 – Related Adjustments

July 28th, 2017 by Matt Holden

In the last article we looked at the process for initial chassis setup.  To recap, we’re trying to replicate what a real-world team would do on a pull-down rig in the shop to get the car essentially race-ready by the time it arrives at the track.  This involves cycling through various spring options to find … Read the Rest »

Commodore’s Garage #10 – Track Bar

October 9th, 2016 by Matt Holden

  Before moving into initial setup options on our cars and how to go about getting what you need to race, we still need to cover the “bars” in the car.  Stock cars typically have a front sway bar and a rear track bar (or Panhard Rod), while road racing cars have a front and … Read the Rest »

NiS Open Garage – Richmond/Season Finale

September 4th, 2014 by

As we return to Richmond for this year’s final NASCAR iRacing Series race and bring to a close this season’s “Open Garage,”  I thought I might use this week’s article to review some of the basics we have learned over the past 20 weeks. We have covered a myriad of ways to diagnose handling issues, … Read the Rest »

NiS Open Garage – New Hampshire

July 8th, 2014 by

New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a flat, one mile oval that calls for a combination of driving skills and setup knowledge to stay competitive over long runs. The long straights and flat corners require decent braking skills and a consistent driving line. Drivers will want a setup conservative enough to conserve the tires while maintaining … Read the Rest »

NASCAR iRacing Series Open Garage: Dover

June 2nd, 2014 by

Editor’s note — Technical issues prevented us from posting this edition of the “NiS Open Garage” until after the Dover race week.  For that we apologize but also remind one and all that there is plenty of sim-racing on the Monster Mile in the future . . . Dover possesses a few unique characteristics that … Read the Rest »

NiS Open Garage: Charlotte

May 15th, 2014 by

Headed into Charlotte Motor Speedway I am reminded of something I mentioned in a previous article about iRacing’s setups being tantamount to getting setup sheets from the previous owner when you purchase a race car. At times these setups may require large changes to adapt them to our own driving preferences. This leads us to … Read the Rest »

A Team of One

March 4th, 2014 by

I really want to write a monologue on how I hate change. Specifically, change from the standard. I think we can all agree that a 1.5 mile cookie-cutter is the standard in NASCAR tracks. Las Vegas is the standard of the standard. Fairly new surface, progressive banking . . . a set-up builder’s dream. I’m … Read the Rest »

A Team of One

February 17th, 2014 by

With the 2014 NASCAR iRacing Series set to get underway later this week, iRacingNews is introducing the first in a regular series of articles by Eric Isenbeck designed to help those many iRacers who are not part of multi-driver teams develop set-ups for the Gen 6 Chevy SSs and Ford Fusions they’ll be racing in … Read the Rest »