Super Gt gets 10 sec time penalty because of weight and still manages to get 5th place and wins a irl race shows how well Scott Speed trained him. Keep pushing champ 😊🎉👊🏽
This ABSOLUTELY had me on the edge of my seat the whole time, it brings an entirely new level of enjoyment to think about how this is actually advancing your racing career! GET IN THERE LEWISSS
You're demonstrating the very essence of racing. If you're not constantly struggling at the edges of grip and power, you're not really trying. Every turn, lots of little adjustments, a bit of a wiggle, all the trappings of someone dancing on the razor's edge of control. Excellent showing.
Really appreciate him including his crashes and errors. Just shows that mistakes are part of racing and of the learning process. Great stuff and well deserved win!
Honestly this is one of the things that I've wanted to see my whole life. Someone taking what they do in a video game and really going for it in real life. See if those skills truly do transfer! God I can't wait to see more of your IRL racing!
I'd like to draw your attention to DTM then. Tim Heinemann, a 25 year old guy coming from RaceRoom just did a weekend with two second places on his DTM debut!
Honestly, I think you are a natural racer. The aggression you show in the car is A1. I could actually see you doing something in motorsport if you keep at it. Respect and well done
Well he IS doing something in motorsport and has been for a long time actually... This stuff doesn´t exactly come out of nowhere. But I agree that from my viewer perspective it looks like he´s a natural
23:35 “OOOHHHHH YYYYEEEEEAAASSSSSS…. HHEEEESSS DDDONNNEEEE IIIIITTTTT!” Amazing job Steve. Been waiting for the video for a minute! Loved every bit of it!
Brilliant video mate! When you see the whole team at the end standing next to that P1 board, you realise that the driver isn’t just doing this for themselves, they have a whole bunch of hard working guys and girls that they are doing it for 👍
There's clearly still some of that fog effect used on early 3d games, I get that render distance is difficult in vr but come on... Even the skybox gets derendered at some points 9:05 the networking gets a bit strange at times
thoroughly enjoyed this look into racing, especially because it's not glossy, overproduced or misleading. It's easy to see the passion of everyone involved and the skill it takes to be competitive. thanks for this Super GT and cheers on the win!
HE'S DONE IT! Great race, really good awareness and good mentality to come back from the incident in qualifying and gain confidence and trust in the car.
Seeing you driving on track inspired me to do the same, so a month ago I went to my first track day - with the family wagon. Had the best time ever so I went and bought a ‘97 Porsche Boxster, and I’m having so much fun with it on track. It makes me so happy. Thanks Super GT for the inspiration! And Godspeed Scott Speed!
I can know happily say that I was here on this historic day to witness Super GT win his first ever IRL race. Can't wait to see his first video in either group 4 or 3 cars
I actually cheered out loud when you said you'd won. Amazing step-up, Steve, and all the digital racing paying big dividends. VERY satisfying to watch through the last few years to this point.
Never comment on videos or anything, but been following you for about a year now and just want to say it's absolutely amazing that you finished first, an accomplishment you can be proud of for the rest of your life, Congrats brother!
A+ driving from a simtuber is the kinda stuff i love to see. Way to go man! Looking forward to seeing you grow on the real tracks and see what classes open up for you with the clear passion, skill, and determination youve got. Plus the social media presence helps :)
The commentary adds so much, I was trying to watch some real life, PoV races on youtube but all I found was raw, uncut, no commentary stuff and I am sure there's an audience for that as well, but for me it was like... watch one lap and then I am out. Where as here I could watch 8 hours of this. Big congratulation on the win, hope to see more in the future.
Excellent. What a great story. Thanks for the in depth commentary keeping us all up to date on what was going on. I had a feeling you had taken it, but so hard to be sure. That was great to watch, thanks
That race 1 was awesome, love how you weren't shy about putting in the overtakes despite being there to get your signatures. Also I'm glad they still gave you a signature for race 2 despite contact with that car that spun.
Bravo! Great runs Steve, well done...& congratulations on the win! Thought about getting into MX5 racing myself, it is so popular. Look forward to more racing content, keep us updated.
