All News: Watkins Glen International

New Names Top the Battle of Austin

November 23rd, 2015 by Niel Hekkens

One month after the season opener at Sebring International Raceway, the paddock moved west to Austin, Texas, for round two of the NEO Endurance Series at Circuit of the Americas. On a sunny race day 41 teams used warm-up to make some final adjustments for the race. 6 hours of racing in partly cloudy conditions … Read the Rest »

Last Week in SRF

October 13th, 2015 by

The Spec Racer Ford Challenge kicked-off the season at Watkins Glen International, with nearly 600 sim racers participating in the first week of racing. Competitors for the championship were looking to get off to a good start and work towards dethroning last season’s champion Felipe Farinelli. Kevin Vaughn led the charge with a 194 point … Read the Rest »

Past Champs Davis and Johnston Win at The Glen, Texas

August 18th, 2015 by

After more than 3,000 left turns to begin its tenth season, the ITSR Power Series finally made a few right-handers in the first road course stop of the season at Watkins Glen. The sim racers were greeted by cool, cloudy weather, which made the 2.45-mile road course very grippy and ultra fast.  In qualifying, Season … Read the Rest »

Does NASCAR Need More Road Races?

May 13th, 2015 by

The year was 2012 and the scene was Race 22 at Watkins Glen International for the Finger Lakes 355 at the Glen: over 90,000 fans watched as 43 NASCAR drivers negotiated 90 laps of the historic 2.45 mile road course. After 89-laps of hard fought racing, however, the true battle finally began on the last … Read the Rest »

Trost Triumphs at Motegi

April 23rd, 2015 by

Week Three of the 2015 Season 2 iRacing.com IndyCar Combined Series sent the series Twin Ring Motegi. A total of 109 sim-racers took to the track in “The Land of the Rising Sun” throughout the week. Aero push, cautions, crashes, handling, lap traffic, pit strategy, restarts and tire wear were just some of the storylines … Read the Rest »

IMSA, iRacing.com Announce IMSA iRacing.com Online Sports Car Championship

April 2nd, 2015 by

The International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) and iRacing.com today announced the creation of the IMSA iRacing.com Online Sports Car Championship.   The online racing series features iRacing’s digital versions of Daytona Prototypes, LMP and GT cars competing on laser-scanned versions of Daytona International Speedway, Sebring International Raceway, Watkins Glen International and many other tracks on IMSA’s … Read the Rest »

Davies Holds-off King to Win Fontana

November 26th, 2014 by

NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series veteran Brad Davies showed he can still get it done in the clutch, as he kept Kevin King at bay on a late restart at Auto Club Speedway to pick up his first victory of the NASCAR iRacing Pro Series season. Davies led laps early, hung around the front the whole … Read the Rest »

The Watkins Glen V8 Hustle

November 21st, 2014 by

Watkins Glen International routinely hosts some of the greatest and hardest racing one can find. As such, Week 3 of the iRacing.com V8 Supercars Series at The Glen was no different. With intense sim racing, no room for mistakes and even some post-race controversy, it proved to be one for the record books and the … Read the Rest »

More Than Just a Victory for McMullen

November 13th, 2014 by

Anyone who was able to muster up the intestinal fortitude to give the new Holden Commodore VF a drive around Road Atlanta this week was in for a treat. Exiting the uphill pit road, they quickly discovered that putting the power down as you would a GT3 car was soon followed by the sound of … Read the Rest »

Bonito Conquers The Glen

September 4th, 2014 by

Week 5 of the iRacing.com GT3 Challenge Series got under way at the historic Watkins Glen International in Upstate, NY. With sim-racers from all over the world descending on the flat-out, 3.4 mile road course which consists of varying degrees of elevation, the action was loaded and several pro-level drivers capitalized on their experience. With … Read the Rest »