#let us run the indycar accounts!

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I feel like indyblr should be allowed to submit ideas for social media/youtube videos to indycar

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hi Hazel, I know you're a journalist, but I hears you have done socials before? do you have any tips on how to get a foot in the door with motorsport socials or broader communications without prior connections? seems like there's so many young girls on twitter who are trying and that's a bit discouraging. there aren't that many roles, are there? :((

hello,

yeah, I worked in social media for a few years between journalism gigs (I sort of thought it might be what I wanted to do but honestly: no)

there are a lot of jobs in motorsport social media. we see primarily the ones for the big F1 teams or whatever but of course that’s not where a lot of people start and for instance, most sponsors will want social content related to the team they work with over a race weekend, even within the F1 environment. and of course, across media there are lots of sports social media jobs including F1 and then the championship itself. then when you think across wider motorsport like endurance and junior categories and Formula E and IndyCar.... there are a lot more roles than you’d think. oh and then the broadcasters... you get the idea, there’s a bunch of places.

idk how much NDA-bustoing trouble I’m likely to get in for saying this but I used to work for a supplier to an F1 team and then for the championship itself on social stuff. prior to that, I’d worked on social for Netflix and the BBC, so I wasn’t coming in as a rookie, which certainly helped. for the past two years I was also the racefanslive livetweeter, although I’m not anymore.

social media takes the form of lots of things, now. so you need to decide what aspect of the job you want to work in; are you a graphic designer, someone who can put together genius TikToks, someone who can present on social, copywriter, a producer, a strategist, etc? 

some roles will require you to be an all-rounder and it’s good to have basic skills across it all but when you’re looking to develop a portfolio, that’s something to think about. do you have a TikTok full of awesome bits of presentation? can you make a show reel? are your gifs and edits super beautiful? are you an illustrator, you get what I mean.

one of the reasons “getting into social” can seem hard is because “getting into social” is about as vague as “getting into F1″ - like what, you’re gonna be a driver or a mechanic or? likewise, you need to work out what you want to do and then show that you can do it.

a good way to gain experience is by, basically, doing some stuff. I realise that sounds incredibly stupid but basically: start making things you think you’d like to make for a job. you don’t need to do a ton, just put a few bits together, put it on a professional instagram as reels and posts and saved stories and so you’ve got somewhere to point to if you get an opportunity, to say what you can do.

Twitter is less useful, professionally speaking but it’s also worth, for instance, making an account and doing some basic, clear livetweeting of a specific event. let’s say the Rome Eprix because I don’t livetweet F1 but I can talk about livetweeting FE. 

one of the worst things people do with livetweeting is either decontextualised information (”Ricciardo has come into the pits” ok but when and why) or unclear information that doesn’t fit the character limit. I don’t think I’m very good at a lot of social stuff anymore but I am really good at livetweeting (I used to do so much of it, professionally speaking) and so I am gonna use myself as an example here. here’s my thread from the first time the format was run - it’s pretty simple because I didn’t have any imagery but it gets across the information you need about what cars are through and who’s beaten who. that’s a skill worth practicing and also something it’s worth showing you can do, when you’re applying for roles.

beyond that it’s a case of making sure you keep your eyes open for opportunities. whether that’s getting involved with formulastudent and becoming a producer for the teams or just going out and making content, having a portfolio is incredibly important. then keep watch on things like Motorsport Jobs (you can set up a job alert) and follow and pay attention to people at agencies that work in motorsport, so that you’re aware of opportunities coming up. that’s places like Influence Associates, Re:Volution, Crunch, Veloce, Edelman, 115dgrs, etc.

also I know everyone thinks Tumblr content is for some reason verboten but if you make good memes on here that aren’t too obscene, for the love of god put them in your portfolio. if you make beautiful, hi-res gifs and clips then for the love of god put them in your portfolio. your edits? portfolio. some of the highest-quality and most standout work in motorsport is on here with people hiding it - ok, don’t send in your explicit fanart or whatever but there are so many beautiful edits on here which would look so immediately eye-catching to a team or broadcaster.

if you message me off anon I can reply privately with a friend who runs an motorsport social media agency and often has entry-level work going/would be willing to offer experience. she always pays, although it may only be sporadic work at first. 

[f1]

'I still have that fire in me' Ricciardo keen to stay in F1 after McLaren exit

Daniel Ricciardo says he wants to continue racing in Formula 1 after it was announced that the Australian and McLaren would part ways at the end of the 2022 Formula 1 season. The eight-time Grand Prix winner, who secured a one-two for McLaren at the 2021 Italian Grand Prix – the team’s first win since 2012 – will leave McLaren at the end of this year after he and the team agreed an early termination to his three-year contract. In a message posted on his social media accounts, Ricciardo said he was determined to stay in F1. READ MORE: Daniel Ricciardo to leave McLaren at the end of the season “The sport, I still love it, I still love it. This hasn’t affected any of that. I still have that fire in me, that belief in my belly, that I can do this at the highest level,” he said. “So yes, all that stuff is still there. But yes, I just wanted to say I appreciate everyone’s support from the highs, to the lows – everything in between. This isn’t it for me. We’ll see what lies ahead. I just wanted to say I appreciate you…” he added. McLaren celebrate their Monza triumph back at HQ The former Red Bull and Renault driver added that he would look back fondly on his time with the team in orange, particularly his win at Monza last year. “I think for the future, what lies ahead, I’m not sure yet, but we’ll see. I look back on this time with McLaren, I look back with a smile. I learned a lot about myself, I think things that will help me for the next step in my career but I think just in general, in life. PALMER: Five key questions for the final nine races of 2022 “You know, from a results point of view, for sure, to consistently get the results and the form I was after, it wasn’t always there, and it made some weekends tough. I felt those, absolutely, but I also have many happy memories of my time at the team, and I think about Monza, I think about standing on the top step, I think about bringing the team their first win since 2012, you know, like that sort of stuff was awesome. “To see the smiles from everyone’s faces, to be in that moment, that’s something I’ll never forget, so yes, there’s a lot of good stuff to take from this as well. “We had a lot of discussions, but in the end we mutually agreed that this is the right thing for both of us. I will continue to do the rest of this year, absolutely, and I’ll continue to give it my all. So that’s that.” Ricciardo finished P6 at his home Grand Prix earlier this season McLaren also run outfits in IndyCar, Extreme E and will soon compete in Formula E, and, while Ricciardo said he wanted to remain in F1, CEO Zak Brown said that the door remains open for the Australian to run a papaya car in any of those series. BEYOND THE GRID: Lando Norris on playing the long game with McLaren, the disappointment of Russia 2021, and more “Yes, we are Daniel Ricciardo fans. We do have other racing activities and if that was something that was interest to Daniel, we would welcome those conversations. We will let him speak for himself, but I believe he is very focused on F1,” said Brown. “It was never a discussion between Andreas [Seidl, Team Principal] and I, nor Daniel, to consider not allowing him to race in any other form of motorsport next year, and we hope he does. He’s a friend of the family and always will be, and restricting a racing driver from racing cars is not something McLaren will do.” via Formula 1 News https://www.formula1.com

