All News: Watkins Glen International

Majors Majors in NASCAR Class A

August 11th, 2011 by

The twelve week countdown to the NASCAR iRacing Pro Series started last week at Pocono Raceway, with iRacers from all over the world tackling the “Tricky Triangle.” Getting the 3,450 pound, 750+ Chevrolet Impala around the tri-cornered, bumpy, odd ball of a track is no easy task. With that being said, many Class A drivers … Read the Rest »

Gelink Resumes at Summit Point

August 10th, 2011 by

2011 Season 3 of the Thrustmaster Mustang Challenge the began the same way as Season 2 ended: with Dave Gelink (Benelux) showing the same extreme muscle that carried him to the Season 2 title.  Week 1 challenged the sim racers to take-on the technical, but fun 1.98-mile, 10-turn Summit Point Raceway located in West Virginia.  … Read the Rest »

iWCSRR Sebring: The Future is Now

June 17th, 2011 by

Life is filled with challenges, obstacles, and bumps in the road that make us who we are. Many times we don’t notice these character-changing moments when they are happening. If we did perhaps we would react differently. We can all look back at points in our lives and see things more clearly and feel regret … Read the Rest »

iRacing IZOD INDYCAR Drivers get the Boot at Watkins Glen

April 15th, 2011 by

Week Five of the IZOD INDYCAR Series road course season saw the Dallara-Hondas take on the classic “boot” layout of Watkins Glen International. This layout, which has seen use in both Formula 1 and IndyCar events, adds a dose of extra intrigue to the track, which already features some of the most iconic corners in … Read the Rest »

inRacingNews Challenge Gets the Boot at the Glen

January 21st, 2011 by

The penultimate round of the inaugural inRacingNews Challenge found the sim racers gathering in the Fingers Lakes region of New York to tackle a week’s worth of mixed class online racing on The Boot configuration of Watkins Glen International in their SpecRacer Fords and Pontiac Solstices.   Qualifying showed the SRFs to be about four seconds … Read the Rest »

ISRA GP1 Championship Tussles Down Under

December 29th, 2010 by

Round Three of the ISRA GP1 Championship took the drivers down to the beautiful and glassy smooth Phillip Island Circuit to put the Williams-Toyota FW31 through its paces on this challenging layout best known for its V8 Supercar races.  Both David Williams and Shawn Purdy, winners of the first two rounds of the championship respectively, … Read the Rest »

It’s Unanimous

December 18th, 2010 by

In racing it’s rare to find something a majority of drivers agree on. It seems to be even more rare when it’s something that everyone seems to enjoy. That was the case though this past week when the iRacing.com Skip Barber Race Series made its way to the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for its second … Read the Rest »

It's Unanimous

December 18th, 2010 by

In racing it’s rare to find something a majority of drivers agree on. It seems to be even more rare when it’s something that everyone seems to enjoy. That was the case though this past week when the iRacing.com Skip Barber Race Series made its way to the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for its second … Read the Rest »

Something You Don’t See Every Day

December 23rd, 2009 by

This week marks the beginning of drivers dropping their worst results from their season points score in the case they have run every iRacing Pro Series Road Racing event to date.  This means over the remaining five weeks of the iPSRR we could see quite a lot of movement in the top 50.  However, this … Read the Rest »

Something You Don't See Every Day

December 23rd, 2009 by

This week marks the beginning of drivers dropping their worst results from their season points score in the case they have run every iRacing Pro Series Road Racing event to date.  This means over the remaining five weeks of the iPSRR we could see quite a lot of movement in the top 50.  However, this … Read the Rest »