The Day iRacing's Hidden Boss Proved Everyone Wrong

[@Parker_Kligerman]

Incredible story! Bob is the man; this was my fondest memory of this period. Bringing Valvoline into sim racing and seeing Bob accomplish this while I was filming a TV show in the middle of the California desert. So epic! Now I consider Bob one of my best friends in the world

[@notachannel6097]

Being in the sim racing community around those early days sounds like it must have been so cool. Wish I was a part of it instead of being busy with being like 2 years old

[@DJYeeJay]

2 year old you needed to git gud

[@thetechfromheaven]

@@DJYeeJay Tony Stewart was already winning in go karts at that age 💀

[@poobird3606]

I wish I was alive lol

[@caledonianrailway1233]

Forza is like that rn as most groups and series are unofficial

[@SHIZURAKU]

2 year old? bruh you were already supposed to invest and buy a house, what a waste of time simracing as 2-year old, when you should have already made your first million by then. (for all mental athletes, i'm obviously joking).

[@FurryWrecker911]

People who show up once to a major event, win, and go "I had my fun" and retire immediately are some of the most fascinating people on the planet.

[@chinchin3274]

They're just doing side quests.

[@KiraSlith]

People who are already winning in life have a different scale for success than us bottom feeders.

[@bojcio]

@@KiraSlith or they're just people who don't care for competition in general, but do it for fun ... or people who are too swamped with anxiety to compete consistently, but have it easier to do it anonymously ... there are many reasons why people would do this not just "winning at life" in fact if they are "wining at life", they usually wouldn't have enough time to devote to be competitive in a game in a first place

[@martendittmann5431]

Pretty sure it's a combination of curiosity and obsession. When I start something new, I need to know everything; I also become a little obsessed. That obsession keeps me around long enough to actually get good. If you'd like to get good at stuff, the best advice I can give is 'try to become generally curious.' Also, 'practice a lot.' Don't know if it'll work but that's why I'm good at a few things. Also, bojcio is right; I can't exactly say I'm 'winning at life.' It turns out that getting very good at just a few things can be a bit of a hit or miss strategy. I'm doing fine but to describe my life as 'winning' would definitely stretch the definition.

[@THENAMEISQUICKMAN]

UMA in Street Fighter 6 turned up out of nowhere, won a million dollars, and basically stopped competing lmao

[@KevinKing29]

One of the OGs. Also one of the smartest guys I’ve met. Him winning that Fontana race was epic.

[@DJYeeJay]

One for the good guys! 😁

[@KanesDeath]

If we completely glance over how he got fast in N2K3 Kevin........ You know, the exploit you got called out for using a year earlier on the official forums.

[@BonafideJas]

​@@KanesDeath please elaborate

[@KevinKing29]

@@KanesDeath Enlighten me, I don't know what you're talking about.

[@KanesDeath]

@@KevinKing29 Dont remember when the Sim Racing reporter contacted you for comment during the DMP days?

[@therealforestelf]

I love these sim racing stories. people always say you're just behind a makeshift steering wheel in front of a computer, but the racing and the emotions are absolutely real!

[@daboss117fly]

Right! But, the people who say that don't understand that even professional race teams, use Sim racing in training drives. F1, Nascar and I m sure many more!

[@insight-informer]

and it doesn't cost ya a couple G's when you make a mistake lol

[@TomAnderson.]

Unless you lost a tournament. 😂

[@sprolyborn2554]

I still cant get over what we play right now is just a very fancy NR2003.

[@bohba13]

I love it

[@pchris]

I wish you described more terms like what "clutching" is and how it enables more "tape", and what "tape" is in this context. 15:51 For anybody else who doesn't know: Tape is used to cover up the grille on the car to improve aerodynamics at the expense of reducing the radiators effectiveness and risking overheating. "Clutching" is putting in the clutch and coasting to save fuel and reduce engine load which reduces heat produced and enables more tape to be used.

[@teebob21]

The clutch is the pedal in a manual transmission car that isn't the brake or the accelerator. Pressing the clutch disconnects the motor from the transmission, effectively putting the car in neutral. Tape is tape, like duct tape or gaffer's tape. They put it on the radiator.

