WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.160 --> 00:00:08.679 This week on the I Racing Down Shift, Greg's self reports, we continue 2 00:00:08.679 --> 00:00:12.839 to be bad at our job, but it's okay. Kevin gets penalized worked 3 00:00:12.880 --> 00:00:16.239 on a team where we got penalized for that because we didn't change the board 4 00:00:16.280 --> 00:00:20.519 on anything. And Chris reveals his new spotter we call like Sasquatch out of 5 00:00:20.559 --> 00:00:22.920 the woods and we have him, you know, in the hairpin, Like 6 00:00:23.239 --> 00:00:28.879 yeah all that more so strap in welcome to that Racing downship. I'm me 7 00:00:28.879 --> 00:00:31.480 he hou's Greg West, I'm back of the boys, Kevin bobb It and 8 00:00:31.559 --> 00:00:34.600 Chris Leoni. Hey, we did it. It's like only been six weeks. 9 00:00:34.960 --> 00:00:39.960 We've got another podcast. We have done pretty good for twenty twenty three 10 00:00:40.960 --> 00:00:44.240 some statvoid. Does any even know how many episodes we did this year? 11 00:00:44.280 --> 00:00:47.359 Anybody top of their head? We didn't talk about this in pre production, 12 00:00:47.520 --> 00:00:52.600 but I'm just so immediately we off script off like you are welcome, audible 13 00:00:52.640 --> 00:00:55.799 at the line, Yeah, you're welcome for that. There is no point 14 00:00:55.840 --> 00:00:59.399 in having an outline. We continue to be bad at our jobs, but 15 00:00:59.439 --> 00:01:03.040 it's okay. It's another episode of the iRacing down Shift. What have we 16 00:01:03.120 --> 00:01:07.079 been up to? Chris, I'm throwing this to you because Twitter or x 17 00:01:07.159 --> 00:01:10.480 or whatever it's called. This week you have been a troll, an absolute 18 00:01:10.519 --> 00:01:12.640 troll, and I've loved every moment of it. Well, thank you, 19 00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:17.560 Greg, I have. I have been cranking the new Blink one eighty two 20 00:01:17.640 --> 00:01:19.920 album, and I have been going to war with race car drivers about the 21 00:01:19.920 --> 00:01:25.680 fact that they don't own the racetrack. Actually, Parker does own the racetrack, 22 00:01:25.920 --> 00:01:30.680 just he He has phrased it as I own a blade of grass somewhere 23 00:01:30.719 --> 00:01:38.439 at Limerock Park. It's more than I Sorry, does that mean? Does 24 00:01:38.439 --> 00:01:42.359 that mean I support Parker because I have the shirt? Yes, I mean, 25 00:01:42.359 --> 00:01:46.599 I'm on. I bet he probably he probably got seven or eight cents 26 00:01:46.640 --> 00:01:51.760 out of that, maybe not that much. Not about that's more than I 27 00:01:51.840 --> 00:01:53.719 made when I used to do T shirts back in the day. But no 28 00:01:55.640 --> 00:01:57.920 trek limits, friends. They exist for a reason. They exist for safety 29 00:01:57.959 --> 00:02:02.599 reasons, and they exist so drivers have to actually show some skills and not 30 00:02:02.760 --> 00:02:08.599 just UH if I fits, I sits with anything. Sorry, you're strong 31 00:02:08.639 --> 00:02:13.319 opinions, right, So that's good, not at all, no note at 32 00:02:13.360 --> 00:02:19.080 all. What do you think of skid plates? Uh? As somebody who 33 00:02:19.400 --> 00:02:23.199 never did the uh never really did the engineering side on cars. My opinion 34 00:02:23.319 --> 00:02:28.039 is the rule book exists for a reason. Operate within the freaking rule book. 35 00:02:28.400 --> 00:02:30.400 If you can't do that, that's a you thing. Chris is fired 36 00:02:30.479 --> 00:02:35.000 up. I've actually worked on a team where we got penalized for that because 37 00:02:35.159 --> 00:02:38.919 we didn't change the board underneath. And it happens that it was not Lewis 38 00:02:38.919 --> 00:02:42.919 Hamilton's team, by the way, just just to clarify, I was not 39 00:02:42.960 --> 00:02:47.360 a crew member for that team, a slightly lower level team, but same 40 00:02:47.400 --> 00:02:51.199 issue. And you know, you got to you gotta pay attention. Was 41 00:02:51.240 --> 00:02:57.280 that a most part? Where was it it was at? I don't remember 42 00:02:57.280 --> 00:02:59.520 what track it was. I don't think it was most poor, Maybe it 43 00:02:59.639 --> 00:03:01.479 was I it was. I think it was most sporgs. We talked about 44 00:03:01.520 --> 00:03:05.479 it because people talk about floor damage on I race. Maybe it was, 45 00:03:05.879 --> 00:03:07.400 yeah, And I'm like, ah, I mean, I mean Canadian Entire 46 00:03:07.439 --> 00:03:12.319 Motorports, Canadian Entire Motorsport Park, Yes, that one. But the floor 47 00:03:12.400 --> 00:03:15.639 damage at that track, that is a feature, not a bug. That's 48 00:03:15.719 --> 00:03:20.360 realism. Yes, yes, well it probably was there, but yeah, 49 00:03:21.199 --> 00:03:23.800 yeah, it's the thing. So anyway, Yeah, it's I don't know, 50 00:03:23.960 --> 00:03:28.159 I get it. People are competitive and It's always easier to blame the 51 00:03:28.199 --> 00:03:31.080 rule book than reflect on your own mistakes. But maybe I should send Parker 52 00:03:31.080 --> 00:03:36.080 a coloring book and some crayons for Christmas so we can practice who But the 53 00:03:36.120 --> 00:03:38.199 time to argue about rules is before the season starts. Once the rules are 54 00:03:38.319 --> 00:03:42.159 you've decided to compete, you got to follow them, whether you like them 55 00:03:42.240 --> 00:03:44.759 or not. You can choose to race or not. But the rules are 56 00:03:44.759 --> 00:03:50.039 the rules. Hey, But the outcome Logan Sergeant gets just American to score 57 00:03:50.039 --> 00:03:54.520 points in thirty years. Yeah, Logan thirty years. That means the guys 58 00:03:54.560 --> 00:04:02.479 producing this podcast have never seen an American points, right, Cisco. I 59 00:04:02.520 --> 00:04:06.599 don't know how you turned this into a dig at me, but sure now 60 00:04:06.639 --> 00:04:10.520 that was more of a dig on me because I'm old. You are old. 61 00:04:11.159 --> 00:04:14.280 You are old? That is true. Can confirm what have you been 62 00:04:14.319 --> 00:04:16.480 up to, Kevin? Well? Do you want to see a Taylor Smid 63 00:04:16.519 --> 00:04:19.279 movie tonight? Oh my gosh, Greg's trying to get me to go to 64 00:04:19.319 --> 00:04:24.240 see Taylor Swift. So more on that in the next podcast. But I've 65 00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:27.800 been enjoying fall because it's my favorite season and my soccer team, yes it's 66 00:04:27.800 --> 00:04:31.800 called soccer, is doing pretty well, sit second in the standings on our 67 00:04:31.800 --> 00:04:34.160 way to the playoffs. So very excited about that. Six and two not 68 00:04:34.240 --> 00:04:40.000 bad for old man soccer. How many promotions would you need to make League 69 00:04:40.040 --> 00:04:46.920 two? I want to see you guys. Okay, So you're saying there's 70 00:04:46.959 --> 00:04:48.639 a chance, there's a chance, there's a chance. There are some guys 71 00:04:48.639 --> 00:04:53.240 in my league that think there's definitely a chance. They are a little bit 72 00:04:53.279 --> 00:04:56.480 try hard, and those are the guys that end up with yellow and red 73 00:04:56.480 --> 00:05:00.600 cards. Off we make fun of them. Yeah, but we're having a 74 00:05:00.600 --> 00:05:03.040 good season. We're having fun, still fun to play great. Got a 75 00:05:03.079 --> 00:05:09.480 game this weekend. Pretty excited, very cool. We go off last week. 76 00:05:09.519 --> 00:05:12.079 I thought I beat him. I did not, coming up. I 77 00:05:12.279 --> 00:05:15.439 just found out a week later that I did not beat Kevin, although I 78 00:05:15.480 --> 00:05:18.079 played pretty well for myself. So I'm happy, and then you are. 79 00:05:18.160 --> 00:05:23.839 So that's interesting that I want. I wasn't gonna take a dig on that. 80 00:05:24.120 --> 00:05:28.639 It's a gentleman's game. I trust that you have kept all those drops, 81 00:05:29.040 --> 00:05:31.199 were counting yourself if you cheating, right, that's right, That's why 82 00:05:31.199 --> 00:05:34.480 I like playing with Kevin. All right, Well let's get an I racing. 83 00:05:34.519 --> 00:05:39.279 What's been going on in the community. I'm looking at Chris's outline. 