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Red Bull’s Helmut Marko is Latest ‘Ask a Pro’

June 15th, 2015 by

Helmut Marko, the mastermind behind Red Bull Racing’s driver development programme, is the latest Online Driving Instructor for SAFEisFAST.com. With Marko at the helm, the Red Bull Junior Team has become one of the most successful driver development programmes ever, producing talents such as Sebastian Vettel, Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen to name but a … Read the Rest »

iRacers at Indianapolis

May 24th, 2014 by David Phillips

Ed Carpenter, Will Power, Simon Pagenaud, Josef Newgarden, JR Hildebrand, Justin Wilson, Oriol Servia, James Davison, Martin Plowman and Sage Karam aren’t the only iRacers at the Indianapolis 500. Thursday evening found an enthusiastic collection of two dozen iRacers including Todd and Cary Bettenhausen – and iRacingNews contributor/karaoke king Wil Vincent – gathering for a … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Will Lamb

March 17th, 2014 by

Born in 1995, Will Lamb has accomplished a great deal since joining iRacing in the summer of 2010.  Lamb’s career oval and road statistics are nearly mirror images of one another.  On the oval side, Lamb has 376 career starts races and has scored 43 wins. He has finished in the top five nearly 62% … Read the Rest »

Montoya + Penske . . . Lightning in a Bottle?

September 16th, 2013 by

Penske Racing’s announcement that Juan Pablo Montoya will drive a third IndyCar for the team in 2014 will send a jolt through the IZOD IndyCar Series. Where to begin? Let’s start with Penske Racing.  Paradoxically, while Helio Castroneves is closing-in on his first title after some two decades in CART and IndyCar, his has been … Read the Rest »

Doyle and Miller Taste the Milk

May 31st, 2013 by

The fourth week of the iRacing.com IndyCar Oval Series headed to the  Indianapolis Motor Speedway, home of IndyCar racing.  The Indianapolis Motor Speedway has hosted racing events for almost every major racing series; this includes NASCAR, Grand-Am, Formula 1, MotoGP and of course IZOD IndyCar racing. The circuit that we visit this week is the … Read the Rest »

16th Street Racing League Reborn

October 30th, 2012 by

Season Kicks-off Tonight at Homestead The much-anticipated return of the popular iRacing 16th Street Racing League will kick off tonight at Homestead-Miami Speedway, with the 130-lap online race broadcast live on GlacierTV. The 16th Street Racing League burst onto the IndyCar sim racing scene in 2009 and featured participation from real-world IndyCar Series stars like … Read the Rest »

iRacers Storm Mid-Ohio Honda IndyCar 200

August 7th, 2012 by

No, we’re not talking about Will Power, Simon Pagenaud, Justin Wilson, JR Hildebrand, Josef Newgarden, Simona de Silvestro, Oriol Servia and Ed Carpenter.   We’re talking about “Camp Bettenhausen” and the iRacing cheering section atop the spectator mound in the Keyhole for Sunday’s  Honda Indy 200 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.  One of the highlights … Read the Rest »

A Decidedly Unofficial Guide to iRacing

May 26th, 2012 by

Dan Segolson from Stockholm, Sweden, has been into racing games since 2000.  He switched to serious sim-racing with a clear road focus in ’07 in leagues at swedishsimracers.com where he is also one of the administrators.  Segolson works in user experience in the online gaming business and has written numerous papers on what drives a … Read the Rest »

iRacer Profile – Blake Townend

March 31st, 2012 by

If Blake Townend’s name seems familiar, it’s with good reason.  A past Star Mazda, Solstice Cup and double England Club champion, the resident of Milton Keynes (UK) has been a top iRacer since joining the service in early 2009.  So much so that he carries an A-license to the ovals and a coveted-Pro license to … Read the Rest »

The Certain Champion

October 14th, 2011 by

Dario Franchitti or Will Power?  Who will wear the mantle of 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series champion?  We won’t know for sure until the conclusion of Sunday’s IZOD IndyCar World Championship at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, but the identity of one 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series champion is already certain.  That would be 22 year old Yang … Read the Rest »