World of Outlaws and iRacing bring dirt racing to prime time

[Returning to Dirt]

https://insidedirtracing.com/world-of-outlaws-and-iracing-set-to-bring-dirt-racing-to-prime-time/

Virtual dirt racing will take center stage on national television on Wednesday night

[BTExpress]

This has peaked my interest and I am looking forward to watching. Better than watching reruns of Swamp People.

[2muchstagger]

I have been following the the official iRacing WOO series for the last couple of years. No it isn’t real, but it is entertaining and they generally provide put on a good show. I joined iRacing last August, and I can tell you it isn’t easy. The official IRacing outlaw series runs on Monday nights at 8:00 central. They are broadcast on Twitch, YouTube and Facebook. Sprints are running their 10 week series at the moment and lates will start their 10 race season after the sprint season is complete.

[Zonks32x]

I suggest we all tune in tonight, even if you put it on and watch something else in another room.

Why??
Ratings drive programming, and what would all of us really enjoy? More dirt racing events on television. If this iracing deal does better than expected, it may lead to more real dirt racing on television when real racing returns.

One can hope.

[TerryM]

It’s not listed on our Dish guide, but we’ll be tuned in if we have the option to. We also have the DOD freebie as an option, so we’ll be watching some dirt racing one way or the other.

[smoothoperator32]

I have dish network and it's listed at 7 central

[NeedforLMspeed]

It's confirmed. Bloomers is officially washed up

[t3r3e3]

Counting caution laps is NA$CAR garbage. Why IRacing? Why? Listening to the NA$CAR clowns babble on while the laps disappear under yellow on a virtual race is stupid.

[t3r3e3]

It's confirmed. Bloomers is officially washed up

To be fair, Pedregon was a dart with no feathers. Can’t go from the wall to the infield and not expect someone to be there.

[lokwaidid]

that was a fun show because it wasn't scripted. it may be a game, but it was still real players.

[TerryM]

Counting caution laps is NA$CAR garbage. Why IRacing? Why? Listening to the NA$CAR clowns babble on while the laps disappear under yellow on a virtual race is stupid.
They have one hour of TV time to get two features in. I didn’t have a problem with it.

[TerryM]

I have dish network and it's listed at 7 central
It finally showed up on our guide around 7:00 or so est.

[kazual]

Counting caution laps is understandable, they have a schedule to keep. I’m thinking this TV sim racing might have some legs.

[huskerdirt]

Counting caution laps is NA$CAR garbage. Why IRacing? Why? Listening to the NA$CAR clowns babble on while the laps disappear under yellow on a virtual race is stupid.

In a normal Iracing race. The caution laps are counted, that’s just how it is. They’ve made progress towards not counting caution laps. I’m pretty sure they released it and there was glitch in it. It might be back now for hosted/league stuff but I haven’t been in one that has had it though. They’ve added the GWC recently, so it’s not like the developers are completely ignoring it.

[t3r3e3]

If they’re going to count caution laps, a better idea would be to just make both features 25 laps, and do not count the cautions. While not quite as bad as the Eldora truck race, the late model feature was about 40% caution laps. For what it’s worth Madden was steady climbing from the tail until getting caught in a wreck, and McKinney/Ivey looked good.

[lw82]

Anyone know when they will replay the I race on FS1?

[NeedforLMspeed]

3:30 am tonight

[lw82]

Thanks NeedforLMspeed

[Highside Hustler25]

It's confirmed. Bloomers is officially washed up

lol, I think it shows Scott doesn't spend much time playin video games.

[bleedblue55]

lol, I think it shows Scott doesn't spend much time playin video games.
I take it you're not counting the ones at a casino

[Highside Hustler25]

I take it you're not counting the ones at a casino

lol yeah, those don't count.
Scott wasn't the only one out in the cold. Jimmy Johnson looked really bad Sunday and that's with a new state of the art simulator. Their weren't to many late model drivers up front last night either. Ashton Winger probably looks the best and understandably so. He has a ton of time on IRacing. Same with Stroupe, Mike McKinney and a few other young guys.

