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Starting in Style

November 10th, 2011 by

The new season for the Grand-Am iRacing.com Online Sports Car Series started in style at (where else?) Daytona International Speedway’s road course which also kicks-off the real life Grand-Am Rolex Series with its annual 24 hour race. The top race of the week took place at 1.00am (UTC) on Sunday for the Daytona Prototype class, … Read the Rest »

A Radical start to the season…

November 8th, 2011 by

One week into 2011 Season4 of the Radical Racing Challenge and jaws are having to be scraped off virtual cockpit floors as sights, not seen before, surprised series regulars.  Last season bore witness to the second highest number of drivers ever in the series, but this season, opening at the popular Watkins Glen circuit has … Read the Rest »

Raileanu's Jetta championship

October 25th, 2011 by

Moldovian Alexandru Raileanu has won the Season 3 Jetta class of the iRacing.com Grand Touring Cup.  In a nearly perfect season the Central-Eastern Europe sim racer won 11 of his 12 starts, only having had to settle for fourth in his final race of the season after having closed the deal on the championship already. … Read the Rest »

Raileanu’s Jetta championship

October 25th, 2011 by

Moldovian Alexandru Raileanu has won the Season 3 Jetta class of the iRacing.com Grand Touring Cup.  In a nearly perfect season the Central-Eastern Europe sim racer won 11 of his 12 starts, only having had to settle for fourth in his final race of the season after having closed the deal on the championship already. … Read the Rest »

Irby Repeats Victory at the Glen

September 30th, 2011 by

The Watkins Glen International Boot road course hosted week two of the Red Sox Racing League’s 2011 Season 3 schedule.  Surrounded by scenic lakes and mountains, the track is a perfect location to kick back and relax… unless you are there to race!  Drivers don’t have that luxury, because the 3.4 mile, 12 corner layout … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile – Luke Beck

September 3rd, 2011 by

Australia’s Luke Beck is man who knows what he likes.  And when it comes to sim racing, his likes can be summed-up in two words: Lotus 79.  OK, if you want to be positively wordy about it, his likes can be summed-up in five words: Classic Lotus Grand Prix Series. It’s not that he hasn’t … Read the Rest »

One Giant Leap

August 18th, 2011 by

For the first time this season, the NASCAR iRacing Class A Series turned both left and right, in their trip to Watkins Glen. History tells us the road courses are usually a slow week for the primarily oval division, however, history led us astray this time as the big names were out and the points … Read the Rest »

Kiraly, Gelink Close on Online Grand-Am Titles at the Glen

August 8th, 2011 by

The penultimate round of the Premier GRAND-AM iRacing.com Online Sports Car Series brought the Riley MkXX Daytona Prototypes and Ford Mustang FR500s to New York’s Finger Lakes region and Watkins Glen International, where both classes saw their respective champions crowned. Round Nine of the ten race series, open to members of the iRacing Motorsport Simulation … Read the Rest »

Championship Horizons

July 19th, 2011 by

The virtual Daytona International played host to Round Eight of the Premier GRAND-AM iRacing.com Online Sports Car Series, the online racing Championship that pitches the digital-replica’s of the Riley MKXX Prototype and Ford Mustang FR500S in multi-class races. With the prize of an all expenses paid trip to the final round of the real-life GRAND-AM … Read the Rest »

Huttu Takes Classic Win at Watkins

June 9th, 2011 by

Securing his second win of the season, Team Redline’s Greger Huttu cruised to an unchallenged victory at the classic Watkins Glen circuit in Round Eight of the 2011 iRacing.com World Championship Series Road Racing.   After early incidents eliminated championship leader Klaus Kivekäs and My3id teammate Jesse Nieminen from contention, the race became a battle of … Read the Rest »