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The Earnhardt family continues tradition on the race track; Tonight is her first race as full-time USAC National Midget driver
18-year-old, Karsyn Elledge is the daughter of Kelley Earnhardt Miller. That makes her the granddaughter of NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt.
Karsyn has been racing on dirt in and around the North Carolina area.
Read MoreChad Wheeler is a dirt racer who decided to build a rig during a rain out; Now, he has a full sim racing business on the side
Chad Wheeler is a dirt racing driver that runs a dirt modified and a dirt midget on occasion. Aside from that, he’s active in the digital world of iRacing as well.
Read MoreSix professional digital world racing divisions will offer real world paychecks to the world top sim racers with a massive increase in payouts
$100,000 to be offered in iRacing PEAK Antifreeze Championship and another $100,000 for new Porsche iRacing World Championship
Yesterday, iRacing announced a massive increase in the payout structure for their professional online racing service.
Read MoreRicky Thornton Jr has a new car on the way for 2019
Ricky Thornton Jr is a modified driver that has taken on a new role toward the end of 2018. Hudson O’Neal went into shoulder surgery back in August.
Taylon Center, a crew guy on the team suggested a fill-in driver.
Read MoreRicky Thornton Jr talks previous late model rides and explains how the fill-in role for Hudson O’Neal came about
In late July, Hudson O’Neal announced that he would be required to have shoulder surgery. He’s expected to have 4-5 months of recovery time. That’s going to force him from the seat for the remainder of 2018.
Read MoreNASCAR iRacing Young esports division launched
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR announced today the formation of a youth esports racing series, the first esports competition created to attract and identify young talent. The series will be hosted on iRacing, the world’s premier racing simulation platform. NASCAR’s youth esports series establishes an easily accessible entry point to real-world racing and provides young competitors with an unparalleled simulation experience on iRacing’s ultra-realistic software.
Read MoreThe season 2 build comes with a full set of new content
Packed full of cars and tracks and so much more, the Season 2 2018 build is sure to please iRacers no matter your preferred style of racing.
Here are a few highlights:
Three new cars have joined iRacing – the brand new Dallara IR18 IndyCar,
Read MoreScott Speed was once used in iRacing marketing materials – Now, the former NASCAR & F1 driver has been suspended from the online racing service – Rig sold
Scott Speed is a former NASCAR and F1 driver who turned to Global Rallycross, where he became champion. Now, Scott Speed is a 3-time Global Rallycross champion.
Read MoreRichmond Raceway promo video mirrors clip from Days of Thunder
Cue awesome….
“I’m going to give you a computer that’s low to the ground,” the Richmond Raceway simulator opens up it’s promo video. You should be laughing already.
For those that didn’t catch it… That’s a twist on the garage scene from the movie Days of Thunder.
Read MoreBell discusses the opening round of Chili Bowl Nationals practice
The 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion is in the building. That doesn’t mean anything in this building tonight. However, being the defending winner of the Chili Bowl Nationals, certainly does.
Christopher Bell, age 23, is piloting one of the iRacing sponsored dirt midgets this week at the Chili Bowl Nationals.
Read MoreiRacing celebrates new track announcement with primary sponsorship of Kyle Larson and Christopher Bell
iRacing.com, the leading online racing game, announced today plans to add the world famous Tulsa Expo Raceway, home of the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals presented by General Tire, to its extensive inventory of dirt tracks available to iRacing members.
Read MoreMike McKinney discusses his role in iRacing development
Mike McKinney’s dirt modified is the same dirt modified that’s used in the sim itself. The iRacing staff came to the shop and laser scanned his race car then put it to use digitally.
Beyond that, McKinney was also one of the beta testers to make sure the handling characteristics of the modified were correct.
Read MoreTony Stewart: “God, would you two shut the fuck up and just race?”
Between his full-time job as a NASCAR team owner, his secondary full-time job as a dirt track owner and his full-time hobby as a dirt track racer. Recently, Tony Stewart has also become a regular in the sim racing world.
Read MoreBubba Wallace talks about his new ride
Next year, Bubba Wallace will official become a full-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver.
It’s an exciting time for Bubba and the sport. But, he jumped through a few hoops to get there.
“Unveiling the car, it was actually the first time I had my name on a Cup car,”
Read MoreDale Earnhardt Jr tells the story of a 22 hour backroads ride to pick up the guy he met on the internet
TJ Majors could easily take the label of the luckiest guy in the garage area. For years, he’s been the spotter for Dale Earnhardt Jr. So, how did this random come to meet NASCAR’s most popular driver?
Read MoreClint Bowyer talks dirt racing, NASCAR and iRacing
Clint Bowyer just wanted to race dirt.
He now runs full time in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series for Stewart-Haas Racing. At the same time, he has two full dirt late model teams that tour the country on a weekly basis.
Read MoreLanier dirt track coming to iRacing – First 3/8 mile dirt oval added to iRacing
iRacing dirt modified and the first 3/8 mile dirt track is in development. View screenshots as well as a video of the new iRacing car and dirt track below.
Lanier Raceway opened as a dirt track in 1982.
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