Quick Hits: Garmin Catalyst 2, More Track Woes
New Catalyst 2 offers modest upgrades, but its smaller screen may disappoint. Meanwhile, tracks like COTA moving to membership-only indicate trouble for club racers.
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Better Races: What iRacing Leagues Get Right
While "Test Drive" practices and grinding Official Races in iRacing are great and both have their place, I've found a new love of League Racing. What could be better than respectful and clean, yet highly competitive racing in a field of over forty? What Are Leagues?...
Race Report: Lime Rock Park 'Circuit Legends'
With only three weeks between our previous race at Road America, the Condor team hauler stayed in storage up north before the Lime Rock Park Circuit Legends event. Thankfully, both cars had returned to reliability, and we didn't have to do much upon arriving in the scenic mountains of Connecticut.
The 2026 GLTC Rules Don't Look Promising 🙈
The provisional 2026 rulebook for GLTC was released on Wednesday to very little fanfare. I'm not racing with Gridlife next year, so I won't harp on the class too much more, but I wanted to put the scattered thoughts I've talked with others about...
Race Report: Road America 'Summer Apex'
Round 5 of our GLTC schedule brought us back to Road America for the Summer Apex, Gridlife's flagship event. While Road America is one of my favorite tracks in iRacing, it didn't click with me the first time I raced there in 2024. Furthermore, before this...
Why I'm Taking a Break From Racing
The last couple of years have been a wild ride. When the opportunity to compete in Gridlife full-time presented itself, I could not say no: I knew that I would regret it if I did. Racing in GLTC with my closest friends has been nothing short of core memories. Nevertheless,...
The GLTC Champion Will Be Crowned This Weekend
I've been watching GLTC for four years, have been involved for three years, and have been racing in the series for two years. In that time, I’ve seen incredible drives and heartbreaking DNFs, but never before has it felt like the championship has come down to the...
Quick Hits: No More PittRace, NASA Champs, SCCA Runoffs
PittRace Is Shutting Down The big news in club racing last week was that PittRace, also known as PIRC (Pittsburgh International Race Complex), has been sold and will cease operations at the end of 2025. This is not the first track sale or closure in recent memory, unfortunately. Race tracks...
Chasing the Summit: Hard Lessons from Three Seasons in GLTC
Most people don’t see the real cost of competing. Carlos Mendez shares the toll of the climb.
Year Four, A Rolling Start
Recently, RISING EDGE passed two significant milestones: our third anniversary and our 100th article published. I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the successes (and failures) of this little venture, and thank you as the reader for sticking around so long. In the first year of RE, I...
Racing When the Deck Feels Stacked Against Us
I may be an average racer, but GLTC makes even "average" a steep hill to climb. This is my take on what makes it so hard, and so worth it.
Race Report: Mid-Ohio Meet
Taking place just three short weeks after Midwest Fest at Gingerman Raceway, our team returned to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course at the end of June for another Gridlife Touring Cup sprint race weekend. Mid-Ohio, while an enjoyable race track to drive, has a staff that seems oddly combative towards Gridlife....