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1-14-2021 – Stretching Wood – Episode 0262

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

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Introduction

This week we be getting into all of the news with the Coke draft and how is Bristol Dirt shaping up for this year, The 24 Hours of Daytona is coming up really soon, and tons of Hardware topics tonight.

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Topics

World of Outlaws Round 8 – Kokomo [Brian, Mike]

Round 8 of the NOS World of Outlaws World Championship was at Kokomo Speedway with Alex Bergeron holding a 10 point lead over Hayden Cardwell and no one else even close.

Bergeron took the lead early in the feature with Cardwell up to 4th after the first lap.

By lap 10 Cardwell had made his way up to 2nd and was following Bergeron outside of striking range as they worked their way thru traffic, Then, with just 6 laps to go, Zane Smith spins in front of the leader Bergeron and he can’t avoid the collision, getting significant front end damage.

But in a stroke of good luck, the caution actually came out just before the contact, so Alex was able to resume the race in front Cardwell was able to avoid the mess and was able to take advantage of Bergeron’s ill handling car, take the lead and the win. with James Edens taking second and Tyler Schell i third.

Bergeron fell to the fourth spot which was good enough to maintain a razor thin 2 point lead over Cardwell heading into the 9th round on Monday at Williams Grove Speedway.

Coke News – Dillon eSports [Hall]

Justin Melillo reports that Team Dillon eSports has added Corey Vincent (formerly of Renegades) along with Taylor Hurst who advanced from the Pro Series to their 2021 lineup.

https://www.facebook.com/1590062501243956/posts/2704851386431723/?d=n

Deadzone Racing [Tony]

Deadzone Racing has landed perennial Coke Series Championship contender Ryan Luza as well as Dylan Duval making a formative team for the 2021 season.

Klingerman eSports [Greg]

Klingerman Sports has added Bob Bryant and Rookie standout Isaac Gann to Parker’s first season as a solo team owner

Stewart Hass eSports [Mike]

Stewart Haas has signed drivers Graham Bowling and Dylan Duval to fill out their 2021 Coke Series roster

Richmond Raceway eSports [Tony]

In a video dropped by Richmond Raceway eSports, they reveal that Zach Novak and Jimmie Mullins will both be returning for the 2021 season

2020 GIFs of the Year [Greg]

Part 5 of Nascar’s 2020 GIFs of the year includes the top GIFs of iRacing including a frustrated Clint Bower, a clueless Jimmie Johnson and Denny Hamlin’s monitor turned off by his daughter.

Bristol Dirt Confirmed [Brian]

Bristol Motor Speedway posted a video of what arrived at their facilities today, a load of dirt being delivered for the Nascar dirt event. Aaron Bearden asked if there was a chance of getting Bristol Dirt on iRacing. Steve Myers responded to the thread by saying; “Already being worked on.”

RIP Junior [Hall]

Alan Pajari from the Winter Series League regretfully announced the passing of fellow racer and One Up Motorsports team member Jason K Miller, known to his fellow racers as ‘Junior’ and was described by Alan as a tremendous person who was funny, thoughtful and serious when the situation asked for it. Christian Challener also added that, “Jason Miller was one of the unspoken greats of the iRacing oval community. He had time for everyone and raced with respect. An absolute masterclass in how to conduct yourself.”

https://www.facebook.com/456875677702430/posts/3646934165363216/?d=n

Porsche Race [Mike]

Apex Race Team announced that the new Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing eSports team will have Kevin Ellis Jr and Zac Campbell as it’s drivers for the 2021 Porsche Tag Heuer Supercup Season.

Results [Brian]

Not long after the announcement, Kevin Ellis Jr goes on to win the opening stage of the Porsche Supercup race at Interlagos with Max Benecke in second and Mitchell deJong in third.

https://www.iracing.com/ellis-scores-first-porsche-tag-heuer-esports-supercup-feature-win-at-interlagos/

First Lap Video [Greg]

Kevin Ellis posted a video of his treacherous first lap of the race including several close calls.

24 Hrs of Daytona – Incoming [Tony]

Casey Kirwan shared a video of how,,,Not so well practice for the 24 hours of Daytona is going.

