It sounds like a question reserved for some post-apocalyptic box office thriller: would you rather be the hunter or the hunted? Of course, now that terms like “pandemic”, “quarantine”, and “lockdown” are appearing in the actual news instead of just Hollywood cinema, we may be closer than it seems to a world where it’s chase-or-be-chased Read more about The Hunter and the Hunted[…]
September was one of my best sim racing months ever. Admittedly, it was with a small sample size, but good results in my two events still made it a month to remember. It began with pre-qualifying for the new NEO-sanctioned 24H SERIES ESPORTS season. I was back behind the wheel for the first time in Read more about In-Race Reporter: Mountain High to Valley l’Eau[…]
I was never supposed to be in this position. Midway through the last NEO season, I decided that it would be my last as a driver. Both writing about and competing in the series proved to be a bigger time commitment than I could make, and when forced to choose, I figured I was a Read more about In-Race Reporter: An Unexpected Position[…]
Endurance racing is all about time. It can be your best friend or your worst enemy, and sometimes both within the same race. It can make or break a strategy. It can show how nail-bitingly close or frustratingly far you came from that next position or, in a championship series, a few more valuable points. Read more about Ten Best Drives, Part 6: The Time of My Life[…]
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[…]
Move aside, bald eagle. I may have found an even greater story of recovery from the brink of extinction: the Radical Racing Challenge series on iRacing. Okay, maybe comparing a virtual racing competition to the living symbol of our nation’s freedom is a bit heavy-handed, but the change I’ve seen in the past year is Read more about Summer Road Trip, Week 12: Bounce Back[…]