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[CHANGING MY NAME TO: Mo (first name) Torious (last name)] i asked my parents if I could come up to westchester to have dinner with them, or to briefly stay while I looked for an apartment. They said no. It’s funny, Dr Tabar at Belkvue Hospital (Dr Mounir, intake), told me that I should cut off my relationship with my mother. The only reason my father asked me to attend her 80th birthday party, was to keep up appearances. Before the night was over, and after my speech (unmmmzm....I got you a car), he told me in no uncertain terms that I am no longer welcome in his house. I dove get it. His brother Ladipo Fayemi is a caseworker at HRA HASA, who never once intervened for me, and who nobody in that agency thought to refer my case to. Mr. McCoy, used to make fun of the name. No matter, I no longer want to be called that. I told them that since my father still continues to lie about not having received a copy of the doctored IRS Filings which Lucy Ostrofsky (acting in house counsel) had filed, directly ignoring my instructions, before I was forced out of the company and off the corporate bank account (it takes 3 members of management: myself, Richard McGinnis (Kurt Salmon Associates), President of Motorious Retail Stores (m&m/Mars Family: sponsor of Kyle Bush’s Toyota at NASXAR), patent holder, casino slot machine algorithms) and Philip Munger (who once, unbeknownst to me, withdrew $5,000 in cash from his personal Citibank account, and deposited it into my (the corporate) account, triggering FBI Money Laundering Red Flag: I have never even seen $5,000.00 in cash in one place in my entire life. I spent $500 to $10,000/month on my AMEX PLATINUM: and repaid it within 30 days. Beginning in 1992. Until I didn’t and went bankrupt for $60,000. Bottom line: I don’t trust the man, and he and I no longer have a relationship. All he and my mother have done is agree with the psychiatrists who keep diagnosing me with paranoid delusions that I run a company. All this, I believe, because the only company he ever ran, ended up in trouble with the IRS. I’m beginning to be really suspect about his book selling and his AIDS Charity for orphans in Africa. Before he kicked me out of the house, he asked me if I wanted to help him with his Foundation, and I said « no » I want German citizenship. A look at my brief work history shows I never stay in 1 place very long. What’s wrong with having wanted a change and to seek opportunities abroad? Science Advisers, led by Norman Heyman, Jean Robert Le Shufy, and Kevin DeVito (New Capital Horizons, the US arm of New Capital AG in Switzerland: COPE Holdings (XTERA DAX | NASDAQ) Zuggero, CEO | lent ICV, llc (Integrated Concepts Vehicles, llc, Flipboard.com/@ICV_llc, the first $137,000 after I had lent the corporation $60,000. MOTORIOUS MONEY GRID: says $100,000.00 loan am was made by Phil Munger on November 1, 1999. If that had been the case, why were none of the vendors at the show paid, and why did I receive a phone message on December 31, 1999 from Philip Munger: joe@planetvida.com.br, the DAY AFTER I received a message from Wayne Irving of Spin Records that he had secured $25 Million from ING Barings? 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Motor Trend Magazine wrote an article entitled « The Automotive Analyst », a « fictitious story about a Wall Street analyst having problems with his wife, while talking to his shrink. The concluding sentence: « Build The Car » My only contribution to Ford would have been when I called the $3 million monstrosity (Focus) built by John Colletti and Motor Trend: Ian Cartabiano has penned a sick Mis-Engined Ford Focus Rally Car, which was to have shared a platform with the Renault R5 (Nissan: where Doi had previously worked after NCIS). That, and the referral from Mark Stehrenberger to Scott Sharpe Racing, to [Ford Tuner: I ferget] , who wrote a proposal for tuning the 4.0 liter Jaguar V8 for the Motorious Show Stand, as a potential BMW M5 competitor. Of the $137,000.00 loan, $50,000 went to Mark Stehrenberger Design, who was to generate 3 proposals for the Deusenberg PHAETON: Mercedes Benz Ocean 4 door convertible concept...to. E build at the DRESDEN Factory in Germany), the other $50,000 went to Robert Marianich in Huntington Beach, who was to have converted his studio, and built a « clay resurfaced » proposal of the RIVOLUZIONW: 1999 LA Auto Show, next to Shelby Series One (I met Carroll at Jay Leno’s, where he asked me to contact his assistant, Pearlita Shelby, about helping him with production of the OLDSMOBILE AURORA Engined SERIES ONE: autopsia.wordpress.com, slated to return to INDYCAR, to replace the Honda unit, now that they created Touring Car. I wanted to get the rights to MG ROVER (BBC: BMW’s English Patient), known as Rover Sterling 825 in America (Acura Legend): ARCONA | After the misérable failure of Phoenix Holdings, which paid Queen Elizabeth the nominal sum of £10, and then before becoming the four most overpaid executives in the UK Auto Industry. I even went so far as to ask Lakshmi Mittal (Arcelor Mittal and Harris’s) if he would help me to purchase Land Rover from TATA. CAR AND DRIVER MAGAZINE (Hearst Publications: Vladimir Putin) April Fool’s | Toyota buys Oldsmobile Trademark for $5,000. FIAT acquire the right to the Oldsmobile Aurora Engine through my partnership with Carroll Shelby, Gets the Oldsmobile Dealerships (10 year warrante on the engine), Change the nage to Alfa Romeo, and modify the engine for use in US Alfa’s, like the GT-V8, Spider Véloce (Duetto V8: BMWfilms.com Béat the Devil). Unfortunately, John Goodwin went bankrupt, my ex-wife had a hidden camera in our bedroom vent (Waiting to Exhale, Bernadine’s Rage: 6624 Oceancrest Drive, RPV, CA, 90275). And all of our personal and my corporate accounts were closed on August 14, 2001, due to malfeasance on her part: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6vwNcNOTVzY [The Private Bank: Union Bank of California (Mitsubishi Sumitomo: KIRETSU): Peggy Fahnestock, Gloria Marquez: who refinanced my BMW Financial Loan from JP Morgan Chase, because it was higher interest rate than a similarly situated white nan, all other things being equal. The VENDETTA (redesigned Rivoluzione: 200 LA Auto Show, was in an accident THE FIRST DAY I DROVE IT. I didn’t even make it to the highway. There was at least $100,000? In customization (hand hammered and rolled Aluminum body parts riveted and bonded to the steel: Robin Officer, Captain Metal, Magic Mountain, CA (A Kiwi). who I believe, was interviewed on the Jay Leno show dresses in drag. By keeping all the receipts to every modification, the insurance company: GEICO, had to first restore the vehicle to its original condition, THEN, cover all the replacement customization which they did, before canceling my policy the sane day the lease on my 328i was repossed, with $5,000.00 worth of renderings and sketches by Ian Cartabiano, which actually appeared in Bimmer Magazine in 1998. My mother refuses to give me my birth certificate. Whats wrong with this picture? mo torious On Oct 14, 30 Heisei, at 2:25 AM, mo torious wrote: David Ebersman, Will you be the part time CFO on my private placement? except for the fact that Angel List is formerly Google, and I found it impossible to do due diligence on who people claimed to be. since I came from Wall Street, and have helped raise over $500 Million for companies during my career, even though it is many years later, I still know many of the same people. The first person who made a referral for me, was Paul Howard of HQH: Hambrecht & Quist Healthcare, in NYC, when he introduced me to his MIT Sloan School Claasmate, Douglas A Doi (founder of Doi Golf). I see his name on many research publication footnotes, such as the NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE ARTICLE: The Beginning is the End of AIDS. The second referral came from Barney Hallibgby, who introduced me to Doug Casey at Gates Capital at 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY, who floats Government Bonds and Municipal Bonds for manufacturing, such as at the March Global Port, which was a former military base turned into a commercial port. As part of the 3Q/2001 earnings report, as quoted in the Wall Street Journal, William Clay Ford, III made two announcements: 1. We are no longer pursuing our aftermarket strategy. (usurped and mismanaged by Jacques Naaser) 2 We can no longer afford to spend 11.1% of sales, on Marketing/Advertising. Bad news for Ogilvy/Mather. Possible 11.1% increase in margins. William Clay Ford: Uber is losing hundreds of millions to billions every year. If All the risks are borne by the driver, why can’t they turn a profit? The following article on the same page of the WSJ, was that The Blackstone Group « was looking for its next big deal ». Instinct tells me to defer from inviting them, or Goldman Sachs or any of its clients (like Facebook and Twitter) to participate in this private placement. http://fortune.com/2012/02/01/meet-the-man-behind-the-facebook-ipo/ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B5gQoZEZn04 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O8PM_EybRdo https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/facebook-not-feeling-friendly-with-nasdaq/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2012/09/04/facebook-sets-another-new-low-nyt-rips-cfo-ebersman/ mo torious On Oct 13, 30 Heisei, at 10:56 PM, mo torious wrote: M_DriversLicense (@onyx_project) 2/6/28 H, 12:51 PM i-am-motorious.tumblr.com/post/129742049… ⁦‪@AngelList‬⁩ ⁦‪@UBSf1‬⁩ ⁦‪@UBS‬⁩ frontinalispartners.com ⁦‪@Ford‬⁩ @LapoElkann_LE ⁦‪@Zurich‬⁩ ⁦‪@CreditSuisse‬⁩ pic.twitter.com/2pZqP9LAin