24 Hours of Daytona Details [Mike]

Greg West posted on the forums the final details and time slots for the fast approaching iRacing 24 Hours of Daytona

https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3783207.page#12325221

BOP Announced [Brian]

Greg also posted the updated Balance of Power for the event. These adjustments will be race specific and not be part of any patch.

https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3789396.page#12359414

LMP2 Changes detailed [Hall]

Christian Challiner spelled out the new changes to the LMP2 to inform those running in the 24 Hours of Daytona. these include a 40HP reduction, increased tire warmer temperatures, revised camber limits and the introduction of  ‘Pushrod Length’ and ‘Third Pin Length’ adjustments.

https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3788859.page

Stretch before you Drive? [Tony]

Cameron Gridley shared in the iRacing forums that he routinely stretches before his race sessions to help with some old injuries and muscle tightness that flare up when driving for long periods of time. And wonders how many others do that or something similar.

https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3788351.page#12354411

Pro Invitational Incoming? [Greg]

Denny Hamlin posted a Tweet that may hint towards a return of the Pro Invitational.

Community iRacing Discord [Mike]

Eric Barile of Lazy Dayz Racing is setting up an open, community Discord channel for racers from every corner of the world to chill, talk racing and have a place to race anything they want.

https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3788486.page#12355629

Get Texts From iRacing [Brian]

Tyler Hudson announced on the forums that you can now sign up to get iRacing texts to your mobile device. if you go to iRacing.com it will prompt you to sign up. You will then receive text notifications regarding Championship live events and/or special offers.

https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3788604.page#12356706

2021 BMW Sim GT Cups [Hall]

Greg West announced on the forums the creation of the BMW SIM GT Cup, the successor to the BMW SIM 120 Cup. Divided into two seasons, a total of ten races will take place in 2021. A total prize purse of 4,200 US dollars is up for grabs for the top three teams in the first four races of each season. The races are 120 minutes long and include a mandatory driver changeover. The dates have already been confirmed for Season 1 in the BMW M8 GTE, with the opening round taking place at the virtual ‘Daytona International Speedway’ on 17th January

These events are team races with a minimum of 2 drivers required. The fair share driving rules will be used.

https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3788557.page#12356352

https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3788559.page#12356355

Bell Wins! [Tony]

In the week long events leading up to the Chili Bowl Nationals, Christopher Bell driving the iRacing sponsored midget wins the Race of Champions in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Sim Racing is Awesome! [Mike]

A comic style meme may have done the best job personifying what iRacing means to those of us who are iRacing fanatics.

iRacing Curse Strike Catalunya [Brian]

So it looks like the cure of iRacing has been felt in the recently introduced Barcelona Circuit. In 2021 turn 10 has been modified from the version iRacing just released. No sign from iRacing of any updates to the 2020 version

https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3788565.page#12356380

Season 1 Patch 3 – Release Notes [Hall]

iRacing has dropped the new Season 1 Patch 3 notes.

https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3788999.page#12358620

Podcast Housekeeping

Aftermath

New Website – Leave Comments

We are in the regular rotation… (Mike)

https://performancemotorsportsnetwork.com/

Hardware/Software

RSR-21 Chassis [Tony]

Rock Solid Rigs just Launched the RSR-21 Chassis. A solid wood, fully adjustable racing rig developed by a Formula One Car Designer for optimal stiffness.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJDk2CHhHXg/?igshid=wtk2tghbab5l

SimMagic Pedal Inbound? [Greg]

SimMagic posted on their Instagram account a tease of a new pedal that may be inbound

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJp5jQwhptG/?igshid=1hcnievya3fow

http://www.simagic.com/#/PageMainEn/PageProductEn

Same Wheel for Real Car or Sim Car [Mike]

The BMW Blog shows off the new Fanatec BMW M4 GT3 Steering wheel in an article that also addresses their commitment to sim racing saying, ” the (GT3) racing series will co-exist with the digital racing series and it won’t be unusual to see “hybrid” drivers racing in both.

https://www.bmwblog.com/2021/01/06/bmw-m4-gt3-sim-racing-will-cost-below-5000-euros/?fbclid=IwAR2S_b-5MoxI8c5bw_ygYHQ6NLK-qwFMxt_N_e_gEXCgSefwee9p3d8hkyk

https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3788045.page#12351116

Twitch Extension [Brian]

Vicente Maestre developed a Twitch Panel Extension that will let you display your iRacing Licenses and stats on your Twitch Channel.

https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3755997.page

Company Review – Hamrock (Finland) [Hall]

The RSH eSports company from Finland has announced that they are ready to ship their Sim Rigs to the EU area and are constantly adding items to the English side of their company.

