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[jonpollak]

 

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The INDYCAR iRacing Challenge, a virtual racing event featuring a full field of NTT INDYCAR SERIES drivers, begins this weekend with Saturday’s American Red Cross Grand Prix at Watkins Glen International beginning at 4 p.m. ET - 8 p.m. GMT

 

The event, which will last approximately 90 minutes, will be streamed through INDYCAR.com while INDYCAR’s YouTube and Facebook platforms as well as iRacing’s Twitch will serve as additional outlets for viewing. The NBC broadcasting team of Leigh Diffey, Townsend Bell and Paul Tracy will be calling the action. The pre-race activities will be highlighted by iconic national anthem singer Jim Cornelison adding his voice as he has for the past three Indianapolis 500s.

 

To enhance the fan experience, INDYCAR will conduct a 15-minute, pre-race virtual autograph session with several of the participants beginning at 3:15 p.m. The drivers participating this week will be announced @INDYCAR at 10 a.m. Saturday. There also will be a live interview with the race winner by post-race host Katie Hargitt on INDYCAR's Instagram immediately following the conclusion of the race.

 

The starting lineup will be set through a 10-minute qualifying session prior to the event. In the interest of fairness, iRacing will give all participants the same car setups. Teams will have the ability to design each driver's car livery to match their desired paint scheme, making them easily recognizable to the viewers.

 

The entry list of 25 drivers includes series champions Josef Newgarden, Simon Pagenaud, Will Power, Sebastien Bourdais, Tony Kanaan, four Indianapolis 500 winners and collectively has registered 140 series victories. The Team Penske trio of Newgarden, Pagenaud and Power, along with the A.J. Foyt Racing duo of Bourdais and Kanaan, have combined for nine series championships led by Bourdais’ four and two by Newgarden.

 

If that wasn’t enough talent, a driver with a record-tying seven NASCAR Cup Series crowns – Jimmie Johnson – will join the virtual race as a “special guest” entrant.

 

The American Red Cross Grand Prix is the first of six events to be held weekly each Saturday through May 2. The opening event will be followed by others at Barber Motorsports Park (April 4), a “Driver’s Choice” track (April 11), a “Random Draw” track (April 18), Circuit of The Americas (April 25) and a non-INDYCAR “Dream” track (May 2).

 

ENTRY LIST

 

http://www.imscdn.co...EntryListV2.pdf

 

 

For those going to the race here is your track map

 

 

( PSA : DO NOT GO !...Stay At Home )

 

 

Atlas-Autosport Fantasy League IS BACK

 

https://fantasy.indycar.com/

Fans of the NTT INDYCAR SERIES will be able to participate in the INDYCAR iRacing Challenge, a six-event virtual event which begins Saturday at 4 p.m. ET, through the INDYCAR Fantasy Challenge driven by Firestone game, which is accessible within the NTT INDYCAR Mobile App powered by NTT DATA.

 

The game established for the actual season has a re-imagined interface for 2020. Players select four-driver teams within a $100 weekly salary.

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So there we go...

Our Brave New World.

Jp

Edited by jonpollak, 28 March 2020 - 16:24.

[ARTGP]

Fascinating. Star-studded entry list. Does the iRacing indycar model actually differentiate between Honda and Chevrolet engines? Or is that just in name only?

Edited by ARTGP, 28 March 2020 - 11:36.

[thegamer23]

Watkins Gl-E-n

 

Could be the best Pro Simrace to date. Popcorns are ready!   

 

THIS IS A LAP OF THE GLEN, even with the Aeroscreen! 
I want that setup so bad   
 

Edited by thegamer23, 28 March 2020 - 11:41.

[PayasYouRace]

Thanks for putting this up.

 

Making picks in this is really difficult. I know know how well each of these guys tends to do in the sim racing world.

[H0R]

Fantasy Indycar without Scott Dixon available is ... interesting, to say the least. Will VEACH become an online title contender? Maybe Ferrucci (won't pick him anyway)? Choices, choices ...

[PedroDiCasttro]

Almost the entire irl grid participating. This is how you do things, thank you IndyCar! 

[Underdog76]

Indycar seems to be executing it better than F1. Better able to get the drivers (basically all) to show up in to their sims.