[@pchris]

@@teebob21 that doesn't really clear much up. :P I'm very aware of what a clutch is. I own 2 after all. That doesn't help me understand what "clutching" is in this context thought. With enough googling I figured out what the tape was about. I gather they put it on the grille - not the radiator - to reduce drag at the expensive of head dissipation. Not sure how "clutching" enabled them to do that though.

[@teebob21]

@@pchris How much fuel do you burn when you are coasting with the clutch engaged?

[@pchris]

@@teebob21 is that what that's supposed to mean? How does that enable someone to use more tape?

[@teebob21]

@@pchris More coasting is less fuel burned. Less fuel burned means lower engine heating. Lower engine heating means you can get by with less air flowing through the radiator and still not blow up the engine. That's where the extra tape can be used. Too much tape will mean you burn up your engine.

[@smoke14wins]

The team I am on competed against bob, and I promise you he was highly respected and watched every week by our team. We were just talking about him 5-6hrs ago today lol

[@Doug_Narby]

“Drivers before then”…I built my own wheel controller in 1995 with a kid’s toy and a radio shack potentiometer. I wanted to see if having a wheel helped before I bought a “state of the art” wheel with bungee cords inside it for feedback. There was some F1 game out, but I spent most of my time in Sports Car GT

[@combatwombat594]

That's what I kinda did lol I used a wireless mouse, and some PVC pipe, and an old PS2 bungee cord wheel and made a wheel of my own before I went and bought a T150. The T150 eventually broke, but it started a rabbit hole of a hobby lmao

[@OldManBOMBIN]

I missed when RS was a good retailer. I was too young to understand what I was looking at at the time, but man, it would've been right up my alley nowadays. Amazon is kinda cool, but I wanna walk around and touch stuff.

[@inthefade]

Look around in your town for a surplus electronics store or old radio repair shop. Something like that. Sometimes they still exist and are being run by some old guy who refuses to close or retire.

[@OldManBOMBIN]

@@inthefade lol, I wish. My town only has about 2500 people. We have more Mexican restaurants than any sort of store. Other than Dollar General.

[@EMU1]

I lived in SCGT and the mod scene for a few years... started on KB, then joystick controller, then Logitech wheel with no FF, to Logitech Momo wheel with FF. My brothers and I would hook up 3 different computers to race each-other. I even made some cars in z-modeler from pictures (which really sucked in comparison to other cars in game). It was a different world in early sim racing, and on one hand I kind of miss it, but on the other there is so much refinement in the sims today, and they look and feel so good.

[@nixic7127]

These are the most entertaining videos about a sim. This channel made me start playing and I just got my 5th win in formula and now in d class, I’ve been playing for 2 weeks

[@DJYeeJay]

Welcome to the cult!

[@alexcoxe4303]

Five wins in your first two weeks??

[@OutlawsRacingNetwork]

@@alexcoxe4303he sounds like he’s gonna be a good driver once he’s up in the big leagues

[@F7INN]

5 wins! I made it to A class within my first season and on the way accumulated a grand total of 0 wins!

[@sagethevvitch]

As someone that still plays in NR2003 leagues, I love learning about DMP & the guys that started there. Great video in general

[@TheNascarguy14]

i was teammates with bob for good amount of time and I can honestly say he's a grinder. Always finds small and new ways to look at things, he upped my game to a new level.

[@RickyHardin]

I love seeing that old Steel Horse Racing Screen Print Dept truck with Bart Simpson on the back! I painted that truck! 🤣Bob and I were teammates for so many years, and I was always in awe of the things he could do behind the wheel. He talks a lot about race craft, and I regard Bob as the GOAT in that department. Great video!

[@Drew.DrivesYT]

>He talks a lot about race craft Would you be able to go into more detail? I hear this term thrown around, and as someone who has raced IRL and in the sim, I'm still baffled by what it all encompasses.

[@RickyHardin]

@@Drew.DrivesYT it really encompasses all aspects of how you race other cars on the track. There is an epidemic in both real and sim racing where idiots just shove their car in and "make" a hole because "that's what Dale would do" - and it's really ruined racing in both sim and real life racing. Good racecraft is about making the right moves at the right time, racing with respect and knowing exactly what you and your car can handle in a given scenario. There is more to it, but this is what it is in general.