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The Races Are Digital, and So Are the Adverts, however the Cash Is Actual It takes greater than gasoline to make a racecar run. It requires cash. And cash requires sponsors. And sponsors require spectators who they hope will change into clients. Which turned an issue for motorsports when Covid-19 shut down tracks worldwide early final yr. The money drought put groups, tracks and race sequence at risk of extinction. The trade turned to an rising phenomenon — simulated racing. In these extremely sensible video video games, automobiles obey the legal guidelines of physics and race on reproductions of real-life tracks which are correct all the way down to the final pavement seam. In an experiment, NBC and Fox changed the canceled races with sim races. Nobody knew if digital automobiles would draw viewers and repay for sponsors. Historically, racecars served as high-speed billboards main customers to clamor for the engine oil proved superior by the profitable automotive. Might a sim automotive promote engine oil, having neither an engine nor oil? Ten months into the experiment, sim races appear to be paying off, as tv and net audiences helped to salvage the 2020 season. And now sim racing provides groups a brand new income, provides sponsors a extra accountable type of advertising and has a younger viewers that motorsports have struggled to seize. Quickly sim racing will face the true take a look at: Can it retain followers and sponsors when actual automobiles are again on actual tracks and actual spectators are within the stands? Racing video video games aren’t new. You could possibly play Indy 500 and Avenue Racer on Atari in 1977. By the ’90s, extra subtle System One video games — albeit with blocky graphics — flourished. Graphic refinement vaulted forward in successive generations of sport consoles from Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo. Now, at an informal look, you won’t even discover the races are simulated. Desktop computer systems additionally run extremely advanced networked video games, like iRacing, which was the chosen platform of plenty of race organizations, together with NASCAR, IMSA, IndyCar and the W Sequence. System One selected its personal industrial sport by Codemasters. Many professional racers privately used the video games to coach. At a minimal, the tracks’ constancy lets drivers memorize the structure. Some groups use particular simulator software program to fine-tune the setup of their precise automobiles earlier than a race. Sim racing builds driving talent sufficient that some players, like William Byron, have graduated into actual automobiles. Mr. Byron, a NASCAR Cup Sequence driver, now owns an eNASCAR crew, which gained a $100,000 purse within the 2020 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Sequence. Professional drivers have sneaked unannounced into on-line competitions for years. For followers, it’s like becoming a member of a pickup basketball sport and discovering LeBron James on the courtroom. Carmakers see the brand-building worth of video games. Chevrolet made information when its simulated C8.R mid-engine Corvette joined iRacing’s IMSA sequence in September. Chevy, like producers as assorted as Mazda and McLaren, licenses its autos to dozens of video games together with Forza, Venture CARS and Gran Turismo Sport. Avid gamers will not be the prime marketplace for a $60,000 Corvette, stated Kevin Kelly, a Chevrolet spokesman, “however it’s an opportunity to change into loyal to the model.” Sim racing was an afterthought till about three years in the past, when know-how, social media and actual racing started to converge, stated Bryan Prepare dinner, who was employed by Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR to followers) in 2009 to deal with social media. He expanded into iRacing 4 years in the past, starting with a personal league that pitted JGR professional drivers towards “your common Joes,” he stated. A yr earlier than the pandemic, iRacing turned an official a part of the JGR advertising program, providing sponsors a youthful viewers and social media information — for a charge. “You get to the purpose the place drivers have to be paid,” Mr. Prepare dinner stated. “There are tools wants. We stated we actually must cowl our prices right here.” Sims bought their massive break on March 22, when each eNASCAR and digital System One races had been proven on TV instead of canceled races. The eNASCAR race drew 910,000 viewers, fewer than the three million typical for NASCAR however greater than the 400,000 typical for a digital race. “We began realizing this might be an actual alternative for these NASCAR races,” stated Brad Zager, Fox Sports activities’ head of manufacturing and operations. The primary F1 alternative race, the Digital Bahrain Grand Prix, drew 4 million whole viewers on digital and TV, lower than the 34 million common for an precise race, however forward of the common 1.8 million viewers for professional digital races. Final yr “supplied a brand new degree of publicity for F1 Esports,” stated Julian Tan, head of digital enterprise initiatives and Esports at System 1. “We noticed file digital numbers on engagement once we got here again racing reside in Austria and even our Esports content material from our official digital championship final winter noticed file numbers.” Although validating, broadcast TV is simply a part of sim racing’s attain. Livestreams might hit 400,000 viewers over YouTube, Fb and Twitch, stated Anthony Gardner, president of iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations. Extra beneficial are the social interactions — tweets, likes, feedback — throughout races. “The social media touches are within the tens of millions in a race,” Mr. Gardner stated. These interactions yield buyer information and an opportunity to talk on to customers. All of a sudden the sim racing viewers was large enough to demand consideration, however too new for entrepreneurs to know how one can capitalize on it. Sponsors took completely different approaches, however all aimed for an elusive new viewers. NASCAR’s fan base has declined since 2005 because it ages. Sim racing attracts a youthful and extra racially various viewers — engaging to each sponsors and leagues. “It’s actually arduous to succeed in that 18-to-35 demographic,” stated Patrick Daugherty, who manages sponsorships for Valvoline. “Gaming overindexes with younger D.I.Y.-ers.” The corporate signed with Parker Kligerman, a star racer and an eNASCAR driver, earlier than Covid-19 struck. “The viewership and engagement exceeded our expectations,” Mr. Daugherty stated. “We bought actually fortunate, and we’re going to renew with these guys in 2021.” Regardless of being the official grill of NASCAR, Pit Boss Grills couldn’t afford to sponsor a front-running racer, which is reported to value as much as $35 million. That modified with eNASCAR. “This gave us the chance to leap in on a main sponsorship,” stated Carlos Padilla, director of brand name partnerships. “It allowed us to be reside on a broadcast on a automotive, if you wish to name it that, at a worth level viable for a corporation of our measurement.” It value 4 figures per race, he stated, to be seen by one million TV viewers — a cut price. Discouraging iRacing would possibly appear to be in a racetrack’s greatest curiosity, however Richmond Raceway first sponsored a crew about three years in the past. It constructed a simulator inside a decommissioned racecar for followers to strive. That innovation led Daytona Worldwide Speedway to borrow the automotive. Not solely did that elevate Richmond’s profile, however sponsor money earned a five-figure revenue. “Advertising and marketing was the unique goal,” stated Brent S. Gambill, a spokesman previously for the monitor and now for NASCAR’s Mid-Atlantic Area. “When it began, we had been spending cash to be part of one thing. By the second yr, we had been creating wealth.” On-line audiences provide sponsors a capability to measure responses to particular provides, slogans and pricing in a method that TV doesn’t. But a tsunami of information will not be at all times useful. “It will be implausible to us if we are able to say a million individuals watched final week and 200,000 purchased automobiles this week. I don’t know if we’ll ever have the ability to do this,” stated Paul Doleshal, normal supervisor for motorsports and belongings at Toyota Motors North America. “We’re sort of drowning in data now.” Which makes it troublesome to match sim racing’s gross sales energy with actual racing’s. However it could be a moot query for a couple of causes. One is that the 2 worlds are intertwining — efficiency on the digital monitor can have real-world repercussions. When Darrell Wallace Jr., often called Bubba, stop a digital race in frustration in April, the sponsor Blue-Emu dropped him, tweeting partially: “Bye bye Bubba. We’re concerned about drivers, not quitters.” Kyle Larson, a driver, uttered a racial slur throughout a sim race, shedding sponsors and incomes a suspension from NASCAR and iRacing. He’ll return to NASCAR in October. The second cause is that whereas profitable helps, it’s not the only real cause a fan buys a automotive product. “It’s not simply in regards to the literal oil,” stated Eric Schwartz, a advertising professor at College Michigan’s Ross College of Enterprise. “It’s about being a trusted model, one which understands this world of racing.” Lastly, sim’s easiest enchantment to manufacturers is that it delivers viewers. “It is a approach to get eyeballs for the model, to remain high of thoughts,” Mr. Schwartz stated. “If Valvoline doesn’t sponsor a crew their competitor will.” It can take time to know if sim race followers change into actual race aficionados and vice versa, however Fox has scheduled 5 sim races for its FS1 community this yr. “You could have so many choices with iRacing,” Mr. Zager of Fox stated, envisioning a dust monitor race one week and Daytona the subsequent. “ESports turned a really massive buzzword when the pandemic hit,” he added. “However iRacing simply went to the entrance of the sphere, and nobody caught as much as it.” Supply hyperlink #ads #Digital #Money #Races #Real

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Racing community lines up behind decision to delay Indy 500

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — When Mario Andretti bought the textual content asking if he can be prepared to drive the two-seater at Indianapolis this August, he responded instantly.

Completely, he wrote whereas placing his trip plans on maintain.

Andretti hopes it’s the final time he’s pressured to reschedule after organizers introduced Thursday the 500 would transfer from its conventional Memorial Day weekend slot to Aug. 23 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

“It’s so much higher than the phrase canceling,” the 1969 race winner informed The Related Press. “I feel the postponement is one thing everybody was realistically anticipating and a minimum of it’s one thing to shoot at. To me that’s encouraging, it’s one thing all of us want whereas we’re hunkered down, staring on the ceiling. “

The transfer was praised extensively by these inside and outdoors the collection, ending two weeks of hypothesis.