84 00:05:39.279 --> 00:05:44.040 Now, I got to give Chris credit half credit because half of the outline 85 00:05:44.079 --> 00:05:48.079 has appropriate bullets. They're probably maybe a link to the photo and a picture 86 00:05:48.079 --> 00:05:53.519 of the outline in the description. Half of the the outline has bullets, 87 00:05:53.519 --> 00:05:56.920 the other half has hyphens. I think your computer's messed up because I see 88 00:05:56.920 --> 00:06:00.240 bullets on all of them. I will take a screen shot. I'm going 89 00:06:00.279 --> 00:06:05.439 full Parker and I'm disputing the I'm disputing the what's out there? All right, 90 00:06:05.480 --> 00:06:09.279 We're gonna have to have Doug put a tweet up. And apparently not 91 00:06:09.360 --> 00:06:13.360 much is going on in I Racing if we're just debating bullet we're arguing bullets 92 00:06:13.360 --> 00:06:16.319 and hyphens. Yeah. Well, we do continue to work on on rain. 93 00:06:16.839 --> 00:06:21.279 A lot of a lot of rain happening on I Racing. So that's 94 00:06:21.279 --> 00:06:24.920 about all we can say for December, isn't it. That's the full update 95 00:06:24.959 --> 00:06:27.639 on that we're working on rain. That's it. We're working on rain. 96 00:06:27.920 --> 00:06:31.240 We're doing well. Next bullet point, please, Hey, I can't talk 97 00:06:31.279 --> 00:06:35.560 about that. Oh yeah, or what about that? Yeah, yeah, 98 00:06:35.800 --> 00:06:41.879 we're having communication that allows us to do so so and yeah, that we 99 00:06:41.959 --> 00:06:44.040 can't, can't do it. It's too soon. It's only week six, 100 00:06:44.120 --> 00:06:46.839 it's early. Yeah, we need to get Tony on here. He'll just 101 00:06:46.839 --> 00:06:50.560 tell you everything that's true. Christmas Present to Iras and we'll bring Tony on 102 00:06:50.600 --> 00:06:56.279 next month. What's happening in twenty twenty four? Yeah, Tony, if 103 00:06:56.319 --> 00:07:00.360 you're listening, what's up? All right? Special events up? Though? 104 00:07:00.360 --> 00:07:02.519 We had We had a big October. We had Crandon. I know Chris 105 00:07:02.519 --> 00:07:08.240 Hayes the racing, but we had Crandon. Yeah, and in Cisco you 106 00:07:08.240 --> 00:07:12.279 were involved in Crandon in some capacity, right, Yeah. I ended up 107 00:07:13.199 --> 00:07:16.079 my good friend Keenan Kusen, who is a streamer does a lot of eye 108 00:07:16.160 --> 00:07:20.560 racing. He ended up making the top twenty. He was the twentieth driver, 109 00:07:21.399 --> 00:07:27.439 and we barely snuck in. So where did you finish up? So 110 00:07:27.839 --> 00:07:32.879 we top ten in the heat and then I think we got hurt in the 111 00:07:32.920 --> 00:07:36.319 features, so somewhere in the thirteens or so. So, I mean it 112 00:07:36.360 --> 00:07:42.279 was a that game because we came in this car twenty So yeah, did 113 00:07:42.319 --> 00:07:45.360 you fail at your job or did he fail at the behind the wheel? 114 00:07:46.000 --> 00:07:48.560 Well, we came in privateer, so we had no setup, help, 115 00:07:48.680 --> 00:07:54.920 no nothing, versus every All the pro teams were there, the world champion 116 00:07:55.040 --> 00:08:00.639 was there, so we'll take it that sounds like a really professional race organization. 117 00:08:00.720 --> 00:08:05.600 Blame or quin. He didn't answer the question either. Now, look, 118 00:08:05.639 --> 00:08:07.639 I just got to thank all the guys back at the shop. They 119 00:08:07.639 --> 00:08:13.600 gave us fantastic a long career in racing system. I love it. True 120 00:08:13.639 --> 00:08:18.199 or false, your driver would have been better off using the default spotter pack 121 00:08:18.360 --> 00:08:26.199 we did. I was supplementary, sir, oh right, good times. 122 00:08:26.720 --> 00:08:28.920 So he had two spotters, he had the default pack and he had you. 123 00:08:30.160 --> 00:08:33.279 So that's about yeah, three more than they have in the real world. 124 00:08:33.639 --> 00:08:37.000 Yeah, yeah, pretty much. Which if you've ever been around Crandon, 125 00:08:37.360 --> 00:08:41.480 there are absolutely cases where you could use like five spotters at one time. 126 00:08:41.639 --> 00:08:48.000 It's crazy out there. Yeah, sometimes we stick we call like Sasquatch 127 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:50.320 out of the woods and we have him, you know, in the hairpin, 128 00:08:50.519 --> 00:08:56.480 like yeah, well dude lost, I'm lost. Yeah, hey, 129 00:08:56.519 --> 00:09:00.879 Kevin, let's talk with the SECA runoffs. Run off happened the last year. 130 00:09:01.840 --> 00:09:05.679 Yes, runoffs were great, one of the coolest broadcasts that I ended 131 00:09:05.720 --> 00:09:07.639 up watching the whole thing. I tried to race specrate, so I didn't 132 00:09:07.639 --> 00:09:11.840 make top split because I think so I had to work all day, sorry 133 00:09:11.919 --> 00:09:16.559 Cisco, Yeah, six hours. It was great. I really enjoyed it. 134 00:09:16.600 --> 00:09:20.720 I sat on the couch and watched racing and yeah, I really really 135 00:09:20.799 --> 00:09:26.799 enjoyed that. So nice job broadcast on World Esports Stay too. Yeah, 136 00:09:26.840 --> 00:09:30.840 but for those that don't know, we had six races back to back to 137 00:09:30.879 --> 00:09:35.519 back to back whatever, with the car classes loosely representing what's available in the 138 00:09:35.559 --> 00:09:39.879 SECA. It's not a one to one comparison. I do know there were 139 00:09:39.919 --> 00:09:43.480 some some people that weren't happy that it wasn't directly one to one, but 140 00:09:43.159 --> 00:09:48.600 for participation reasons, we do the best we can to emulate what happens, 141 00:09:48.600 --> 00:09:52.960 and I think it was an excellent job. We saw a lot of new 142 00:09:52.039 --> 00:09:56.120 names in the broadcast and I think that's my one of my favorite parts about 143 00:09:56.120 --> 00:09:58.360 it. Even though we didn't use super sessions this year, if you're good 144 00:09:58.399 --> 00:10:03.679 in the car, we probably can make the broadcast. And so there was. 145 00:10:03.240 --> 00:10:07.480 We had six races. We had one person did win two events. 146 00:10:07.600 --> 00:10:11.639 I forget the name. Sorry I'm failure, but just a fun broadcast. 147 00:10:11.720 --> 00:10:16.440 Really enjoyed it all and looking forward to next year. We should get on 148 00:10:16.480 --> 00:10:20.360 a call and talk about that sometime. Let's do it. Let's see coming 149 00:10:20.399 --> 00:10:24.519 now and October November is pretty busy in a special event land. We've got 150 00:10:24.519 --> 00:10:30.440 the NIS Finale at Phoenix. That'll be elbows out, lots of fun. 151 00:10:30.679 --> 00:10:33.399 We've got the Fuji eight out now, that's a new one for us. 152 00:10:33.960 --> 00:10:37.759 We were replacing the ten Hours of Suzuka. So GT three is only at 153 00:10:37.799 --> 00:10:43.039 Fuji and people are already talking about setups. I think that's actually gonna be 154 00:10:43.080 --> 00:10:46.600 a really big event, first time we've run that one. And then brand 155 00:10:46.639 --> 00:10:52.480 new, newly announced the FF sixteen hundred Festival, which is going to emulate 156 00:10:52.519 --> 00:10:56.440 the Formula Ford Festival over in the UK. Let's put on by Motorsport UK 157 00:10:56.519 --> 00:11:01.480 and b R SCC and a cool format. We're gonna use a couple of 158 00:11:01.559 --> 00:11:03.879 heats. You're gonna have you know, two heats and then a last chance 159 00:11:03.960 --> 00:11:09.480 qualifier and then the main loosely emulating what they do over multiple days in the 160 00:11:09.559 --> 00:11:13.360 UK. Brands Hatch, that's it. Brands Hatch Indy, Uh, just 161 00:11:13.399 --> 00:11:16.720 gonna be a cool broadcast. I think they run something that I would say 162 00:11:18.320 --> 00:11:20.000 similar to like the Chili Bowl. You know, they have all these qualifying 163 00:11:20.039 --> 00:11:24.080 races throughout the week and all that. So we're doing it in sort of 164 00:11:24.120 --> 00:11:28.120 one session to get people involved, but we're trying to make it as similar 165 00:11:28.320 --> 00:11:31.000 and is interesting because it's kind of a special format. So it should be 166 00:11:31.039 --> 00:11:35.519 a great broadcast, should be cool race, you know. I think it's 167 00:11:35.519 --> 00:11:39.000 pretty much up into what everybody dan above. Is that yep, everybody dan 168 00:11:39.039 --> 00:11:43.039 above. There's a trivia. Do you know who won last year's Real World 169 00:11:43.080 --> 00:11:48.919 event and what sponsor was on the side of the car. I'm thinking that 170 00:11:48.960 --> 00:11:52.519 you've set us up to Saint Max Esterson's name you you are correct, I'm 171 00:11:52.679 --> 00:11:58.360 guessing that it was not Well, I won't guess the sponsor, it was 172 00:11:58.399 --> 00:12:03.919 I Racing, I know no. So Max is the reigning champion, so 173 00:12:03.000 --> 00:12:07.000 really cool to have that to bring that real world tie. And also, 174 00:12:07.120 --> 00:12:11.679 Kevin, are we're sponsoring the real world event this year too. Yeah, 175 00:12:11.720 --> 00:12:13.799 we should be all over the real world broadcasts and whatnot, so that'll be 176 00:12:13.840 --> 00:12:18.279 neat to get some exposure. You know, we're always trying to get the 177 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:22.799 name out there and get I Racing some new eyeballs. So it's a nice 178 00:12:22.799 --> 00:12:26.399 tie in both to have the virtual version and then be connected in the real 179 00:12:26.399 --> 00:12:30.039 world version. It kind of comes full circle, so neat opportunity there. 