There really is no excuse to let the show disappear, give a pass to these virtual races. Sponsors paid for your devotion, not just to drive actual cars.
You officially have nothing better to do unless a loved one is fighting for their life.

If a champion is bad at simming, that should be all in good fun.

Hülkenberg took on the world of sim racers on live TV, full knowing he had no chance to shine, but he drove admirably, participated in the banter. He sure wasn't paid, but showed fans and simmers respect and action. I was positively surprised but I should not have been. 

I hope before this period comes to a close, we get to see the absent F1 stars also stepping up. No-one takes this as seriously as real racing, but fans paid for their TV subscriptions to see you guys race. 

To be honest, the online racing has been pretty watchable. The V8 Supercars race put on by the all star field organized by Team Redline was pretty amazing. 
Very hopeful for the Indy race!
 

[maximilian]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS     

 

Also, ROBERT WICKENS will be participating as well, in partnership with the Bettenhausen twins, and others:

 

https://racer.com/20...-racing-return/

 

Well done, IndyCar.  I love you, IndyCar! 

Edited by maximilian, 28 March 2020 - 13:46.

[red stick]

The driver rankings, based on salary, are interesting.  Is there a background of virtual racing they're drawing upon? 

[Risil]

That's really cool that Wickens is taking part.

[rghojai]

IndEcat thinks well of this.

 

[jee]

Does the iRacing indycar model actually differentiate between Honda and Chevrolet engines? Or is that just in name only?

 

The car label as simply "Dallara IR18" and does not have engine branding, I assume they only have it in the broadcast and on the car paints for this series for reasons of exposure. Short: No, they're all identical.

Edited by jee, 28 March 2020 - 15:39.

[Underdog76]

The fun thing about sim racing is that despite equal equipment, it's not just the usual suspects (sim pros and geek F1 racers) dominating on skill and there is still a lot of pace difference.

In the V8 Supercars race, VER was decidedly average (well, top-10 in a field of like 50 pros). He sounded pretty annoyed with himself for being slow. Fixed setup, equal cars, delegated by a bunch of FFord and GT racers. You betcha he'll be working on his skills with that car and track to find out where he was losing so much time :-D 

[jonpollak]

Legends race is LIVE at 17:48GMT

 

 

Jp

Edited by jonpollak, 28 March 2020 - 16:09.

[Alfisti]

This is very, very cool. Bravo.

[jonpollak]

OP is amended to include Indycar YouTube feed for the race.

 

Jp

[ANF]

Impressive grid!

[Frood]

I'm not picking Speed. He's been banned from iRacing before.

 

This will be interesting in terms of picks. I don't even know where to begin.

[dbltop]

I was hoping they would use the boot!

[jonpollak]

I'm not picking Speed. He's been banned from iRacing before.

 

This will be interesting in terms of picks. I don't even know where to begin.

Hey Frood...

Have you come up with a vaccine for this damn thing yet?

 

We're all relying on you ya know.

Jp

[Frood]

Hey Frood...

Have you come up with a vaccine for this damn thing yet?

 

We're all relying on you ya know.

Jp

Nah. We've been focusing on what's really important for people in quarantine. Hand sanitiser, and, er, erectile dysfunction medicines.

[red stick]

This will be interesting in terms of picks. I don't even know where to begin.

 

Certainly evens the playing field?!

 

I feel like I'm playing darts.

[red stick]

!!!

 

[LucaP]

I'm picking Bourdais on the sole basis he looks like the biggest geek ;)

Edited by Luca Pacchiarini, 28 March 2020 - 17:16.

[DS27]

Do the same rules apply?

 

As in; Do not pick Will Power???

[Risil]

I was hoping they would use the boot!

I'm always hoping they won't. The short layout is more in the spirit of the 1960s track and would be crazy fast in a single seater.

Anyway, bravo Indycar. iRacing plus a full field of real-life drivers.

[Dmitriy_Guller]

Yeah, the Boot is the most over-rated piece of track in all of racing.  It ruins the whole flow of the track, and is not conducive to racing.  It's basically a random appendage added in order to keep the track from being too short.

[red stick]

Do the same rules apply?

 

As in; Do not pick Will Power???

Seems sound . . . 

