All News: Virginia International Raceway

Williams Storm into CTC Lead

October 22nd, 2012 by

Virginia International Raceway presents one of the premier challenges in all of iRacing, but it can also produce some great sim-racing. It’s also the nearest thing iRacing has to the challenges and variety of corners provided by the Nurburgring.  As such VIR has a hard-core of supporters but, historically across all series, participation tends to … Read the Rest »

Finish Line in Sight

July 27th, 2012 by

With just two weeks of action remaining, the iRacing.com Skip Barber Racing School Premier Series stopped at Virginia International Raceway for the penultimate round. The championship battle between Christian Aranha and Jan Niesiolowski would be the center of the focus for 42 sim-racers who competed in a trio of races throughout this past Wednesday. With … Read the Rest »

Closer than it Looks

July 14th, 2012 by

The iRacing.com Skip Barber Racing School Premier Series headed to the Midwest for the 10th week of racing action at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. There were more than 50 sim racers this week battling it out over the course of four official races. Mid Ohio proved to be a very exciting track on the … Read the Rest »

Hamstead Back On Top In Virginia

June 22nd, 2012 by

Round Seven of the iRacing.com V8 Supercars Series presented by BigPond took the teams to the community of Alton, near Danville, Virginia and Virginia International Raceway.  VIR, as it’s known, is a 5.26km track in length with 17 corners and is without a doubt one of the series’ most challenging tracks.  With acres of grass … Read the Rest »

Luis Takes VIR Victory, But Huttu’s Still Top

June 12th, 2012 by

The virtual Virginia International Raceway played host to Round Eight of the iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series, the pinnacle of online road racing competition. Finally breaking Greger Huttu’s 100% record at the epic VIR, Hugo Luis secured his third win of the 2012 season, to make inroads on the Finn’s dominant lead in the … Read the Rest »

Luis Takes VIR Victory, But Huttu's Still Top

June 12th, 2012 by

The virtual Virginia International Raceway played host to Round Eight of the iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series, the pinnacle of online road racing competition. Finally breaking Greger Huttu’s 100% record at the epic VIR, Hugo Luis secured his third win of the 2012 season, to make inroads on the Finn’s dominant lead in the … Read the Rest »

Huttu Marches On

May 30th, 2012 by

Continuing his renaissance and his bid to reclaim his iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series title, Greger Huttu claimed the spoils of victory in Round Seven of the 2012 series, to strengthen his position atop the leader board.  Dominating proceedings on iRacing’s digital rendition of the Infineon Raceway, Huttu piloted his Williams-Toyota to the finish … Read the Rest »

Round 5 of the Continental Endurance Sports Car Series

April 24th, 2012 by

34 sim racers took to the field for Round 5 of the Continental Endurance Sports Car Series (CESCS) at the 3.62km Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on April 7th.  The mixed class online racing series features the Ford Mustang FR500S in the GS Class and the Mazda MX5 Cup in the ST Class. Qualifying The top … Read the Rest »

iRacing Addiction

April 9th, 2012 by

If the powers-that-be were to base iRacing’s catalogue of road racing cars on the driving history of one driver, they could do far worse than Bruno Junqueira.  Formula One and go-karts, Champ Car and F3000, IndyCar and F3, A1GP and GT . . .   Enter the words “Junqueira Formula Truck” on YouTube and you’ll even … Read the Rest »

Maillard and Gelink Top Barber Premier GRAND-AM

April 6th, 2012 by

The second round of the 2012 Premier GRAND-AM iRacing.com Online Sports Car Series, the online championship for digital replicas of the Riley MkXX Daytona Prototype and Ford Mustang FR500S, headed to Barber Motorsports Park in pursuit of its 2012 sim-racing class champions. The GRAND-AM sanctioned series, closely mirrors its real-life counterpart, with visits to classic … Read the Rest »