Category: Nascar

Nazareth, Pennsylvania native Sage Karam made fuel saving magic on a one-stop strategy to win the second round of the 2021 IndyCar iRacing Challenge, stealing a win from the dominant drivers Enzo Fittipaldi and RC Enerson at the Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Fittipaldi, polesitter for the event and brother of Pietro Fittipaldi, had an epic battle with Enerson in the first thirty laps, swapping the lead multiple times before Fittipaldi cemented his lead and started to pull away and dominate the race.

With twenty-two laps to go, Fittipaldi pit to ensure that he would be able to make it to the end of the race on fuel. Ten laps later, Enerson was forced to pit as well, giving the lead to Karam who never looked back.

Behind Karam, Fittipaldi’s Dale Coyne Racing with RWR teammate James Davison was forced to pit from second place with three laps to go, … Read the rest

Considering William Byron started his racing career thanks to iRacing, it probably comes with little surprise that he is the first race winner of the 2021 eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series season. Held on Bristol Motor Speedway‘s dirt surface for the first time ahead of the NASCAR Cup Series‘ Food City Dirt Race there on Sunday, Byron dominated his heat race and much of the feature on Wednesday night en route to his series-leading fourth win.

Heats

Like what is planned for the real-life Bristol race, four heat races were held to set the starting grid. The top seven in each heat advanced to the feature.

Thirty-eight drivers were entered: all thirty-six chartered cars comprised the bulk of the field as mandated, though Kevin Harvick relinquished his to Ryan Preece for the race, while Garrett Smithley was in Rick Ware Racing‘s #51 instead of … Read the rest

The eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series, introduced during the 2020 season pause last spring, is set to return on Wednesday night with a virtual event on Bristol Motor Speedway’s dirt layout ahead of the NASCAR Cup Series‘ real-life Food City Dirt Race there on Sunday. Much of the thirty-eight drivers in the field are running the full Cup season, but one notable omission is Timmy Hill, who unofficially won the inaugural PIS championship. While these sim races generally do not have real-life ramifications, it does not appear to be the case for Hill case as his absence means no media coverage and potential sponsorship. In fact, it is likely that he and his MBM Motorsports team will have to abandon their full-time plans for the rest of the 2021 season as exposure and the resulting support have evapourated.

The thirty-eight drivers on the entry list is mostly … Read the rest

The up and coming first Grand prix of the year, the Bahrain Grand Prix commences this weekend and will be the first time that the new 2021 sets of tyres are used in qualifying and a race other than testing and free practice sessions.

The compounds that have been chosen for the season opener are the C2 for the white-walled hard, the C3 for the yellow walled medium and the C4 as the red-walled soft. This will be the same nomination of tyres as last years Grand Prix, even with the decrease in downforce compared to last year.

With most of the teams choosing to tests on the 3 nominated tyres which will be used for the weekend, giving Pirelli and the teams a good operating base. The new tyres for this year have been designed to improve strength and durability and they will be run at lower pressures. After … Read the rest

Kyle Larson was poised to win his second NASCAR Cup Series race of the season when he won two stages and led 269 laps in Sunday’s Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. However, he did not lead the final eight as Ryan Blaney chased down the dominant #5 car and took the spot late to win.

Denny Hamlin started on the pole ahead of Joe Gibbs Racing team-mate and Phoenix winner Martin Truex Jr. Chase Elliott and Timmy Hill failed pre-race inspection multiple times (twice for Elliott, thrice for Hill) and were sent to the rear, as was Quin Houff for unapproved adjustments; Hill also lost his car chief Sebastian Laforge and had to serve a pass-through penalty. On Twitter, Laforge explained the #66 car encountered inspection troubles involving the rear toe and camber.

Stage #1

As Hamlin led every lap to the competition caution … Read the rest