[@Drew.DrivesYT]

@@RickyHardin ah that makes sense. I've always thought in terms of situational awareness - knowing what the car, track and field are doing at any given moment. Different lingo for the same concept.

[@tnexus13]

​@@RickyHardin can blame Max Verstappen for that mindset too.

[@Sasser2015]

As someone who has always enjoyed racing video games, but knows little about the competitive sim-racing scene, this vid was a really cool glimpse into that world. Bob seems like a likable guy...... glad he saw some success.

[@kgsimracing]

From a KZbin channel, to a full on documentary…. Awesome job! The interviews, the research, the b-roll footage…it’s hard not to be entertained with everything you’re putting out. Now you’re releasing movies lol…..Amazing work!

[@zednos]

One year a guy named Brian started releasing some modded tracks where the grip up top was a lot more, DaleJr liked that so the DMP server would run them a lot. So the modded dega was called TalladegaBR. B for Brian. Anyway this somehow got to Mike Joy but he didn’t understand it completely, and he brought it up in an interview with Truex I think and asked him about ‘the video game you’ve been training on, TalladegaVR’, and that’s the story of the biggest nr2003 cringe of all time.

[@notyou2935]

Yeah the BR stood for Brian Ring.

[@jwm2588]

Those were fun tracks to race on.

[@ArcAngel7459]

Dale Jr. mentioned that track to Truex Jr. in a points race as to what line he wanted to run at Talledega, and that Truex should hook up with him so that they could run that line.

[@metalvinnyofficial]

It's important you're preserving and highlighting stories like this that may otherwise be lost to time! Love it and thanks for all the track guides and laughs over the years. Huge fan!

[@quinnseitz1377]

Nice video, love learning about the sim racing legends. Kevin King was in my A fixed race last night. Never knew he'd been sim racing for so long.

[@DJYeeJay]

Yeah I’ve raced against Bob in arca before and I don’t think I’ve ever beaten him lol

[@PaperBanjo64]

I remember reading an article about Kevin King in NASCAR Illustrated in 2006...they showed Dale Jr's car he ran in an NR2003 league which was a white number 3 Mom N' Pop's Chevy based on one of his lats models.

[@thetechfromheaven]

Wow it's amazing how Kyle Larson saying that thing we all know he said, affected this timeline. I always wondered what if none of that happened and he ended up in SHR or staying with Ganassi like Chastain when they transitioned to Trackhouse 🤔

[@DJYeeJay]

Landon Cassil hosts an iracing race --> some things --> Ganassi sells his team to Pitbull

[@thetechfromheaven]

@@DJYeeJay Oh I wonder what our good ol' budy "Cryptoboy 🪙🤑" is up to lately, wondering why he hasn't raced in a while.

[@PaperBanjo64]

So it's all Landon Cassil's fault!?

[@GodActio]

Man said the truth and got booted

[@gianni_schicchi]

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[@davidjohnson6225]

Pretty cool, met Bob back when we were racing at OnlineRacing back in the day. I painted him up a car when NR2003 came out, a Red and White CompUSA Monte Carlo. Glad to see one of the group do well in sim racing!

[@RACERDALEJR88]

Its super cool to see the guys I used to run with in NR2003 get up to the Coke Series. Never ran with Bob, but I ran in Derek Justis's league with both him and Isaac Gann for a while. Derek was chill always a super helpful dude when I was just starting out, even started a series for rookies so guys like me can get more experience. Don't remember Isaac too well, he was just starting with the league when i ended up stepping away.

[@Traas24]

As someone who got into sim racing this year, these videos are a great look into what I missed and makes me wish I started racing earlier!

[@ChumpyChicken2]

Video start at 16:30

[@almightyIrie]

"I didn't have the speed, i never had the speed" - iRacing's Hidden Boss on why he retired

[@DJYeeJay]

Hidden boss refers to his status in the community throughout the years, not to his status in the coke series. Besides, everyone in that series is a boss to even get there

[@almightyIrie]

@@DJYeeJay it's all good, wasn't meant in a negative way. Just thought it was funny to me

[@justinkrizenesky]

I'd love to see a Vid on Charles C. Wooton, the zero iRating master.

[@TheDoubleNuthin]

Great video highlighting this. Was a pleasure to be doing the Kligerman Sport "Radioactive" videos during this time and being able to capture this moment for Bob. I started sim racing in 2011, so it was really cool learning the backstory behind this victory.