Spotlights 2 Rollout [Tony]

Midwest Simulations is rolling out their Spotlight 2 spotter/lighting system. The new Spotlights feature 20% larger lenses as well as a third light on each side, one of the most requested features for 3 wide racing so it is easier to differentiate between when one and two lights are on.  

https://mobile.twitter.com/MidwestSims/status/1347295072765833218?s=19

https://midwestsim.com/blog/spotlights-2-rollout/

Nvidea Warns – High Severity GPU Driver Flaws [Mike]

On Thursday Nvidea fixed a slew of high-severity flaws affecting its graphics driver. The vulnerabilities allow bad actors to cripple systems with denial of service attacks, escalate privileges, tamper with data or sniff out sensitive data.

https://threatpost.com/nvidia-windows-gamers-graphics-driver-flaws/162857/

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Official Series

• Ellis  – p Ferrari GT Challenge- 
  • Watkins Glen – p9,. Started 16th – some early carnage i missed it – clean after that
  • Bobby – got pole finished 3rd
  • P13 – after starting p16 – just no pace
• Class A Fixed
  • Ellis – p5 – texas – started p19 – via attrition and barely missing some early wrecks worked my way up – 10 to go or so got wrecked only 30 seconds damage still had my revs – drove it from 12th to 5th – I sucked on the restarts bad lost on a couple of them

• P22 – tried again – 1 caution lap 3 then green from there was high as 7th but i was expecting cautions and ran my tires hard to move up – faded to p22 hit the wall like 3 times pushing
• Brian – Ran several races over the weekend in the Skippy’s at Watkins Glen trying to advance my license in order to race in the 24 Hours of Daytona.  Best finish was a P4, but I advanced to a C license, gained about 150 iRating,,,all starting from the pits.  

League / Hosted Races

• Mike – Legends – Wilkesboro – p6 – ran 4th to 5th most of the race – did two stopper and most others did 1 – that bit me
• Mike – p18 – entered pit on wrong side 40 second penalty

David – Bristol, p8,  4th in points now 7th with drop week

• OBRL ARCA Series
• Brian- P7 Indy.  Wasn’t quite able to save tires well enough to stay up front, but still had some great racing.

• UCORA Spotlights Snowball Series – radicals 
  • Hall –.P1 LAST LAP PASS
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  • https://www.facebook.com/UltimateClassicRacingAssociation/photos/a.933461160158059/1822995721204594/?type=3 

Final Thoughts

Words Spoken in Closing Audio Clip -“”Thank you for listening to the iRacers Lounge podcast make sure to go subscribe to us on iTunes, SoundCloud, or Google Play, Facebook & Twitter, See You On The Track .” 

TITLE IDEAS

1. Stretching Wood
2. .
3. .

Description

In this week’s show we continue to report which teams this year’s Coke Series drivers land. We report that dirt is arriving at Bristol Motor Speedway, but will it be arriving at iRacing? The Daytona 24 Hours is a hot topic this week, and can you buy a dynamic, fully adjustable sim rig,,,out of wood? We’ll answer that question and so much more on this edition of The iRacers Lounge Podcast.

iRacers Lounge Podcast is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play Music, Spotify, Soundcloud, Podbean, Spreaker, Podbay, PodFanatic, Overcast, Amazon, and other podcast players. 

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Hosts:

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Chris Scales – twitter.com/JediMcfly

David Hall – www.twitch.tv/mixmage

Greg Hecktus – twitter.com/froozenkaktus – www.twitch.tv/froozenkaktus

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Adam Josselyn- twitter.com/Jossad83

Nick Williams – facebook.com/NDWRacing

Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

Tom Dreiling – 

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1/7/2021 – Olat is All That – Episode 0261

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

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• Joining me are the usual characters, ———— 

Introduction

Today on the show we welcome rookie Coke series Driver Femi Olat, review the World of Outlaws Race at Cedar Lake Speedway and discuss all of this weeks hot topics including Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds in iRacing.

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Special Guest

Femi Olat

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General Questions:

1. What brought you to iRacing and how did you hear about it?
   1. Why do you race on iRacing over other sims? 
2. Which series do you normally run?
3. Have you tried the new tire model?  If so, what are your thoughts?                 
4. What type of hardware do you use? (Wheels, Pedals, ect.)
   1. What gear did you use when you first started iRacing?
5. Do you run Monitors or VR? 
   1. How many monitors?
   2. What VR headset are you running?
6. Are you part of a team?  
7. Do you participate in any leagues or is it just official racing? 
8. What is your most memorable iRacing moment? 

Guest Specific Questions:

1. Pro Series – finishes – 4, 2, 21, 21, 29, 14
2. Tell us about your RTP journey….
3. What are you doing to get ready for the Coke Series?                

Topics

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World of Outlaws Week 7 – Cedar Lake [Brian,Mike]

Monday night marked Round 7 of the NOS Energy Drink World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series which brought us to the new Cedar Lake Speedway coming into this week Hayden Cardwell held a slim 4 point lead over Alex Bergeron and Kendel Tucker a distant 3rd.

