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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
Even after a dozen weeks of back-to-back racing during my Summer Road Trip through iRacing’s road racing series, there was no rest for a weary traveler. For the fall, a new road beckoned, but unlike the official series open to anyone with a license, this one was invite-only. And that invitation had to be earned. Read more about On the Road Again[…]
It’s been said that the only differences between sim racing and real racing are the lack of G forces and the burden of crash damage on one’s wallet. In the past, I might have added one other item to that list: the rigors of being on the road each week for a different event. However, Read more about Seven Weeks[…]
I have always considered endurance racing one of my strong suits because it doesn’t always reward the fastest driver, but the one with the best patience, consistency, and — as the name implies — endurance. The beginning of iRacing’s new endurance season last month brought another reminder of those qualities needed to succeed, along with Read more about On the Attack[…]