Updates from the Armchair: Majeski’s Road Trip Pit Stop, More Prize Money, and a Holiday Helmet

Setup Time, Majeski The holiday season usually means plenty of time driving to visit friends and family, but this is likely a first: Ty Majeski pulled over on the highway and fired up his laptop to send an iRacing teammate some setup notes. It’s a questionable way to trim time off the GPS calculation, but maybe his teammates picked up a few tenths with Majeski’s setup under the virtual hood. https://twitter.com/AliVanderLoop/status/1073021968386088966 Priorities, Spencer! Xfinity Series driver Spencer Boyd spent Christmas Eve turning laps in an interesting combination on iRacing — Watkins Glen International in Gander Outdoors Truck Series-style trucks. https://twitter.com/SpencerBoyd/status/1077381353895809024 https://twitter.com/SpencerBoyd/status/1075149287053582337 When did he have time to do his holiday shopping? Like a Rock Newly minted Gander Outdoors Truck Series Rookie of the Year Myatt Snider threw it back by running some practice races at Rockingham Speedway. https://twitter.com/MyattSnider/status/1076655733750542336 Those modified cars are wider than they appear. https://twitter.com/MyattSnider/status/1076670863469174785 Gettin’ Chili With It iRacing recently released the Chili Bowl race track, site of one of the year’s most prestigious dirt races. https://twitter.com/KevinSwindell/status/1075475370533707776 NASCAR drivers spent some of their offseason time turning some laps in a different discipline of racing from their day jobs. https://twitter.com/CBellRacing/status/1075143753114050561 https://twitter.com/joshbilicki/status/1075154224290455552 https://twitter.com/Jesse_Iwuji/status/1075488236556828672 Just remain on the lookout for Noah Gragson — er, Riley Herbst. (Sure, Noah. Sure.) The PEAK Gets Higher While it’s already quite prestigious to win the eNASCAR PEAK Antifreeze iRacing Series, the stakes just got a little — well, a lot — higher. In 2019, the series’ 10th season, the top 40 drivers in iRacing’s premier oval series will now compete for $100,000 in prize money. That’s a lot of dough. https://twitter.com/NASCAR/status/1074784055881854976 iRacing Paint Schemes of the Week The iRacing community wastes little time in recreating real-life cars. Ben Horton painted a virtual version of Daniel Hemric’s recently-announced No. 8 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 — complete with rookie stripes.

And, in the spirit of the holidays, George Simmons designed a helmet that looks like it was designed with gift wrap and shiny gold ribbon.

Video of the Week Check out a replay of YouTube user Maratio expertly splitting the middle to win an iRacing Truck Series race at Talladega — not to mention a four-wide finish for second place.