Episode 0542 - iRacers Lounge Podcast

7/23/2026 -Ex Post Facto – Episode 0542

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Show Introduction

On today’s show: More Coke Series drama from Indy, did you know iRacing has fantasy cars and tracks?, are $159 loadcell pedals for real?, a SimLab direct drive update, some big updates for the Sim Gaming Expo, a chance to earn the iTested badge and who doesn’t love iRacing emergency downtime?

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

Emergency Downtime

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/98448/july-22nd-downtime-details

Why Bother?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/98049/why-bother-protesting-anymore/p1

2028 IndyCar Test

More Coke Series Fall Out

MASCAR Modified Tackles Mt. Washington

iRacing Fantasy Tracks?

Track Learning

https://www.instagram.com/p/Da_f35ViB-C/?img_index=2

2026 Season 3 Patch 3 Hotfix

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/98401/2026-season-3-patch-3-hotfix-2-release-notes-2026-07-17-01

Rev Zone Washington

iTested Series

https://www.iracing.com/itested-series-coming-this-week-test-our-new-multiclass-start-procedure/

UK’s First Sim Expo

2026 Sim Gaming Expo

September 18 – 20, 2026

Time attack will begin on July 27th and end on August 10th.

Knoxville Nationals

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/98227/iracing-presents-2026-knoxville-nationals

Road America 6 HR

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/98226/2026-iracing-road-america-6-hour

Brickyard 400

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-july-21st-to-july-26th-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

Need Help In The Dark?

https://www.instagram.com/reels/Da21a4FsckL

Why 32 Inch For Triples?

Loadcells For $159?

P1X Ultimate Review

Two For One

Malware Monitor?

NCRD Sim Racing

https://ncrd.online/collections/sim-racing-accessories

Need A Start Button?

Simagic EVO Ultra

Latest Additions From MOZA

XP1 Or P1000

Sim Lab DDS TorqueSync

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – North Wilkesboro

Mike- P rough out real early. Somebody checked up in front of me I checked up the car turned left and I hit the inside wall real hard. Seven minutes damaged don’t have the heart to finish. I haven’t finished better than 21st since San Diego.

Sunday Open- NiS – North Wilkesboro

Tony – P5 honestly debated to even run this week from hearing the horror stories of the 20 plus cautions. And total glad I only ran 1. This race had 28 cautions. Thats brutal. Seriously learn how to fn drive a short track its not that hard. Stayed in to p 5 all race. Was battling for 3rd when 3rd doored me with 5 to go and spun me out. Restarted 7th on last the GWC and squeaked out a 5th
Tom – P 17
Kyle – P6 Started P11. This race was crazy. Moved up to 2nd quickly but due to iRacing and the lack of officiating after pitting I got black flagged because cars weren’t in the correct spot when the green came back out. Got trapped a lap down running 16th for what would be our only long run of 53 laps. Finally got my lap back and marched to the front. 2nd to last Restart I fire off with the leader and we run 2 laps side by side until he decides in turn 1 to over drive it and wrecking me. I give him that little tap on the back bumper showing him I am not a fan of his driving. He proceeds on the restart to hang a right hitting me again while also taking himself out. Rule of wrecking someone on purpose is don’t wreck yourself. Serve my penalty on the last restart and finished P6.

Wednesday Open -NiS – Indy

Mike- P DNF had a good car the first run. I was real fast moved up to P2 pretty quick. Write it before halfway I got involved in an incident where I trying to pass on the inside and I wasn’t quite clear and came across the nose of the guy and put myself in the wall from there. I got super tight. It was fading. Hit the wall for wheel damage and decided to park and I didn’t have the heart to run around damaged.
Justin – P Hi, My name is justin, and I won a race but I didn’t take time to put in in results
Tony -P23 3 quarters through the race on a restart got aero loose and put it in the wall ended up 3 laps down
Kyle – P4 Roller coater of a race and dodged wrecks all race long. Got caught up in a few wrecks but was able to get the damage fixed and stay on the lead lap. Setup was extremely fast. Had a winning car but just not the confidence in my car to push it to the limits. Solid P4 at my home track.
Chris – P4 2nd Split. We had 15 cautions but I missed all wrecks and was able to manage tires and my car well. Had a restart with 8 to go and couldn’t catch the leaders. Premier set is flying this week. I’ll take a P4!
David – P8, wasn’t fast, just snuck up to 8th though pit strategy and survival of a few big wrecks

Thursday Open -NiS – Indy

Tony – P2 had a great set from Premier this week. Usual shenanigans and kept it clean. Pitted with 20 to go while top 6 stayed out restarted 7th. Made my way to 2nd with 5 to go and got within .7 of the leader when the white came out. Did push him to slap the wall a few times but also slapped it trying to get him. Man i know its a 2nd but i havent won a NiS in over 4 years 🙁
David – P6 really had trouble making progress when there were short runs and large packs, but long runs could make progress. Really worked the strategy, had a few collisions unavoidable but was always able to fix the damage. Made it through some last lap carnage as well.