Congratulations! That looked like so much fun and you can easily notice the confidence rise with each lap / race! Very well done and congrats again on the P1 :D
Amazing content. Thanks Steve! Congratulations on a brilliant composed performance. Loved watching the video, even when the two cameras were out of sync for the last race!
I think the reason why we are here even though not a GT content is how you comment on your own race. so much fun in it. Well deserved for the 1st position!
Congratulations! Its so amazing to see you find your corner of success over these last few years. You are doing great things and I look forward to keeping up with your future escapades.
Just such good racing content!! I watch a ton of motorsports, and I love all your GT videos. They are more entertaining than a lot or real motorsport! Your super calm commentary versus your knife edge driving is excellent. We get to see 2 extremes of your personality...and everything else in between. Thanks.
Congrats on getting these opportunities to get a real drive and signatures for that license. Might be cool if you did a video in the future on the process you’ve gone through to secure your seats in these races with these teams for the aspiring drivers out there. Keep up the fine work!
Really well done! I was going to do a funny comment about putting the camera on the bonnet so you could see the track better but thought, nah, you worked hard here. Congrats on the racewin!
Great to see you joining us in the mx5’s 🤙 FYI, difference in engine power is down to the team/driver developing the car not the class you’re in as the car technical regs are identical, silverstone is the track you’ll see it the most with those long straights! Tyres are more important in these cars than +\- 5bhp 👍 hope to see you again this year
THIS IS AWESOME!!! Good for you man. I've seen a few of your videos but had no idea you had worked your way into a real car. I'm interested in a different style of driving but have the same goal to work my way into a real car. I genuinely enjoyed seeing this. Good for you
you really should post 2 versions of the Video with the same commentary but with the different camera angles. ;) love the vid but the best part was the HD/4k footage at 20:24 :) Keep it up - nice racing too (y)
If they add Silverstone to GT7 (which they should) they should make this daily race a or b in the Mazda touring car. It’s such a fun car to drive and I would love to do this race in GT7
Congratulations on that race with the MX5 young man! Just started watching your channel and a can’t stop, PS5 this weekend along with GT7. Look forward to racing you soon hopefully.
What a fantastic result! Your race craft is second to none and it paid off well here to day in all your races. The win was certainly the icing on the cake! Well deserved and well done!
Ive never driven the MX5 on real track, but it's my favorite drive on iRacing. If you can extract speed from the MX5 you can drive anything fast. It's quite unforgiving at times. It doesn't have much power so I found the secret was to carry as much speed as I can in the corners. Keep the momentum up in that car and you can take time off laps quickly. 1600-2200 irating MX5 on say Okayama Full is as competitive a race as you could ever ask for. Love it. Great Drive GT' I love your IRL racing video. There my favorite.
I've watched every episode since I started following, this was the best, SuperGT IRL being tactical and precise on track, smart driving and taking home podium!🏆🍻🍾
Congratulations! I've been watching your videos for a few years now, and im happy to see you have a feel-good moment at a professional level. Even if it is to upgrade your license.
Thnak you for sharing your achievements with us, I was so excited to watch this one, I'll make sure to be updated on this kind of races. You are the best
I don't know you personally of course, but been watching since your Forza 7 days, all through GT sport and now GT7 and RL. It's fantastic to see the progression into real racing and I enjoy these as much as I do your sim racing. Thank you for the content as ever and very well deserved on the win!
Congratulations on the W! I hope the viewership numbers end up reflecting the quality of this content but I really enjoy your real racing vids as much as the GT7 content. Props to you man!!!
Soo freakin nice to watch you on a real circuit race, i never seen nobody that try to entertain the way you do with your videos. All my respect is yours GT!
Really awesome stuff Steve!! Congratulations on your race win :D Amazing battles! Looks like so much fun, even in the first two races where you were just getting your signatures. Amazing stuff!
👌👍great racing, great win, and your commentary parallels your GT 7 commentary, so calming and enjoyable. Keep up the good work and you never know you might parallel thee GT7 movie storyline to Stardom!