Drivers, like fan favourite Tony Kanaan, known as it the precise transfer. 4-time Indy 500 winner A.J. Foyt, a crew proprietor and longtime rival of Andretti, issued a press release saying IndyCar officers have been doing the most effective they may below unexpected circumstances. Indiana Sports activities Corp. President Ryan Vaughn applauded collection officers for managing the tough logistics of transferring different races, coordinating tv protection and discovering back-to-back weekends to maintain qualifying and race day.

“It’s higher than not having it in any respect,” mentioned 56-year-old Invoice Ader, who lives in close by Greenwood, Indiana, and has attended the race 20 occasions since 1992. “I just like the custom and so forth. But it surely’s IndyCar so if that’s after they select to run it, I’ll most likely be there.”

Simply final month, Indianapolis Motor Speedway President Doug Boles and new observe proprietor Roger Penske held a information convention to focus on modifications 100 days out from the scheduled begin. On Thursday, Boles informed reporters on a convention name he was restarting the countdown at 150.

There actually wasn’t a selection.

Kanaan expressed considerations over beginning the season on the collection’ quickest observe and didn’t need to make what could possibly be his last 500 begin in entrance of empty seats. Organizers, in the meantime, needed a date that appeared far sufficient away that stay-at-home or shelter-in-place orders might disappear whereas giving ticket-holders sufficient time to adapt.

A later date, reminiscent of Labor Day weekend, might have pressured IndyCar to compete towards the NFL and faculty soccer for tv viewers. Collection officers didn’t need followers to regulate their plans for 2 vacation weekends.

“I feel it was a fantastic transfer with the uncertainty, the unknowns, it’s simply not good so attempting to have the 500 in Might was extraordinarily dangerous. We didn’t even know if it could be legally attainable,” Kanaan mentioned. “Once I’m contained in the automotive, I don’t know what month it’s. It is going to be Might in August.”

Indy’s different Might race, the Indianapolis Grand Prix, is transferring to July 4, setting up an unprecedented doubleheader on Indy’s avenue course. The Brickyard will now host a USAC filth observe race July 1, IndyCar and Xfinity Collection races on July Four and NASCAR’s Brickyard 400 on July 5.

Boles issued an invite to three-time Cup champ and former IndyCar driver Tony Stewart to race in 4 totally different circuits that week.

“I bought a textual content again from him with a thumbs up,” he mentioned of Stewart. “He mentioned, ‘You get me the great rides, possibly I’ll take into account it.’ “

Everybody agreed on one factor: The very best information is that the race remains to be on the schedule.

“It’s so miserable and also you’re ready for some excellent news and, personally, it made my day that there’s some optimism on the market,” Andretti mentioned. “Let’s get it finished. I feel as soon as this factor breaks out, everybody’s going to rally.”

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15 TO WATCH/5 SPORTS TECH/POWER OF SPORTS 5: RICK HORROW’S TOP SPORTS/BIZ/TECH/PHILANTHROPY ISSUES FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 23

with Jacob Aere

Indianapolis is the center of the golf world as the LPGA Indy Women in Tech tournament and educational program unfolds this week. The 2019 IWiT field consists of seven out of the Top 10 LPGA Tour money leaders and 17 Solheim Cup players. There are also numerous activities during IWiT Championship week that focus on women and children in technology: The Indy Women in Tech Summit comprises over 600 tech leaders in the community coming together to discuss diversity and inclusion in the workplace, with a session featuring LPGA Tour Pro Mariah Stackhouse and LPGA Chief Brand and Communications Officer Roberta Bowman. Tournament week will also feature the Eureka! Exchange – a fun and engaging area where kids can interact and have fun with hands on tech activities, curated by industry experts. Finally, Nextech’s Pathways to Tech presented by Saint Joseph’s College of Marian University allows two hundred high school students to learn about the different pathways to tech careers. This is a fun experience at the iconic Indianapolis Motor Speedway pagoda providing an opportunity for the next generation of STEM/Tech leaders to interact with Indy tech companies and professionals.

IndyCar headed into its season finale Sunday afternoon at WeatherTech Raceway at Laguna Seca with a roughly 10% increase in linear TV viewership and attendance jumps at half of its races this year. This was the first year of NBC Sports’ full-season media-rights pact with IndyCar, which had a new title sponsor in Japanese tech company NTT. According to SportsBusiness Daily, Hulman & Co. CEO Mark Miles believes the series had a good year when looking at key performance indicators, in addition to being a “terrific year on the track.” Miles said, “The two biggest things commercially were NTT as series entitlement partner, and we’re very happy with that…Then NBC -- we think they’ve done a great job.” The season finale was held at Laguna Seca this year after the series dropped Sonoma Raceway from its schedule. On Sunday, Josef Newgarden was crowned IndyCar champion as Colton Herta won at Laguna Seca.

Women’s World Cup drew close to $100 million in U.S. ad sales. Ad-tracker Kantar reported that the Women’s World Cup, which the U.S. team won in July, brought in an estimated $96 million in U.S. ad sales, more than double the company’s earlier estimate of $43 million. “Demand was high for the Women’s World Cup in the U.S.,” said Jeremy Carey, managing director at Omnicom Group sports ad buying agency Optimum Sports. “[Fox] sold every impression they could sell.” Kantar’s initial projection "did not include ad revenue generated by Spanish-language networks owned by Comcast Corp.’s NBCUniversal, including Telemundo, which accounted for about 11%" of the $96 million. Strong ad sales and ratings for a World Cup reflect team popularity and translate into revenue for U.S. Soccer. According to the Wall Street Journal, the "flood of ad dollars highlights the appeal of the tournament on Madison Avenue and its ability to drive revenue for TV networks." There’s been an “awakening” in terms of how brand clients are thinking about the Women’s World Cup.

As Oklahoma football celebrates its 125th year in program history, longtime OU partner Coca-Cola will pay tribute to the program by serving as “OU 125” presenting sponsor and introducing an integrated fan campaign for 2019-2020. According to Cynopsis Sports, fans can purchase commemorative 8-oz. glass Coca-Cola bottles customized with the OU 125 logo available while OU-branded 20-oz. Coke or Coke Zero Sugar bottles will offer an exclusive augmented reality feature showcasing milestone Sooner football moments with a cell phone and OU app. Coca-Cola also is developing an OU 125 photo mosaic built over the season through pre-game fan festivities during home games and online. This week, after an early season bye, OU dives into conference action against Texas Tech on the road to another target CFP semifinal berth. The OU-Coca-Cola tie up is only one of dozens of brand activations around college football’s big sesquicentennial celebration this year.

Online lender Social Finance, known as SoFi, will pay more than $30 million annually for the next 20 years to entitle the new NFL stadium under construction in Los Angeles, making it the largest deal in U.S. naming rights history. According to multiple sources, the partnership eclipses the previous NFL high-water mark of $20 million annually at MetLife Stadium, and Chase’s $30 million annual deal with MSG for extensive promotional rights that stop short of entitlement. It may also eclipse Scotiabank’s $40 million deal to rename Air Canada Centre in Toronto in 2017. SoFi’s CEO is Anthony Noto, the NFL’s former CFO. Along with stadium rights, SoFi becomes a sponsor of both tenants, the Chargers and Rams, and will sponsor the adjacent performance venue. SoFi becomes one of Silicon Valley’s biggest sports spenders; it has spent more than $200 million annually on marketing in recent years. It currently claims 800,000 members, with products including student loans, mortgages, personal loans, and wealth management. The company believes the venue will help it become a household financial brand.

Endeavor IPO is back on, aims to raise about $600 million.  After a postponement in early August, entertainment giant Endeavor Group filed revised paperwork with the SEC as they move forward with an IPO. The company plans to offer approximately 19.35 million shares of stock for sale, at an estimated price of $30 to $32 per share. (As usual, the underwriters have an option for additional shares.) The company estimates they will received net proceeds of $547-$632 million after expenses. Public investors will own a piece of a money-losing company that carries $4.57 billion in long-term debt. And it will be firmly controlled by the top two executives (Ari Emanuel and Patrick Whitesell) and the controlling investor, Silver Lake Partners; together they will control about 88.5% of the voting power. Endeavor has expanded far beyond its traditional talent agency roots. In the past few years it has acquired the UFC mixed-martial arts circuit, fashion, and sports management group IMG, the Professional Bull Riders tour and streaming provider NeuLion. The transactions are key reasons why the company reported $4.5 billion in debt as of June 30.