180 00:12:30.360 --> 00:12:33.960 Very cool work continues on the twenty twenty four special Events calendar. It is 181 00:12:35.159 --> 00:12:37.399 all over my desk right now. That is a fun puzzle to put together. 182 00:12:37.440 --> 00:12:41.000 We're hoping to announce it right dot West at I racing dot com if 183 00:12:41.039 --> 00:12:46.320 you have suggestions again, which automatically forwards to Kevin dot Bob at I racing 184 00:12:46.440 --> 00:12:50.200 dot com if you would like his cell phone number. Oh gosh, here 185 00:12:50.240 --> 00:12:54.039 we go. I'm not that mean, but yeah, we hope to have 186 00:12:54.120 --> 00:12:58.919 that available publicly the end of November beginning of December, like we usually do. 187 00:13:00.200 --> 00:13:05.480 Please please don't blow up support they it's the same questions every year. 188 00:13:05.679 --> 00:13:09.039 It's coming hashtag soon. We promise we'll have it to you as soon as 189 00:13:09.080 --> 00:13:13.039 we're able to announce it. Chris probably guess what the main events will be. 190 00:13:13.120 --> 00:13:16.720 I mean, we're not you know, I bet it's really popular. 191 00:13:16.759 --> 00:13:18.559 They're not going to go away, you know. I mean it's it'll be 192 00:13:18.600 --> 00:13:22.039 similar, So I bet it kicks off with the roar. I'd go out 193 00:13:22.080 --> 00:13:28.159 and what cars are in the roar might change, but yeah, roar and 194 00:13:28.159 --> 00:13:31.720 in Daytona twenty four. I'm willing to bet those happen in January in close 195 00:13:31.759 --> 00:13:39.240 proximity to the real world Daytona twenty and then Chris, we've got qualifying away 196 00:13:39.240 --> 00:13:43.080 for NASCAR A College Series and they're at Dover. Yep, next one coming 197 00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:46.840 to Dover. College Series has been really interesting this year with all of the 198 00:13:46.639 --> 00:13:50.720 all the different races. Instead of running the spring and fall semesters separate, 199 00:13:52.159 --> 00:13:58.039 it's turned into a big eight race kind of season and then points being tracked 200 00:13:58.039 --> 00:14:01.879 and then a finale at the very end. But yeah, this time up 201 00:14:01.879 --> 00:14:07.200 we're at Dover, so qualifying is going underway now that runs through Halloween, 202 00:14:07.399 --> 00:14:11.720 so they're switching between the trucks and the X fin D cars. So definitely 203 00:14:11.799 --> 00:14:16.320 one to circle your calendars depending upon which vehicle you're better in, but hopefully 204 00:14:16.360 --> 00:14:20.919 if you're trying out for that one, you're pretty good at both. Absolutely 205 00:14:20.200 --> 00:14:26.600 still in Chris's line, high word, we also have a new piece coming 206 00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:31.879 out on Monday's tweek in I ra sing We're trying to do a better job 207 00:14:31.919 --> 00:14:33.279 of saying what's going on this week? You know, is we have so 208 00:14:33.399 --> 00:14:39.279 many special series and high profile series, and Chris and Kevin have done a 209 00:14:39.360 --> 00:14:43.080 nice job along with Justin Malillo, who's going to be our special guest today, 210 00:14:43.639 --> 00:14:46.200 putting that together. Kevin, Chris, you guys want to talk about 211 00:14:46.200 --> 00:14:50.879 that a little bit. That's been your guys project. Sure, Chris, 212 00:14:50.919 --> 00:14:56.080 take it away. Fun fact, this is basically how the back end of 213 00:14:56.120 --> 00:15:01.799 this came about because Kevin hitched it as we were in the process. So 214 00:15:01.919 --> 00:15:03.639 I think Greg started this conversation, well, yeah, that's the thing, 215 00:15:03.679 --> 00:15:07.919 and you conveniently left that out and I didn't find that out until I found 216 00:15:07.960 --> 00:15:11.840 it out from Greg on Monday evening. But uh, yeah, we've just 217 00:15:11.879 --> 00:15:16.879 been trying to compile everything that's kind of going on in the service. There 218 00:15:16.879 --> 00:15:20.120 were a lot of things going on. We're always talking internally about how can 219 00:15:20.159 --> 00:15:22.879 we draw more attention to things, how can we do a better job of 220 00:15:22.919 --> 00:15:28.480 getting this information out there. And if you're paying attention to the UI on 221 00:15:28.519 --> 00:15:31.039 the website, you'll know that there's a call to action every Monday morning for 222 00:15:31.080 --> 00:15:35.720 all the special events. You'll know that we've been really trying to get these 223 00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:39.639 things out there. On stuff like the college series that we just talked about. 224 00:15:39.879 --> 00:15:43.440 We do a ton of esports coverage, previews and recaps for the big 225 00:15:43.480 --> 00:15:46.840 series, and we're even able to expand that a little bit with Justin having 226 00:15:46.919 --> 00:15:50.960 come on board, but we wanted to have something that gets all of this 227 00:15:50.080 --> 00:15:54.799 information as best as we can in one place. It's still a bit of 228 00:15:54.840 --> 00:15:56.480 a work in progress. That was one of the things that the three of 229 00:15:56.559 --> 00:16:00.360 us were kind of talking about as we were doing the pre show meeting is 230 00:16:00.679 --> 00:16:03.639 we're still massaging it. We're still figuring out what goes where, trying to 231 00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:08.399 keep those community events towards the top, but working some things so that if 232 00:16:08.399 --> 00:16:12.120 you're not seeing all those other call to action, or if you're seeing all 233 00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:17.720 those other call to actions and esports coverage and whatever, you'll know about some 234 00:16:17.799 --> 00:16:19.679 of the other things that are going on. So, yeah, really cool 235 00:16:19.720 --> 00:16:23.720 initiative. It's it really comes more from the other two guys that are the 236 00:16:23.759 --> 00:16:26.519 host of the show than me. I'm just kind of trying to herd the 237 00:16:26.559 --> 00:16:32.080 cats on all the events and give Justine some direction. Chris is doing the 238 00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:37.480 work, I'm Justin's doing the work. I'm the shop foreman. I'm just 239 00:16:37.799 --> 00:16:41.159 you know, nice written. No, really, what I am is I'm 240 00:16:41.200 --> 00:16:44.840 Harry Hog and Dais of Thunder. I'm sitting in the pit box eating the 241 00:16:44.840 --> 00:16:48.440 ice cream. You can drive through it. I know it in my heart. 242 00:16:51.000 --> 00:16:52.799 Well, we'll use that as a segue. I'm going to read this 243 00:16:52.840 --> 00:16:56.120 directly off the Islands segued this into introducing Justin, who has our special guest 244 00:16:56.159 --> 00:17:00.679 today. Justin Little, longtime community member, a huge advocate for I Racing 245 00:17:00.720 --> 00:17:04.559 and SIM Racing as a whole. My intro is not nearly as good as 246 00:17:04.640 --> 00:17:08.839 Chris is, and Chris can talk about all his accolades, including a Simmy, 247 00:17:10.160 --> 00:17:15.319 got a Simmy, He's got National Motorsports Press Awards. Justin. Yes, 248 00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:18.240 most of the people who are listening to this show are probably familiar with 249 00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:22.559 Justin's work in some way, shape or form. He's run a ton of 250 00:17:22.559 --> 00:17:26.319 different leagues on the service, He's worked for some other sites in the community 251 00:17:26.359 --> 00:17:30.400 where he's done a lot of I Racing coverage. The opportunity came up to 252 00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:34.720 bring him on board. I was basically beating down Kevin's door for months on 253 00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:38.440 this one, saying, please get me some help, Please get me some 254 00:17:38.559 --> 00:17:45.200 help. I think in those exact words, you've probably seen Justin start working 255 00:17:45.240 --> 00:17:51.440 into our coverage, doing some race recaps for some of our bigger series over 256 00:17:51.440 --> 00:17:53.559 the course of the season. But now we've got him on board full time 257 00:17:53.640 --> 00:17:59.000 and he's serving a lot of different roles for us. Takes amazing screenshots, 258 00:17:59.039 --> 00:18:03.079 writes, incredible rec caps, just does a fantastic job. He's he's a 259 00:18:03.119 --> 00:18:07.279 Swiss Army knife at everything basically that he can do within the SIM and so 260 00:18:07.319 --> 00:18:08.920 we're thrilled to have him. Yeah, you won't find a guy that's more 261 00:18:08.960 --> 00:18:12.559 in touch with the SIM community in terms of who the players are, what 262 00:18:12.720 --> 00:18:18.880 series are interesting and important, and generally just what's going on. Like he's 263 00:18:18.920 --> 00:18:21.680 