Bergeron has fast time in qualifying while Cardwell turns in an 8th place finish. and runs away with the first heat earning him pole position for the Feature race

James Edens gaps the field to take heat 2, and Tyler Shell wins heat 3 in a photo finish over Adam Elby.

In heat 4 Zane Scott starts from the pole, but Cardwell quickly clears him on the outside to take over the lead on lap 1, but on lap 2 Cardwell jumps the cushion on turn 2 and wrecks sending him to the back of the field and JD Brown taking the checker.

So, with the points in the heat race Cardwell’s lead had already evaporated before the feature even starts, but still having to advance from the B main to avoid a complete disaster and putting Bergeron firmly in control of the championship.

Cardwell started P4 in the LCQ, took some damage racing for second, but still managed finding the speed to take the win and getting the 18th grid spot in the feature.

In the feature event Alex Bergeron grabbed the lead fighting off challenges from Tyler Schell who was running him down from the extreme high line when on lap 27 he missed his line, hits the wall in turn 3 and flies over the fence, but no cations came out and no fans were injured..

James Edens also put some pressure on Bergeron, but ultimately ran out of laps finishing P2 with Alex Bergeron taking his 4th win of the season. Hayden Cardwell works his way all the way up to P4 averting a points disaster, and landing 10 points behind new points leader Bergeron heading into week 8 at the bullring ok Kokomo Speedway next Monday night.

2020 Year in Review [Hall]

iRacing looked back at 2020 by posting an inspiring Year in Review video in what may have been undoubtedly one of the most important years in the history of iRacing.

Can we get SRX Series Cars [Tony]

Tyler Stooksbury posted in the forums that he’s curious if iRacing might be getting the new SRX series cars. Tyler was especially excited about the the limited adjustments that’s available to the drivers and teams in the series. The SRX is scheduled to make their debut this summer with a 6 race season.

https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3786464.page#12343373

Got to try out BMW Sim [Brian]

Youtube broadcaster Jimmy Broadbent was allowed to take a spin in the BMW Motorsports Center’s top of the line manufacturer simulator. The Youtube video goes thru his entire tour and experience of his visit.

Dale Jr & Steve Myers Found [Greg]

In iRacing’s version of Where’s Waldo, Dale Jr and Steve Myers have been found at the new iRacing Super Speedway hanging out in the construction crane!

Epitome of 2020 [Mike]

If you were to summarize the year 2020 in a race, this one might be a good candidate.

SimSpeed to cover NiS 2021 [Hall]

SimSpeed along with VRS will provide coverage of every round of the 2021 Friday night Open NIS racing series. The full, complete broadcast details will be announced in the upcoming weeks.

https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3787444.page#12347018

Follow Up – Won’t Be Cup Drivers [Tony]

Nascar announcer Mike Joy responded to a Tweet from James Yoder who asked if there will be a return of the eNascar Pro Invitational this upcoming year. He responded that he hopes not, because it would have meant a suspension of the Nascar regular season. This implies that the story from last week that Fox Sports may broadcast iRacing events will most likely not be actual Nascar drivers.

IR-01 Series DOA? [Brian]

Ajibola Lawal posted in the forums that he’s had a blast with the new iR-01 car at Suzuka and Silverstone, but has noticed a sharp drop in participation since it’s introduction. Greg West agreed with someone who responded that the holiday season along with a fairly unpopular track, and to give it some time.

https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3787593.page#12347759

Kyle Busch / Will Rogers Battle [Mike]

On Monday night, in the K1 Speed 200K at Watkins Glen, Will Rogers held off Kyle Busch in the pro trucks in a wild finish for the win.

Larry Mac And DW calling MNR [Brian]

Monday Night Racing posted on their Facebook that Larry McReynolds and Darrell Waltrip will be broadcasting their final race on January 25th at 9am on Podium eSports.

https://www.facebook.com/mondaynightracing/posts/210265534172230

Game to Glory [Hall]

Red Bull TV has started a series on Youtube called Game to Glory. It’s a series about Red Bull Sim Racing Driver and Porsche Tag Heuer Series Champion Sebastian Job. The first episode revolves around his history in karting, moving on to eSports and becoming a professional sim racer. It looks like in the upcoming episodes he will be getting an opportunity to try the Red Bull Factory F1 simulator that the real drivers use.

Time for Chili Bowl [Tony]

Nascar Driver and 3 time Chilli Bowl Winner Christopher Bell shows off his iRacing sponsored Midget for the as he gets ready for next weeks event.

Sponsor for Coanda Simsport [Brian]

Coanda Simsport has announced a new partnership with LEGO Technic for the upcoming Porsche Tag Heuer Supercup season and shows off their new paint scheme.