Watching this video in particular makes me excited for the gt movie even more , would love to see more of these videos. It’s basically the exact same as usual super gt vids but irl lol I love it
This is a very good story. Trust me. I had this once. A million years ago, I was autocrossing a 1989 CRX Si in SCCA events. I should mention that I worked at a Honda dealership, and had as demos a series of CRX Si's. Sticker in the window and dealer tags. I was new but in a points chase. So when I saw a flyer for a local Corvette Club holding a non-SCCA autocross, but claiming to be following their rules and classifications, it seemed like a good chance to practice. I show up and I quickly notice no imports. Like, I saw none. I go to sign up for D-Stock (CRX, GTi, etc). None. How about E-stock (Mr-2, Fiero, etc) None. So I have to sign up for F-Stock (Mustangs, Camaros, etc). And their "stock" included massive rubber and wheels, open headers, anything. "I have no chance.." I said. Until I took the track walk. Hmm.. The course was in some of the parking and the staging area of a drag strip. And half the drag strip to a cone you pivoted around. The section leading onto the dragstrip had a section designed to bust everyone down to almost walking speed to keep speed down on the dragstrip. But it was set up for very wide cars with even wider rubber. I was pretty sure that I could JUST thread the needle flat IF I pitched it at the end and caught the drift just at track's edge. Or spin off and eat guardrail. Hmm. If I do this, where will I brake down from mach 1.2 to the cone? Dragstrip was featureless. I used to carry a white shoe-polish stick with me to mark sidewalls for pressure adjustments. So I made a series of small hash marks in white on the far side. I decided this was "stock." So, it takes me a few tries, but I finally stick the section, vibrate a cone at the exit, carry massive speed through there compared to anything else. Braked a little early for the crazy speed difference, and just finished tidy. I was alone, and pitted in the boonies. I couldn't hear the loudspeakers. I changed rubber, gathered my kit, and went to the trophy presentation. They get to F-Stock, and they announce everyone from position 32. The car, the year, the driver, any sponsors. Takes a long time. I knew I did well, so I didn't focus in until 10th place. Got nervous by 5th place. By third place I figured they screwed me. "And in first place, some dude in a Japanese rollerskate with a dealer tag" and then the guy walked off-stage. Walked up, grabbed the trophy and said "Thank You" loudly. Gracious, the crowd was not. To say the least. I will mention that I am 6'2" 240 and wrestled in college. I only mention it because I think it mattered just then. So, driving out in my stock as stock can be CRX, between the rows of Mustangs and Camaros with side-pipes and rubber four inches beyond the bodywork, I made sure to hold the 1st place trophy out of the sunroof. Pure Gold.
Congratulations on a great weekend of Racing and your first real life win! You drove very well in a car that seemed slightly over-steery. Some fantastic moves and an unstoppable momentum forwards. At 11m 49s you were Sir Lewis Hamilton on Verstappen into Copse. One correction; the Supercup and clubman classes run an identical spec car. Looking forwards to the next stage of the adventure that your international C license opens the door for. Trivia for your fans: Martin Plowman who strapped you in on the dummy grid was the winner of Le Mans in LMP2 in 2013 and LMP2 WEC World Champion.
Super Gt gets 10 sec time penalty because of weight and still manages to get 5th place and wins a irl race shows how well
Scott Speed trained him.
Keep pushing champ 😊🎉👊🏽
You made Scott Chegg proud in this one
that's what happens when you turn the AI way down
So close to perfection.
The Albon is strong in him.
Might suggest ignoring Scott Slam for qualifying next time though
This ABSOLUTELY had me on the edge of my seat the whole time, it brings an entirely new level of enjoyment to think about how this is actually advancing your racing career! GET IN THERE LEWISSS
Those Gran Turismo 7 Penalties still effect you irl 😂
affect
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@@youngcarter69 Y’all are gay
Nice to see Steve and Jimmy turning their sim racing hobby into a real thing. Congrats Steve on a great performance.
Jimmy saville?
@@mrplow8333 yeah he made a career change
@@mrplow8333 Steve knows who Jimmy is.
@@mrplow8333 yeah obviously
You're demonstrating the very essence of racing. If you're not constantly struggling at the edges of grip and power, you're not really trying. Every turn, lots of little adjustments, a bit of a wiggle, all the trappings of someone dancing on the razor's edge of control. Excellent showing.
Honestly great to see Alex Albon doing so well … congratulations 🎉
Dude, these Grand Turismo graphics are insane, they look so realistic. Glad you're doing more vr, makes the experience feel more irl ya know.