my go to guy if I have a question about any of our esports series 264 00:18:21.839 --> 00:18:25.599 and he doesn't look it up. He just knows so great. All right, 265 00:18:25.640 --> 00:18:33.559 Well, without further ado, let's bring in Justin Milillo. All right, 266 00:18:33.640 --> 00:18:37.039 Kevin and I are back with our next guest, who's also a new 267 00:18:37.160 --> 00:18:42.119 new employee at IRA, saying, Justin Milillo joins us all the way from 268 00:18:42.119 --> 00:18:45.920 Long Island. Thanks for coming on the show, Welcome to the team, 269 00:18:45.039 --> 00:18:48.599 welcome to the staff, and welcome to the podcast. And yeah, thanks 270 00:18:48.640 --> 00:18:52.240 for coming when you were all and told to do it right. So much 271 00:18:52.240 --> 00:18:56.440 easier to get guests that are employees because they have to do it. Yeah, 272 00:18:56.680 --> 00:19:00.759 other duties as a sign surely. I mean that's part of it, 273 00:19:00.880 --> 00:19:03.319 right, I mean, I'm just happy to be here, really excited to 274 00:19:03.359 --> 00:19:07.880 be here. Thanks for having me. Well, let's talk about what you're 275 00:19:07.880 --> 00:19:12.240 doing at iras you know, I introduce yourself and seeing maybe a job title 276 00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:15.960 in there somewhere, you know, let's start with that. Sure, I'm 277 00:19:17.119 --> 00:19:22.960 justin Mlilo. I am marketing and communications specialist here at irasing dot com as 278 00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:30.400 of a week ago. Yeah, a week and a day ago. Yeah, 279 00:19:30.640 --> 00:19:34.200 just about. It's it's been a whirlwind a couple of months for me, 280 00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:41.759 just out of a previous job that I was working with previously at Traction 281 00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:48.720 dot gig as a golly, what was I I was a junior editor and 282 00:19:49.079 --> 00:19:57.160 communications over at Traction for about two and a half years and now I'm here 283 00:19:57.400 --> 00:20:03.279 and yeah that that that's about it on that. But I was I was 284 00:20:03.319 --> 00:20:06.480 doing all that in the middle of a move at the same time, which 285 00:20:06.559 --> 00:20:08.720 was crazy. So it was like, you know, trying to figure out 286 00:20:08.759 --> 00:20:14.599 what I'm going to do next, and luckily I managed to to get on 287 00:20:14.640 --> 00:20:18.039 board with you guys here. Well, we're excited to have you and you 288 00:20:18.039 --> 00:20:22.480 know, your reputation proceeds itself. You've been part of the community for a 289 00:20:22.519 --> 00:20:26.319 long time. And you're an interesting story though, because you really you made 290 00:20:26.359 --> 00:20:30.759 your own luck in this in this industry by just showing up and being persistent. 291 00:20:30.839 --> 00:20:33.680 Let's talk about how you kind of got started, because I think a 292 00:20:33.680 --> 00:20:37.960 lot of people that are trying to get in esports may find your story pretty 293 00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:41.680 interesting. So yeah, let's talk about how you got involved and you know, 294 00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:48.119 the yeah, your start, Yeah, it's it's it's It really goes 295 00:20:48.160 --> 00:20:51.839 back to you know, when I was a kid, I just grew up 296 00:20:51.880 --> 00:20:56.920 as as a huge NASCAR fan. My my grandfather and my uncle were big, 297 00:20:56.039 --> 00:21:00.559 huge Nascar fans, and uh, one day, my grandfather had brought 298 00:21:00.559 --> 00:21:07.720 home what was like an old macuitosh computer that was already outdated for the time, 299 00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:12.559 but it had Bill Elliott's NASCAR Challenge on it, which was a popular 300 00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:15.279 game in the nineties. I guess maybe it wasn't that popular, but it 301 00:21:15.319 --> 00:21:22.279 was popular to me, and that kind of led into my love for racing 302 00:21:22.359 --> 00:21:27.000 games. And I eventually got on board with the NASCAR Racing bi Papyrus series 303 00:21:27.519 --> 00:21:32.200 and I fell in love with that and I was playing that through my childhood, 304 00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:37.400 through middle school, high school, college, even and R two thousand 305 00:21:37.400 --> 00:21:41.720 and three was my mainstay and I absolutely loved it. And at the same 306 00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:44.799 time, I was trying to figure out what I'm going to do with my 307 00:21:44.839 --> 00:21:48.400 life and ended up getting accepted to Hot Street University. Didn't know what I 308 00:21:48.400 --> 00:21:56.440 wanted to do, settled on a degree in journalism in print journalism, which 309 00:21:56.480 --> 00:22:00.000 was a dying breed at the time in two thousand and eight twenty twelve, 310 00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:04.440 but you know, I've kind of turned that into what it is now. 311 00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:12.799 I ended up with the racing experts Dominic Atagan took me on in twenty fourteen, 312 00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:19.279 and I started writing about real NASCAR races, the actual events. I 313 00:22:19.319 --> 00:22:26.319 went to places like Dover, Pocaono, New Hampshire every year and would I 314 00:22:26.319 --> 00:22:30.359 would go to those races. I'd report on those races. And at the 315 00:22:30.359 --> 00:22:34.720 same time, I'm running a league on still on NR two thousand and three 316 00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:41.680 a decade later, and at the same time as that, the the NASCAR 317 00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:47.680 Series is going on, the Driver's World Championship it was at the time, 318 00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:52.720 and I'm watching some of my friends that I grew up racing with competing for 319 00:22:52.839 --> 00:22:56.119 you know, what was ten thousand dollars at the time. Eventually, in 320 00:22:56.160 --> 00:23:00.279 twenty nineteen, I got the good idea to start writing about it. I 321 00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:04.119 wanted to start writing about what was happening in DwC, which then was Peak. 322 00:23:04.400 --> 00:23:10.119 It was the Peak series. I started writing about that. I watched 323 00:23:10.599 --> 00:23:15.519 all the races that season, covered every race for the racing experts, saw 324 00:23:15.720 --> 00:23:21.440 Novak win. That was the same year that I was really getting hard into 325 00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:26.200 my NASCAR coverage and I ended up getting the the annual credential that year, 326 00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:30.799 which was really big for me that the NASCAR gave me one of those, 327 00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:33.960 and I ended up going to I think ten races that year. So that 328 00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:38.039 year I was I had my computer in my car. I was bringing my 329 00:23:38.079 --> 00:23:42.400 computer with me to the racetrack covering the races, and then on Tuesday nights 330 00:23:42.400 --> 00:23:48.720 covering what was going on in Coke or Peak any freeze at the time, 331 00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:55.920 and it was pretty insane. And then y'all had the Media Days in twenty 332 00:23:55.960 --> 00:24:00.519 twenty and things kind of just blew up from there, right. I think 333 00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:03.519 that's when I met you. It was at the twenty twenty Media Days at 334 00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:07.400 the NASCAR Hall of Fame and NASCAR productions, So you were the one guy 335 00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:08.079 in a suit, and it was it was like, all right, this 336 00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:11.640 guy's here to he's serious about this, He's not just showing up, and 337 00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:15.759 you were and your covers has been great, so you know, we obviously 338 00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:18.279 noticed what you were doing a long time ago, and yeah, glad that 339 00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:22.880 it worked into something permanent here. Yeah, for sure. I mean the 340 00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:29.519 I feel like twenty twenty was really the the catalyst for everything that's happened to 341 00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:33.920 you know, kind of get everybody to this point. Right, we had 342 