Race Weekend Central

The Virtual Frontstretch: Issue 9

Melillo Virtual Frontstretch 9

Photo by Justin Melillo via iRacing.com

It was a mixed bag of various events this past week among the iRacing leagues covered in The Virtual Frontstretch. For the leagues following the NASCAR Cup Series schedule, Martinsville Speedway proved to be filled with hurt feelings. Other leagues steered clear of the paperclip and had much better times on the service in their …

Read more

The Virtual Frontstretch: Issue 8

Melillo Virtual Frontstretch 8

Photo by Justin Melillo via iRacing.com

Sure, The Virtual Frontstretch is a weekly collection of updates regarding the simulated racing world. But what happens when you take a virtual racing series and turn those drivers loose on a real track?  Monday Night Racing answered that question this past week with a go-kart endurance race at GoPro Motorplex on Wednesday night (April …

Read more

The Virtual Frontstretch: Issue 7

Melillo Virtual Frontstretch 7 No2

Photo by Justin Melillo via iRacing.com

With the Easter holiday upon the motorsports world, there’s not a lot happening this weekend in the real world. Some sim racing leagues are also taking off as well, but that doesn’t mean we can’t talk about this past week on iRacing, full of its share of short track racing on both the asphalt and …

Read more

The Virtual Frontstretch: eNASCAR Issue 6

Melillo Virtual Frontstretch 6

Photo by Justin Melillo via iRacing.com

It’s all about Atlanta Motor Speedway this week in this issue of The Virtual Frontstretch. All three of the leagues covered this week all went down to virtual Hampton, Georgia for three vastly different events. They weren’t the biggest races of the week, but they did provide drama and excitement in their respective communities.  The …

Read more

The Virtual Frontstretch: Issue 5

Melillo Virtual Frontstretch 5

Photo by Justin Melillo via iRacing.com

The fifth edition of The Virtual Frontstretch is out for the week of March 14. Besides a few patches from iRacing to remove some things such as the New Damage Model on certain cars that incurred glitching, as well as update the NASCAR dirt tires to behave more “realistically” with real driver input, it was …

Read more

The Virtual Frontstretch: Issue 4

Melillo Virtual Frontstretch 4

Photo by Justin Melillo via iRacing.com

The iRacing Season 2 build is finally here. With Week 13 currently in progress, the community news is fairly light as compared to previous weeks.  On Tuesday (March 9), the service went down for a couple of hours in the early parts of the morning. When the service resumed, many virtual drivers wanted to test …

Read more

The Virtual Frontstretch: Issue 3

Melillo Virtual Frontstretch 3

Photo by Justin Melillo via iRacing.com

The Virtual Frontstretch returns again this week with coverage of FTF Racing at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Monday Night Racing at Rockingham Speedway, eRacr.gg’s Carnomaly 500 and the first week of the eNASCAR iRacing Road to Pro Series. It was a jam-packed week in sim racing, with many of the top drivers having to focus not only …

Read more

The Virtual Frontstretch: Issue 2

Melillo Virtual Frontstretch 2

Photo by Justin Melillo via iRacing.com

Another week of virtual racing is in the books. The eRacr.gg Carnomaly 500 qualifying races dominated social media headlines once again this week, but there was plenty of racing to go around the sim racing community. FTF RACING LEAGUE: Rancho Cucamonga 400k, Feb. 21 The second race of the 2021 season at Auto Club Speedway …

Read more

The Virtual Frontstretch: Issue 1

Melillo Virtual Frontstretch 1

Photo by Justin Melillo via iRacing.com

It’s been a wild start to the year in the world of motor-eSports across the iRacing and NASCAR Heat platforms. With the offseason coming to a close and the Daytona 500 kicking off the NASCAR racing season, many special events and league seasons have sprung up across the sim racing world; some of them are …

Read more

2021 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series ePreview Guide

2021 Enascar Iracing Clash 1

(Photo: Justin Melillo)

The opening points-paying race of the 2021 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series season is on Monday night, and we know what team that each driver will represent this upcoming year following the Clash at Daytona last week, which was won by Logan Clampitt. On top of the team changes, there are a few noticeable changes to …

Read more