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iRacing Survival: Thoughts & Tips

My real-life racing hiatus has given me the time and motivation to do a lot of sim racing. I'm happy to say I'm starting to see the reps add up to improvements in pace, consistency, and racecraft, but that is outside of the point of today&...

When Racing Stopped Feeling Like a Hobby

Back in October, I wrote about why I'm taking a break from racing. Feel free to go back and read that article if you missed it. This week, I realized something I totally missed before, but which definitely played a part in why I felt I needed to...

Building a Championship Effort: Six Months Out

The 2026 NASA Championships are less than six months away. Although I am taking the year off from driving, I'm still trying to stay as involved in racing as possible. To that end, I'm still aiming to play an integral role in Team Condor Speed Shop&...

Thoughts on Driving Style in Racing

I was recently pondering how many of the sports I've played throughout my life are judged subjectively, and how style plays a huge role in them. For instance, in mountain biking, I'd rather be known as a steezy rider (for lack of a better term) than...

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...

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