10/2/2025 – Calling All Stewards – Episode 0504
iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics
Show Introduction
On today’s show we sit down with Mike Oulette from The Majors to discuss a new project, iRacing’s Tony Gardener chats with Sarah Nocchi, will sim racing be a requirement for real racing in the future, discuss two new headsets, do you need a sim rig roof and it looks like F1’s Alex Albon has a new rig.
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Special Guest
Guest Name
General Questions:
- What brought you to iRacing and how did you hear about it?
- Which series do you normally run?
- What type of hardware do you use? (Wheels, Pedals, ect.)
- Software
- What gear did you use when you first started iRacing?
- Do you run Monitors or VR?
- How many monitors?
- What VR headset are you running?
- Are you part of a team?
- Do you participate in any leagues or is it just official racing?
- What is your most memorable iRacing moment?
Topics
Sim Racing Stewards
https://simracingstewards.com/
NASCAR 25 #SOON
https://x.com/WGI/status/1973086747408863437
https://x.com/TALLADEGA/status/1973043835023261937
https://x.com/IMS/status/1972707947055817145
https://x.com/DAYTONA/status/1972662984385171742
Will You Be Tweeted About?
iRacing’s Tony Gardener Interview
Tony Gardener President and CEO interview – 350000 subscribers…. 250 employees.
Albon’s New Rig
Field Sizes?
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/86629/are-the-field-sizes-too-small-the-ulimate-poll
Get Through That!
Upcoming iTested Event
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/86670/itested-event-this-weekend-17-car-types
Can You Spare A Dime?
Last Lap Drive!
Endurance Schedule Generator
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/86700/endurance-scheduler-generator-solver
Did The Update Make Gen 4 Worse?
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/86456/whatever-the-devs-did-to-the-gen-4-car-it-ruined-it
Please iRacing
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/86725/iracing-please-save-pirc-at-least-virtually
Something Needs To Be Done With The TTRating
Sim Racing A Requirement Going Forward?
What Role Do You Play In Each Incident?
Simucube Time Attack
iRacing INDYCAR Pro Series Returns
https://www.iracing.com/indycar-thrustmaster-iracing-pro-series-set-to-return-in-january-2026
eNASCAR Championship Race Next Week
Petit LeMans
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/86359/2025-petit-le-mans-powered-by-vco
This Week In iRacing
https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-september-30-to-october-6-2025
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Fantasy
Hardware/Software
Is The G321 Right For You?
Moradness Auro Pros
Is This The Future of VR?
MOZA mBooster Setup Guide
BDH Warrior Edition
PXN V10 Full Review
Sim Roof Build
Void Max Wireless V2
RTX 5000 Price Drops
VR Without Compromise
Replica VS Real
Simucube 3
https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/85560/simucube-3/p1
Conspit Black Friday Sale
Bavarian SimTec Omega Pro V2
Murico Unboxing
MOZA R25, The New King?
$199 Pedals?
Could This Spotter See Over The Railing?
ES-Pro By Precision Sim Engineering
Results
NASCAR iRacing Series
Friday Open – NiS – Kansas
- David – P16 (A Open) got loose early, no cautions to get it back
Sunday Open- NiS – Kansas
- Tony – P2 had a decent run. About ½ way ended up self spinning while in middle 3 wide after a few laps on a restart saved it. Used all 3 gwc. First 2 the outside line kept spinning their tires and wrecking and each time i gained tons of spots. Restarted 3rd on final gwc and just couldnt catch the leader. Finally a good run
- John – P30. First NIS race in over two months. I had quit due to pathetic racecraft and cautions. Should have stayed away. On a lap 16 restart a guy spun his tires and turned into me throwing me into the wall. Too much damage – I was done.
