Welcome back to This Week in iRacing, our weekly post that details all you need to know about what is going on in the world of iRacing!

As always, This Week includes topics ranging from official eSports to some of the top community-driven events, and everything in between.

Here’s what to expect from 2025 Season 1, Week 7, from January 28th to February 3rd in 2025.

For the Members: iRacing Official Series Highlights

Every week, iRacing offers daily, even hourly racing that members can get into, based on where their license level is at. There are also some special series that run at specific times that anyone can jump into, with the right credentials, that offer a more meaningful sim racing experience. 

Here are a few of the highlighted series taking place this week.

INAUGURAL DALE JR’S DRIVEN TO GIVE 400 – iRACING SPECIAL EVENT!

A new special event is scheduled this week at Iowa Speedway, on the oval, with one of the latest additions to the iRacing service, the Mini Stock. This is the first annual Driven to Give 400 benefitting the Dale Jr Foundation. The event will have a featured broadcast event that will run simultaneously with a race that is open to the general public on Wednesday, January 29th. There will then be races during the regular special events time slots on subsequent days without a broadcast.

The broadcast event will feature a 40-car field of virtual Mini-Stock cars set to fire up the new season at iRacing’s Iowa Speedway layout. Earnhardt Jr. will be in the field, along with JR Motorsports drivers Justin Allgaier, Sammy Smith, Carson Kvapil and Connor Zilisch, former JRM star Josh Berry, Rajah Caruth, IndyCar legend Tony Kanaan and many more. If you would like to participate in the broadcast event, you may enter your 4 person team ($400 per team/ $100 per person) here: Team Entry – 4 Drivers

The broadcasted event will also have unlimited fast repairs while the public event will have one. Cautions will be turned off for all races except for ones purchased during the broadcast event. The broadcast event will also have purchasable penalties such as black flags and cautions that may be purchased during the event here: The Dale Jr. Foundation’s Driven To Give 400 at Iowa

RACE SCHEDULE: 

Timeslot #1- Wednesday 7:30 p.m. ET/  Thursday 00:30 GMT
Timeslot #2 – Friday 22:00 GMT
Timeslot #3 – Saturday 07:00 GMT
Timeslot #4 – Saturday 12:00 GMT
Timeslot #5 – Saturday 16:00 GMT
Timeslot #6 – Sunday 00:00 GMT

For more information on the Dale Jr Driven to Give Charity Race -> CLICK HERE
For more information on the 2025 iRacing Special Events calendar -> CLICK HERE

WINTER NASCAR iRACING SERIES

Since there’s no NASCAR iRacing Series until the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season begins, the offseason makes room for the Winter NASCAR iRacing Series (WNiS), a similarly-structured fixed and open setup series which will utilize the 1987 NASCAR Cup Series cars. Week 12 of 13 will feature the 1987 cars at Talladega Superspeedway.

The races this week are scheduled for:

Fixed Schedule: Wednesday, 21:00 GMT; Friday, 02:00 GMT; Saturday, 10:00 and 17:00 GMT; Monday, 02:00 GMT
Open Schedule: Thursday, 02:00 and 19:00 GMT; Saturday, 02:00 GMT; Sunday, 15:00 GMT

For more information on the Winter NASCAR iRacing Series -> CLICK HERE

DIRT SUPER LATE MODEL TOUR

iRacing is pleased to reveal two yearlong championships for top Dirt Oval racers for the 2025 season. Modeled heavily after real-world events and featuring dozens of America’s top dirt tracks, the Dirt Super Late Model Tour and Dirt 410 Sprint Car Tour will feature more than 35 weeks of championship racing apiece for iRacing’s premier dirt racing machines. Week 2 of 39 for the Super Late Models will take place at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55.

The races this week are scheduled for: Tuesday 22:00 GMT, Thursday 2:00 GMT, Saturday 17:00 GMT, Monday 2:00 GMT

For more information on the Dirt Super Late Model Tour -> CLICK HERE

BMW M2 CUP – NEW ROOKIE SERIES!

With the introduction of the BMW M2 CS, we have a new series at the Rookie ranks called the BMW M2 Cup. This fixed setup series will run on base package tracks. A base content car on base content tracks, this series has the potential to be one of the biggest yet!

Week 7 Schedule:

  • at Circuit de Lédenon

FIA F4 ESPORTS REGIONAL TOURS

The Regional and Global editions of the FIA F4 Esports Series returns returns with a slightly different format in 2025 Season 1. Both the fixed and open setup Global series will be going off hourly on the hour (at the same time) while the Regional series will be going off hourly on the :30.