[@kojacked]

Man, incredible work. This feels like a good sports doc. Super interesting. I've only ever done the road racing side of iRacing but I respect oval racing more and more as I learn about from the outside. It really is a special kind of racing in how strategy applies to it. The nuance is insane and executing a plan is so difficult to do. Only criticism I'd have is that you mentioned that Bryan was gonna win before finishing the story of the race. I didn't know he had won and I'm sure a lot of future viewers of this video will be in the same situation. Just lifted the tension some, is all. Looking forward to more stories like this! If I could request any, it'd be a deep dive into Greger Huttu.

[@DJYeeJay]

Great point about knowing if he’s gonna win. I mulled that over quite a bit and I think it came down to the idea of “the how is more interesting than the what” and some interview snippets mentioned the win that also had things I wanted to include And I’ve tried reaching out to Greger but he’s not easy to get a hold of 🤣

[@kojacked]

@@DJYeeJay totally fair. I didn't realize about the earlier snippets somehow. The lead up to the win is definitely the most interesting part as you say. Greger is interesting for sure. Maybe it could also work if you got it going by interviewing Huis and some other OG Redline guys first to get the ball rolling. Then they could kinda help get to him. Anyway, if he's too difficult to get a hold of, I'll watch anything you put out with this sort of quality. Thanks!

[@strovich]

Wherever you get all this B-Roll from is just as impressive as the story itself. Keep at it!

[@jnprather]

Somehow I only just got around to watching this. Love it! What an epic day, and there's few guys I'd want to put in the position to pull off what he did there. You did a great job on this video. Don't ever hesitate to reach out if you want to hear an old hand ramble.

[@JeredtheShy]

I think the younger folk in the comments should know that today is a good era, just because those early 2000s PCs cost like $4000, in 2000 money, and the monitors were just as bad. Now? I'd say $800 worth of PC will get you on track and winning, then you can spend the rest on monitors and wheels and stuff. Your car looks like a car, not like a crumpled Doritos bag with wheels. It is a good day to be a sim racer.

[@IHJello]

Knowing nothing about Nascar esports you absolutely nailed the direction of this video. I watched every second and found myself rooting for Bob the whole time. Maybe it's me being nostalgic at my older age and seeing a gamer from 2003 make it back to top. Either way this video rules and I'm not just a fan of Bob. I'm a fan of you.

[@arranmc182]

TOCA 2: Touring Cars is what got me in to racing games but at that time I used a joystick to race but I wanted a Thrustmaster Formula T2 but parents wouldnt buy me one as they said I already said I had the joystick 🤦‍♂😅

[@SaabJitsu]

Same here. Mr and a friend would play on line after the wives went to bed. He still has a wonderful wife and I have a fantastic sim rig lol

[@solidus3168]

TLDR- FINAL BOSS: fuel gauge. I had no idea this was something to consider.

[@TracksideViews]

Great video as always! Small request, could you or anyone in the know do a deep dive on why Atlanta still to this day has never had functioning lights for night racing? It’s a very perplexing unsolved mystery that the devs never address.

[@autoprefecture6591]

Some of the best iRacing content on youtube, great work!

[@autoprefecture6591]

I had a nice sim and played iRacing for many years, i sold my setup a few years back and left sim racing, your videos are giving me a serious itch to come back, i use to hold a A road license 😅

[@xSkidMarx]

This is Speed Network level quality content, thank you for making it

[@Dream25_]

Shout out to Parker for Picking Bob up like that, no particular reason.

[@FastestLapGaming]

wish i could afford iracing

[@Faffel]

Same. Doesn't stop me from playing it all the time.

[@sagethevvitch]

There's always NR2003. It still has a thriving online community. It's not Iracing, but it's very fun & competitive

[@connorbingel7134]

I think of it like any other subscription. If I use it enough to justify the price then I think it’s totally fine to spend the money. The minute I stop using it though in a month’s span I’m axing it. I think the racing experience I get is worth it though. It’s really fun too.

[@duo293]

Use your wishes as motivation, brother

[@Sethsimracing]

I suggest canceling your TV subscription(or streaming service like Netflix or whatever) to afford iRacing. Totally worth it. 👍

[@WombatRock420]

I'm loving this series of showcasing legends and underdogs of the sim racing world, great videos like always!

