iRacing offered drivers to run the Indy 500 and Coke 600 all in the same day. My son and I split up the driving duties. The payout if we won either race was iRacing credits, write up in SIM Racing News and iRacing In Racing News.
I ran the Indy race, started at 10AM, qualified 6th out of 23 drivers, 200 laps at Indy's 2.5 Mile rectangle. I got wrecked on lap 1, luckily the car could be repaired. We then had 29 cautions which eliminated most of the field. One green flag run last 46 laps. After 2.5 hours I was wrecked and the car couldn't finish. I ate lunch, did some work around the house and came back to watch. I finished 13th. The winning driver after 4 hours was the last place car. There were only 4 cars that were left at the end.
The World 600 at Charlotte in the Nascar sprint cup car was 400 laps. My son qualified 3rd out of 43 drivers. His race started at 6PM and he was solid for hours and hours. It was also a wreckfest, something like 25 cautions. At Midnight (6 hours later) he was in 3rd going past 2nd place when 2nd place nudged his bumper and turned him into the wall. He got the car fixed but was down 13 laps. He finished 6th. He led 1 lap. He was bummed. Yesterday he ran 2 Nascar Truck races at Daytona (drafting) and he won them both so the weekend wound up being good.
Great points day as both Oval and Road were promoted from Class D licenses to Class C. I'm running the Mustang FR500 Challenge Series (12 Races / 12 Weeks) soon. I started with a Rookie to Class D Tier Road Racing with the Mazda MX-5 Right Hand driver Roadster. I'm currently leading in points.
I'm only up by 6 points over 2nd place. This week's race in Lime Rock. Not my best track, I'll practice for the next few days.