The NHL and NHLPA are "believed to be making progress towards a potential three-year extension" of the CBA that would run through 2025, according to Sportsnet. The NHLPA's decision yesterday "not to trigger an early end to the current agreement ... should also raise hopes that an even longer extension might be in the offing." This development is a "welcome change for a league that has experienced three straight lockouts" and saw the entire 2004-2005 season "shuttered before the salary cap was instituted." It has "come about because the owners feel they have a fair system where revenues are split 50-50 and the cap is tied to the overall growth of the business." The NHL had "previously let its own deadline to re-open the CBA pass on September 1." Had the players "decided to trigger" a September 2020 end to the CBA, there was "some fear that it might derail the positive bargaining" that has already happened. Now the work can "continue without the semi-imminent threat of a deadline.” Commissioner Gary Bettman said that the league is "pleased with the players’ decision and looked 'forward to continuing to work with the NHLPA for the benefit of all stakeholders.'" 

Emmy Awards force WNBA playoff game to move venues. The WNBA L.A. Sparks' semifinal game on Sunday against the Connecticut Sun marked the end of the Sparks’ season, all without "playing a single game in their usual home arena" during the series. According to the Los Angeles Times, the Emmys were being "held across the street at Microsoft Theater," but Staples Center was being used for the event as well. The Sparks, who "average over 10,000 fans per game, settled on the 4,000-seat Walter Pyramid at Cal State Long Beach" for Sunday's game. This was the fifth playoff game since 2015 the Sparks have had to "play away from Staples Center." Meanwhile, a previously booked event "prevented the Sparks from practicing at their temporary home" on Saturday, "forcing them to go to a local community college." Piling on these indignities, the Sparks were swept by the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA semis; the Sun now face the Las Vegas Aces in the finals.

Digital media rights will be the key driver for the growth of the sports industry over the next five years, with the fourth edition of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Sports Survey predicting growth in that sector of up to 9.7%. While the PwC paper is enthusiastic on the unrealized potential of digital, it does cast doubts as to whether sports organizations can benefit from online growth, with concerns that the major technology firms will instead be the ones to reap the benefits as both gatekeepers and producers of content. Also a factor, according to the study, will be “much lower growth rates” seen across traditional media streams, which are estimated to be at no more than 4.1% during the same period. Overall, the PwC paper does paint a positive picture of the overall sports market, predicting the industry to grow at a healthy annual rate of 6.4% over the next three to five years. That is below the 7.4% growth of the past three to five years, however, the study insists growth remains "robust."

HBO Sports laid out plans for its new all-access college football series set to debut in October with the docuseries 24/7 College Football. According to Cynopsis Sports, four programs will take part - Florida, Penn State, Arizona State, and Washington State – as “they meet the demands and challenges leading up to and through game day.” The series is narrated by Liev Schreiber and will run for four consecutive weeks starting October 2 with an hour-long special spotlighting the Florida Gators. “For many years, we have been enamored with the storylines and unrivaled traditions of college football, and we’re excited for the opportunity to expand the 24/7 franchise into the realm of college sports,” said Rick Bernstein, executive producer, HBO Sports.  “Viewers will feel the tremendous electricity of some of the best atmospheres in the country, and see the meticulous preparation and challenges facing these programs in the build-up to game day and during the game action.” The series is a collaboration between HBO Sports and Lucky 27 Media and Sport & Story.

The Ryder Cup and Aon, a global professional services firm, unlocked a multi-year agreement establishing Aon as a Worldwide Partner of The Ryder Cup. Beginning in 2020, The Ryder Cup and Aon will introduce a multi-platform partnership that focuses on the risk reward narrative so authentic to the event. Aon has signed a multiyear deal to become a worldwide partner of the Ryder Cup. Financial terms were not disclosed, but the deal includes the 2020 Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits; the 2022 Ryder Cup at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club in Rome; and the 2024 Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black on Long Island. Activation plans include the creation of a new award based around “defining moments” of the Ryder Cup. Details of the award are to come over the next few months. Aon already sponsors the Aon Risk Reward Challenge on both the PGA Tour and the LPGA that awards $1 million to the winning player on each tour who posts the lowest score on 65 designated holes at tournaments throughout the season. Aon joins BWM as the second worldwide Ryder Cup partner and deepens the company’s investment in golf.

The Trump administration has announced a national youth sports strategy that will reach beyond in-school physical education and into community-based programs. It will be funded by a legacy endowment with a goal of raising $100 million to provide grants intended to drive increased participation. Developed by the Department of Health & Human Services and the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition, the strategy largely will mirror a draft report issued in June. That report echoed many of the recommendations of those who previously studied participation declines, including the Aspen Institute’s Project Play. Among the focus areas: Recruiting and training of coaches and volunteers, creation of safe places to play, provision of quality equipment and strategies to increase participation among girls. Among the first to sign on in support of the endowment is NBC Sports Group’s Sports Engine -- a leading software provider for youth sports organizations -- which will offer a Premier League Fan Fest trip and other prizes in a sweepstakes to raise funds for the NEYS. Other founding supporters include the NHL, MiLB, UFC, Monumental Sports & Entertainment, the AAU, the Sports & Fitness Industry Association and Boston Scientific.

Athletes attend Harvard to “Crossover Into Business.” The program, taught by Harvard Business School professor Anita Elberse, is "built to help professional athletes be better prepared for business activities during and after their active sports careers,” per Harvard's course description. Participants will each be matched with a pair of Harvard Business School MBA student mentors who will “develop their business acumen and empower them to make better business decisions.” The program is tailored to fit athletes' schedules and interests all while leveraging the "acclaimed Harvard Business School case method.” Athletes taking part in the latest cycle of Harvard Business School's Crossover Into Business program, according to the Boston Herald, include: figure skater Ashley Wagner; tennis players Caroline Wozniacki, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, and Andrea Petkovic; former NFLer Will Beatty; Knicks forward Reggie Bullock; Magic forward Amile Jefferson; NBA free agent Jose Calderon; and former NBAer David Lee. Last year NBA star Kyrie Irving attended the program, along with former NFL tight end Martellus Bennett; NBA players Paul Millsap, Zaza Pachulia, and Spencer Dinwiddie; and other athletes from the WNBA, MLS, UFC, and the American Ballet Theater.

Officials from MLS, the Independent Supporters Council, and supporters groups of the Timbers and Sounders met for "more than three hours on Thursday in Las Vegas" regarding the league's Fan Code of Conduct policy, and agreed to "continue talks on Tuesday," according to Soccer America. The meeting was called in an effort to resolve an ongoing dispute over the "ban on the display of Iron Front flags or banners" at MLS games. Supporters "want MLS to work with international experts on human rights to craft language in the Fan Code of Conduct that reflects and supports radical inclusion and anti-discrimination." MLS proposed an "evaluation of the treatment of the Iron Front flag" for the remainder of the 2019 season and a "broader evaluation of the Fan Code of Conduct.” Timbers Owner and CEO Merritt Paulson "praised the efforts of the two sides." He said, "We have always been advocates for soccer supporters uniquely having a right to exercise their voice on matters of human rights at games.” MLS has confirmed that for now, its policy banning the Iron Front flag remains.

The San Diego Padres are fine with Petco Park hosting the annual KAABOO festival beginning next September. The team has "taken strides to greatly improve how it protects the ballpark's playing surface," according to the San Diego Union-Tribune. Padres President of Business Operations Erik Greupner said that the team "upgraded the protective flooring it uses during in-season non-baseball events a couple years ago." The ballpark in recent years has hosted several concerts and Comic-Con with "no visible damage to the field.” KAABOO, an "upscale music, comedy, art and culinary festival" set to be held September 18-20, 2020, is heading to Petco "after being held for its first five years at the Del Mar Racetrack and adjacent fairgrounds." There is a multiyear contract to hold the event at the ballpark, and Padres season ticket holders will have "access to a special 'loyalty discount'" for the festival. Greupner said landing KAABOO is a "fulfillment of our promise to the people of San Diego that this publicly funded ballpark will (have) more than just baseball."

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Esports will get a 24/7 mobile channel with VENN. According to USA Today, the online channel will debut next year with live studios in New York and Los Angeles and aims to be an online video home for esports and game culture - similar to that of ESPN for sports. The channel will be available as an app on streaming and mobile devices, and will offer channels on current video game and esports destinations such as Twitch and YouTube. VENN also plans to put itself on live streaming services such as Sling, YouTube TV, Hulu, and PlutoTV, as well as Snapchat and TikTok for a fittingly full digital presence. Although some of the content will be behind a paywall for enhanced viewer experiences, the majority of the content will be free to watch. In terms of funding, the network's co-CEOs announced $17 million and some of its investors include Twitch co-founder Kevin Lin, Riot Games co-founder Marc Merrill, Blizzard Entertainment co-founder Mike Morhaime, and Blizzard's former global esports head Amy Morhaime. With esports on the rise across pop culture, it is fitting that they will have a space with the best coverage 24/7 on an online platform.

