Episode 0529 - iRacers Lounge Podcast

4/16/2026 – Backup Rig – Episode 0529

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Show Introduction

On today’s show: we go down the rabbit hole of immersion, are the Russian’s blocking iRacing?, why we all need a back up rig, has Smoke taken it too far with his new rig?, tracks that could come to iRacing, top five cars and series in iRacing, iPacing.com is a real thing and were spending Mike’s money again!

And remember you can follow along with us on your PC or mobile device in real time as you listen to the show and see for yourself all of the great topics and products we’ll discuss by visiting iracerslounge.com and selecting show notes. Hope to see you there..

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Topics

Spend Mike’s Money

Tracks That Could Come To iRacing

https://www.overtake.gg/news/7-tracks-that-could-come-to-iracing.4183/

iPacing.com

George Jetson?

More Sim To Reality

P2 Baby!

Top 5 iRacing Series

Best 5 Cars In iRacing

Show And Tell

Back Up Rig

Sim To Reality

IMSA Classic 500

The Switch Don’t Work

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/798312#Comment_798312

Scott Wins With Premiere Racing Setups

https://www.iracing.com/quami-scott-coasts-to-enascar-coca-cola-iracing-qualifying-series-winners-circle-at-chicagoland/

Under A Minute…WOW!

Is It Slower For You?

NASCAR Racing On A Web Browser

No Access For The Russians?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/797803#Comment_797803

Where Does This Fit In The Upgrade Order?

2026 Sim Gaming Expo

September 18 – 20, 2026

Sim Racing Expo – Charlotte, NC

May 22 – May 24, 2026

Rockingham 508

MEC Mosport 4H

https://majorsseries.com/event/mosport-4-hour—round-3-driversports-divisions2026

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-april-14th-to-april-20th-2026/

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

Chad McNeese’s Ultimate Hardware Spreadsheet

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1i08zKjBSmSn5G_mCc9cHx07w7XLo03sfoytpVJkqbYk/edit?usp=sharing

Sparco Ultra Fiberglass

Simsonn HS Pro Dual Shifter

https://www.simsonn.com/collections/hs-pro

CSD Dashboard

Immersion

Conspit Hydraulic Handbrake

Revosim 9Nm

DIY Dash Box

PXN GT One Wheel [Unboxing]

Did MOZA Learn?

Should Have Listened To The Show

Grip Box By Rival Sim Racing

Asetek Forte Long Term Review

DIY Drink System

Rival Light Bar

Nvidia And AI

Podium By Reaper Ware

https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=895455600203779&id=100092180405937&mibextid=wwXIfr&rdid=reIGZy1IYRxUBAKK#

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Bristol

Tony -P wrecked early
Brad- P9 Less cautions than Wednesday but still Martinsville 2.0. Was collected in too many other peoples’ messes. Glad to be gone from here until the fall.

Sunday Open- NiS – Bristol

Tony – P24 I want Bristol dirt back at least that was more fun than this bull. It was ok when we had more than 4 laps green. Caught in a dumbass deciding to stop middle of the middle grove out of 4 and just asspacks him. Can I have 1 week where I’m not being ass packed by something?
Greg -P9 – Raced in the top 6 all race until green white checkered loose on bottom, spotter kept saying I had a broken left rear tire after some contact on a long run but never did any repairs for it.

Wednesday Open -NiS – Kansas

Justin – P2
Chris – P6
Brad- P17 Started p11 and was in the top 10 most of the race. 13 cautions at a 1.5 mie track is stupid. Lots of guys just running people over. I was headed towards a top 10 only to get driven through coming off of T4. I’m drifting up to the wall as normal on exit and the yahoo behind me thought there was enough room for him to hove it in. Not so much, almost 5 minutes of damage and finishing the race with the steering wheel at 3 o’clock, aint fun.
Tom – P20 after crashing early. My fault. Lost it under brakes trying to miss a wreck
Tyler – P P8! Not bad after a 5 month hiatus to rebuild the rig. Fun racing with y’all again.

Thursday Open- NiS – Kansas

Mike- P wrecked out. Had ping warning from the beginning. I asked Siri to tell me how many tires that we have and it didn’t even work no Internet I never lost connection, but it was driving me crazy and I ended up wrecking in the first wreck by myself and then the second caution happened up ahead of me some guy slammed on the brakes and I plowed in and destroyed my car eight minutes damage so I parked it.

Official Series

Ring Meister

Mike – P street stock. Started on pole. Second place stayed with me within one to three second range. The entire race tried to get past me on the last straight away with the slipstream but wasn’t able to and I was able to hold on for my 141st career win winner winner, chicken dinner.
- Then started first again second decided he wanted to try to be the leader on the start or I guess go side-by-side through turn right before the start finish anyway he ran himself across my nose wrecked then as I came back on track, he dumped me intentionally I got going back again from eighth and made my way back up to third even though I had heavy damage. I should’ve just let him beat me to the line and let him get black flagged. I was dumb for trying to drive in side-by-side with him on that corner even though I was a leader.
- Then started first ended up, wrecking out while leading.
- Then started first and got totally creamed from behind DNF
- Then we change to the Pontiac solstice. Started 23 out of 28 and finished a respectable P5 as I drove up through the field.
- Started a dead last P 26 and finished. P5 drove up through the field again a great race.
- Started on first kept lead through most of it, but had three or four cars staying with me. I couldn’t shake them final lap going up the hill I’m leading. I’m looking in the mirror. They’re going three wide for a second and obviously that doesn’t work and they wreck out and I’m able to drive away and win the race winner winner chicken dinner career win number 142
- Start second finish fourth nice clean race had nothing for the leaders

League / Hosted Races

Grass Roots Racing

GTP/GT3 League – Long Beach Endurance Race

William W – P7. My own worst enemy here. Qualified a bit back in 6th as I was overdriving the car early. Figured it out in the first stint, but on the pit exit I ran all over the cone and got the penalty. I was mad during the race as I thought there was no way I messed that up, but going back and looking at the replay I turned probably a whole car length early. Drive through put me back to 12th, spent the rest of the time trying to get back up. Made it to 7th but ran out of time chasing down more spots.

Elbows Out Racing League (LMP2 and GT3 Wednesday Nights)

William- P7 – Real disappointing result but there was really nothing to do here. Top 10 or so pro drivers in this league has become ultra competitive. Had extreme pace. Q2nd, lost pole by .004 seconds. Settled into second on the start, but for the first 15 laps the top 5 were all within 1.5 seconds of each other. I made two small mistakes during this time sliding the fronts allowing 3rd to pass me and then 4th to get along side. 4th squeezed me going into the turn before tower and I went off track, no damage and he apologized after, but 5th made it to my bumper. Traffic allowed him to get a pass, but on the same lap that he completed the pass he lost it coming out of LeMans going onto the back stretch. I thought he saved it, but it snapped on him again and I had no where to go. T-Boned him and got massive damage on the front. Thankfully it was in the pit window, and close to the pit so I was able to dip in and get my repair, but still lost 2 spots and 5 seconds to them. Came out and tried to catch up, but everytime I’d get to their bumper I’d get really unlucky with traffic. Needed a few more laps but came home 7th. Disappointing result but nothing to be done.

Final Thoughts

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