All News: Vinnie Sansone

Binder Resumes Control at Loudon

June 19th, 2012 by

Entering Week 7 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, a single point divided first and second spots in the iRacing.com Sprint Car Series between defending champion Alan Binder and Pro/WC driver Vinnie Sansone. Things were looking to be quite tense up front for the week’s online races, but “The Magic Mile” had some spells to cast … Read the Rest »

Binder Overtakes Sansone at New Smyrna

June 12th, 2012 by

The 820 horsepower sprint car boasts a similar power-to-weight ratio as a Formula 1 car with none of the F1’s downforce to help keep it glued to the track. It is known as a white knuckle ride to those taking up the challenge to race it. However, none have tamed this beast quite like defending … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile – Marcus Dean

May 12th, 2012 by

On the face of it, Marcus Dean is a bit of a contradiction.  The Greenville, SC resident loves his short track racing, particularly at his “home” track, ½ mile Greenville-Pickens Speedway, a track awash in stock car racing history.  Given that, you might expect Dean to be a regular in iRacing Street Stocks, Late Models … Read the Rest »

Sansone Leads after Bristol

October 11th, 2011 by

The high banks of Bristol Motor Speedway hosted the iRacing.com Sprint Car Cup for the 10th week of racing action in 2011 Season 3. Two nights of racing proved that even with a small car count, sprint cars at Thunder Valley can always provide great online racing action. Going into the week Alan Binder led … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile: Vinnie Sansone

July 16th, 2011 by

There are more parallels between the online racing of iRacing.com and the “real” racing of NASCAR than just precisely-modeled cars and tracks and well-organized sanctioning bodies.   Jeff Gordon, Kasey Kahne, Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart and a host of other NASCAR stars cut their racing teeth in the USAC ranks driving quarter midgets, midgets, sprint … Read the Rest »

Return to Thunder Valley

December 21st, 2009 by

The iRacing Pro Series Ovals’ Week 19 trip to Thunder Valley provided a wild week of racing action. Although it was the iPSO’s second trip to Bristol Motor Speedway, this time around provided much different results for most of the competitors. The week started out rather unusually when technical difficulties ended one of the two … Read the Rest »

Pro Oval iRacers at the Brickyard: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

November 18th, 2009 by

The fabled Indianapolis Motor Speedway brought-out the good, the bad and the ugly in the iRacing Pro Series Oval.  Happily there was a lot more good than bad or ugly.  Case(s) in point: a couple of days after iRacing Pro Series Road Racing points leader Luke McLean finished runner-up to Josh Berry, Richard Towler (P2 … Read the Rest »

Improved Pro Series Racing Continues at Charlotte

November 4th, 2009 by

It appears iRacing Pro Series Oval (iPSO) drivers were well aware that the Fast Track program was to be implemented with the start of the regular series’ Season 4. For the most part, it appears the threat of being demoted to a blue stripe is working as intended. The Fast Track program is a new … Read the Rest »