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A Week at the Beach
December 15th, 2010 by DavidP
The sixth round of the inaugural GRAND-AM iRacing.com Online Sport Car Series, the online mixed class championship open to PC owners with a subscription to the iRacing Motorsports Simulation service, headed to the Netherlands and the virtual shores of the North Sea as the Riley MkXX Daytona Prototype and the Ford Mustang FR500S took to … Read the Rest »
Townend Triumphs at the Glen
December 10th, 2010 by DavidP
The England Club headed off to upstate New York for Round Seven of the club championship, using the Cup variation of Watkins Glen International, a previous favourite amongst the England sim racers last season. Some of you may recall the last Club race there saw a number of front runners run out of fuel, so … Read the Rest »
Barn Burner at Road Atlanta
December 9th, 2010 by DavidP
ISRA – O’Neil PC Systems Grand Touring Championship Season Two – Race Three Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia has been the scene of many epic races through the years. How could anyone forget Allan McNish’s charge to victory in the 2008 Petit Le Mans having started the race one lap down after wrecking on the … Read the Rest »
Return Engagement
October 18th, 2010 by DavidP
A return engagement with Circuit Park Zandvoort was on the docket in Week Ten for iRacing.com Skip Barber Race Series drivers. While the layout was new the name at the top of the time sheets was the same as Club France’s Samuel Libeert established himself as the driver to beat at the virtual Netherlands track. … Read the Rest »
Huttu Resumes His Winning Ways
September 21st, 2010 by DavidP
With the inaugural iRacing World Championship Road Racing crown safely tucked into his kit-bag, Greger Huttu’s flag-to-flag victory on the Watkins Glen’s classic boot configuration reaffirmed his status as the global leader in sim-racing. Having returned to his native Finland following a recent trip to the United States, Huttu was back on familiar ground, with … Read the Rest »
Red Sox Racing League Review
August 31st, 2010 by DavidP
Les Turner once again demonstrated why he is regarded as the “Jimmie Johnson” of the Red Sox Racing league’s 2010 schedule. After winning the Season One championship with a total of 723 points, Turner upped the heat on his online racing competition with 841 points in Season Two. The Canadian-based sim racer not only averaged … Read the Rest »
The Fix is In . . . or Not
August 12th, 2010 by DavidP
Daytona International Speedway plays host to some of the most competitive online racing every season. Season Three figured to be no different, especially with the launch of a new type of racing: fixed setups. The NASCAR iRacing Class B Fixed Series debuted last week at Daytona and, with every sim racer running identical equipment in … Read the Rest »
13: Lucky For Some
August 9th, 2010 by DavidP
Whilst superstitious people may consider 13 to be an unlucky number, the frivolous folklore failed to intimidate Greger Huttu, who took his thirteenth victory of the iRacing World Championship Racing Racing series at Road America this weekend. Huttu had an unchallenged run to the chequered flag, to maintain his 100% pole position and winning record … Read the Rest »
Road Warrior
August 9th, 2010 by DavidP
Josh Combs brought home the win from the pole in the Vidane Racing Exlander Pro Series FuelPlus.net @ The Glen Saturday. Combs led all 29 laps in the race. Combs, of NASCAR K&N West Series fame, is the second first-time winner in two races this week in Vidane Racing after Jonathan Dickert won Tuesday’s Superspeedway … Read the Rest »
SSCA North American GT Championship – Season Review
July 31st, 2010 by DavidP
Twenty three cars. Over 120,00 hp. Brands Hatch Racing Circuit in Kent, England. What better combination to open the 2010 Simulated Sports Car Association (SSCA) North American GT Championship (NAGTC)? Chosen for this championship were the pinnacle of Australian sedan racing, the Ford Falcon V8 Supercar; the Riley MkXX Daytona Prototype and the formidable Chevrolet … Read the Rest »