He needs to overclock his GPU as I can still see the pixels.
He should bring out back the sofa
Agreed💀
Fantastic latency too...
@@charlesglasz2317 yeah man almost no latency at all,incredible stuff really
Great video, nice seeing real races and the sim practice paying off!
Last person I’d think that would be into cars wow😂
Really appreciate him including his crashes and errors. Just shows that mistakes are part of racing and of the learning process. Great stuff and well deserved win!
Honestly this is one of the things that I've wanted to see my whole life. Someone taking what they do in a video game and really going for it in real life. See if those skills truly do transfer! God I can't wait to see more of your IRL racing!
I'd like to draw your attention to DTM then.
Tim Heinemann, a 25 year old guy coming from RaceRoom just did a weekend with two second places on his DTM debut!
Yeah I cant wait to take my COD skills to real life! Gonna be so much fun!
@@perezthereza33 Ready for the big time, go for a nuke
Oh let’s goooooo I’m excited for this one !!!!! 💪💪
Hey Slap! Didn’t expect to see you here
Wow it’s slap
It's gonna be a slapping video!
Did you came here to learn how to drive ?
@@wika1117 😂😂
These actual races are quickly becoming some of my favorite videos of yours, Steve! Well earned victory and fantastic racing content, bud. :D
Honestly, I think you are a natural racer. The aggression you show in the car is A1. I could actually see you doing something in motorsport if you keep at it. Respect and well done
agreed potential open wheel driver in the coming years. what a dream.
He's already got a seat at Williams.
Well he IS doing something in motorsport and has been for a long time actually... This stuff doesn´t exactly come out of nowhere. But I agree that from my viewer perspective it looks like he´s a natural
@@YesltsMeAgain Frank Williams called and said to shut up and keep this secret, mate
@@harveyplewis No open wheels lol. Sports cars though are very realistic for Steve if he plays his cards right.
23:35 “OOOHHHHH YYYYEEEEEAAASSSSSS….
HHEEEESSS DDDONNNEEEE IIIIITTTTT!” Amazing job Steve. Been waiting for the video for a minute! Loved every bit of it!
Monster stuff mate.
I love watching these, the footage/commentary is some of the best real-racing videos I think you can find.
Brilliant video mate! When you see the whole team at the end standing next to that P1 board, you realise that the driver isn’t just doing this for themselves, they have a whole bunch of hard working guys and girls that they are doing it for 👍
VR has come a long way!
Lacking a bit of ray-tracing though.
@@AurioDK yea since resolution and fps both much be high
@@AurioDK it’s actually path traced! As real life as it gets
Gotta sacrifice some texture quality and fps for that lovely path tracing
There's clearly still some of that fog effect used on early 3d games, I get that render distance is difficult in vr but come on... Even the skybox gets derendered at some points
9:05 the networking gets a bit strange at times
thoroughly enjoyed this look into racing, especially because it's not glossy, overproduced or misleading. It's easy to see the passion of everyone involved and the skill it takes to be competitive. thanks for this Super GT and cheers on the win!
Hello super GT viewers here
edit: 450 likes this is the most likes I’ve ever had
Sup🫡
Super gt hello viewers here
Hello Josep McDonagh, IndoClaudioGT here
Hello viewers, Super GT here.
@IndoClaudio hello
HE'S DONE IT! Great race, really good awareness and good mentality to come back from the incident in qualifying and gain confidence and trust in the car.
This new graphics update is wild
People say the gameplay is shit but I disagree, looks fun to me!
It's 16K resolution.
Graphics? It was a real race..
@@jamietolan44 ...
@@jamietolan44 whoooooooosh
Seeing you driving on track inspired me to do the same, so a month ago I went to my first track day - with the family wagon. Had the best time ever so I went and bought a ‘97 Porsche Boxster, and I’m having so much fun with it on track. It makes me so happy. Thanks Super GT for the inspiration! And Godspeed Scott Speed!
I can know happily say that I was here on this historic day to witness Super GT win his first ever IRL race. Can't wait to see his first video in either group 4 or 3 cars
I actually cheered out loud when you said you'd won. Amazing step-up, Steve, and all the digital racing paying big dividends. VERY satisfying to watch through the last few years to this point.