00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:40.519 the pandemic that year and everything that happened with that, I jumped right on 343 00:24:40.640 --> 00:24:42.440 it, right. I just wanted to get right involved. When when the 344 00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:48.359 e NASCAR Provitational Series happened, I wanted to. I wanted to make sure 345 00:24:48.440 --> 00:24:55.960 that that got what was the proper coverage that deserved because it felt like maybe 346 00:24:56.279 --> 00:25:02.039 the traditional media didn't really care too much for it. But I was already 347 00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:04.440 in and I really wanted to make sure that, you know, we we 348 00:25:04.839 --> 00:25:07.559 were getting this covered like it was supposed to be. And it really took 349 00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:12.599 off. And I'm really glad because it kind of got my name out there 350 00:25:12.640 --> 00:25:18.839 and it's just been it's been clockwork ever since. You know, every it 351 00:25:18.880 --> 00:25:23.079 feels like every day I'm on the sim there's there's always a new race to 352 00:25:23.880 --> 00:25:29.079 watch to be in. I liked racing myself, you know. I got 353 00:25:29.079 --> 00:25:33.279 a whole expensive rig to the left of me that that I like, you 354 00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:37.880 know, jumping in from time to time and participating in myself. I still 355 00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:41.680 run a league over at FtF. It's now on I Racing. We finally 356 00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:47.680 got off of vn R in twenty twenty, so gotriam mighty's worth out of 357 00:25:47.680 --> 00:25:52.920 that box product or sure for sure, but it's it's been an incredible journey. 358 00:25:52.920 --> 00:25:56.279 Didn't you run the Firecracker form under this year? No, I didn't 359 00:25:56.279 --> 00:26:00.559 make the field. I tried. You attempted to qualify, attempted to qualify 360 00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:06.720 for it, missed it by by that much to get into the top eighty 361 00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:10.920 eight. It was so close, so close. I was there. They 362 00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:15.559 knew I was there. But maybe next year for sure, for sure. 363 00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:21.240 Well, let's go back to what you said. You said a number that 364 00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:23.039 that gets people's attention, especially in the SAM racing world. You said twenty 365 00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:30.319 twenty in your timing and persistence couldn't have been better because when the world shut 366 00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:38.200 down everybody's focus turned toward SIM racing and I Racing specifically, and everybody looking. 367 00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:42.240 We already had coverage, we had who's this justin Lowell guy? And 368 00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:48.359 it seems like that was a big explosion for you as well for opportunities. 369 00:26:48.359 --> 00:26:52.319 You want to talk a little bit about how that blossomed. Not because you 370 00:26:52.359 --> 00:26:55.240 were you were not in an I Racing employee that time. You were, 371 00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:59.079 you know, an accessory. But I think a lot of people thought you 372 00:26:59.119 --> 00:27:03.960 were serious. That's an interesting but I think a lot of people thought you 373 00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:07.200 were involved with us on official capacity, but you were just the guy that 374 00:27:07.359 --> 00:27:10.319 just did it. You're passionate. Then you covered it because you wanted to 375 00:27:10.359 --> 00:27:12.599 and you felt like it deserve coverage, which was super cool for us because 376 00:27:12.640 --> 00:27:17.960 to your point, mainstream media kind of got, okay, now we're going 377 00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:21.440 virtual racing. They didn't really know what to do with that. There are 378 00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:23.319 differences. We all know that we live in this space, so we know 379 00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:26.839 there are differences between sim racing and real world racing. We're not trying to 380 00:27:26.839 --> 00:27:30.920 be exactly the same, but we're trying to be similar. But there are 381 00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:36.480 things that happened differently and some that were new to the space struggled with coverage. 382 00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:40.480 They didn't know is this real? Is it a joke? Like what's 383 00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:44.400 going on? But to have somebody like you who understood both sides of it 384 00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:48.200 was super helpful for a company like us to get the coverage we needed. 385 00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:52.839 Yeah, and I think, like just I just wanted to be there. 386 00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:56.079 I just wanted I thought it was so cool that we were going to see 387 00:27:56.559 --> 00:28:00.960 I racing on our TVs on Fox on Sunday. I thought that was pretty 388 00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:03.759 cool too, by the way, Yeah, I was a fan for sure. 389 00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:10.079 I mean the year before the championship was on NBC Sports for the for 390 00:28:10.119 --> 00:28:12.880 the coch Series finale, and I thought that was super cool. I remember 391 00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:19.039 being in my friend Matt's house at I think it was Talladega weekend. It 392 00:28:19.119 --> 00:28:22.359 was Talladega weekend and I was in Nashville. We were going to drive down 393 00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:26.160 the next day. I was watching it. He had it on TV, 394 00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:30.960 and I had my computer set up on his on his like dining room table, 395 00:28:32.359 --> 00:28:34.960 just so I could take pictures to the event. And that the picture 396 00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:38.920 taking, I think is what caught people's attention. I wanted people to catch 397 00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:42.039 the writing part of it because I felt like I was an okay writer, 398 00:28:42.480 --> 00:28:47.759 but the picture taking is what people really kind of took notice too. And 399 00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:53.799 that was why when the twenty twenty, the pandemic and everything happened, people 400 00:28:53.880 --> 00:28:57.880 were, you know, messaging me, hey, we know you take you 401 00:28:57.880 --> 00:29:00.839 know, good pictures. Can you take pictures of our cars? Like I 402 00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:04.839 got Boris from j g R and my DMS asking me if I could take 403 00:29:04.880 --> 00:29:08.839 pictures for uh, you know, Kyle Busch, Martin Church or it wasn't 404 00:29:08.839 --> 00:29:12.920 Martin Church. I think it was Bobby Labonie at the time, filling in 405 00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:18.839 for for trueex for Denny Hamlin, for Christopher Bell all in there all then 406 00:29:18.880 --> 00:29:25.119 their stuff, and then Boris was kind of liaisoning with the other teams and 407 00:29:25.200 --> 00:29:27.519 they were you know, I ended up sending pictures over to Hendrick as well, 408 00:29:27.559 --> 00:29:32.440 and I think I got Penske as well, and you know, it 409 00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:36.240 was just I was just taking pictures the entire time. It felt like it, 410 00:29:36.319 --> 00:29:40.240 but it was, yeah, I just I really did enjoy doing it. 411 00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:45.480 And I hope that you know what I was able to contribute to help 412 00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:48.559 with you know, everything that that you know stem from that for sure, 413 00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:52.759 well, working in parallel with us and once again you and I can't reiterate 414 00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:56.359 this enough. You you were not part of the Irising team at that time, 415 00:29:56.759 --> 00:29:59.680 but you were part of the Irising ecosystem, and you were one of 416 00:29:59.720 --> 00:30:03.200 the any cogs during that time that really helped promote the brand and promote the 417 00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:07.680 product. And uh you know, definitely we're a key player in promoting the 418 00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:11.759 explosion that it really was our membership during that time. Uh so, and 419 00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:15.799 that was just really cool to see. But like I said, you made 420 00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:18.680 your own luck. You know. That's It's something I think that a lot 421 00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:21.279 of people, you know, I just got back from the same racing expo 422 00:30:21.319 --> 00:30:23.240 a couple of weeks ago. A lot of people you know, commotes me. 423 00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:25.960 How do I get involved? What can I do? How can I 424 00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:27.640 get on a How do I get you know, a job in esports? 