Ramblings Rumblings & Rants

Every Sunday I will publish my new column, "Ramblings, Rumblings & Rants." It's a column I used to write for my college newspaper back in the day. I'll be changing the format to cover all things iRacing as well as anything else I want to touch on.

So with that said, here we go!

• Canada's Rory McDonald destroyed Nate Diaz in UFC 129 with 3 epic suplexes in the 3rd round. He's definitely on my "Must Watch" list in the MMA world now.
• Maximum Motorsport Alliance Driver Gregory Shafer secured the iRacing Season 1 Late Model Championship in Division 6, but with great power comes great responsibility...and now Shafer will have to deal with a higher caliber of racer after being promoted to Division 2.
• iRacing's newest track, Okayama, is a perfect fit for all classes and skill levels. It's wide, smooth and has 4 or 5 really nice spots for overtaking. I've run around it in the Skip Barber RT2000 and the Star Mazda and I've really enjoyed it. I'll most likely race every series that makes a stop in Okayama.
• Night Racing has debuted and it adds a whole new level of difficulty to the road racing mix.
• Dirt 2 is reaching the end of it's run, but many of the people I race with have rediscovered it and it offers a nice break from the seriousness and competitiveness of iRacing. Available on Steam right now for $20.
• Kyle Busch won at Richmond on Saturday night. A couple of thoughts about the race. As good as Steve Latarte is as Dale Earnhardt Jr's crew chief, he really made a bad call bring Jr in with too many laps left to finish on a tank of fuel. Earnhardt drove a good race and should've finished in the Top 10 but had to stop for a splash and go and ended up 19th. Ryan Newman needs to quit crying. He and Juan Pablo Montoya got into each other pretty good and all Newman could talk about was how NASCAR better do something about Montoya. Handle your business Ryan!!!
• It's still a few weeks out, but I can't wait for Le Mans. I just hope Michael Waltrip doesn't take out one of the true road racing teams by being such a novice in multi-class racing.

And Finally,

• CASCAR Season 2 is upon us, and the guys at SimRacing Nation have stepped up to the plate and contributed $75 in iRacing Gift Certificates to sweeten the pot. Head over to SimRacing Nation and sign up today!