[LucaP]

Yeah, the Boot is the most over-rated piece of track in all of racing. It ruins the whole flow of the track, and is not conducive to racing. It's basically a random appendage added in order to keep the track from being too short.

I thought it was just me thinking it.
In what year was it added?

[maximilian]

Still don't see Robbie WIckens on the official start list... 

 

Awesome to see the spotter guide!!     I really admire IndyCar for making this as real for us as possible.

[prommer]

I'm torn between being excited for this and tamping down my excitement because I know there's going to be stuff that disappoints me.

 

I do kinda wonder what the oldies like Kanaan and Bourdais think of this madness. The average age of my fantasy picks is about 21...

 

Sadly, Wickens is a late scratch:

 

Robert Wickens

@robertwickens

 

Unfortunately I will not be able to make today’s

@IndyCar

@iRacing

event. There was an issue with the courier and the

@MPI_INNOVATIONS

steering wheel will not arrive in time for today’s race.

 

 

Quite sad, as apparently  Max Papis prepared the wheel for Wickens all night long, but they just couldn't get the wheel to him in time to set it up. 

[Dmitriy_Guller]

They should really stop inviting Montoya to these races.  He's clearly one of those dicks who thinks it's funny to wreck other people because it's a game, and he detracts from the entire event.  This must be the fourth time this week I've seen Montoya just flat out rear-end someone.

[thegamer23]

My pick for Tonight's Indy Race win is SCOTT SPEED!

He has some e-Racing experience too (Also a Ban   ) 

[Lipp]

They should really stop inviting Montoya to these races.  He's clearly one of those dicks who thinks it's funny to wreck other people because it's a game, and he detracts from the entire event.  This must be the fourth time this week I've seen Montoya just flat out rear-end someone.

He looked to be the fastest of the legends over a couple of laps but also the most boisterous I guess...

[ARTGP]

They should really stop inviting Montoya to these races.  He's clearly one of those dicks who thinks it's funny to wreck other people because it's a game, and he detracts from the entire event.  This must be the fourth time this week I've seen Montoya just flat out rear-end someone.

 

 

That is very much his real world temperament  . And I'd call it anger more than funny lol. Montoya used to perform full car hip checks on competitors at the Rolex 24 hours endurance race 

Edited by ARTGP, 28 March 2020 - 18:25.

[Dmitriy_Guller]

I don't know how long you've been following Montoya  .   That is very much his real world temperament 

Since 1998, and he was my #1 favorite driver for most of that time.  He was never gifted with a triple digit IQ, but at least he managed to finish most races without rear-ending someone, you don't get a tie in two Indycar championships without finishing a race here or there.

[Branislav]

!!!

 

Well... I will cheer for Nascar driver #48 JJ. But I think Felix Rosenqvist has the best chance to win it.

[jonpollak]

NO Montoya...
And relax...
Jp

[Risil]

They should really stop inviting Montoya to these races.  He's clearly one of those dicks who thinks it's funny to wreck other people because it's a game, and he detracts from the entire event.  This must be the fourth time this week I've seen Montoya just flat out rear-end someone.

 

I'm pretty sure I remember him doing that to Scott Pruett to win his first NASCAR Busch race!

[Risil]

I thought it was just me thinking it.
In what year was it added?

 

1971. Designed, or so my often faulty memory tells me, in consultation with Jackie Stewart.

 

I don't hate it but the libidinous, fun-loving part of myself tells me I'd like to see them out on the short track.

[thegamer23]

Where's Satooooo 

[jonpollak]

Safely tucked away somewhere.
Jp

[Peat]

Will Power is an iRacing veteran. He was also VERY quick in the open session at The Glen i was in with him the other night.

Looking forward to this.

[jonpollak]

So you’ve picked Power...?
Jp

[jonpollak]

GREEN flag at 16:09 EDT.
Jp

[Peat]

I don't play that game. Been burned too many times.

[thegamer23]

Pagenaud's Cockpit! 

 

I spot some Pasta too.

 

[stewie]

I spot some Pasta too.

Love to know where he got that from, I'd not seen a single bag of pasta in the UK for 3 weeks!

[prommer]

Fueled by gluten.

[Peat]

So, across the 2x YT broadcasts, 15k are waiting to watch this.