Listener Email [Mike]

‘John Boy’ Faller emailed the show to help get the word out the he is hosting the Daytona Dirty Monkey 250 to raise money to fight Autism on Feb 20th. All of the $15 entrance fee will go to the charity. They will run 100 laps in a fixed setup and there are prizes for the top 3 finishers. You can sign up at his website https://johnboy202.wixsite.com/mysite

John Boy <johnboy202@gmail.com>	Wed, Jan 6, 7:12 PM (14 hours ago)
to iracerslounge

Hi Mike I hope all is well my man. I wanted to ask you if you could help me out by getting the word out about a race that we will be hosting to raise money for autism. The race will be on 2/20/2021. Practice will start at 8:30pm est time and will be just 30mins then Qualifying 5mins or 2 laps. We are calling it Daytona Dirty Monkey 250 Autism Awareness. There will be an entry fee of $15. Which all money will go to autism. The race will be a 100 Laps fix setup. As of right now I don’t have anybody doing the broadcast so I will be doing it myself on Dirty Monkey TV on youtube. There will be prizes for the top 3 finishers. For 2nd and 3rd place they will get a snap hat with the race logo on it. I will put a pic of the hat in this email. The winner will get a Pitboard from the guys at IracingIflags. Also a nascar diecast From Race City Sports Memorabilia you can find them on facebook and a also a snap hat. Just 43 cars will make the race but if we get more than 43 cars we will take the top 30 qualifiers to the race and have a 10 lap heat race and the top 13 will make the race. To sign up all you have to do is go to our website and at the top right you will see autism race then click on the image and that will take you to the form. I know you love Daytona so i hope to see you guys in the race. Thank you and your guys for ALL the help with all my leagues and stuff. Thank you
Website: https://johnboy202.wixsite.com/mysite

Coke Teams Announced [Hall]

iRacing has announced the 20 teams that will comprise the 2021 Coca-Cola series and also that the prize pool for this year has been increased to $330,000. Four teams will not be returning from last year including G2 Esports, Renegades and VRS.

https://www.iracing.com/2021-enascar-coca-cola-iracing-series-team-lineup-and-330000-prize-pool-announced/

Lowe to Wood Brothers [Greg]

In late breaking news, an announcement on Twitter, John Gorlinski will be joining Garrett Lowe on the Wood Brother Racing team.

IMSA is BACK [Brian]

IMSA Drivers and Gamers to Compete Sunday in Identical LMP2s Preseason invitational

By David Phi

IMSA is

GT3 Balance [Hall]

Our own David Hall had a conversation with iRacing employee Christian Challiner regarding the balance of power in the GT3 series.

Podcast Housekeeping

Aftermath

New Website – Leave Comments

We are in the regular rotation… (Mike)

https://performancemotorsportsnetwork.com/

Hardware/Software

Rig Review [Hall]

Michael Callahan mad a sim rig by repurposing an old drum rack system

Rig Review [Tony]

Matt Densham shows off his solution to keep the pedals anchored to his chair

Simtag Hydraulic 2 pedal set Racer Edition (Belguim) [Mike]

The Simtag Hydraulic 2 Tilton 600 forged aluminium 2 pedal floor mount assembly with an up to 120 kg maximum pressure for 1489 pounds.

https://simtag.eu/

Frex Shifter (Japan) [Hall]

Frex has an alloy H pattern shifter with a clamp-on mount for 49,800yen ($480)

https://www.frex.com/gp/

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Official Series

• Euro Sprint
• Hall – 1st ever win at Watkins Glen,  first win for the team for the year

• Ellis  – p Ferrari GT Challenge- 
• Class A Fixed
  • Ellis – p21 – Hit the wall hard lap 2 – horrible race – stephen louallen ran w me got p7 – hermie sadler in the race

League / Hosted Races

• Coke Raceway –
  • Hosted – Chris Macguire – Michigan mx5’s – fun
  • UMPs at Limaland
  • David Schieldhouse – Kias at Vegas

• Mike – p 14 – legends at rock – lots of fun, ran the tires off a lot – had only 4% left on on set – it was the race to see who would not be last… 
• Mike – p20 — 1 caution – from there 1 did 2 stopper everyone else 1 stopper – really my only choice pretty sure my tires would not have held out for the 1 stopper – Tyler won – Fun to race the Sadler Bros

• David – p 8.  Good long run speed.  Top 10 in this league is always good.
  • Derek Justis in points leader, Christian Chaniler is in Third, I’m in Fifth

OBRL ARCA Series Atlanta
Brian- P2 Tire saving strategy pays off. Started in 6th, dropped back early and worked my way up thru the field

• OBRL iRLP Aftermath Truck Series Mosport 

Brian P12 new road course for me and didn’t get enough practice.  IPL takes a hit!