[@Uzuua-]

Bro that graphic showing the racetrack at the start was all I needed to subscribe, bro got better production then marvel movies

[@DJYeeJay]

@@Uzuua- sorry to break it to you but I took that from the iracing broadcast 🤣🤣

[@BenBebbington]

No interest in NASCAR or SimRacing but Bobs a fascinating guy and the doc was really well made

[@warmowed]

Beware the old man in a young man's game! An extremely intelligent driver and crew.

[@Mogzilla86]

Dude I love these iracing lore stories you do so fucking much

[@Tunda2]

I race on console but this is exactly why I go from mid pack to dangerous in long races at the right tracks. RIP Auto Club

[@AjSibley]

Hey at 7.28 that picture of that kid in the truck drivers seat is ME!!! That's crazy 😭💀🤣

[@skister82]

I really enjoyed this video and im not a huge Nascar fan. Well done Bob, you come across as a really nice guy and i bet if you've got kids you're an awesome Dad 👍🏼 The video and narrration was really smooth and i could easily listen to you all day.

[@shadesinsertlastname1631]

great job on the vid, i dont watch nascar but your thumbnail and title drew me in and the rest of the vid kept me in nice work

[@SALADCLUBVEVO]

Love these videos bro, there are so many interesting stories that I would never hear about if it wasn’t for you

[@Vash04]

I mean his first name is Bob. You already know he's gonna demolished everyone

[@Sgt.chickens]

Ferrari's F1 team really needs to hire bob so we dont have to hear "we are checking"

[@sethcarlisle7330]

I used to be one of the best on PS3. Hung up my helmet back in 2017. This just inspired me. Look for me in the next few years boys.

[@MixedGrid]

Amazing strategy concept that paid off! What a skilled driver to hold that lead!

[@red-ash2901]

please tell me whats the music that starts at 14:50

[@teamosolem]

You are literaly a Wirtual of NASCAR universe! Love it.

[@denen404]

Played the old school Nascar games as a kid(my stepdad was into it heavy) glad to see its still around...although I couldn't play now I don't have the understanding of cars or racing games and honestly hate having to go in depth(If I had a team to setup the car and coach me idk rofl I do love driving) 😂

[@dylan-z8w4t]

could you elaborate on who the hidden boss is of smash bros i dont know anything about the scene but thats an interesting concept to explore in other games as well

[@json.racing]

i love these documentaries you're doing! great stuff

[@orthZ]

Been waiting for another vid like this. Awesome content!

[@agentwaffle6476]

Love the epic stories of sim racing man. Keep them up!

[@Bdog-km1db]

On nascar being last is best qualifying position bc you get to enjoy passing and working for it

[@MrAnimefox]

Man, I pre-date his racing game career. Holy moly, I'm old. My first racing Sim was Nascar Racing 1999 edition

[@super_ninja9375]

keep making these they are truly amazing great work!!

[@shawndixon4536]

I started in the mid 90s with Papyrus Indyacr Racing and then shortly after Papyrus NASCAR Racing using the first mass.produced wheel.and pedals, the Thrustmaster Formula T1 with no FFB and bungie cord tension. But that system was build solid and when I upgraded in 2000 to a Logitech Wingman Formula Force, it felt like cheap plastic versus the amount of steel components on the TH. I still own physical copies of all the NASCAR games from the first until 2004, which is about the time I stopped. Disappointingly I never used the online racing option at the time. It took until 3 years ago to get back into sim racing, and unfortunately, I do not get the amount of seat time I would prefer.

[@nerdnalist]

Are they earnings on that sheet actual or virtual?

[@karlsamson1765]

Great story, really enjoyed it. Must see tv for me when these minidocs drop

[@bemba187]

love this video format from you!

[@Song-dn1xb]

I had no idea sim racing not only has been around for so long but that actual nascar drivers have been involved with the community for most of that time as well.

[@Masca79]

This is an esports documentary! Cheers Bob!

[@trentpotter7666]

I ran in a league for a few years with Donny Lia on iracing but never knew he was in that league. I started on Nascar 2003, but we didn't have internet where I grew up 😅

[@Euroliite]

Where can we find those historical DMP Pro Series standings? And am I reading correctly that drivers were winning millions of real dollars from this?