Official Series

A Open

Tony – P2 was good on a Monday night A open.

B Open

Kyle P17 Started P7 made it to P5 and a car in front of me on lap 5 over drove 1 and bounced off the outside wall and collected me. Car wasn’t bad until someone 5 seconds later decided to race through the wreck and slammed my ass end. Got the damaged fixed and shortly later I got the lucky dog and when coming through to pass the pace car. A car decides to slam into me and gave me 4 more minutes of damage. Just rode around and collected a P17.

F-4 Fixed.

Mike – spa. started six got the third but then spun and got taken out DNF.
- Mount panorama. Start a 12th out of 15. Big blockage going down the hill couldn’t miss it DNF.
- Then spa qualified fifth out of 22. The third pretty quick held it for a while. I had a self spin but recovered quickly back to sixth and by the end I got back up to third P3 will take the podium.
- Then started third out of 22. Finished P2. Had nothing for the leader.
- Then Watkins Glen started 18th out of 25. Quickly got up to eighth and eventually finish the race P5 great event.

IMSA

William – P12 – Was in this race with Weaver. He qualified P1 and I quali P3. P2 took him out in T1 Lap 1 and I fell to 4th avoiding the wreck. Got back to 2nd with two awesome on track overtakes. Caught back up to P1 but traffic got in the way every time I got close enough to maybe try a move. By 4 laps to go I’d fallen about a second behind P1, and then got ran through by a GTP. Going into carousel I probably didn’t move out enough with a GTP coming up behind me, but he still had a full car width to the inside and 2 to the outside, but instead he chose to just drive straight through me. Meatball with wheel damage, fell to 12th.

League / Hosted Races

Grass Roots Racing

GTP/GT3 League – Road America Sprint Race

William W – P4- Screwed up and loaded the Q set before the race. Realized with 30 seconds to go and couldn’t get back to the grid in time. Started from pit lane line about 26th. Aided by a couple wrecks to get up through the field, but could only get up to 4th eventually. First time i’ve struggled with one of these GO Setups, just couldn’t get the understeer out of it.

Elbows Out Racing League (LMP2 and GT3 Wednesday Nights)

William- P3 – Qualified P2 and fell to 3rd with the pit cycle. Had nothing for P1, Gage is just too fast, but P2-5 rode nose to tail until pit stops started. Pace in the top 7 or so is just insane, and I don’t think anyone in the top 5 made a single mistake until the very end. Focus required here had me tired by the end of the race. Traffic, LMP2 and blue flagged GT3 is a bit rough here, it happens to everyone, but probably cost me getting back around new P2 for the position while he was on cold tires. Not sure I could have kept him behind anyway. Definitely one of the better races I’ve had in a while. Really liking this league in my second season.

MEC – Road America 12HR

Will, Brad and William – P19 – Our podium at Watkins guaranteed us in top split, and we were honestly a little out of our depth here. Depending on who was in the cars the SOF of the field ranged from 4-5K with many 7-9k drivers in. We were one of 3 or 4 pro am cars in the split, with the rest being pro. We got turned going down the straight into T5 on the first lap, minimal damage and the other team got a drive thru. Seems like there’s been 1 or 2 teams that have caused issues in each of these races, and that stayed true here. That car hit us twice and a different car caused 80% of the safety cars before they retired the car. Brad and Will had fantastic stints in the rain, good job there. We had one other small oopsie that caused us time in the pits, but minimal damage again. With about 2 hours left in the race Brad had a DC that put us a lap down before I could get into the car after it kicked him out. I felt like I had good pace when I got in the car, but we didn’t see a safety car in the last 3 hours, so 19th was as high as we could get back without anyone else having major issues. Had fun, definitely looking forward to the next season, where hopefully our luck will be better.

Hosted-

Ellis – P Chris McGuire hosted 87 that Talladega qualified 17th out of 39. Got as high as two got wrecked near the end.
- COT car at Talladega qualified 23rd out of 41

Final Thoughts

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