All News: Trading Paints

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 »

From Indy and Charlotte to Motegi with CORT

May 31st, 2016 by Joseph Cervone

The week leading up to Memorial Day was one to remember for the drivers of CORT (Championship Online Racing Teams). For starters, the final Indianapolis 500k was set to kick-off the week. On top of that big send-off for the former Trading Paints Championship Series, it was the first time that both the Indy 500k … Read the Rest »

Burnin’ Rubber and Cash 2015 Nascar iRacing Series: Phoenix Spring

March 23rd, 2015 by

Welcome to sunny Phoenix, Arizona everyone!  We got into town yesterday, after a seemingly endless drive across country.  I feel sorry for those East Coast teams that have to drive even further than we did… two days stuffed in a car full of smelly dudes with questionable hygiene is enough for me.  I’m restless and … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Dylan M. Schmidt

March 24th, 2014 by

A member of iRacing since October of 2009, Iowa’s Dylan Schmidt has crafted some pretty impressive career statistics, with multiple victories on ovals and road courses alike. He has 48 career oval victories and six official road course victories, with his first coming in this month of 2011 at Lime Rock Park. Father of a … 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 »

Alfalla, Luvender Named iRacers of the Year

January 4th, 2012 by

The members of iRacing.com have named 2011 NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Champion (NiSWC) Ray Alfalla and Trading Paints’ Steve Luvender iRacers of the Year.  The members selected Alfalla (Driver of the Year) and Luvender (Member of the Year) from an outstanding field of nominees during voting between December 15 and 31, 2011. Alfalla scored three … Read the Rest »