Esports’ Team SoloMid is working on a state of the art, $13 million training facility. The stadium will be the biggest esports training facility in North America at 25,000 square feet and will be finished by February, 2020. According to win.gg, TSM’s location will feature not only training rooms, but also a built-in gym and wellness center for the professional gamers. Determined to recreate the same successes found in traditional sports training facilities, TSM will also have an in-house sports psychologist. TSM’s goal is to optimize all aspects of its training processes and make esports teams just as well cared for as those in on-field sports. Although Team SoloMid has been dealing with a variety of difficulties in recent years, their new L.A. training location should put the team into a growth mindset.

Ex-punter and sports personality Pat McAfee signs a deal with FanDuel. The new multi-year partnership makes FanDuel the exclusive sports betting, daily fantasy sports, casino, and horse racing partner of Pat McAfee. In addition to promotions, McAfee will make weekly appearances on FanDuel’s “More Ways to Win” TV show. The show is hosted by former ESPN “Sports Center” anchor Lisa Kerney, former L.A. Rams and Seattle Seahawks reporter Dani Klupenger, TVG’s Dave Weaver, and FanDuel Sportsbook oddsmaker John Sheeran. In addition to his “More Ways to Win” appearances, McAfee will appear on various FanDuel podcasts, make regular appearances at FanDuel Sportsbooks, host daily fantasy contests on FanDuel, and take over FanDuel social media accounts throughout the NFL season. This is another example of FanDuel expanding as it is rapidly becoming one of the biggest sportsbook operators in the U.S.

Sports media company Whistle and the digital content studio OTRO have announced a multi-year commercial partnership. According to Variety, the two companies will collaborate on programming strategy, co-creating premium original content, and developing experiential activations. They will also work together on the development and monetization of content and IP formats globally. OTRO has tons of big names on its roster including David Beckham, Lionel Messi, Zinedine Zidane, Neymar Jr., and Eric Cantona to name a few. In addition to co-creating content, Whistle will also help manage OTRO’S online merchandise store, which has recently begun to sell direct-to-consumer products. OTRO’s platform is to deliver player-made content directly to fans, a concept that is catching on quickly in the podcasting world.

The NFL and Facebook expand their content deal. According to Advanced Television, the multi-year partnership extension will see more NFL video content streamed globally through Facebook Watch. The move will expand on existing arrangements between the two which began in 2017. Over 22 million people watched at least a minute of an NFL recap on Facebook in 2017 and 2018, with 28% of these views coming from outside the U.S., showing global growth in the sport. Meanwhile unique viewers of the recaps grew by 32% in 2018 compared to the previous year. The NFL will continue distributing recaps from all 256 regular season games, as well as playoff matchups and the Super Bowl, plus video highlights from postseason tent pole events such as the Pro Bowl, NFL Scouting Combine, and NFL Draft. In addition to game recaps, the NFL will utilize Facebook Watch for distribution of a vast array of unique content, all of which make the NFL a more dynamic digital process.

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The Travelers Championship in Connecticut raises $2.1 million for 150 local charities. According to the Hartford Courant, representatives from all of the charities — including the primary beneficiary, The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp — were at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell last Tuesday to receive their respective shares. Since taking over as the title sponsor in 2007, Travelers has generated a charitable haul of nearly $20 million. The Travelers Championship donates 100% of its net proceeds to charity, and this year's effort brings the amount generated by the tournament to nearly $20 million since Travelers became title sponsor in 2007. At least 750 charities have benefited over that time. Next year, the tournament will have a huge international name added to the list in the likes of Reigning PGA Tour Player of the Year Rory McIlroy, which will bring even more charity attention to the event. 

After Steph Curry's business dabble into golf, he hosts his first charity golf event in San Francisco. According to ABC 7, the charity golf tournament was held at San Francisco's Harding Park golf course with San Francisco Mayor London Breed on hand to help kick off the day as teams gathered in their golf carts to listen to opening remarks. The tournament was presented by Workday and will benefit PGA Reach and Eat, Learn, Play - Steph and Ayesha Curry's new foundation that focuses on providing meals, education, and a safe place to play for underprivileged kids. Even though it is just Curry’s first charity tournament, the event proves his popularity as all 50 two-person teams were filled. The intent was to raise $1 million and the tournament was able to nearly achieve that goal by totaling $975,000.

Proctor and Gamble brand will buy 9,000 tickets to support equal pay for women. The consumer goods corporation’s Secret deodorant will spend $200,000 to buy 9,000 tickets to National Women’s Soccer League games in September and October as part of the brand’s growing effort to support equal pay and opportunity for women’ soccer players. According to Ad Age, Secret will buy 1,000 tickets at one home game for each of the league’s nine teams, offering seats to women’s organizations, youth sports teams, not-for-profit organizations, and other local partners. The brand will also give away Secret products, T-shirts and spirit towels to the first thousand fans at one game in each city. The effort follows an ad Secret launched in March promoting equal pay for the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team and a $529,000 donation split across the 23 USWNT players in July after it won the Women’s World Cup. Brands have been backing women’s sports, which have also seen a resurgence of interest in broadcast time thanks to digital platforms.

Colin Kaepernick is enshrined as a diamond necklace piece and auctioned off for charity. According to TMZ, Moses the Jeweler in New York City created the piece of Kaepernick and it took him a year to complete. The piece of jewelry cost $90,000 to make, and it was produced with 18k yellow gold. The jewelry is a replication of the famous moment when Kaepernick first began kneeling for the National Anthem as a member of the 49ers back in 2016. All of the profits from the piece will be donated directly to Kaepernick’s Know Your Rights Camp, an organization that preaches equality for all. Bidding for the piece starts in a couple weeks with the starting price being set at $90,000, with the potential to draw in even greater numbers.

UFC fighter Dustin Poirier’s shirt worn by rival Khabib Nurmagomedov brings in $100,000 for charity. According to RT, following their UFC lightweight title fight in Abu Dhabi, Khabib and Poirier donned each other’s shirt as a symbol respect, and later, the clothing articles made a positive impact with the proceeds from Khabib’s shirt going to charity. Not only was the impact felt for Khabib, but Nurmagomedov vowed to auction his shirt off to help Poirier’s “The Good Fight” charity with the funds to be used to build water wells and repair water supplies at an orphanage and school in Uganda.

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If you have been around the Sim Racing world for a while, you have no doubt heard of the term “Tire Model”. The Tire Model is essentially the system that a Sim Racing title’s developer will employ to simulate tire dynamics, such as flex, torsion, grip, and also tires going flat or blowing out.

Many Sim developers will invest countless hours, trying to ensure that their tire model is the most realistic, due to the fact that tires and wear is a major factor in the real world. They tend to be one of the more publicized elements of Sim Racing titles, because of the sheer importance. However, it’s a tricky situation to get a tire model right, and sometimes there are portions of a tire model that falls through the cracks.

For instance, Assetto Corsa’s tire model has progressed through more than ten different iterations, however, a few issues have come to light in regards to tire wear and blowouts, which seem to cause some issues in regards to the way racing is handled overall in the sim.

In one of my recent live streams, I showcased IndyCar content that was released by VRC Modding Team. I had it set to a 51 lap race around the mod’s version of Texas Motor Speedway, set with authentic fuel and tire wear. I noticed that as I was running the event, my right side tires were going to run of rubber approximately ten laps before the end of the race (as seen at the 1:25:00 mark in my live stream). I had never had a tire blow out on me during a race, so I decided to run out the tires, to see what would happen. However, the tires never went flat, never blew out. I didn’t really even lose too much time due to tire falloff! I was left rather confused, and rather disappointed.

After the Live Stream, I decided to run another experiment. I set up the Dallara DW12 Formula NA 2012 to run around the oval circuit again, and decided to see what would happen if I attempted a full fuel run. I knew the tires were supposed to last approximately 35-40 laps, and the tank in the car would last a little shy of 75 laps. So, it was easy to say that, in theory, the tires should go flat long before the car would actually run out of fuel!

Well, in theory is one thing. In practice is another entirely! While the Assetto Corsa tire app showed that our right side tires “ran out” around lap 40, we were able to go over THIRTY more laps on the “out of grip” tires, with minimal loss in speed. Something was up…

Upon uploading the video evidence to Youtube, there was quite a mixed reception to the news. There seemed to be three main trains of thought regarding the video:

A. Some stated that the evidence was “inaccurate”, accusing the IndyCar mod to be of poor quality. B. A few comments stated that they were able to “Easily” blow their tires, and this was a “useless experiment”. C. Some people were genuinely surprised by this discovery.

When I was reading these comments from the community, I noticed an interesting trend, primarily with point “B” on my list. The people who stated that they have encountered tire blowouts stated that they only encountered that when either performing burnouts or drifting. This allowed me to concoct another theory in my head.