425 00:30:29.279 --> 00:30:34.039 Persistency and it takes time and if if you the cream will will rise if 426 00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:37.839 you're persistent. Whether it's you know, trying to get in and working for 427 00:30:37.119 --> 00:30:41.720 a publisher like I Racing or any you know, any of the other publishers, 428 00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:44.079 or whether you want to be a streamer, or whether you want to 429 00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:47.680 be in in media and marketing. I think you've talked to most people in 430 00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:49.880 those roles, you know, persistency and doing it not just because you're looking 431 00:30:49.880 --> 00:30:52.680 for a job, but because you thoroughly enjoy the subject matter and you want 432 00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:56.880 to get involved. Uh And and those people that are persistent and are also 433 00:30:56.960 --> 00:31:00.519 you know, have to have the talent that you obviously bring the table. 434 00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:04.119 Those opportunities will come, and when you get those opportunities, you make the 435 00:31:04.119 --> 00:31:07.759 most of it. You know, Kevin talks about the first time he saw 436 00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:10.599 you at the media day. You showed up in a suit, you represented 437 00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:14.279 yourself well, and I think that is something that you stood out right then 438 00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:17.640 and there before he even walked up to you and introduced himself. Because that 439 00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:19.680 kind of stuff makes you want to walk up and introduce yourself. Who's this 440 00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:25.000 person? And you know, when you get the opportunity to represent yourself, 441 00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:27.200 represent yourself well and stand out in a positive fashion, and you've done just 442 00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:32.359 that, you know, And I just think that that is incredibly admirable and 443 00:31:32.599 --> 00:31:34.799 admirable. But I also think it's a template that a lot of people. 444 00:31:34.880 --> 00:31:38.599 If you want to get in the industry, this the way Justin did it 445 00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:42.960 is is a great way, a great way to conduct yourself and it. 446 00:31:42.880 --> 00:31:47.079 It probably holds true in whatever industry you want to get into, whether it's 447 00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:49.039 you want to be in esports, you want to be in real sports, 448 00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:52.279 you want to be in I don't know, pick it, but you kind 449 00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:55.000 of got to You got to go out and do it. You know, 450 00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:56.680 you can't just kind of wait and hope somebody offers you your job. You 451 00:31:56.720 --> 00:32:00.880 got to do it and prove yourself. So thanks for wrote to say. 452 00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:04.599 Chad Canawshen we were talking to him during the MS event. Think he started 453 00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:10.039 sweeping floors, like actually started sweeping floors. And now you know, one 454 00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:14.519 of the most successful crew chiefs crew chiefs and NASCAR history, if not the 455 00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:19.119 most successful crew chief and NASCAR history, and you know, not humbling yourself 456 00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:22.000 to just do whatever it takes to get in the door. So yeah, 457 00:32:22.160 --> 00:32:23.759 Justin's it's a great story. And you know, one of the reasons when 458 00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:29.279 we were looking for guests, I think the three of us collectively also it 459 00:32:29.359 --> 00:32:34.839 sprown Justin. That's a great a great story for this podcast. So we're 460 00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:37.319 happy to have you on the team. It's not just happy, ecstatic to 461 00:32:37.319 --> 00:32:40.079 have you on the team. Looking forward to all the stuff that you're going 462 00:32:40.119 --> 00:32:44.079 to do and uh, yeah, thanks for taking the time with us today. 463 00:32:44.359 --> 00:32:47.279 Thanks for having me guys. Yeah, it was just one last point. 464 00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:52.319 I mean, you just with with trying to get into the industry. 465 00:32:52.559 --> 00:32:54.759 It is really a never give up attitude with it. You just got to 466 00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:59.160 keep going. You can't get discouraged with it. You know, if you're 467 00:32:59.200 --> 00:33:02.000 not getting reckonized, go make yourself get recognized. I mean, you just 468 00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:07.200 got to keep going with it. In twenty twenty, when I was doing 469 00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:09.599 all that stuff, I was also working two other jobs at the time. 470 00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:14.359 I was working at Spring full time. I was working at FedEx as a 471 00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:20.160 package handler, and you know, it was trying to keep my hobby and 472 00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:24.359 with I racing and everything with the SIM racing sphere, trying to keep that 473 00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:30.440 up to date. It takes a lot, it does. It's not like 474 00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:34.640 like you said, it's not like anybody just hands you a job or anything 475 00:33:34.680 --> 00:33:37.440 like that. I felt like I had to work many, many years and 476 00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:40.720 get my name really out there to be able to be in the position I'm 477 00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:45.480 in. I mean, I was lucky enough to get the call from Traction 478 00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:51.240 in twenty twenty one to finally shift my career full time to being a media 479 00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:57.640 personality, and just if anybody is listening to one of the three or four 480 00:33:57.680 --> 00:34:00.880 listeners of the podcast, like me, we have five fans now, thank 481 00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:06.200 you very much, five whole fans. I'm glad to hear it. Five 482 00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:09.320 hole there everyone, I'm still one of them six, but you work here, 483 00:34:09.320 --> 00:34:14.280 so it's still five. Okay, that's fair. But everybody who's listening, 484 00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:16.920 just just know that you just got to keep being persistent with it and 485 00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:20.719 and reach out, you know, reach out to the people who are finding 486 00:34:20.760 --> 00:34:24.280 success. My dms are always open. I've had people ask me about you 487 00:34:24.320 --> 00:34:30.000 know, I wrote a whole guide on taking pictures and I hope people can 488 00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:34.280 still find that guide over over on my old website. But you know, 489 00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:38.320 just I'm always willing to help with with anybody