[@gavin_mclovin]

you should do a video essay on parker retzlaff i did a b open race with him earlier and checked his stats afterwards he went from like 200 irating all the way up to 9k and now he races full time in xfinity lol

[@justinwhitsitt7072]

I remember playing NASCAR 98 on PSone. It was fun because you could make your car, invincible or nearly invincible drive backwards around the track and crush all the other cars head on and it had impressive damage and particle effects for a PlayStation one game

[@cramermotorsports51]

Love the content. How is drivesmart with dgm going?

[@moneylap]

Our former eSports driver :D We love Bob!!

[@tydill1342]

ive been loving these videos

[@Agent_OB]

12:28 does anyone have context on this "incident"

[@Borzke]

The Kyle Larson incident? He dropped a slur / racist comment while sim racing over the open voice communication channel so everyone heard it.

[@golfshores97]

Kyle Larson said the N-word

[@kirkmarble16]

I used to run with Bob all the time on nr2003! Amazing days. DMP was where it was at

[@Cryptic141]

this was a very entertaining documentary, you get my sub good sir

[@ChristyOFaghan]

beautiful bit of strategy, coupled with some serious skill in the last quarter

[@MrAsayaga]

So long story short someone went for a 1 stop strat and the rest didn't. Big woop :P

[@Redman147]

I used to race Nascar with a keyboard and mouse and I even completed races with a joystick xD I never got into early sim racing as my dad wouldn't let me do league racing due to the age of everyone in those leagues, but I got my chance to learn racing in the mid 2000s when G-Force Karts had a IndyCar program where young drivers had the chance to slowly work their way up into open wheel racing. It was a fun experience, but I came in 2nd and only the winner could move on. It was cool being able to wear the same race suits and gear as the real drivers did.

[@1xRacer]

what a video dude, you killed it again 🔥🔥🔥

[@scarcatch]

are there no such storys for road racing?

[@DJYeeJay]

There are but it’s less accessible to me but I have a couple stories I’m trying to cover

[@swississue8550]

Nice success story ! Good post !

[@brick1357]

i love these stories, sim racing needs more of them

[@Captain_Rex14]

It doesn’t matter who is in front at the start. It only matters who is in front at the end.

[@andychicago8295]

Can anyone tell me the brand or model of this cross trainer in the background?

[@mcmillin08]

Great vid, great story! Loved it.

[@crazytactics3603]

Thank you for this well made video and great story to highlight.

[@notyou2935]

NR2003 was a ton of fun. It was also full of physics holes and exploits.

[@TheInsaneupsdriver]

I had something similar that ended in a epic fail i was proud of. GTA San Andreas 100 cab missions in a row at a friends house i ended the 100th on my roof crossing the line with a epic fail, the friend jinxed me and said slow down 5 second before i crossed the line. we were also drinking. he was pissed but me and his wife found it hilarious.

[@chris-hayes]

Very well put together!

[@apophisstr6719]

"Why is there such an ominous aura coming out of that slow-ass car behind me??"

[@adam88721]

Never even knew this exsisted! I always thought competitive e- racing was an in-person thing.

[@regibson23]

Sounds like the "certain incident" that ended Kyle Larson esports needs to have a video made.

[@DeadBaron]

I've been running a G27 for almost 10 years and still don't see any reason to upgrade. Modern wheels rarely come with three pedals and an H shifter, and IF they're available, they're expensive AF

[@BrokenSoul79x]

Could almost swear this is just the first half of the gran turismo movie... (Turned out to be a GREAT movie in actuality MUCH to my surprise.)

[@BuzzaB77]

random noob here that knows little about NASCAR but it fascinated by this story: what is "tape" please?

[@Borzke]

In NASCAR they put tape on the front grill opening to close the space off. This limits the amount air entering the engine bay and causing less drag on the car. Have to be carefull how much tape you use. Close the space too much and not enough air goes in and the engine can overheat.

[@thomasprovitt1806]

I'm not in on racing. Can someone explain what he means by "I'm not the guy on speed"? Is it a matter of his reaction speed and precision not being suitable for higher speeds?

[@PaperBanjo64]

The next NASCAR game should have Bob Bryant as an unlockable