Thinking back on my iRacing oval career, it sometimes feels like an out-of-body experience. Or perhaps more aptly, that some other, more talented oval driver took over my body whenever it came time to turn left. That’s the best explanation I can fathom for how a sim racer who, despite growing up on the Papyrus Read more about Ten Best Drives, Part 4: Doing Left Turns Right[…]
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[…]
Ten years ago this summer, I joined iRacing, partially out of curiosity to see how far sim racing had come during my college years and partially to scratch the itch of being away from virtual driving for so long. My own abilities and equipment — including a half-broken set of Microsoft Sidewinder pedals — were Read more about Ten Best Drives, Part 1: Going Full Circle[…]