Just opened - sponsored directly by iRacing and Sanctioning Bodies for Real Race Series looks very interesting and a good way to keep up with things

http://www.inracingnews.com/

Read all about it! iRacing has gone live with the latest component of its online virtual racing service - a comprehensive, free online motorsports news Web site that is now available to members of the iRacing community and others in the larger motorsports community, including racing fans. inRacingNews.com (www.inRacingNews.com) presents a digest of race results and motorsport news from around the world as well as the latest in competition and other developments from iRacing's online racing series.

"The site is up and running now and we already are experiencing a good deal of traffic," said John Henry, co-owner of iRacing.com. "This is a very exciting development. We expect that inRacingNews will add to the experience of iRacing's members, but everyone is welcome to use it."

Henry noted that iRacing's membership is both geographically diverse and possessed of a wide range of motorsport interests. "We've built a global community of racing enthusiasts; more than 40% of you live outside North America. And while most of us focus on the pure fun of racing online, a good number of you also use the service to prepare for real-world races. But one thing we all have in common is a wide-ranging passion for motorsport. And because all of us these days find that time's at a premium, the site is designed so you can get a quick overview of everything that's happening in the world of motorsport and then get more information on those items that are of most interest to you."

Tony Gardner, president of iRacing, noted that with the company's growing list of partnerships with sanctioning bodies such as NASCAR, IndyCar and SCCA, plus relationships with manufacturers such as Volkswagen, Mazda, Chevrolet, and Ford, in addition to racecar manufacturers including Dallara, Pratt & Miller, Riley, 600 Racing and Radical, iRacing was becoming more integrated into the fabric of motorsport world-wide.

"There's no longer a sharp line between the virtual and physical worlds or racing," Gardner said. "So it makes sense for us to have a news site that covers it all."

Veteran motorsports journalist David Phillips, who joined the iRacing.com staff earlier this year, has been named editor of inRacingNews.com. Phillips, a long-time contributor to print and electronic publications in the U.S. and abroad, including Racer, Autosport, AutoWeek, Motor Sport and SPEEDtv.com, will oversee the daily updating of news and feature material inRacingNews.com.

"inRacingNews is designed to provide iRacing members and other race fans with the important news from real-world racing and sim-racing in an easy-to-navigate, easy-to-read format," Phillips said. "We'll be getting most of our real-world racing news and commentary from some of the world's leading motorsports news-gathering organizations. At the same time, we're fortunate that a number of the most knowledgeable members of the iRacing community have agreed to contribute our simracing content. I think readers will find inRacingNews as enjoyable as it is informative. Of course, they'll be able to focus on their favorite facets of the sport, but the site's format will provide them with quick and easy access to all aspects of 21st-century motorsports including, we think, some new favorites