• OBRL National Series (Xfinity) 
  • Talladega
  • Brian P16 Pit lost a lap on pit stop fiasco

Final Thoughts

Words Spoken in Closing Audio Clip -“”Thank you for listening to the iRacers Lounge podcast make sure to go subscribe to us on iTunes, SoundCloud, or Google Play, Facebook & Twitter, See You On The Track .” 

TITLE IDEAS

1. Olat is All That
2. .
3. .

Description

This week on the iRacers Lounge Podcast we welcome brand new Coca-Cola Series driver, Femi Olat. We take a look at how the new Coke season will be shaping up, who’s this years owners, and what’s the new prize pool. We see sim drivers in factory simulators at BMW and Team Red Bull as well as some resourceful homemade builds. So, come along and enjoy the show!

iRacers Lounge Podcast is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play Music, Spotify, Soundcloud, Podbean, Spreaker, Podbay, PodFanatic, Overcast, Amazon, and other podcast players. 

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www.schoolyardsetups.com    Promo Code – Lounge

Hosts:

Mike Ellis – twitter.com/MikeDeanEllis

Tony Groves – www.twitch.tv/SirGroves

Chris Scales – twitter.com/JediMcfly

David Hall – www.twitch.tv/mixmage

Greg Hecktus – twitter.com/froozenkaktus – www.twitch.tv/froozenkaktus

Tony Rochette – twitter.com/TonyRochette

Adam Josselyn- twitter.com/Jossad83

Nick Williams – facebook.com/NDWRacing

Brian Maccubbin – www.twitch.tv/MacRubbinsRacin

Tom Dreiling – 

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12/31/2020 – Gann-tastic – Episode 0260

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Show Introduction

Welcome back the iRacers Lounge Podcast. We hope you all had a happy and safe Holiday. This week we bring to you special guest, Pro Series Champion Isaac Gann. We’ll debate should there be fixed setup in the Pro series? That, and more iRacing topics and reviews you’ve come here for.

Special Guest

Isaac Gann

https://members.iracing.com/membersite/member/CareerStats.do?custid=164714

https://members.iracing.com/membersite/member/SeriesStandings.do?season=3016&carid=114

https://twitter.com/IGann_34

https://twitter.com/NorseForceRL

General Questions:

1. What brought you to iRacing and how did you hear about it?
   1. Why do you race on iRacing over other sims? 
2. Which series do you normally run?
3. Have you tried the new tire model?  If so, what are your thoughts?                 
4. What type of hardware do you use? (Wheels, Pedals, ect.)
   1. What gear did you use when you first started iRacing?
5. Do you run Monitors or VR? 
   1. How many monitors?
   2. What VR headset are you running?
6. Are you part of a team?  
7. Do you participate in any leagues or is it just official racing? 
8. What is your most memorable iRacing moment? 

Guest Specific Questions:

1. Pro Series Champion! – finishes – 28, 11, 11, 3, 1, 1
2. Tell us about your RTP journey….
3. What are you doing to get ready for the Coke Series?                
5.  

Topics

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Wonderwoman Car [Hall]

Art McEwen posted a video in the forums of a replay of his Dallara LMP2 barley visible but the wheels, windsheild and steering wheel. Greg West asked for a replay and his graphic settings, and others comments that he could be having GPU driver issues.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/843233790

https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3783500.page#12328566

Alfredo on the Wall [Brian]

‘Fast Pasta’ Anthony Alfredo posted a video of himself testing the new wall proximity model at Homestead comparing it to his past experience there and giving some good pointers to fellow iRacers.

iRacers Lounge Paint [Greg]

Tifosi member Bobby Jonas and Sim Wraps created an excellent iRacers Lounge Podcast Cup Car that’s available in Trading Paints for any of our listeners to run.

https://mobile.twitter.com/TylerFatboy1990/status/1340486519891632129?s=07

Builders…not Racers [Mike]

iRacing posted a video of the staff members race at Long Beach spotlighting the many, comical incidents on the track, most noticeably some hilarious troubles at the hairpin turn.