who wants to, you know, 490 00:34:38.760 --> 00:34:43.760 get into this space. And you know, just just keep doing what 491 00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:49.039 you're doing, and you know, keep making e sports and sim racing and 492 00:34:49.599 --> 00:34:54.360 you know, this virtual space is as amazing as it can be. Well 493 00:34:54.400 --> 00:34:58.079 well said, but well, once again, thanks for taking the time today, 494 00:34:58.079 --> 00:35:01.639 even though you were voluntold to take the time. And on that note, 495 00:35:01.679 --> 00:35:09.039 let's get back to the show, all right. Great to sit down 496 00:35:09.079 --> 00:35:13.280 with justin super stoked to have him on the team. I think you're going 497 00:35:13.320 --> 00:35:17.559 to see more and more of his fingerprints all over our marketing materials as we 498 00:35:17.599 --> 00:35:21.400 move forward. And Yeah, Soun's a fun, great guy. It was 499 00:35:21.400 --> 00:35:23.440 cool to have him in the office the other day. And let's let's move 500 00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:28.039 on. We're gonna talk about esports and let's get into the NASCAR finale because 501 00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:34.159 we've not broadcast done a podcast since then. Chris yep E NASCAR Coca Cola 502 00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:40.079 I Racing Series, Sorry the belt. Yeah, brought it back to the 503 00:35:40.159 --> 00:35:46.519 NASCAR Hall of Fame at Charlotte last month, another big event. It was 504 00:35:46.559 --> 00:35:50.760 really interesting, as I think we talked about in the last show, all 505 00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:54.880 four drivers that were there had momentum from different sources. You had the big 506 00:35:54.960 --> 00:36:00.480 race winner in Tucker Minner. You had Garrett Lowe who kind of that additional 507 00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:08.159 just motivation from you know, facing some recks during the season. Steven Wilson, 508 00:36:08.199 --> 00:36:13.719 though the only driver out of the four who had been there before, 509 00:36:14.800 --> 00:36:17.840 had struggled in the previous year's finale in Phoenix, just didn't hit it just 510 00:36:17.960 --> 00:36:22.639 right, but goes to Homestead and just did what he needed to do and 511 00:36:22.679 --> 00:36:28.320 locked up that first championship of his one hundred thousand dollars, big win for 512 00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:32.639 Stuart hawse Esports, so congrats to him. Everybody else is now in the 513 00:36:32.679 --> 00:36:37.880 Contender Series that bottom twenty and some of the top Road to Pro drivers are 514 00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:42.039 fighting to try to knock him off next year right now, so going to 515 00:36:42.119 --> 00:36:45.039 be really exciting to see who makes it up. It really was a great 516 00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:49.920 live event in Charlotte two years in a row. Great to see Stephen Wilson 517 00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:52.679 get the win. He also, I think has the largest fan base that 518 00:36:52.800 --> 00:36:55.280 travels with him. I think he's from Iowa if I remember right, and 519 00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:59.760 he brings you know, a dozen or more people to come support him, 520 00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:04.480 which is awesome to see. The broadcast crew, Cisco Drew, the whole 521 00:37:04.519 --> 00:37:09.199 team did a great job. It's incredibly complicated to do that sort of event 522 00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:13.960 where we've got live stuff going on there, We've got racers all around the 523 00:37:14.079 --> 00:37:19.559 US, Canada, wherever everybody is. It's it's quite an endeavor. So 524 00:37:20.159 --> 00:37:23.280 who goes to the broadcast team for putting that together? Auto on our side, 525 00:37:23.320 --> 00:37:29.480 who manages kind of the NASCAR relationship Ray from NASCAR, who helps organize 526 00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:30.960 everything on that side? I mean, really is all hands on deck. 527 00:37:31.400 --> 00:37:35.920 Pretty cool. We even did a little demo of Exocross, which is pretty 528 00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:38.360 neat, so people could could do a little get a little demo and see 529 00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:42.880 how that's coming along. And this is a fun event. The e NASCAR 530 00:37:42.960 --> 00:37:45.719 series is incredibly cool and you know, partners like Coca Cola as well and 531 00:37:45.800 --> 00:37:49.599 NASCAR, as you mentioned, allow it to be. I believe this is 532 00:37:49.679 --> 00:37:52.760 and somebody can correct me, but I'm going to go off script here. 533 00:37:52.920 --> 00:37:54.920 This is the largest person for a reoccurring series, and you know it's not 534 00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:58.239 a one off. We come back with three hundred grand. I think this 535 00:37:58.280 --> 00:38:00.400 is what the third year in a row, fourth year, multiple years in 536 00:38:00.440 --> 00:38:05.840 a row with a prize perse for one series over three hundred thousand dollars. 537 00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:08.639 The winner every year gets to go home with a cold one hundred grand. 538 00:38:09.320 --> 00:38:13.320 That is something incredibly special to be a part of. And as if you 539 00:38:13.360 --> 00:38:16.599 guys have not been paying attention to our social media recently, our relationship with 540 00:38:16.679 --> 00:38:22.719 NASCAR just grew a whole lot and we're looking forward to bringing the console title 541 00:38:22.719 --> 00:38:27.280 in twenty twenty five. Huge responsibility and a huge privilege to be entrusted with 542 00:38:27.320 --> 00:38:32.480 that, and I know Steve Myers and that whole team is incredibly excited to 543 00:38:34.079 --> 00:38:38.039 get back to our roots and do something special with that, So I cannot 544 00:38:38.159 --> 00:38:44.000 wait until that day, all right. Moving on to the next thing, 545 00:38:44.039 --> 00:38:49.760 We've got the Turn Grand Prix Series Chris carries on Wednesday's afternoons and the closest 546 00:38:49.920 --> 00:38:52.480 road racing series you will see as these cars are glued together like they're on 547 00:38:52.519 --> 00:38:55.840 a super speedway. So I'm gonna follow my sword here, Greg, because 548 00:38:55.880 --> 00:38:59.840 it's actually Thursday after Thursdays. Yeah, I was gonna call you out on 549 00:38:59.880 --> 00:39:04.119 that. Okay, I'm falling. I watch it in the evenings because you 550 00:39:04.119 --> 00:39:06.559 can watch it whatever, you can see it. It does, it does, 551 00:39:06.920 --> 00:39:10.840 it does? Yeah, yeh, user error on my part. They 552 00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:15.000 had a bullet to get the previews out the day before instead of the day 553 00:39:15.079 --> 00:39:21.239 of now, and so that preview actually went out about forty five minutes ago 554 00:39:21.360 --> 00:39:24.639 this morning. But yeah, ground pre Turn Racing Eye Racing series has been 555 00:39:24.719 --> 00:39:30.079 incredibly competitive. Up to this point in the recording. We've only had a 556 00:39:30.119 --> 00:39:34.800 single repeat winner all year, and he's not even in the top ten points 557 00:39:34.880 --> 00:39:40.159 right now, which just illustrates how chaotic the championship has been. Across the 558 00:39:40.199 --> 00:39:45.360 board. The Dallara iroh one still one of my favorite cars on I racing. 559 00:39:45.360 --> 00:39:50.599 The collaboration that we did with Delara in twenty twenty produces some really exciting 560 00:39:50.719 --> 00:39:54.039 racing. You never really know what to expect with it now that it's gotten 561 00:39:54.119 --> 00:39:59.559 oval package that allows it to that allows you to really turn up the wick 562 00:39:59.599 --> 00:40:01.800 on some of the big speedways and uh and we actually did that for the 563 00:40:01.840 --> 00:40:05.960 first time earlier in the season at Texas, so that was pretty neat. 564 00:40:07.239 --> 00:40:09.360 It's it's one of those open wheel cars that could really do it all and 565 00:40:09.440 --> 00:40:14.519 as a result, it becomes a driver's car, but it also becomes a 566 00:40:15.559 --> 00:40:19.039 who has it on any given day kind of car. And we've really been 567 00:40:19.079 --> 00:40:22.159 seeing that in that championship with all the different winners, all the different podium 568 00:40:22.199 --> 00:40:27.360 finishers. I couldn't pick a champion right now. It's you may as well 569 00:40:27.440 --> 00:40:30.000 just go to Las Vegas and just pick a number. Don't don't pick a 570 00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:36.000 color on the roulette. Will pick a number because that's that's that's how interesting 571 00:40:36.039 --> 00:40:37.360 it is. It feels we're about halfway through the season. It feels like 572 00:40:37.400 --> 00:40:40.199 anybody can still win. Yeah, it's it's one of the you know, 573 00:40:40.239 --> 00:40:45.559 the best shows in you know, open wheel racing you can find that's the 574 00:40:45.760 --> 00:40:47.639 as far as the broadcast and the pageantry of it. Like you said, 575 00:40:47.719 --> 00:40:52.079 flip a coin, throw a dart on dartboard, you know, go to 576 00:40:52.239 --> 00:40:54.679 go to Vegas and play some roulette. Doesn't really matter. Anybody can win 577 00:40:54.760 --> 00:40:58.719 any week. It's a It's about the person driving the car. It's not 578 00:40:58.760 --> 00:41:01.079 necessarily about the best setup or whatnot, and that is what makes it exciting. 