All News: Watkins Glen International


Rights and a Few Lefts

August 16th, 2014 by

After spending the first week of the season making only left turns, the NASCAR iRacing Class B Fixed Series brought 1,231 sim racers from all around the world to the virtual Watkins Glen International circuit for 15 laps of road racing action. Regarded as the oval of road racing, Watkins Glen drew many of the … Read the Rest »

Alfalla Returns to Victory Lane

July 30th, 2014 by

After a rocky start to his 2014 season, Ray Alfalla dominated at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and made his long-awaited return to victory lane in the NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series Powered by iRacing. The 2011 and 2012 series champion showed he can still get it done by winning the pole and leading a race-high 40 … Read the Rest »

Broekman Starts Strong in RUF Cup

May 15th, 2014 by

As the old cliché goes, “time flies when you’re having fun.”  Time has certainly flown for competitors in the RUF Cup. It is hard to believe that it has already been a few weeks since Julian Rodriguez Moreno was crowned champion of the inaugural RUF Cup, but here we are, two weeks into the second … Read the Rest »

GT3 Challenge Revisits The Glen

May 7th, 2014 by

It’s been an exciting week of online racing as Week 1 of the iRacing.com GT3 Challenge Season 2 took us to the fast and simple Watkins Glen International Classic Course. It was chock full of action as we saw many new faces take to the field for the first time with the new BMW Z4 … Read the Rest »

Moreno Captures GT3 Challenge Championship!

April 22nd, 2014 by

After 12 grueling weeks of intense, door-to-door sim racing, special congratulations are in order for Julian Rodriguez Moreno for winning the debut season of the iRacing.com GT3 Challenge Championship!  This season definitely had its share of ups and downs for Moreno. From an incident early in the season which took him out of the online … Read the Rest »

Moreno Owns at Brands Hatch

February 25th, 2014 by

After the dust settled on Week 4 of the iRacing.com GT3 Challenge Series, it was Julian Rodriguez Moreno who came out on top in dominating fashion. Taking it to the challenging turns and very narrow roads of Brands Hatch in Kent, England, Moreno executed a flawless race from start to finish. Starting in pole position, … Read the Rest »

Chin Grabs Early Lead at The Glen

February 6th, 2014 by

With defending iRacing.com IndyCar Road Series champion Nico Brandt choosing to not run the 2014 Season 1 championship, the iRacing IndyCar Road championship is up for grabs. And with the arrival of the Dallara DW-12 on the horizon, time is running-out for drivers to take their shot at winning a championship with the current Dallara … Read the Rest »

Emerson Keeps V8 Title Fight Alive

January 6th, 2014 by

Round Ten of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series headed to Watkins Glen International Raceway. With a majority of the sim-racers returning from the Christmas/New Year break, it’s back into the seat and ready to start the run to the championship. Qualifying was led by Madison Down with Michael Fabian alongside him on the front row. … Read the Rest »

Humpe Stays Hot in Richmond

December 18th, 2013 by

Kenny Humpe made his second trip to Victory Lane in as many NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series races, this time getting the best of the field at Richmond International Raceway. Humpe held-off Josh Berry on a late-race restart and took the win when the caution came out just as he was about to take the white … Read the Rest »

Bieri Survives Watkins “Endurance” Test Atop Mustang Series

November 21st, 2013 by

Patrick Bieri extended his stay at the top of the iRacing.com Mustang Cup standings for the third straight week with a solid performance during extra-long races at Watkins Glen.  Ordinarily the series races run about 25 minutes for the top drivers, but 18 laps on the “boot” configuration at The Glen ran nearly 40 minutes.  … Read the Rest »