Week 7 Schedule: 

  • Americas: Virginia International Raceway – North Course
  • Asia-Pacific: Winton Motor Raceway – National Circuit
  • Europe: Motorsport Arena Oschersleben – Grand Prix
  • Global: Tsukuba Circuit – 2000 Full

RICMOTECH RING MEISTER / DRAFT MASTER CHALLENGE BY SIMAGIC COMBINATIONS

Two of the more unique daily racing series on iRacing are the Ring Meister Ricmotech Series and the Draft Master Challenge by SIMAGIC Series, where the cars change every week as opposed to the tracks. The setups are fixed in both series, which means it’s all about jumping in and racing the combination at hand.

The Ring Meister Ricmotech Series (races on every odd 2 hours | qualifying every even 2 hours at :30) takes place at the Nürburgring Nordschleife – Industriefahrten and cycles through mostly road-type racing vehicles every week. As for Draft Master Challenge by SIMAGIC (races every hour on the hour), the series contests six weeks at Talladega Superspeedway and six weeks at Daytona International Speedway, featuring many common NASCAR-oval style cars.

Week 7 Schedule: 

  • Ring Meister: SCCA Spec Racer Ford at Nürburgring Nordschleife – Industriefahrten
  • Draft Master: 1987 NASCAR Legends at Daytona International Speedway

RAIN MASTER

For wet weather racing enthusiasts, Rain Master is one of the latest Special Series available on iRacing. Introduced in 2024 Season 4, those looking for some fixed setup wet weather racing can now jump into select GT3 vehicles, including the BMW M4, Lamborghini Huracán EVO, Mercedes-AMG, Porsche 911, Ferrari 296, Audi R8 LMS EVO II, Chevrolet Corvette Z06, and Ford Mustang, at 12 different road courses around the world. 2025 Season 1 introduces the Acura NSX GT3 EVO to the fold.

The forecasts will include light rain throughout the short, 15 minute events. Races run every hour at 15 minutes past the hour.

Week 7 Schedule:

  • at Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg – Grand Prix

OFF THIS WEEK:

  • Dirt 410 Sprint Car Tour
    • Next Race: Starting February 4th at Volusia Speedway Park (2025 Season 1, Week 8)

Official iRacing eSports

Welcome back to the busy season! The cream of the crop in terms of our top-level eSports series will return this week in the form of the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series and the Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup. Also this week, the World of Outlaws Pro Series concludes with a championship fight in Charlotte.

WORLD OF OUTLAWS PRO SERIES/QUALIFYING SERIES

The World of Outlaws conclude their season on Monday night with the tenth race of the 2024-25 season. The finale will take place at The Dirt Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway and will utilize the Dirt Super Late Model. This season, the qualifying series took place simultaneously as the season progressed, with each race getting their 35 driver lineup from the week prior’s qualifying series action. The series also rotated between 410 Sprint Cars and Super Late Models. Logan Rumsey leads Kendal Tucker in points entering the finale.

CHARLOTTE – RACE #10 — BROADCAST BEGINS AT 8:00 PM ET (01:00 GMT)

For more information on the World of Outlaws Pro Series -> CLICK HERE

eNASCAR COCA-COLA iRACING SERIES

The 2025 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series is back with the unofficial start to the year down at Daytona International Speedway. As always, the eNASCAR Clash at Daytona will feature new faces and drivers in new places, with IROC-style schemes to get everyone acquainted with the changes.

DAYTONA CLASH RACE #0 – BROADCAST STARTS WITH COUNTDOWN TO GREEN AT 7:30 PM ET (11:30 GMT)

For more information on the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series -> CLICK HERE

PORSCHE TAG HEUER ESPORTS SUPERCUP

The Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup will take on the twists, turns and high banks of Daytona International Speedway to open the 2025 season. Led in by the PESC All-Stars an hour prior, 30 of the best sim racers are set to kick off a seven-event battle to crown a champion.

DAYTONA RACE #1 – BROADCAST STARTS WITH ALL-STARS AT 1:00 PM ET (18:00 GMT) – SUPERCUP AT 2:00 PM ET (19:00 GMT)

For more details on the Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup -> CLICK HERE

OFF THIS WEEK:

  • eNASCAR College iRacing Series
    • Next Race -> Race #6 at Talladega Superspeedway (February 4th)

For more information on the eNASCAR College iRacing Series -> CLICK HERE

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