For my next experiment, I decided to test out a similar experiment, this time utilizing first-party content, direct from Kunos Simulazioni. For my experiment, I took the Ferrari 488 GT3 race car around the Silverstone GT circuit. This time, I decided to use 3x Tire Wear, so I didn’t have to spend over an hour trying to blow out the tires.

Half a lap into my run, I accidentally spun into Stowe, so I decided to test out the “Burnout” theory. Around 5 seconds later, my left rear tire blew out! So, that at least confirmed the fact regarding blowing tires via burnouts/drifting. However, I was still curious about if you could blow a tire “running down the grip meter”.

I took the Ferrari out for another run, and ran the tires out until the grip meter showed 0%. The tires on the Ferrari were set to last approximately 14 laps (which would be approximately 42 laps, after accounting for tire wear rate). After the tire grip went to 0%, nothing happened. I could feel that the lap time fall-off was more drastic, but that was likely due in part to Silverstone being a flat road course, as opposed to a banked oval. For good measure, I ran an extra lap and a half after the tire wear went down to 0%, and still saw no effects on the tires.

After that experiment ended, I decided to take the Dallara DW12 to Silverstone, and try seeing if I could blow the tires by performing a Burnout. It took less than ten seconds to blow out the right rear tire, so it can be said that this tire issue is not isolated to first or third party content, but was an inherent issue with the tire model itself.

Now some people may be wondering, “What the heck is the point of this experiment?!”. The main point is to expose something that is wrong with the tire model simulation. Part of the responsibility of the Sim Racing community is to bring issues to light, so they can be remedied and resolved in future releases, be it in a patch, or in a future title.

In this case, we are going to be having Assetto Corsa Competizione coming later this year. Unlike Assetto Corsa, which was initially designed for shorter, sprint style events (before support was added for pit stops and longer events), Competizione is being designed with endurance events in mind, such as the 24 Hours of Spa. Having a flaw like this in the sim could open up flaws in the competition model, and racing behavior that could be perceived as unrealistic.

Hopefully, with the physics and tire models being improved in the upcoming release, we will see a more dynamic tire model, that will allow for more improved tire wear, and blowouts due to extended abuse of tires. Time will tell, but hopefully we’ll be able to find out soon enough, when we get our hands on the AC:C Early Access!

So what are your thoughts on the Assetto Corsa tire model? What improvements would you like to see in Assetto Corsa Competizione? Let us know in the comments!

The Problem with Assetto Corsa’s Tire Model If you have been around the Sim Racing world for a while, you have no doubt heard of the term "Tire Model".

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The Detroit Grand Prix in pictures Enclosure bits of gossip, slamming pace autos, and a lot of dashing, as well.

You'd figure IndyCar may give the groups a little downtime after the Indy 500. Be that as it may, only six days after its most imperative race of the year, the lattice shaped up again in the beautiful stop of Belle Isle for the Detroit Grand Prix. For one end of the week multi year, a rough road circuit assumes control over the island's western tip, playing host to a veritable abundance of race autos.

There were the open-wheel IndyCars, yet IMSA's Weathertech Sportscar Championship was likewise present and right, bolstered by the gravity-challenging Super Stadium Trucks and the fire spitting Trans-Am unit. At the point when Acura welcomed Ars to come look at it very close, it didn't take me long to book my flights to Motor City—especially when the welcome accompanied an opportunity to meet the chief himself, Roger Penske.

Through the span of three days in Detroit, the climate ran the extent from warm and radiant to substantial storms—and everything in the middle. The IMSA race is one of the date-book's shorter occasions and is feeling the loss of the GTLM class. A considerable lot of the games auto groups we ordinarily get are a few thousand miles away in France, testing ahead of time of the current year's race at Le Mans in June. In any case, that simply left more opportunity to go through with the reason assembled models and ace am GTD endeavors.

For the IndyCar pack, Detroit was an exhausting twofold header with races on Saturday and Sunday, races that each group needed to finish solid. You'd figure three races in two ends of the week would justify some time off, yet no: the autos all must be swapped back to oval-spec ASAP as they're running next Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway.

A few groups were gotten out by the testing climate and testing track. Others exceeded expectations. There was talk in the enclosure; the nearness of the McLaren F1 group's big cheeses guaranteed that much. Furthermore, to top everything, on account of aircraft plans, I needed to watch the most energizing minute from the airplane terminal bar. That minute had a place with GM official (and Nürburgring tester) Mark Reuss. From in the driver's seat of the pace auto, he was driving the IndyCar lattice to the green banner when he came up short on grasp and furrowed into the divider. The 755hp Corvette ZR1 wound up in pieces, and Reuss' inner self likely took a battering, yet we as a whole have our off-days, and nobody was harmed.

The most ideal approach to encounter the Detroit Grand Prix vicariously is through the display up top, however you were guaranteed a meeting with the Captain, and I'm not here to disillusion. Penske and Honda Performance Development President Art St. Cyr sat down with me and a bunch of different writers on Saturday morning to examine their joint exertion with the Acura ARX-05 DPi auto. Penske's outfit is a standout amongst the most storied in hustling. Maybe more than some other, it conveyed another level of polished methodology to the enclosure.

"When we went to Indy [in 1969], they called us the school folks with the brush hair styles and the cleaned wheels," Penske said with a grin. "We're endeavoring to set a standard." It's one that every other person has attempted to imitate from that point onward.

The group has many years of wins underneath its belt. Very nearly 500 now, including 17 Indy 500s—the latest of which came a weekend ago. While the group is presumably best known for its prosperity at the Brickyard, I recognized in Penske a genuine enthusiasm for continuance hustling. Goodness, and did I say that this entire Detroit Grand Prix was his thought in any case?

Devotees of the American Le Mans Series will no uncertainty recollect the red-and-yellow Porsche RS Spyders that Penske raced to great impact amid the late aughts, yet following the finish of that program, the group has concentrated on IndyCar and NASCAR endeavors. Be that as it may, perseverance dashing was incomplete business.

"Tim [Cindric, president at Penske Racing] and myself, we've generally enjoyed long-separate dashing. It's reasoning, it's procedure," Penske clarified. "We've had opportunities to do different projects which we passed on. In any case, when Art [St. Cyr] came to converse with us around an opportunity, we said 'hello, we're in on the off chance that you need us to go.' We've known each other, rivaling each other on the two sides; we've been a major supporter and hustled and won with Honda, and the responsibility they have is precisely what we need."

With respect to Honda/Acura's quality, it, as well, sounded predetermined. "It is in our DNA," said St. Cyr. "Mr. Honda fabricated a Formula 1 track before he even assembled a creation auto, so he was dependably into hustling. So it's profound inside our spirit of what it's required to be a Honda... It must be energetic, has a fabulous time, however dashing encourages you create things faster. It's a considerable measure of procedures, it's cooperating... In the event that you take a gander at our DPi motor, it's based off the Acura V6 [road car] motor. Something like 500 sections off the mass-delivered motor are in the race auto. When we outline an auto, we consider hustling. When we composed the NSX we had hustling as a main priority; when we outlined our V6 motor we had dashing as a primary concern. A portion of the fuel infusion stuff we do goes ideal once again into the street auto. [Road auto and race auto development] are as one, they're incorporated."

"Number one: it creates individuals, on the off chance that you tail me," Penske included. "Dashing builds up the mind—you must solicit what level from rivalry you need to be in. I feel that, where Acura and Honda are, they need to race at the best... I can let you know from our organization, process duration is so imperative. In hustling, we must think two-three laps ahead. You must maintain your business that way. Not exemption, by expectation. You have many individuals who sit in these structures and can take an issue and work on it, however it's the folks that are thinking 'what will be the issue, and how would we tackle that?' that will win it," Penske said.

Their clarification for why they go hustling is one I've heard consistently in perseverance dashing enclosures.

"The race will happen whether you're prepared or not, so it constrains you to surmise that way. In any case, you can likewise say that in regards to the dispatch of the RDX—it will happen; you must ensure it's prepared to go," St. Cyr let me know.

What lies ahead?

The eventual fate of the DPi class was something everybody gathered needed to think about. IMSA has had a remarkable accomplishment with the organization up until this point. It begins with the LMP2 models, which race in the World Endurance Championships. Be that as it may, the American run set gives somewhat more specialized opportunity for a class that is for the most part processing plant upheld contrasted with the genius am groups that contend at Le Mans without prompting hundred-million-dollar spending plans like the now-battling LMP1 mixtures. Penske figured we'll see DPi autos hybridize not long from now, but with institutionalized parts to shield the expenses from heightening.

