Mustang Challenge Off and Running

The Champion Motorsports 2011 Mustang Challenge is off to an excellent start, having just completed the third of twelve online races on some of the most famous road course circuits from around the world.  The Mustangs are proving to be one of the most popular series yet run at Champion, with some very close and exciting racing throughout the field. The first race of the season kicked off at Watkins Glen and saw Champion Motorsports newcomer Wayne Funston win an exciting race.  Devin Obrien would qualify on pole for the event with Funston starting alongside on the front row. Obrien got a great start and led the first six laps of the race, but Funston was in close pursuit and looking for the opportunity to make the move. It would [...]

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/iracing-news/mustang-challenge-off-and-running/

Music Center Toyota Scott Speed Red Bull Toyota Kyle Busch M and M s Toyota

WTCC targets event with US series

The World Touring Car Championship is working on plans to hold a round in the United States. Series boss Marcello Lotti has been targeting an event in the USA for a couple of years, but has now met with US Touring Car Championship boss Ali Arsham to discuss a future co-operation. "The US market is very important for car manufacturers and this is why we are seriously taking into consideration the idea to hold a WTCC event here," Lotti said.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/touring-cars/wtcc/wtcc-targets-event-with-us-series/

Vienna Sausage Kroger Chevrolet Clint Bowyer Zaxby s Chevrolet Brad Keselowski Ruby Tuesday Dodge

Purdy Prepares for the iWCSRR

In just a few days time, the 2011 iRacing.com World Championship Series Road Racing will get underway, when 50 of the globe’s greatest sim-racers take to Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps for the first of eighteen rounds in the virtual Williams-Toyota FW31 F1 car. Although the ultimate online road racing championship sees a whole host of new faces looking to etch their name on the iRacing roll of honour, there are plenty of returning ‘legends’ with their own eyes on success in 2011. One such returnee to the championship is Canada’s Shawn Purdy.  A resident of Montreal, Purdy finished the 2010 series in an overall fourth position following a season-long battle with his Orion Racing team-mate, Ilka Haapala, who pipped him to third spot by a handful of points. Like the other [...]

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/iracing-news/purdy-prepares-for-the-iwcsrr/

Danny Kladis Hans Klenk Peter de Klerk Christian Klien Karl Kling

Date adjustment for final F1 test

The final Formula 1 test of the winter has changed dates - moving from 8-11th to 9-12th March. Williams technical director Sam Michael confirmed to AUTOSPORT that a one-day date adjustment for the Barcelona sessions had recently been agreed.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/date-adjustment-for-final-f1-test/

Denny Hulme James Hunt Jim Hurtubise Gus Hutchison Jacky Ickx

Date adjustment for final F1 test

The final Formula 1 test of the winter has changed dates - moving from 8-11th to 9-12th March. Williams technical director Sam Michael confirmed to AUTOSPORT that a one-day date adjustment for the Barcelona sessions had recently been agreed.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/date-adjustment-for-final-f1-test/

Tayler Malsam Iron Horse Jeans Toyota Mike Bliss Key Motorsports Chevrolet Shelby Howard

GP2 Asia confirms Bahrain cancellation

The withdrawal of the Bahrain Grand Prix from the Formula 1 calendar also means the final rounds of the GP2 Asia Series will not take place in the country. After the opening rounds of GP2 Asia in Abu Dhabi, Bahrain was set to host the final two visits. The second round was cancelled last week and now the grand prix weekend finale has also been called off.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/formula-cars/gp2/gp2-asia-confirms-bahrain-cancellation/

Rudolf Krause Robert Kubica Kurt Kuhnke Masami Kuwashima Robert La Caze