Listener Craig Reams sends in GT3 BOP Video [Hall]

Podcast listener Craig Reams brought this Youtube video from Beau Albert Sim Racing which compares the balance of power between the 7 different GT3 cars in 5 individual tests of top speed, acceleration, lap times, tire wear and fuel consumption. He found that the new Lamborghini Huracan came out on top by a sizable margin over it’s next competitor including taking top lap time at Twin Ring Motegi

Another User Manual [Brian]

Greg West posted in the forums a new addition to the user manual section with the Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO.

https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3783791.page#12330856

Listener Matt Crockett – Bandit Racing League [Mike]

From Podcast listener Matt Crockett, The Bandit Racing League will be recruiting for it’s Wednesday night Xfinity series league. The league will begin on January 27th at Daytona and all races will be broadcasted by Evan Wall Media on Youtube.

https://www.facebook.com/1565571990374134/posts/2799175037013817/?d=n

Friday Night NASCAR? [Hall]

Adam Stern Tweeted earlier last week that Nascar and iRacing are working on the possibility of airing sim races in the upcoming season. With a lot of one-day shows this coming season, there would be many open broadcast windows on Friday and Saturdays that would normally be filled with practices and qualifying, but are looking to be filled with sim races events

RTP and Pro Fixed Setups? [Brian]

After the conclusion of the Pro Series, Malik Ray kicked off a wave of controversy when he Tweeted that “you guys will never have the 40 best drivers if everything continues to be open!!!” Beau Albert uploaded a quality YouTube video to dive further into the topic.

Award Time [Mike]

The VCO Simmy Awards have been announced and iRacing and Director of Marketing Kevin Bobbit, took the award for Best Platform!

Another Award [Brian]

In another set of awards this season, the Sports Business Journal’s 2020 Year End Award for Best eSports Content was awarded to iRacing, noting their average of 1 million viewers during their Fox Sports broadcasts this spring with the Pro Invitational Series.

SuperCup up Next [Mike]

In a Tweet from Porsche Motorsports they remind all of their followers that January 9th will begin the new season of the iRacing Porsche Tag Heuer Supercup Series with Sabastian Job looking to defend his championship from last season..

Dale Jr Build [Hall]

Dale Earnhardt Jr posted on Instagram a photo of his first solo PC Build and talks abut his affinity for the field of IT and PC gaming.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJTjJB4lASh/?igshid=1nz373pcc4qyj

Blue Light Glasses [Brian]

Pro Driver Pippa Mann Tweeted that she started using blue light glasses and it has helped her with depth perception and she’s had much less problems with headaches after her sim racing sessions.

January Special Events [Mike]

Ryan Vargas is introducing the Nutrishop Montery Park eStreet Stock Showdown. A $500 to win, 75 lap Street Stock event at Autoclub Speedway. It’s $8 to enter and there’s a 200 cap on entries. the event will be held at on January 27th and will be broadcasted on Podium eSports.

[Hall]

The FTF Racing League will be hosting the FTF 500 at Daytona on January 31st Live on Bottom Split with a purse of at least $1700

[Brian]

On February 7th, Podium eSports will hold their 3rd annual Daytona 500 event, The Podium500, with a $10 entrance fee. Last year had 175 entries and the first 2 years combined over a $12,000 payout

iRacers Lounge Trading Paints is now a Winner [Mike]

Fatboy 1990 (aka Tyler Williamson) looks to be the first to to take a victory in the new iRacers Lounge Podcast paint scheme by SimWraps in a Carb Cup race at Daytona.

Race with us Tonight [Brian]

After the show tonight don’t forget about the iRacers Lounge Aftermath New Year’s Eve Bash fon race at the iRacing Super Speedway.

https://www.facebook.com/100993708487748/posts/136952491558536/?d=n

Email From Listener – Farming iRating? [Mike]

Hello, I hear you guys talking about farming Irating, what does that mean and how is it done? I mostly do league races but want to get back into official races. Thanks and great show  

  Derek Branum <derek2448@gmail.com>

David Hall Thread [Hall]

Szabolcs Balog posted in the forums his thought in running in multiclass IMSA races.

https://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/50/3778497.page

Ugly Holiday iRacing Paint Schemes [Brian]

Nascar, in their Nascarcasm section, has asked the fans of painting Cup cars in iRacing to make their best… err worst, ugly holiday pain schemes.

Podcast Housekeeping

Aftermath

New Website – Leave Comments

We are in the regular rotation… (Mike)

https://performancemotorsportsnetwork.com/

Hardware/Software

HP Reverb G2 Sweetspot Investigation [Brian]

MRTV host and VR reviewer, Sabastian Ang, will be doing an investigation in the sweetspot complaints of the HP Reverb G2.

