F-R Racing's Garage Talk

Release Date: 05-10-2024 05:00

On this week's F-R Racing's Garage Talk, NASCAR Silly Season has started now. We break down Michael McDowell's surprise announcement that he's leaving FRM for Spire and is Stewart-Haas Racing for sale? We know they've been looking at selling a charter or two, but is the entire team going to fold? Next, we get into a discussion about the challenges of managing an iRacing league. As you know, we operate three leagues that are all vastly different as far as the driving, driving styles, and rules go. At the last Indy Racing World Series race at Texas Motor Speedway, we had some issues with inconsistent caution flags on the iRacing platform. Some situations that should have generated a caution didn't and some that did generate a caution, may not have been. Is there a bug in iRacing? Do we not fully understand how automated cautions work? So what's the solution? A dedicated race controller would add cost to the league and admin cautions may address some instances, but may not cover all of them. Does admin cautions create gamesmanship where if someone wrecks, a caution isn't flown could someone successfully sell a caution that may not have been one? We like being transparent, so this segment is a good way to see our thoughts and mindset as we brainstorm possible solutions on the fly. Finally, Erik is headed to Speedway this weekend for the IndyCar Sonsio Grand Prix. We preview the event and talk about some people who will be missing from the track this weekend.

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