All News: Virginia International Raceway

Continental Endurance Sports Car Series Round 4: VIR

April 4th, 2012 by

Two dozen sim racers took to the field for Round 4 of the Continental Endurance Sports Car Series (CESCS) at 5.26km Virginia International Raceway on March 24th.  The mixed class online racing competition features the Ford Mustang FR500S in the GS Class and Mazda MX5 of the ST Class. Qualifying A brief rundown on qualifying … Read the Rest »

Gooden Goes F2000 with Quantum

February 23rd, 2012 by

iRacing Champion to Chase F2000 Championship Wyatt Gooden, champion of the 2009 Season 3 and 4 iRacing Jetta TDi Series and the surprise star of the new F1600 Formula F Championship Series last year, will move up to the F2000 Championship Series in 2012, paired once again with Quantum Racing Services of Oklahoma City. Gooden’s … Read the Rest »

Hulbert Claims Radical Racing Challenge Crown

January 29th, 2012 by

VIR Grand East Tops 2012 Season 1 Schedule Following Successful 2011 Season 4 In a Radical Racing Challenges series that would seem to be appropriately named, the drivers of the Class C Radical sports car look forward to a schedule in 2012 Season 1 that includes circuits as diverse as Virginia International Raceway and the … Read the Rest »

Kerkhof Back To The Top at VIR

December 20th, 2011 by

Putting the ‘momentary blip’ of the previous round into the iRacing.com Pro Series Road Racing history books, Atze Kerkhof returned to the top-step of the podium in dominating at the virtual Virginia International Speedway. With the Dutchman taking his sixth virtual Williams-Toyota FW31 win of the season in Round Seven, there are now only three … Read the Rest »

A Trip to the Park

September 27th, 2011 by

After a week of twists and turns at Virginia International Raceway, the world-class sim racers of the Thrustmaster Mustang Challenge loaded-up and headed north to Lakeville, Connecticut for battle at the 1.53-mile, 7-turn Lime Rock Park.  While this course may seem to be one of the less challenging road courses on the Mustang circuit, it … Read the Rest »

VIR Rewards Roberts

September 21st, 2011 by

After two weeks in Japan, Week Six in the Thrustmaster Mustang Challenge brought the Pony Car sim racers back to the United States for some action at bucolic Virginia International Raceway.  The 17-turn, 3.27-mile beast of a track, located in Alton, Virginia, and has played host to great racing since 1957 and was a major … Read the Rest »

The Suzuka Master

September 9th, 2011 by

Fresh off a week of action at Okayama International Circuit, Week 5 in the Thrustmaster Mustang Challenge saw the sim racers remain in Japan for a second week of competition, this time at the nine turn, 1.394-mile Suzuka International Racing Course – East Course.  482 racers tried to solidify their spot as the top sim … Read the Rest »

Grand-Master Greger Back to Winning Ways

May 9th, 2011 by

With a renaissance of the form that sealed him the 2010 iRacing.com World Championship Series Road Racing title, Greger Huttu sailed to a virtually unchallenged pole-to-flag victory at the digital Virginia International Raceway (VIR) to close the gap to current series points leader Klaus Kivekäs.  Starting from pole position, the Team Redline sim racer did … Read the Rest »

First Class of 2011 iRacing.com Pro Series (Road Racing) Qualifiers

May 4th, 2011 by

Recent changes to the qualifying criteria for the iRacing.com World Championship Series Road Racing have boosted the Pro License level from the category of “trophy stripe” to serious sim-racing achievement. To qualify for a Pro license, a sim racer has to finish in the top twelve of the iRacing.com Grand Prix Series in any of … Read the Rest »

Nieminen Notches Another

April 26th, 2011 by

Round Five of the iRacing.com World Championship Series Road Racing (iWCSRR) paid a visit to the twisty and dusty turns of the Infineon Raceway, where Jesse Nieminen jumped his way to the front of the pack to claim his third victory of the season. The My3id Team sim-racer started from the second row of the … Read the Rest »