[NeedforLMspeed]

Don't take my post seriously. It was oozing ALOT of sarcasm.

[t501tx]

Actual Late model racing stars do tend to be a bit older than sprint car drivers as you saw in people the A-main fields on FS1.

Not a knock because those LM drivers are really wily veterans on their own real dirt turf. But this is a whole different deal and maybe some grandkids need to get some of those LM veterans that are interested up to speed.

Is it realistic, sort of... but you have to just open up your viewpoint and not get stuck on some of the non-realistic portions of the show. Its like going to the movies and watching racing scenes, they usually suck.

I will watch again...

[WildBill32]

You know times are getting tuff... When you're entertainment is watching people play video games... Hmmmm...

[RiffRaf67]

Its all the rage with the kids willbill, my son (30) streams his gaming and in lieu of television he spends the majority of his free time watching others game on an app called Twitch.
Its why we cant get them to goto the race tracks. This mess we are in will cement thier behaviour even more.

[WisWildManFan]

Honestly if you haven’t played you don’t know what you’re missing. It’s the closest most of us will get to racing a super late, a 410, cup car, trophy truck, rally cross, or an Indy car. Watching it is ok but I feel watching races on tv are just ok as well.

[WWilliams52]

For anyone looking to cure the cabin fever, I’m a mod in Jesse Enterkins(Hunt The Front) twitch/YT channels and he races with his viewers 3-4 times a week. We also have a discord we sit around in and talk about and watch racing in. Next week he’s racing for 4K on iracing... pretty cool.

[WisWildManFan]

That field next week is stacked.

[TerryM]

You know times are getting tuff... When you're entertainment is watching people play video games... Hmmmm...
If you can’t at least somewhat enjoy watching these shows, I feel sorry for you.

[TerryM]

Its all the rage with the kids willbill, my son (30) streams his gaming and in lieu of television he spends the majority of his free time watching others game on an app called Twitch. Its why we cant get them to goto the race tracks. This mess we are in will cement thier behaviour even more.
My son is 27 and deep into iRacing. Hell, I bought him brake pedals (???) as a Christmas gift. But ... he’s been my dirt racing sidekick (real in person dirt late model racing), since he was three-years old, and still is. The minute we’re able to go back to the real thing, I’ll be there. And he will too. Our kids loving this iRacing stuff, doesn’t mean they stopped loving the real thing.

[NeedforLMspeed]

Iracing can't and will no way ever duplicate the sound, feel and smell of 20+ 900 horsepower race cars going by.

[TerryM]

Iracing can't and will no way ever duplicate the sound, feel and smell of 20+ 900 horsepower race cars going by.
No one has said it will. But it’s a fun way to enjoy racing in the meantime.

[NeedforLMspeed]

I know no one said it will. That's just my opinion.

[2muchstagger]

I joined last August and it is pretty awesome. Getting in an Indy car and turning laps at Charlotte is pretty mind numbing when you consider that is what it would be like. It is absolutely ludicrous and definitely gives one an appreciation for what these guys do.

In my case, all the dirt tracks have closed anywhere close around me. I have to drive 2 1/2- 3 hours to catch any dirt action. Will it ever completely replace my desire of seeing the real thing, absolutely not. But, when you can’t see it, it’s the next best thing.

[zyoung25]

McKinney and several others have been playing sim racing on dirt for years. I raced with Mike and RT20 a bunch on r factor when it was big on the dirt side, they both were (not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) near unbeatable when they showed up in a random race. This was around 2009 or so. I'd love to have iracing, I just can't swing the cash right now to buy everything I need.

[WisWildManFan]

McKinney didn’t even make the A main in tonight’s vlr race taking 24 out of 60 guys... open setup races guys devote their lives to this. Testing all the time.

[luke81]

Driving a super late model in iRacing is quite difficult. Most people spend the first ten hours or so spinning around or puttering around the track slow. The fact that these guys did as well as they did is pretty awesome.

[JayD]

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