Ramping up Re-Launch of RaceX Pro Cockpit [Hall]

RaceX announced on Instagram showing a work in progress on their revamped Pro Cockpit

Simagic Alpha Servo DD – Pre Order Now [Mike]

The new Simagic Alpha will be available to ship in early January and they are taking pre-orders now. The Alpha is the flagship direct-drive wheel base from Simagic. It comes with 15Nm of torque, delivered by a Servo Motor. The Alpha wheel base is equipped with the same quick-release used with the Simagic M-10 wheel base. This allows you to use any steering wheel with a 50mm or 70mm bolt pattern in conjunction with the Simagic wheels and button boxes. ​

https://www.instagram.com/p/CIuvErzhdwT/?igshid=dslggrloa2b0

New Stuff Incoming [Brian]

Our great sponsor Grid Finder posted on twitter a link to Thrustmaster’s teaser of a possible upgrade to their open wheel rim.

CSL Elite McLaren GT3 V2 [Greg]

Fanatec announces their new and improved CSL Elite McLaren GT3 V2 with magnetic shifters.

https://fanatec.com/us-en/steering-wheels/csl-elite-mclaren-gt3-v2

Rig Review – Sent by Listener Eric Whiting [Brian]

Sprint Car Simulator built by the sprint car engineers at Roan Racing

https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2171900549610019&id=100003702843910&sfnsn=mo

Rig Review [Mike]

Jack Dowell Motorsports shows off their 3000psi hydraulic motion platform Offical Nascar Simulator, part of a racing league called Silicon Motor Speedway. 

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Official Series

Mike

• Ferrari GT Challenge- Oran Park – p5!  – Only had 1 off track too! – starting to learn track i guess….
  • Then p3! – only 3x – 
  • Then p8 -1st turn got dumped bad – dead last out of 19 – moved back to 8th
  • Then p8- Was high as third but spun off bad rallied back to 8
  • Then p7 – I was starting like 6th after my best q ever – after pace car ducked off the leader slowed way down to almost nothing then went – stacked us up bad – 
  • Then p2! – Same pole sitter did the same thing, but I was ready for it – great run!
  • Next Night – p7 – started 13th after botched q – up to 6th in 1st lap – had issues w a car that would all but stop in the s’s, so spun off back to 14th – rallied back to p7, but 10x

• Then p10 out of 17 – horrible race spun off all by myself 3 times – I was just starting to get cocky too and actually said out loud I may be farming. But that is how iRacing is. If is was easy nobody would do it. And soon as you get cocky bad luck/driving will bite you and keep your ego in check…
• Then p8- followed everyone off track in turn 1 lap 1 – put well back but recovered well. Ran my fastest lap so far
• Then started p17 ended p9 – 13x though higher sof matched my fasted lap time 106 zero
• Monday – Lime Rock – p11  – had a couple of early off’s…
  • P9 – got rear ended put to  back – gained back abit through atrition

League / Hosted Races

• Mtec –
  • Hall & Greg – P21.  Traffic was horrible, a gt4 decided to just door us for passing him on the outside of a turn.
• FastTrack Sim Racing League – 
  • Recruitment race – A Car – Kansas – p8 – had a full field running 4th on white but killed the wall trying too hard – Alan Pajari wins, Jeff Marble and his son Tyler have a good league shaping up Mondays, A Car Open half distance…

• Winter League-  -. 
  • Mike – p  dnf – daytona – had good run going even led some laps – but i got a bit loose and spun on my own 
  • Mike – p22 – texas cup – out of 25 – no cautions – i suck – hit wall a few times
  • Mike – 
  • Mike – 
  • David – 
    • Texas p 17, no pace, long or short
    • Martinsville p 14, never ever listen to Mike on tire strategy!
  • Mike – Legends Martinsville – only ran a few laps and parked it I suck – It just won’t turn, maybe the hardest combo car/track there is
  • Mike – Cup – Martinsville – p18 – Ran top 12 most of race but bad tire strategy out me back never recovered went downhill from there – still happy with the first ¾ of the race…

• OBRL ARCA Series 
• Brian- P2 Kentucky started P2 Finished P2 120 laps, no cautions, no incident

• OBRL Truck Series Nashville Brian P14 Played it cautious…too cautious
•    
• OBRL National Series (Xfin) 
  • POCONO
  • Scales P7
  • Rochette P10 good race just not fast enough 

• UCORA Spotlights Snowball Series – radicals 

Hall –.p4,  Crazy hard to pass here.  I lost track position cause i guy infront of me bounced off wall.   Then was the only one pretty much on the track that made a pass

Final Thoughts

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Description

Were back this week with an all new episode with special guest and recent Pro Series Champion Issac Gann. We kinda debate whether the top series of iRacing should run fixed setups after the community exploded with some controversial Tweets, and how could iRacing take the next big step into mainstream broadcasting. Happy New Year and thanks for listening to the iRacers Lounge Podcast. 

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