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The Thomas 250: How Texas Speed and Sim Racing Nation Rallied for Tatum

When a ten-year-old kid is stuck in a hospital bed, the days can feel endless. But Texas Speed and Sim Racing Nation found a way to bring pure fun, roaring engines, and huge smiles straight to his room with a special event called the Thomas 250 . Put together in only three days and broadcast live by PitStop TV, this was not a normal, serious esports race. It was an all-out night of fun organized to cheer up a young boy named Tatum and raise money to help his family cover hospital bills. Tatum is the son of Tyler Thomas, an active racer in the community. Tatum had to go to the hospital when his appendix burst, ...

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Kevin Foster Takes Team Canada to the World Final

When the national flags unfurled at Circuit Ricardo Tormo for the 2024 FIA Motorsport Games in Valencia, Spain, sixty of the fastest sim racers on earth gathered to fight for Olympic gold on iRacing . In the Esports category, every driver strapped into identical FIA Formula 4 open-wheelers in the sim with fixed setups. Every tenth of a second had to be extracted strictly through driver feel, trail braking, and racecraft. Carrying the red and white maple leaf for Team Canada was Calgary's own Kevin Foster —Jacques Villeneuve Feed Racing shootout champion, British Formula 4 race winner, and longtime Sim Racing N...

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It Started With A Track Day

From catching a cheap flight with nothing but my necessities crammed into my backpack and one pair of jeans, somehow everything came together. SRN hosted its first official track day meetup where most of our members hopped into a real race car for the very first time. That night was rough. Nothing was turning out the way Rui over at Rookie Racing expected. His tow vehicle broke down days earlier. U-Haul stopped renting trucks with tow hitches, leaving Enterprise as our only option. We made it work, but only learned this after regaining cell service when the plane landed. Things went sideways, and that is just ...

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A Community First Platform

Real racing is expensive. Tires, track time, and repairs cost thousands of dollars, keeping a lot of fast drivers from ever getting their shot.

Sim racing changed all of that. Good force feedback wheels and solid pedals let you practice for hours without spending a fortune, and the skills you learn in the sim carry right over to real cars on real tracks.

We started Sim Racing Nation to bring both worlds together. We are a community of sim drivers, track-day regulars, and racers who help each other get faster. Whether you are chasing a win in iRacing or stepping onto a real podium, we are here backing you up.

Sim Racing Nation Community Track Day Pit

From Sim to Reality

Our goal is to give members opportunities to set foot in real cars when the opportunity arises, from karting, to track days and more.

What We Do In The Community

From track days and leagues to endurance special events, charity drives, broadcasts, and member spotlights.

Community Racing Leagues

We organize casual and competitive leagues for our members. Past series include the Sports Car Endurance League (SCEL) for multi-class sports cars and the Sunday Oval League (SOL) for close, door-to-door pack racing.

SCEL • Sunday Oval League (SOL) • Member Hosted

Special Event Endurance Races

We enter official iRacing 24-hour and endurance events as a united community team. Drivers of all experience levels team up for pit strategy, setup sharing, and around-the-clock stints.

iRacing 24-Hour Races • Team Strategy • Setup Sharing

Charity Racing & Giving Back

We believe in using sim racing to help others. We ran the Sim Racing for the Kids (SRFTK) charity event two years in a row, and hosted an emergency benefit race to help raise funds for a child's medical procedure.

SRFTK Charity Drive • Medical Benefit Races • Community Action

Track Days & Karting Meetups

We get members behind the wheel of real race cars. Our track days with Rookie Racing give sim drivers hands-on seat time, driver coaching, and real track experience.

Rookie Racing • Real Track Time • Karting Days

SF23 Broadcast Series

The Super Formula 23 initiative has allowed us to organize top-split broadcasts for the Super Formula Community with other members of the Super Formula Community pitching in.

SF23 Broadcast • Top-Split Coverage • Volunteer Stewarding

Get Featured Weekly

Tell us your story and how sim racing or motorsport has become part of your life and how you've put yourself out there to work towards achieving your own dreams.

Member Stories • Grid-Geeks • Grassroots Spotlights

Community Leagues

Member-run series organized and broadcasted by our community.

Season 2 • 7 Rounds GT3, Porsche Cup & Touring Car

Sports Car Endurance League (SCEL) Season 2

Multi-class endurance racing organized by Jason Landry across GT3, Porsche Cup, and Touring Car classes, broadcasted live by VSpeed.

Broadcast Streams (Round 1 – Round 7 Finale)

7 Championship Rounds • VSpeed
Season 1 • 8 Rounds Stamm Studio Network

Sports Car Endurance League (SCEL) Season 1

Founded by Jason Landry as an open multi-class endurance championship for our community, broadcasted live across 8 rounds by Stamm Studio Network.

Broadcast Streams (Round 1 – Round 8 Finale)

8 Championship Rounds • Stamm Studio Network
Season 1 • 10 Rounds & Playoffs NASCAR Stock Cars • Rowdy Stroudy

Sunday Oval League (SOL)

Started by Jason Landry and run by Dustin, featuring close NASCAR stock car pack racing streamed live by Rowdy Stroudy.

SOL League Streams (Round 1 – Playoffs)

10 Race Broadcasts & Driver POV Streams • Rowdy Stroudy
Super Formula Volunteer Broadcast Series Flagship Open-Wheel
Community Broadcast Series Produced with SimSpeed

Super Formula Broadcast Series

Our flagship open-wheel broadcast series in the Dallara SF23 on iRacing. Produced live with SimSpeed, featuring top-split Strength of Field broadcasts, volunteer race control, and shared baseline setups.