This was such a good watch, genuinely felt happy to see you win that 3rd race.
Get in Lewis
Let's goooo! We supported this guy, we made it possible for him to show his skills to the worls! Good job man and good job everyone!
GET IN THERE LEWIS. Well done Steve. Looks like you really enjoyed that and got more and more comfortable with the car as the races went on🎉
weheyyyy!!! coming home with the win! huge, congrats~! keen for more
Never comment on videos or anything, but been following you for about a year now and just want to say it's absolutely amazing that you finished first, an accomplishment you can be proud of for the rest of your life, Congrats brother!
I miss this so much. I used to race F1600 at Silverstone. It was such a buzz! Congrats on your class win, Steve.
Well done! This was brilliant to watch! The commentary was just like the game XD
The slipstream was a bit overkill, god should tune it down a little
A+ driving from a simtuber is the kinda stuff i love to see. Way to go man! Looking forward to seeing you grow on the real tracks and see what classes open up for you with the clear passion, skill, and determination youve got. Plus the social media presence helps :)
Great to see you back on a real track Steve mate. Formula 1 next?
He is already racing there.
Look up for Williams team pilots this year
Also he used to race in a RedBull car
Dakar next year?
isn't he in F1 already?
@@lilDronny oh right yh didn’t realise that was him. Never connected the dots tbh
The commentary adds so much, I was trying to watch some real life, PoV races on youtube but all I found was raw, uncut, no commentary stuff and I am sure there's an audience for that as well, but for me it was like... watch one lap and then I am out. Where as here I could watch 8 hours of this.
Big congratulation on the win, hope to see more in the future.
Love the IRL racing, keep it coming!
Excellent. What a great story. Thanks for the in depth commentary keeping us all up to date on what was going on. I had a feeling you had taken it, but so hard to be sure. That was great to watch, thanks
That race 1 was awesome, love how you weren't shy about putting in the overtakes despite being there to get your signatures. Also I'm glad they still gave you a signature for race 2 despite contact with that car that spun.
Bravo! Great runs Steve, well done...& congratulations on the win! Thought about getting into MX5 racing myself, it is so popular. Look forward to more racing content, keep us updated.
Maaaannnn look how far you've come....so happy to see you secure that P1 position GT. Much love from all of us!
Congratulations! That looked like so much fun and you can easily notice the confidence rise with each lap / race! Very well done and congrats again on the P1 :D
Those overtakes were clean bro! Keep up the great work and content!
Amazing content. Thanks Steve! Congratulations on a brilliant composed performance. Loved watching the video, even when the two cameras were out of sync for the last race!
I was genuinely excited to watch you race IRL. Huge congratulations regarding your results here, very well done sir. Great duels! 🏁🏁🏁
I think the reason why we are here even though not a GT content is how you comment on your own race. so much fun in it. Well deserved for the 1st position!
Loving the new varied content
Keep it up and please make more of these if possible but I still love ur gt7 races 👍🏼
Congratulations! Its so amazing to see you find your corner of success over these last few years. You are doing great things and I look forward to keeping up with your future escapades.
Get in there Lewis! Brilliant stuff mate. Congrats
Just such good racing content!! I watch a ton of motorsports, and I love all your GT videos. They are more entertaining than a lot or real motorsport! Your super calm commentary versus your knife edge driving is excellent. We get to see 2 extremes of your personality...and everything else in between. Thanks.
Didn’t even realize how much I missed your irl racing videos. We needs it, precious!
I’m genuinely happy for Steve to get P1 what a legend.
Congrats on your win Super GT! Your skills in Gran Turismo have really paid off. You earned it!!
Very well done! Really happy for you.
That car looked a huge handful to keep under control. Big achievement that. Hope to see many more in the future.
Congrats on getting these opportunities to get a real drive and signatures for that license. Might be cool if you did a video in the future on the process you’ve gone through to secure your seats in these races with these teams for the aspiring drivers out there. Keep up the fine work!
0:02 He said it!!! He said who's here, not just anybody but the one and only SuperGT is here.
I'm super proud of our little guy. He's gonna be on TV one day.😢
He is already, he got viewers. Thats the game changer.
