Throughout my life, American cars have been pretty much regarded by Europeans as rubbish. Compared with European sports cars, the supposed American sports cars even more so. Of course they have had their moments in movies. The ’68 Mustang GT 390 was iconised by Steve McQueen in the film “Bullitt” for instance and even the modern day Shelby Mustang GT500
iRacer Conor Daly won the 2010 Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear with a win from the pole in last weekend's Mobil 1 Presents the Grand Prix of Mosport. Driving the #22 Juncos Racing / INDECK / The College Network / Merchant Services Ltd. Mazda to a record-breaking streak of nine poles and seven wins, the Indianapolis native had such
2010 has been a year where sponsorship troubles have already caused Darryn Lobb to miss one round of the South African Shelby Can-Am Championship. Things didn’t seem much better for Round Six of the championship earlier this month, as Darryn found himself without budget to make the grid, despite leading the championship once again after a double win at Zwartkops
With a stellar season already under his belt, INDECK driver (and iRacer), Conor Daly could clinch yet another championship this weekend at Mosport International Speedway. With six wins, eight poles and ten podium finishes in the first eleven races, Daly will take a 69 point advantage to Mosport over Norwegian, Anders Krohn. With two races still on the schedule, Daly
Editor's Note: Divina Galica, iRacing.com's Director of Partner Relations, has enjoyed a thoroughly remarkable sports career. A two-time captain of the British Olympic Ski team, she competed in the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Winter Olympic games and also set a world speed skiing record of 125 mph. She later turned her competitive focus to race cars, and competed in sports
iRacer Arie Ouimet is attracting lots of attention for his exploits in the Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup. Here's a story by Boston Globe reporter Bill Griffith that recently appeared on boston.com: Arie Ouimet of Plymouth is going places — fast. At the midpoint of the season, the 19-year-old rookie driver in Volkswagen’s TDI Cup racing series is in second place,
Ohio iRacer Scores Second Consecutive Victory Series rookie, Wyatt Gooden, earned his second consecutive Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup victory and the season-championship point lead on Sunday with a win at Autobahn Country Club, Round Six of the ten race SCCA Pro Series championship. Two more rookies rounded out the top-three as Jarvis Gennari earned his second top-five appearance of the
MOORESVILLE, N.C. -- My No. 64 Sprint Cup Car approaches the Yard of Bricks, that famous piece of real estate on the front straightaway at Indianapolis Motor Speedway that race car drivers yearn to kiss. I'm going 170 mph. "Stay on the gas," says the voice in my ear. 180. "You ain't going to get to 200," the voice says.
The lack of excuses! When I look at the lap records for a given track, I am usually in the top quarter, quite often in the top ten percent. Yet the gap to the top drivers seems positively cavernous and, quite simply, unachievable, even if I sold the wife and kids and devoted the remainder of my life to sim
Wyatt Gooden continues to make his mark, online and on and off the race track. Days after scoring his first win in the SCCA's 2010 VW Jetta TDI Cup race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Gooden was the subject of this feature story in the "Cleveland Plain Dealer" Gooden starts to burn up the track in the VW TDI