Charity Initiatives & Giving Back

Sim racing brings people together. We use our platform to organize charity races, rally support for families in need, and raise funds for hospitalized children.

Community Charity Race Broadcast by PitStop TV

The Thomas 250: Rallied for Tatum

Put together in three days by Texas Speed and Sim Racing Nation to support ten-year-old Tatum in the hospital. Twenty-six drivers packed into Mini Stocks at Charlotte with donor-triggered rules while Tatum watched live from his room, ending with Avery Miller winning by 0.002 seconds.

Community Charity Partner Two-Year Charity Drive

Sim Racing For The Kids (SRFTK)

Sim Racing For The Kids (SRFTK) unites sim racers to raise funds for pediatric hospitals. Sim Racing Nation has backed SRFTK two years running with endurance teams, volunteer drivers, and charity broadcasts.

Programs We Support

Sim Racing Nation is a proud supporter of national grassroots motorsport and driver development across Canada.

National Motorsport Partner ASN Canada FIA

Esports Racing Canada

Sim Racing Nation is a proud supporter of Esports Racing Canada under ASN Canada FIA, the national sporting authority governing four-wheel motorsport across Canada. We share a common mission: opening real opportunities for passionate sim racers, cultivating competitive driving talent, and building direct bridges from virtual cockpits onto real-world racing circuits.

When the call came to assemble Team Canada for the 2024 FIA Motorsport Games in Valencia, Spain, Sim Racing Nation proudly helped recruit and back SRN driver ambassador Kevin Foster to represent our country on the global Olympic stage. Competing against sixty of the fastest sim racers in the world on iRacing, Kevin pulled off a sensational comeback through the Last Chance Qualifier and semifinals to secure Canada a spot in the twenty-car World Final.

With over 5,000 members, Esports Racing Canada offers free driver coaching, Road, Oval, and Rallycross development leagues, FIA F4 and Porsche Cup Challenger series, and cross-platform time trials.

FIA × iRacing Grassroots Promotion • Full Year for $20 CAD
Grassroots Reinvestment

Through a groundbreaking initiative with the FIA, Esports Racing Canada provides Canadian drivers with a full 12-month new iRacing membership for just $20 CAD (standard value over $140 CAD). The package includes full access to all base cars and tracks plus the official FIA Formula 4 car, with 100% of the funds directly reinvested into Canadian grassroots motorsport development.

Esports Racing Canada under ASN Canada FIA
Esports Racing Canada • ASN Canada FIA National Driver Development Program

Community News & Updates

Field reports, stories, and race recaps from across our sim racing community.

Driver Ambassador Program

Our ambassadors prove that what you learn in the sim works in real cars, winning races from local kart tracks to national formula championships.

Kevin Foster
Feed Racing Champion

Kevin Foster

Jacques Villeneuve Feed Racing champion and British Formula 4 race winner who took his sim speed straight to real-world podiums.

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Jorrel Julius
EXCELR8 Motorsport

Jorrel Julius

British single-seater driver racing with EXCELR8, using sim seat time to prepare for tough competition on the UK's fastest circuits.

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Timothy Friis Larsen
Scorpio RaceGen F4

Timothy Friis Larsen

Danish Formula 4 and Formula Nordic driver with Scorpio RaceGen, proving his sim skills across real European formula grids.

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Avery Miller
Campeonato NA Finalist

Avery Miller

Canadian karting champion at Mosport and Campeonato NA finalist, showing serious speed both in real karts and online races.

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It Started With A Track Day

Taking sim racers onto the track with Rookie Racing.

From catching a cheap flight with nothing but my necessities crammed into my backpack and one pair of jeans, somehow everything came together. SRN hosted its first official track day meetup where most of our members hopped into a race car for the very first time.

• Landed at YYC: 6:30 PM
• First car delivered to the track: 9:00 PM
• Second load delivered: 11:30 PM
• Slept just after 2:00 AM • Wakeup: 7:00 AM

That night was rough. Nothing was turning out the way Rui over at RookieRacing.ca expected. His tow vehicle broke down days earlier. U-Haul stopped renting trucks with tow hitches, leaving Enterprise as our only option. We made it work, but only learned this after regaining cell service when the plane landed.

Things went sideways, and that is just part of motorsport. You cannot always have things go perfectly. We passed out after 2:00 AM with under four hours of sleep. Up and at it at 7:00 AM. We arrived at the track, prepped the cars, discussed the game plan, and hit the circuit. Other than minor onboard camera data glitches, it was a triumph.

Members drove Nissan Micra Cup track cars, traded apex tips, and logged track sessions together.

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SRN Community Track Day Crew Selfie
The SRN track day crew trackside in Calgary
Nissan Micra Cup Track Car
Rookie Racing Nissan Micra Cup car prepped for track sessions
Grid Lineup of Race Cars
Grid lineup ready for follow-the-leader sessions
Pit Tent and Track Setup
Pit tent, tools, and pit setup

Competitive Programs & Live Streams

Endurance racing and volunteer motorsport broadcasting.

Super Formula Volunteer Broadcast Series Community Broadcast
Super Formula • Volunteer Series & Media

Super Formula Broadcast Series

SRN volunteers produce and maintain live broadcasts for this premier virtual open-wheel championship on iRacing. Professional broadcast overlays, live timing, and authentic racing calls.

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SRN Esports BMW M4 GT4 at Britcar 24 Competitive Team
Endurance Racing • GT3 / GT4 / GTP

SRN Esports Division

Our official team competes in top endurance events on iRacing, working together on setups, race craft, and pit strategy. “We're just here to go racing.”

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Take Your Seat On The Grid

Whether you just set up your first wheel or you are getting ready for your next real track day, you are always welcome here.

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