On this week’s episode of F-R Racing’s Garage Talk we discuss the history of the Wednesday Night Dash iRacing League and discuss some of the growing pains we’ve experienced over the last few years. What started as two guys hanging out and live streaming on Twitch becomes a full blown league with 20+ drivers competing weekly in less than three years. If you’ve ever run an iRacing league or want to run an iRacing league, you’ll want to listen!
The History of Wednesday Night Dash, Newgarden at Gateway, Rain at Michigan
As we are coming up on the three-year anniversary of the first time D.J. and Erik live-streamed racing on Wednesday Night, we go back and discuss the history of Wednesday Night Dash and how a goofy one-on-one race turned into a 22-car broadcasted league in its 10th season with hundreds of people tuning in to watch each week. Wednesday Night Dash also was responsible for our second league, the Indy Racing World Series.
We talk about how Wednesday Night Dash and the iRacing agreement with IndyCar ending created that series. As we move on to real racing news, we talk about our friend Andy Amendola’s new book with 2x Indy 500 winner, Josef Newgarden being released and how Josef signed the first 500 copies of the book. Next, we discuss the controversy at Gateway with Will Power’s involvement in David Malukas’ crash, and then Power crashing out on the following restart. That led to Power being unhappy with Newgarden.
We also discuss the growing voice of both fans and teams being upset with Roger Penske owning the series and owning the top-tier team. We don’t believe anything shady is going on, but it does look bad for optics. Finally, we close out discussing a rain-soaked Michigan Cup race, Corey LaJoie’s flip, and more.
The History of Wednesday Night Dash, Newgarden at Gateway, Rain at Michigan – F-R Racing's Garage Talk
Weekend Recap – Harrison Burton
Harrison Burton is the surprise winner in an exciting NASCAR race at Daytona. We break down the race, Leigh Diffey’s 2024 NASCAR broadcasting debut, and we touch a bit on the Formula 1 Dutch Grand Prix and IndyCar at Portland.
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Race: Darlington Stripe 95 (Replay)
Winner: Dawson Buchanan
Next Race: Talladega Superspeedway – August 28th at 10 pm ET on Stadium Scene TV
Race: Cherry Blossom 154 (Replay)
Winner: Greg Hammond
Next Race: Michigan International Speedway – August 27th at 10 pm ET on Stadium Scene TV
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F-R Racing’s GT Sprint Series
We run a monthly community race in preparation for the various iRacing official events. Stay tuned for the publishing of the final schedule, but the next event will be on May 11th. Most events will be a 15-minute open qualification with a 45-minute sprint session (some are 90 minutes). The events are broadcast on Stadium Scene TV, but are more of a casual environment and will not be scored as an official league.
Want to join us? Drop into our Discord and let us know!
Last Race: Watkins Glen Sprint (Replay)
Next Race: August 31st from Indianapolis Motor Speedway
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