Silverado Available to Members in October, Monte Carlo SS and Impala SS in 2009

BEDFORD, MA. September 25, 2008 – iRacing.com has licensed and is in the process of building three of Chevrolet’s primary stock car racing vehicles, the Silverado truck, Monte Carlo SS and Impala SS. The Silverado will be available to iRacing members beginning October 15. The racing versions of the Monte Carlo SS and Impala SS will follow in 2009.

“Our relationship with GM Racing is exciting for us, and it’s great news for many of our members, including those who are also stock car racing stars in the physical world,” said Scott McKee, iRacing’s vice president of marketing. “They’ve known that most of the tracks where these vehicles race are either already in our inventory or in the process of being built. So, it was only a matter of time before we added the headliner vehicles that have made these tracks famous.”

In addition to its training benefits to the active real-world racers among the iRacing membership, the Silverado will play a major role in the competition side of iRacing’s online service, the structure of which calls for members to begin their internet racing career with slower, entry-level racecars and progress to faster ones as they demonstrate their ability to race safely through the course of successive 12-week seasons.

“Our members can test with any of the vehicles in our inventory,” said McKee. “But for our members who use the service for more than just training, the Silverado will be the basis for an advanced level of oval track competition – and the Impala SS will slot in above that when it’s released early next year.”