All News: V8 Supercar Series

iRacing Live Offers Unprecedented Sim Racing Coverage in 2016

January 21st, 2016 by

iRacing.com announced today it will broadcast an unprecedented schedule of online motorsports events on iRacing Live in 2016.  In partnership with leading webcasting networks, iRacingLive will provide season-long coverage of at least 20 sim racing series with one or more new broadcasts every day throughout the coming year. The world’s premier centralized racing game platform, … Read the Rest »

Game-on at The Mountain

October 16th, 2015 by

Back-to-back wins for the Evolution Racing Australia Holden of Ian Ford has thrown the official iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series championship wide open. Following his first win of the season last week at Oulton Park, Ford continued his recent return to good form with a strong victory at the famous Mt Panorama, Bathurst Circuit, home to … Read the Rest »

Back Down to Business at COTA

July 23rd, 2015 by

It was a great welcome back to two of the category’s finest drivers in multiple series champion Madison Down and the 2014 Premier Series Champion Richard Hamstead for Round 5 of the official iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series championship at the Circuit of the Americas – West circuit. Qualifying A hot clear day confronted the field … Read the Rest »

New Chapter for SEKQLD GT Championship

March 27th, 2015 by

As new season starts, a new chapter begins in the SEKQLD  GT Championship. The series has gone from strength to strength over the past few years now and with continued support from SEKQLD.com the series now has the ability to attract even more. Also throwing their support in is Pagnian/Next Level Racing products (www.pagnianimports.com.au) who … Read the Rest »

Down Goes Two for Two

February 17th, 2014 by

iRacing.com’s official V8 Supercar Series headed to Brands Hatch in England for the second round of 2014 Season 1 and a 38 lap race. Qualifying was tight but for the second time this season it was Madison Down taking the pole position being the only sim-racer to dip into the 1:25’s. Teammate Josh Muggelton placed … Read the Rest »

iRacing V8 Champ Wins a “Real” Race Drive

November 15th, 2013 by

Best known for winning seven iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series championships, Madison Down has recently won a seat in a real race car in Racecentre’s Race to Realitycompetition. “Australia’s Most Advanced Simulation Centre,” Racecentre have been running a year-long competition to find Australia’s top sim driver. Recently they held the Grand Final of 16 drivers linking … Read the Rest »

iRacers at Bathurst

November 5th, 2013 by

Bathurst . . . Mount Panorama . . . “The Mount.”  For Australians it is our Daytona, our Indy and our Le Mans all rolled into one. For us Down Under, it conjures recollections of epic battles, Ford versus Holden, Machine versus the Mountain. It is a weekend where most watch the start of the … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Braydon Oakley

October 21st, 2013 by

Canadian iRacer Braydon Oakley has been a member of the service since December of 2010 and, since then, has done a lot to make a name for himself in sim-racing. The 17 year old from Perth, Ontario has won 51 races in 520 starts on the oval side of iRacing, and has 13 victories in … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Jason Karlavige

March 11th, 2013 by

Jason Karlavige, the 22 year from Pennsylvanian joined the iRacing.com service back in August of 2009. Like any oval iRacer, he started in the Legends car at tracks like Lanier National Speedway, and has since moved-up to running — and winning — in the Nationwide cars the Generation 5 Cup cars and the newly released … Read the Rest »

V8 iRacers farewell Dan

October 18th, 2011 by

Sim racers are just like any other motorsport enthusiast. When a real-world driver’s life is tragically cut short,  all enthusiasts feel as though they have lost a colleague. The loss of IZOD Indycar driver and 2011 Indy 500 winner Dan Wheldon was felt by all in the iRacing community. The V8 racers no less, as … Read the Rest »