[iRaN] iRacing in TOPGEAR/SRO announce Blancpain GT Racing! [TopGear2th] [blancpain]

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[iRaN] iRacing in TOPGEAR/SRO announce Blancpain GT Racing! [TopGear2th] [blancpain] Mar 16, 2015 8:37:22 GMT -6 ting5106 likes this

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Can iRacing get any cooler?

SRO Motorsports Group and iRacing.com today announced the creation of two online racing series for virtual sports cars that are based on the Blancpain Sprint Series and Blancpain Endurance Series. The two series will feature iRacing’s digital GT3 cars, including the BMW Z4, Ford GT and McLaren MP4-12C (with Aston Martin and another major manufacturer expected in the future) in races from thirty minutes to three hours in duration.

To celebrate this new partnership iRacing is offering a special 3-month membership for only $5 for new members – a more than 80% savings. New members can use promo code PR-SROMG at www.iracing.com when signing up.

“We’re proud to have the SRO Motorsports Group as the first European-based racing series promotor in a group of iRacing partners that includes NASCAR, IndyCar and V8 Supercars,” says Steve Myers, Executive Vice President and Executive Producer at iRacing.com. “This partnership began with our initial introduction at September’s iRacing.com Nürburgring 1000 and quickly developed into a conversation on how iRacing and SRO could work together.”

“The fact that over 1500 iRacers participated in our recent endurance event attests to GT racing’s popularity on the iRacing service. We look forward to working with SRO in developing innovative methods of engaging fans of GT racing the world over.”

“The SRO Motorsports Group is happy to announce our new relationship with iRacing.com,” says Stephane Ratel, Founder & CEO of the SRO Motorsports Group. “Together, our organizations will bring exciting new dimensions to the Blancpain Sprint Series and Blancpain Endurance Series by enabling race fans and sim racers all over the world to experience the challenge of world class GT3 racing.”

The two online series will be contested on laser-scanned versions of many of the tracks on the Blancpain Sprint and Blancpain Endurance Series schedules including Brands Hatch, Monza, Silverstone, Spa-Francorchamps, Zolder and, when iRacing’s version is completed this fall, the Nürburgring. The endurance races will utilize iRacing’s driver swap function that enables two or more iRacers to co-drive the same car from different locations anywhere in the world.
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The company was founded in 2004 by Dave Kaemmer and John Henry and subsequently released iRacing.com in August 2008. Kaemmer was co-founder of Papyrus Design Group, developers of award-winning racing simulations including “Grand Prix Legends” and NASCAR 2003.”

Henry is principal owner of the Boston Red Sox and Liverpool Football Club, as well as co-owner of NASCAR’s Roush Fenway Racing. iRacing.com has developed dozens of formal partnerships in the motorsport industry to help create the most authentic racing simulation in the world including with NASCAR, IndyCar, International Speedway Corporation, Speedway Motorsports, McLaren Electronics, Williams F1, Volkswagen, Ford, the Skip Barber Racing School and General Motors.

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[iRaN] iRacing in TOPGEAR/SRO announce Blancpain GT Racing! [TopGear2th] [blancpain] Mar 24, 2015 3:17:37 GMT -6

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iRacing in Top Gear!

by Mike Channell on March 23rd, 2015

iRacing launches Blancpain GT3 series
Geektastic race simulator to host online GT3 championship. Who's up for a real-time Spa 24-hour?

Fancy going GT racing but don't have a spare £300,000 stuffed under your Nomex-upholstered mattress?

Well rejoice, because the FIA's Blancpain GT Series has cosied up with fantastically nerdy simulator iRacing for an online multiplayer series that pits players against each other in GT3 machinery.

If you're unfamiliar, iRacing's the videogame equivalent of that one mate who turns up for a kickabout and offers to referee. It's got a startlingly pedantic list of rules and regulations, but the upshot is you don't tend to get unceremoniously biffed off the circuit at the very first corner. It's at least the second or third one.

iRacing's already got tie-ups in the US to please NASCAR and Indycar fans, but Blancpain is the first sanctioned series for people who don't think barbecue sauce goes with absolutely everything. Races from both the Sprint and Endurance calendars will be digitally recreated, including a full-length Spa 24 hour race, complete with driver changes.

This article appeared on Top Gear's Website! To read the full article, please go here: TOPGEAR

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[iRaN] iRacing in TOPGEAR/SRO announce Blancpain GT Racing! [TopGear2th] [blancpain] Mar 25, 2015 22:34:09 GMT -6 ting5106 likes this

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Mar 25, 2015 18:08:11 GMT -6 ting5106 said:

Pipster said:
Can iRacing get any cooler?

Yes, you and the rest of the n7thGear crew could join!

dBG9No

+1. I'll drink to that.

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[iRaN] iRacing in TOPGEAR/SRO announce Blancpain GT Racing! [TopGear2th] [blancpain] Mar 26, 2015 5:16:25 GMT -6 ting5106 and thefarmer like this

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Mar 25, 2015 18:08:11 GMT -6 ting5106 said:

Pipster said:
Can iRacing get any cooler?

Yes, you and the rest of the n7thGear crew could join!

dBG9No

drew13 said i can get a new computer and when i decide on which one to get (and can find time to race

) its one of the first things i want to do! ( join iracing)

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