Sunday Fixed- NiS – Kansas
- Mike- P5- I had a pretty good race, but then I got spun more than once a couple times down under the grass. One minute damage was able to do a nice recovery up to P5 never really had anything for the leaders, but we’ll take a nice top five
- Justin – P wrecked out
Thursday Open- NiS – ROVAL
- Mike- P12-start at 18th work my way up to 14th and then spun off on my own on the tight hairband corner fell back to 24th worked my way back up to 16th spot again a couple other times without really wrecking lost track position, but gained it back and finished P12 two laps down.
Official Series
Gen 4
- Ellis – P at Atlanta surprisingly split of 24 each on Monday night.
B Open
- John – P17. This was an enjoyable race. NO CAUTIONS!!! I was fast but made a mistake on Lap 25; I smacked the wall coming out of turn two and damaged my right front. Had to wait until my green flag pit stop to repair it. That put me a lap down. Finish was not great, but it was nice not to get wrecked out by some fools like we have in NIS.
Ring Meister
- Mike – P started fifth in the Ferrari GT three and ended up wrecking not long after DNF
- Started P3 and finish P3 pretty clean race had nothing for the leaders. We’ll take it podium.
- Start a third by turn to the guy wants to dive in and run side-by-side which is fine. I ran side-by-side with him for a couple corners. Finally got ahead and then he dumped me DNF.
- So it’s Sunday night I want to practice the car for next week the Skip barber. So I’m in the UI. I find the schedule I see the car for next week and I hit practice with AI so I run the race and there’s 28 GT three cars and there’s three Skip Barber cars. I don’t know if this is what it’s supposed to do.
- So to run the Ferrari one more time Sunday night, I missed the start. I start from Pitt Road and my turn three I’m going by a car that’s in the grass. He’s suddenly jolts onto the track in front of me and IT bone him unsafe, rejoined
- Qualified first thing in the shit barber formula 2000 ended up starting PE five and finishing P3 had a great battle with fourth for third spot and we played a game of chicken at the end but I win like usual to take the podium and a great first race of the week to finish in P3.
- Start a second wrecked out fairly soon, kinda on my own because I actually had a spammer in the chat spamming garbage on my stream and it was distracting so I wreck
- Start a third I got to lead going over the bathtub. I left slightly. He runs over me from behind ratio wrecked from behind from the lead.
- Then wrecked out again, mistake on my own, went off track and destroyed the car
- Then started fourth and finished P7 after going off the track once but able to recover
IMSA
- Hall – P 2 and 1, Road ATL I have a decent pace here.
- Brad W – P9 and P10. Both races at Fuji started on a dry track that required drys to be put on at the stop. I had decent pace but as always with wet races the participation was low all week. Both races were top split and I was happy with both. I only had a spin in one of them after getting punted by a GTP before the chicane. I do enjoy searching for that dry lane once you change tires cause if you miss it….hold on!
League / Hosted Races
Grass Roots Racing
GTP/GT3 League – Suzuka Endurance Race
- William W – P3. Final race of the season. Nothing notable really here except for David getting punted. Finished the season 3rd in points. Next season starts in two weeks at LeMans, come join us!
- David – P7 got dumped by a guy on his out lap with cold tires
Elbows Out Racing League (LMP2 and GT3 Wednesday Nights)
- William- P7. Full 62 car grid. The racing at the top of this league is very good, but the lower half of LMP2 and the AM can sometimes leave something to be desired in the racecraft area. A lot of good racing, but also a lot of frustration with GT3 parking it on apex and LMP2 unable to complete passes. Got stuck behind a lambo for a bit that prevented me from moving up, on pace might have had a 5th or so, but needed to do better with traffic.
Hosted-
- Ellis – Car of tomorrow at Talladega went on the far outside for three wide for the wind they got wrecked out. John Kerley finished eight Kyle wrecked out
- Supercars at Michigan got wrecked out
Final Thoughts
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- Calling All Stewards
Description
On today’s show we sit down with Mike Oulette from The Majors to discuss a new project, iRacing’s Tony Gardener chats with Sarah Nocchi, will sim racing be a requirement for real racing in the future, discuss two new headsets, do you need a sim rig roof and it looks like F1’s Alex Albon has a new rig.
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