Really well done! I was going to do a funny comment about putting the camera on the bonnet so you could see the track better but thought, nah, you worked hard here. Congrats on the racewin!
Can't wait for Steve to get his super license soon!🎉
I am SO HAPPY for you! I've been following you for years and this just feels like the best icing on the cake. Great job!!!!!
Man, throughout the video I found myself cheering for you so hard! I hope it did some good retroactively!
Great to see you joining us in the mx5’s 🤙 FYI, difference in engine power is down to the team/driver developing the car not the class you’re in as the car technical regs are identical, silverstone is the track you’ll see it the most with those long straights! Tyres are more important in these cars than +\- 5bhp 👍 hope to see you again this year
so basically super gt went right on a left turn and sent his teammate to the shadow realm
THIS IS AWESOME!!! Good for you man. I've seen a few of your videos but had no idea you had worked your way into a real car. I'm interested in a different style of driving but have the same goal to work my way into a real car. I genuinely enjoyed seeing this. Good for you
As a long time viewer, it’s amazing watching you get podium wins IRL. Well earned mate 🔥🔥
you really should post 2 versions of the Video with the same commentary but with the different camera angles. ;)
love the vid but the best part was the HD/4k footage at 20:24 :)
Keep it up - nice racing too (y)
If they add Silverstone to GT7 (which they should) they should make this daily race a or b in the Mazda touring car. It’s such a fun car to drive and I would love to do this race in GT7
YES!!! Get in there Steve! Miracles do happen mate!!
Really fun fight to watch at the end. Excited to see you drive more IRL.
Does whether affect traction in this game?
Congratulations on that race with the MX5 young man! Just started watching your channel and a can’t stop, PS5 this weekend along with GT7. Look forward to racing you soon hopefully.
my right ear enjoyed that intro
That was a really cool perspective. I can't wait to see more of this content in the future. 👌 Congrats for the races!
Hello Steve, viewers here, these daily uploads are very epic. But I hope you have time to rest.
That was an awesome watch, thanks man. Hope to see more, congrats and good luck!
What a fantastic result! Your race craft is second to none and it paid off well here to day in all your races. The win was certainly the icing on the cake! Well deserved and well done!
Hey Steve, viewers here. We are proud of you and love the IRL content. Damn good job out there.
Ive never driven the MX5 on real track, but it's my favorite drive on iRacing. If you can extract speed from the MX5 you can drive anything fast. It's quite unforgiving at times. It doesn't have much power so I found the secret was to carry as much speed as I can in the corners. Keep the momentum up in that car and you can take time off laps quickly. 1600-2200 irating MX5 on say Okayama Full is as competitive a race as you could ever ask for. Love it. Great Drive GT' I love your IRL racing video. There my favorite.
The view at the twenty minute eighteen mark is great, more of that angle please. It gives a real sense of the speed, and driver presence.
I've watched every episode since I started following, this was the best, SuperGT IRL being tactical and precise on track, smart driving and taking home podium!🏆🍻🍾
Get In In In there Steve!!!
From Sim to Real Racing! Happy for your achievement!
Thank you for such an Amazing drive and experience shared to us
Congratulations! I've been watching your videos for a few years now, and im happy to see you have a feel-good moment at a professional level. Even if it is to upgrade your license.
Thnak you for sharing your achievements with us, I was so excited to watch this one, I'll make sure to be updated on this kind of races. You are the best
Well done. I could see you were getting more comfortable in the car each lap, can’t wait for the next bit of irl content
congratulations steve! what a great experience! keep it up man and hopefully we will see you in some other races arround the world!
I don't know you personally of course, but been watching since your Forza 7 days, all through GT sport and now GT7 and RL. It's fantastic to see the progression into real racing and I enjoy these as much as I do your sim racing. Thank you for the content as ever and very well deserved on the win!
Absolutely phenomenal, well done! That was a great watch!
Amazing video, fantastic racing and brilliant commentary we all absolutely love! Best of everything to you Steve! You're a true hero!
Grats on your win mate. Great driving
Wonderful!
Great driving Steve, you were improving with each lap!
Congratulations on the W! I hope the viewership numbers end up reflecting the quality of this content but I really enjoy your real racing vids as much as the GT7 content. Props to you man!!!
