The classic knock against sim racing is that it’s all too easy to hit the reset button. Whether it’s recovering from a crash without a damage bill, instantly getting a new car with fresh tires already fastened (for free!), or expediting a return to the garage to tune a setup with a few clicks of Read more about Ten Best Drives, Part 5: On the Button[…]
As I was growing up, NASCAR races glowed across my family’s TV screen thirty-some weekends per year. They were standard fare on a Sunday afternoon, like mom’s chicken casserole or dad’s catnaps during the commercials. But a few times each year at critical points on the racing calendar, different races graced our TV, and because Read more about Ten Best Drives, Part 3: Special Events, Special Performances[…]
As my iRacing career progressed, I came to find my niche and I discovered it was endurance racing. Rewarding patience and consistency over raw speed, longer races became my specialty. Before the team endurance racing era began on iRacing, I found my stride in longer solo races such as the Targa Virginia, often finishing ahead Read more about Ten Best Drives, Part 2: Endurance Under Pressure[…]
As both a driver and a writer, there’s something particularly fulfilling about redemption. Perhaps it’s the satisfaction of achieving goals within a convenient story arc and coming away with something to show for it, whether it’s a good result, the respect of teammates, or the memories made along the way. I’ve spent the better part Read more about Redemption at Risk[…]
On and off the virtual racetrack, this has been a year I’ll remember both for good and bad reasons. In the spirit of holiday samplers that would even make Whitman’s chocolates jealous, one recent weekend was packed with a full year’s worth of those memories and emotions, making it a fitting end to 2018. My Read more about The Ups and Downs of 2018[…]
With some bad driving, bad luck, and bad opponents blotting my experiences with it, the HPD ARX-01c prototype on iRacing has always left something of a bad taste in my mouth. The first time I drove it after the car was released seven years ago, it immediately put me outside of my comfort zone. The Read more about Summer Road Trip, Week 7: Palate Cleanser[…]
For some drivers, it’s the longest race they’ll never finish. The Nurburgring 24 Hours pulls no punches when it comes to demands on minds and bodies. The twice-around-the-clock distance feels more like ten times if you haven’t slept. The already-narrow Nordschleife seems even tighter knowing that putting one tire wrong can spell instant disaster. Adding Read more about Around the ‘Ring in 24 Hours[…]
During an endurance season in which it seemed like I was constantly bedeviled by bad luck, perhaps it’s only appropriate that in the season finale — the NEO Endurance Series’ 24 Hours of Le Mans last weekend — it felt as though I was tested by something supernatural. Let’s call them the Ghosts of Races Read more about Fright Night[…]
After several years of running multiple wintertime endurance series, often on back-to-back weekends, I resolved that this year, I would scale back my involvement to one car — the Ford GT GTE — and one league — the NEO Endurance Series. With five NEO events plus iRacing’s 24 Hours of Daytona now in the books, Read more about Sidelined[…]
Entering last Sunday’s NEO Endurance Series season opener at Sebring, there was plenty of excitement and promise throughout the paddock, but also some important questions to be answered. Among the strong and closely matched GT field, how well would the teams play with one another? Given that drivers with almost equal pace would be fighting Read more about A Real Fine Place to Start[…]