He additionally gave me the impression he's longing to come back to Le Mans. "I think we have an open door here finished the following couple of years to influence a genuine name for ourselves, in addition to we to trust it gets us a possibility perhaps to go to Le Mans with some kind of an auto that speaks to what we're doing here now," Penske said.

That would presumably require the ACO and FIA, which together compose the standards for the French 24 hour enduro, to embrace the DPi class or figure out how to adjust it close by the (now generally privateer, non-mixture) LMP1 class. It's something a lot of individuals might want to witness, in spite of the fact that there are no certifications.

"Regardless of whether that happens, we don't have the foggiest idea," Penske included. "Be that as it may, we're absolutely not in a position either as Honda or Acura to spend the sort of cash that they expect today. In any case, I believe it's a passage point to us, which is critical. Be that as it may, not if it's just to make up the numbers. We're not going to go there without a reasonable possibility of a win. In any case, this is an extraordinary warm-up for us in the event that it does without a doubt happen."

[mo-torious-mo-blog]

[CHANGING MY NAME TO: Mo (first name) Torious (last name)]

i asked my parents if I could come up to westchester to have dinner with them, or to briefly stay while I looked for an apartment.

They said no. It’s funny, Dr Tabar at Belkvue Hospital (Dr Mounir, intake), told me that I should cut off my relationship with my mother. The only reason my father asked me to attend her 80th birthday party, was to keep up appearances. Before the night was over, and after my speech (unmmmzm....I got you a car), he told me in no uncertain terms that I am no longer welcome in his house. I dove get it. His brother Ladipo Fayemi is a caseworker at HRA HASA, who never once intervened for me, and who nobody in that agency thought to refer my case to. Mr. McCoy, used to make fun of the name. No matter, I no longer want to be called that.

I told them that since my father still continues to lie about not having received a copy of the doctored IRS Filings which Lucy Ostrofsky (acting in house counsel) had filed, directly ignoring my instructions, before I was forced out of the company and off the corporate bank account (it takes 3 members of management: myself, Richard McGinnis (Kurt Salmon Associates), President of Motorious Retail Stores (m&m/Mars Family: sponsor of Kyle Bush’s Toyota at NASXAR), patent holder, casino slot machine algorithms) and Philip Munger (who once, unbeknownst to me, withdrew $5,000 in cash from his personal Citibank account, and deposited it into my (the corporate) account, triggering FBI Money Laundering Red Flag: I have never even seen $5,000.00 in cash in one place in my entire life. I spent $500 to $10,000/month on my AMEX PLATINUM: and repaid it within 30 days. Beginning in 1992. Until I didn’t and went bankrupt for $60,000.

Bottom line: I don’t trust the man, and he and I no longer have a relationship. All he and my mother have done is agree with the psychiatrists who keep diagnosing me with paranoid delusions that I run a company. All this, I believe, because the only company he ever ran, ended up in trouble with the IRS. I’m beginning to be really suspect about his book selling and his AIDS Charity for orphans in Africa. Before he kicked me out of the house, he asked me if I wanted to help him with his Foundation, and I said « no » I want German citizenship.

A look at my brief work history shows I never stay in 1 place very long. What’s wrong with having wanted a change and to seek opportunities abroad?

Science Advisers, led by Norman Heyman, Jean Robert Le Shufy, and Kevin DeVito (New Capital Horizons, the US arm of New Capital AG in Switzerland: COPE Holdings (XTERA DAX | NASDAQ) Zuggero, CEO | lent ICV, llc (Integrated Concepts Vehicles, llc, Flipboard.com/@ICV_llc, the first $137,000 after I had lent the corporation $60,000.

MOTORIOUS MONEY GRID: says $100,000.00 loan am was made by Phil Munger on November 1, 1999. If that had been the case, why were none of the vendors at the show paid, and why did I receive a phone message on December 31, 1999 from Philip Munger: joe@planetvida.com.br, the DAY AFTER I received a message from Wayne Irving of Spin Records that he had secured $25 Million from ING Barings?

My only Full Time Employee: John Goodwin, who I met at Pump No 8 at the Mobil Gas Station in Rancho Palos Verdea, took a salary of $80,000.00 + benefits + expense reimbursement, where on July 2, 1999 he secured an LOI with the Make A Wish charity for a proposed October 31, 2000 Charity Rade at Texas Motor Speedway.

He had 9 months to secure a deal with Ford to provide NASCAR vehicles for the event, which was supposed to commemorate 100 Years of Motorsports in America, and also commemorate both Ford and Harley Davidson’s 100th Anniversary. Moose returned saying that the sponsors (especially the protected sponsor, Coke, will not let the drivers out of their contests to drive the event)

Autoweek Magazine, the same issue it quoted several drivers as wanting to participate, reported that My Apple Laptop « had ears ». Motor Trend Magazine wrote an article entitled « The Automotive Analyst », a « fictitious story about a Wall Street analyst having problems with his wife, while talking to his shrink. The concluding sentence: « Build The Car »

My only contribution to Ford would have been when I called the $3 million monstrosity (Focus) built by John Colletti and Motor Trend: Ian Cartabiano has penned a sick Mis-Engined Ford Focus Rally Car, which was to have shared a platform with the Renault R5 (Nissan: where Doi had previously worked after NCIS).

That, and the referral from Mark Stehrenberger to Scott Sharpe Racing, to [Ford Tuner: I ferget] , who wrote a proposal for tuning the 4.0 liter Jaguar V8 for the Motorious Show Stand, as a potential BMW M5 competitor.

Of the $137,000.00 loan, $50,000 went to Mark Stehrenberger Design, who was to generate 3 proposals for the Deusenberg PHAETON: Mercedes Benz Ocean 4 door convertible concept...to. E build at the DRESDEN Factory in Germany), the other $50,000 went to Robert Marianich in Huntington Beach, who was to have converted his studio, and built a « clay resurfaced » proposal of the RIVOLUZIONW: 1999 LA Auto Show, next to Shelby Series One (I met Carroll at Jay Leno’s, where he asked me to contact his assistant, Pearlita Shelby, about helping him with production of the OLDSMOBILE AURORA Engined SERIES ONE: autopsia.wordpress.com, slated to return to INDYCAR, to replace the Honda unit, now that they created Touring Car.  

I wanted to get the rights to MG ROVER (BBC: BMW’s English Patient), known as Rover Sterling 825 in America (Acura Legend): ARCONA | After the misérable failure of Phoenix Holdings, which paid Queen Elizabeth the nominal sum of £10, and then before becoming the four most overpaid executives in the UK Auto Industry. I even went so far as to ask Lakshmi Mittal (Arcelor Mittal and Harris’s) if he would help me to purchase Land Rover from TATA.

CAR AND DRIVER MAGAZINE (Hearst Publications: Vladimir Putin) April Fool’s | Toyota buys Oldsmobile Trademark for $5,000.  

FIAT acquire the right to the Oldsmobile Aurora Engine through my partnership with Carroll Shelby, Gets the Oldsmobile Dealerships (10 year warrante on the engine), Change the nage to Alfa Romeo, and modify the engine for use in US Alfa’s, like the GT-V8, Spider Véloce (Duetto V8: BMWfilms.com Béat the Devil).

Unfortunately, John Goodwin went bankrupt, my ex-wife had a hidden camera in our bedroom vent (Waiting to Exhale, Bernadine’s Rage: 6624 Oceancrest Drive, RPV, CA, 90275). And all of our personal and my corporate accounts were closed on August 14, 2001, due to malfeasance on her part:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6vwNcNOTVzY

[The Private Bank: Union Bank of California (Mitsubishi Sumitomo: KIRETSU): Peggy Fahnestock, Gloria Marquez: who refinanced my BMW Financial Loan from JP Morgan Chase, because it was higher interest rate than a similarly situated white nan, all other things being equal.

The VENDETTA (redesigned Rivoluzione: 200 LA Auto Show, was in an accident THE FIRST DAY I DROVE IT. I didn’t even make it to the highway. There was at least $100,000? In customization (hand hammered and rolled Aluminum body parts riveted and bonded to the steel: Robin Officer, Captain Metal, Magic Mountain, CA (A Kiwi). who I believe, was interviewed on the Jay Leno show dresses in drag. By keeping all the receipts to every modification, the insurance company: GEICO, had to first restore the vehicle to its original condition, THEN, cover all the replacement customization which they did, before canceling my policy the sane day the lease on my 328i was repossed, with $5,000.00 worth of renderings and sketches by Ian Cartabiano, which actually appeared in Bimmer Magazine in 1998.

My mother refuses to give me my birth certificate. Whats wrong with this picture?

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