Soo freakin nice to watch you on a real circuit race, i never seen nobody that try to entertain the way you do with your videos. All my respect is yours GT!
Really awesome stuff Steve!! Congratulations on your race win :D Amazing battles! Looks like so much fun, even in the first two races where you were just getting your signatures. Amazing stuff!
👌👍great racing, great win, and your commentary parallels your GT 7 commentary, so calming and enjoyable. Keep up the good work and you never know you might parallel thee GT7 movie storyline to Stardom!
Absolutely brilliant. Really enjoy these and seeing your improve. Living the best life
Watching this video in particular makes me excited for the gt movie even more , would love to see more of these videos. It’s basically the exact same as usual super gt vids but irl lol I love it
This is a very good story. Trust me.
I had this once. A million years ago, I was autocrossing a 1989 CRX Si in SCCA events. I should mention that I worked at a Honda dealership, and had as demos a series of CRX Si's. Sticker in the window and dealer tags. I was new but in a points chase. So when I saw a flyer for a local Corvette Club holding a non-SCCA autocross, but claiming to be following their rules and classifications, it seemed like a good chance to practice. I show up and I quickly notice no imports. Like, I saw none. I go to sign up for D-Stock (CRX, GTi, etc). None. How about E-stock (Mr-2, Fiero, etc) None. So I have to sign up for F-Stock (Mustangs, Camaros, etc). And their "stock" included massive rubber and wheels, open headers, anything. "I have no chance.." I said. Until I took the track walk. Hmm..
The course was in some of the parking and the staging area of a drag strip. And half the drag strip to a cone you pivoted around. The section leading onto the dragstrip had a section designed to bust everyone down to almost walking speed to keep speed down on the dragstrip. But it was set up for very wide cars with even wider rubber. I was pretty sure that I could JUST thread the needle flat IF I pitched it at the end and caught the drift just at track's edge. Or spin off and eat guardrail. Hmm. If I do this, where will I brake down from mach 1.2 to the cone? Dragstrip was featureless. I used to carry a white shoe-polish stick with me to mark sidewalls for pressure adjustments. So I made a series of small hash marks in white on the far side. I decided this was "stock."
So, it takes me a few tries, but I finally stick the section, vibrate a cone at the exit, carry massive speed through there compared to anything else. Braked a little early for the crazy speed difference, and just finished tidy. I was alone, and pitted in the boonies. I couldn't hear the loudspeakers. I changed rubber, gathered my kit, and went to the trophy presentation. They get to F-Stock, and they announce everyone from position 32. The car, the year, the driver, any sponsors. Takes a long time. I knew I did well, so I didn't focus in until 10th place. Got nervous by 5th place. By third place I figured they screwed me. "And in first place, some dude in a Japanese rollerskate with a dealer tag" and then the guy walked off-stage. Walked up, grabbed the trophy and said "Thank You" loudly. Gracious, the crowd was not. To say the least. I will mention that I am 6'2" 240 and wrestled in college. I only mention it because I think it mattered just then.
So, driving out in my stock as stock can be CRX, between the rows of Mustangs and Camaros with side-pipes and rubber four inches beyond the bodywork, I made sure to hold the 1st place trophy out of the sunroof.
Pure Gold.
Nicely done Steve!! Love these vids and the insight on your career progression. Thanks!!
it's really fun to see you doing a race, in a category that's obtainable for a lot of people :)
I’ve been sleeping to your videos for years at this point. I am so happy for you, great driving mate, well deserved p1! Keep it up👏
Well done Steve. Get In There! Miracles Do Happen! seriously well done mate, Any idea when or what you will be driving next?
Dude this is so much better than watching a mazda race. The commentary and the pov is just 100
Congratulations on a great weekend of Racing and your first real life win! You drove very well in a car that seemed slightly over-steery. Some fantastic moves and an unstoppable momentum forwards. At 11m 49s you were Sir Lewis Hamilton on Verstappen into Copse. One correction; the Supercup and clubman classes run an identical spec car. Looking forwards to the next stage of the adventure that your international C license opens the door for.
Trivia for your fans: Martin Plowman who strapped you in on the dummy grid was the winner of Le Mans in LMP2 in 2013 and LMP2 WEC World Champion.