579 00:41:01.119 --> 00:41:05.360 I love parody. I don't like seeing repeat winners over and over and 580 00:41:05.400 --> 00:41:07.199 over and over. Sorry, Jimmy Johnson fans or you know, Max for 581 00:41:07.280 --> 00:41:13.519 stapping or you know whatever, he's gonna call you after this. If Jimmy 582 00:41:13.599 --> 00:41:15.119 Johnson calls me after this, I'm gonna be proud that he's listening to our 583 00:41:15.159 --> 00:41:22.480 podcast. I met him, Max oh Maxwell condominance continues. But yeah, 584 00:41:22.519 --> 00:41:24.880 that it's it's a lot of fun. If you've got a chance tune into 585 00:41:24.880 --> 00:41:28.480 it. You can catch the recap. You can watch the previous races on 586 00:41:28.519 --> 00:41:30.559 YouTube. It's some of the best he said, openable racing you can find 587 00:41:30.599 --> 00:41:36.400 in SIM racing. Moving on, we've got the Porscha tag Hoyer Esports Super 588 00:41:36.440 --> 00:41:39.239 Cup, and we're gonna throw it over to Cisco, who's been involved in 589 00:41:39.239 --> 00:41:43.960 the production of those broadcasts and knows everything about it, and he's got the 590 00:41:43.960 --> 00:41:45.880 hat. Yeah, I've got the hat, so I have to talk about 591 00:41:45.920 --> 00:41:52.719 it. But now the Porsche Tag Hoyer Esports Contender Series in full swing. 592 00:41:52.840 --> 00:42:00.119 So similar to how we have the feeder series for free NASCAR to talk to 593 00:42:00.159 --> 00:42:04.320 see who gets to the top level h this is our road version of that. 594 00:42:04.559 --> 00:42:08.639 So we have a six race championship and that's getting ready to uh finish 595 00:42:08.760 --> 00:42:14.440 up here. Gosh, We're we're races away now, right, Kevin. 596 00:42:14.480 --> 00:42:19.760 I think at this point between Long Beach and Urber Green yep. So yeah, 597 00:42:19.840 --> 00:42:23.360 last two races coming up when this comes out, Uh Nurber or Long 598 00:42:23.400 --> 00:42:31.800 Beach will be tomorrow on the day this releases. But nonetheless, really it's 599 00:42:31.840 --> 00:42:39.800 my go to when I've been testing in the rain. What what You're gonna 600 00:42:39.800 --> 00:42:45.440 bleep that out, Cisco in post it? Don't do it. I mean, 601 00:42:45.480 --> 00:42:49.800 I'm not going to be said it, so I may have just put 602 00:42:49.880 --> 00:42:59.360 them back up. Yeah, Long Beach is uh gonna be something I don't 603 00:42:59.400 --> 00:43:04.440 really know what's expect because I said, oh, the NASCAR Contender race from 604 00:43:04.880 --> 00:43:07.280 yesterday. When we recorded this on Tuesday, I thought that was gonna be 605 00:43:07.360 --> 00:43:12.239 tame because, oh, they just have to be within this points threshold to 606 00:43:12.280 --> 00:43:15.079 make it to the top. And then they kept crashing, so I don't 607 00:43:15.079 --> 00:43:20.519 know. I it's Long Beach, someone's gonna be in the fountain. I 608 00:43:20.559 --> 00:43:22.719 think that's always a risk when you go to long beaches, you're gonna end 609 00:43:22.800 --> 00:43:27.400 up in the fountain. It makes for an entertaining broadcast, so everybody should 610 00:43:27.440 --> 00:43:30.760 tune in. Yes, it does. And like I said, two races 611 00:43:30.800 --> 00:43:35.440 to go Long Beach and then nerber Ring, and then we'll know our fifteen 612 00:43:35.519 --> 00:43:39.360 drivers were taken up to twenty twenty four and all the fun that awaits us 613 00:43:39.360 --> 00:43:49.719 for the twenty twenty four Porscha Tack Hoyer e Sports Supercup ding. For those 614 00:43:49.760 --> 00:43:52.760 that are new to the show, anytime you get the name of a series 615 00:43:52.760 --> 00:43:54.599 correct with the sponsors correctly, you get to ring a bell. But we 616 00:43:54.639 --> 00:44:00.840 can't ring a bell because Kevin's dog freaks out. I'm giving go half credit 617 00:44:00.840 --> 00:44:05.719 there. He did stumble on a Hoyer. But my voice in my ear 618 00:44:05.800 --> 00:44:07.679 and it's that's a little bit of yourself and Dan somebody else. Yeah, 619 00:44:07.719 --> 00:44:20.599 you can't give your Yeah, Maverick, can't. Can't call yourself Maverick. 620 00:44:20.639 --> 00:44:23.360 You're not allowed to do that. I'm calling you Maverick. Oh okay, 621 00:44:23.400 --> 00:44:30.159 then that's fine. Yeah, Kevin, let's talk about MC sports and this. 622 00:44:30.360 --> 00:44:35.599 Uh this is a really cool series from the Sports Global Championship. Is 623 00:44:35.599 --> 00:44:38.320 that what you're talking about in the Sports Global Championship. Yeah, So this 624 00:44:38.400 --> 00:44:43.719 is going on in conjunction with IMSA directly. Uh v c O is involved 625 00:44:43.760 --> 00:44:46.320 in a lot of the back end of it, organizing and getting things going. 626 00:44:46.400 --> 00:44:52.159 Obviously we're broadcasting it. So pretty exciting. Uh Mini Championship. There's 627 00:44:52.159 --> 00:44:58.679 four races coming up and runs in November and December. Multi class all the 628 00:44:58.719 --> 00:45:02.480 GTP cars, the m GT three cars or GTD cars however you like to 629 00:45:02.519 --> 00:45:09.199 call them, with some top teams that you'll recognize from the esports scene. 630 00:45:09.480 --> 00:45:14.280 So should make for some great racing. I think you're going to see a 631 00:45:14.280 --> 00:45:16.800 lot of promotion of it. You know, we've got manufacturers involved, teams 632 00:45:16.800 --> 00:45:22.559 involved, ims IS involved, they're super excited about it. So we ran 633 00:45:22.639 --> 00:45:25.039 a version of it last year. This is bigger and better. I think 634 00:45:25.800 --> 00:45:31.400 we brought the broadcast in house, so Cisco, Drew, Sean and Corey 635 00:45:31.480 --> 00:45:36.880 and everybody else involved will be busy on most of them runs. I think 636 00:45:36.880 --> 00:45:39.519 three are on Sundays and ones on a Saturday if I remember the schedule correctly. 637 00:45:39.559 --> 00:45:44.119 But it kicks off on November fifth. Check out our website for the 638 00:45:44.119 --> 00:45:46.920 full details and whatnot. But I'm excited for it, so it should be 639 00:45:46.920 --> 00:45:51.000 cool. No, it's it's going to be a lot of fun. Anything 640 00:45:51.039 --> 00:45:52.360 we do with them, this is a lot of fun. We've we've had 641 00:45:52.360 --> 00:45:57.440 some really cool programs with them over the last few years, and sure looking 642 00:45:57.519 --> 00:46:01.159 forward to it. Shout out to Max there on the Socide, who's instrumental 643 00:46:01.159 --> 00:46:05.519 in making this happen so real, MVP. He just kind of goes with 644 00:46:05.559 --> 00:46:08.920 it. Yeah, we have some and we'll have some uh probably some Imus 645 00:46:09.000 --> 00:46:15.280 special event news by the time we record our next podcast. Maybe maybe format 646 00:46:15.360 --> 00:46:21.880 update right maybe sure? Okay, oh yeah, oh yeah, yeah, 647 00:46:22.039 --> 00:46:25.800 oh yeah yeah that thing, oh yeah thing. Yeah. You've been like 648 00:46:27.079 --> 00:46:30.639 I've been prodding you to have meetings and things. Yeah okay, yeah, 649 00:46:30.679 --> 00:46:35.880 yeah, this guy, which way is he's over here? This guy, 650 00:46:36.199 --> 00:46:39.280 I need more coffee. Sorry, I'm almost out, and yeah, good 651 00:46:39.280 --> 00:46:44.360 times all right, Well, uh, that was the last bullet, wasn't 652 00:46:44.400 --> 00:46:45.400 it. That was the last bullet. I don't know what to do now. 653 00:46:45.440 --> 00:46:49.280 It says wrap up, but there's no bullets. I don't know. 654 00:46:49.360 --> 00:46:51.679 Well, thanks for listening to this edition of the I Racing down Shift. 655 00:46:51.679 --> 00:46:54.280 Don't forget to rate, review, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, 656 00:46:54.320 --> 00:46:58.840 and anywhere else. Chris has put this thing for Kevin Bobbitt. Chris Leoni, 657 00:46:58.920 --> 00:47:02.360 I am Greg West. We'll see you on the track, probably unless 658 00:47:02.400 --> 00:47:07.079 we crash, in which case we'll see you in Sadly, there it is.