The Slingshot Sim Racing Podcast

In this episode, Ellis and Chris sit down with Slingshot driver Jonny Rapp to learn a little about Jonny and what he's all about! We talk about the Motosports Games Saga, iRacing rain, recent league races and why managing a league isn't easy! + Jonny tells us about his own personal story and how he's gone from racing console games like NASACAR Heat to being a regular in victory lane in iRacing!

This week, Ellis and Chris sit down with Patrick Colby, a Slingshot driver who's found a lot of speed this season in the Truck and Cup series! We learn a lot about how Patrick got started, the benefits of having teammates, and how speed changes your racecraft. We also chat about the week of Slingshot Racing on the short tracks at Iowa and IRP and the continued growth of our truck series as well as the Season 2 build of iRacing! 

Apex Energy has been with our league since the beginning nearly one year ago. In this episode, we sit down with Apex owner and founder Tommy Fecher to learn about the trials and tribulations of starting your own business and we also talk about how to build successful partnerships! Chris and Ellis will also discuss the Daytona 500 (NASCAR) and our new penalty system for the Apex Energy Truck Series. 

In this episode, Chris and Ellis talk about the past week's SSRL races as well as our new Slingshot Fantasy NASCAR League! 

In this episode, we dive into how much more mainstream sim racing has gone since we got into it 20 years ago, specifically within the past 2 years. We then sit down with Sam Maxwell, the hardware engineer behind some of the first bespoke custom wheel rims and pedals mods sim racers could buy. We learn about his journey in sim racing and catch up about what keeps him most busy now!

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In this episode, we are going to discuss everything Daytona going on in Slingshot this past week. Chris and Ellis will debrief what was an eventful iRacing VCO 24 Hours of Daytona and also recap the 2 season openers for Slingshot Racing League Season 3!

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In this episode, Chris and Ellis welcome Nick DiCesare and Matt Koontz to talk everything endurance racing, especially the Daytona 24. How to practice, how much to practice, how to approach the race and what (or what not) to drink are all topics we cover! 

In this episode, Chris and Ellis talk about new years goals for sim racing, their experience being sim racing broadcasters for the first time, and dig a little into the iRacing Indycar controversy! They then sit down with filmmaker Brock Drury to talk about his new film "the Sim Racer" which follows the story of a sim racer down on his luck trying to win back his life and his home! 

In the final episode of 2022, Chris and Ellis discuss their choices for best of 2022 including Best Slingshot race of 2022 Best racing game of 2022, Favorite new iRacing track of 2022, Favorite new iRacing car of 2022, Breakout Slingshot performance of 2022, and Driver of the year. We then sit down with Slingshot Driver Tony Hilbrands to talk about his experience with league ownership, his real life dirt racing experience and how it translates to iRacing and what he is looking forward to with our upcoming Cup Series! 

This week, Ellis and Chris recap this season of Slingshot Racing and discuss some iRacing news related to this season's update. We then shift gears to discuss a recent post on reddit about sim racing burnout, our own experiences, as well as how to avoid and get over it! 

This week we sit down with our most recent winner Jacob Bradley to learn about what has led to his success on the track and also his potential future career in motosports. He even shares some interesting tidbits about the development of NASCAR's next-gen car! Before that, Chris and Ellis talk about new free content from iRacing coming out in 2023 and also whether or not Sim Racing has gotten too expensive from the hardware standpoint! Lastly, if you are interested in our Downhill Soapbox Derby in the Formula Vee at Mt. Washington, join our discord and follow us on Social Media for more details! 

This week we are finally able to reveal the details for Season 3 of Slingshot Racing League! 2 New Series, new cars, and new tracks! Fore more information on how to become a part of our community as a driver or just a fan check out our website and follow us on Social Media! Thanks for Listening!

In this episode, we discuss the finish to the most recent Coca Cola iRacing Series at Talladega, the upcoming iRacing Petit Lemans and Team Slingshot's entries at Road Atlanta. We'll also catch up with Aaron Smith, who is quickly becoming a familiar name in SSRL with 3 wins on the season.