Today was the first road race of the new iRacing season for the 60+ Racing Adventures League. For those who are new here, this league is a group of drivers over the age of 60. The league races both road and oval tracks each week for 12 weeks which makes a season. Yesterday we raced the ARCA Chevrolet SS at Daytona.
Welcome back Mr. Kerr. It's been along time.
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| Grid at Daytona |
That pretty much gets us started.
I have been driving in iRacing since the end of March 2020. A result of the Covid lock down and wanting something to do after exhausting the current tv crap. I watched a few of the you tube and twitch broadcast of iRacing and thought that looked like a cool thing to do. So off to the races we went. After a few weeks of getting my racing shoes worn in, I began to see these leagues and investigated how they worked. First I tried one that concentrated on off road trucks and tracks.
From the other post on this old blog you can tell that off road was what I had done in the real world past. My interest had always been racing. From Jalopies at Ascot to NASCAR at Riverside I had attended races since I was a boy going with my Uncle Harold. When I got my drivers license in 1960 I traveled all of Southern California to races. I really loved the sports cars of the 60's. Porsche 904's, Cobras, CanAm cars and of course the Chaparral.
I did notice that many of the leagues were full of young aggressive drivers and at 75 that was just not my style. So I found the 60plus Racing Adventures league. A great bunch of helpful guys that are really fun to practice with and race against. I started with them when they were already into their 15th season. So this new season (number 16) will be my first full season with them.
My journey can be yours as you follow along as we build a race team and compete for the season championship.
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