oval racing
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All In on AI Racing
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The rise of AI in recent years represents a turning point in technology, with the potential to affect — if not…
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An Anniversary Adventure
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Fourteen years ago, I started a ride to satisfy a sim racing craving. After racing online and offline with games like…
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The Son Also Races
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My dad was the first sim racing alien I ever knew. Granted, in those early days of racing video games just…
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Ten Best Drives, Part 4: Doing Left Turns Right
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Thinking back on my iRacing oval career, it sometimes feels like an out-of-body experience. Or perhaps more aptly, that some other,…
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Ten Best Drives, Part 3: Special Events, Special Performances
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As I was growing up, NASCAR races glowed across my family’s TV screen thirty-some weekends per year. They were standard fare…
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Ten Best Drives, Part 1: Going Full Circle
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Ten years ago this summer, I joined iRacing, partially out of curiosity to see how far sim racing had come during…
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The Dirt on Dirt, Prelude: Off the Asphalt
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When you grow up just 20 minutes away from Bowman Gray Stadium — the Madhouse of short-track oval racing — and…
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Driving Styles, Part 3: Setup for Success
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If you ever listen to team communications during a race, you’re likely to hear one thing no matter which driver you…
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Driving Styles, Part 2: The Lowdown on Downforce
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With all due respect to the many safety improvements that have been made, the biggest change to race cars over the…
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Decisions, Decisions
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Whether driving in the real world or in a simulator, racers are used to making snap decisions behind the wheel. In…