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Into the Apex

192 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 31 ratings

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Episodes

E41 - GTD Mania

June 20, 2021 01:54 - 1 hour - 73.2 MB

The new Porsche GT3 is here and iRacing has our money; New Build; Burnt Rubber Air Fresheners; Cold F1 Takes

E40 - Save The Speedway, The Return of North Wilkesboro?

June 10, 2021 16:58 - 1 hour - 83.2 MB

Co-Founder of Save The Speedway Steven Wilson joins ITA on the phone to discuss the momentum to bring back North Wilkesboro Speedway; Patrick Stein discusses the released Chicago Street Circuit; Bruce Perry on the Majors 24 event at Le Mans this weekend.

E39 - LIVE from VIR / GT America Series

June 06, 2021 18:43 - 1 hour - 61.6 MB

After a weekend at the Indy 500, ITA is back on the road to Virginia International Raceway for a full day of GT Racing.

E38 - LIVE From The 105th Indianapolis 500

May 31, 2021 18:19 - 1 hour - 96 MB

Into The Apex was trackside for the Indy 500 on Saturday and Sunday, recording from Daredevil Brewery next to the Dallara IndyCar Factory, and walking Main Street Speedway, Indiana; Placing Sports Bets and wrapping up an incredible Indy 500 outside of the Short Chute of turns 3 and 4. 

E37 - NASCAR in the Rain; Chevy's Disadvantage

May 29, 2021 01:54 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MB

It's an all-oval racing mini-episode of ITA leading up to this weekend's Live from the Indy 500 Specials!

E36 - The Future of GTLM?; North Wilkesboro Rejuvenated

May 23, 2021 03:16 - 1 hour - 83.6 MB

2022 Rolex 24; GTD Pro and the end of GTLM; Big news for North Wilkesboro and nostalgia; What does Chernobyl have to do with Formula 1?

E35 - LIVE from IMSA at Mid-Ohio

May 17, 2021 01:45 - 1 hour - 61.8 MB

Trackside for the IMSA Prototype Challenge/Mazda MX-5/Acura Sportscar Challenge at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course

E34 - Sim Racing Wind Tunnel

May 15, 2021 02:07 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MB

Oh, Canada; Sim Racing Inventions; IndyCar

E33 - The Next Gen

May 08, 2021 02:22 - 1 hour - 77.6 MB

Next Gen Drop; Accepting Change; F1 Picks of the Week

E32 - iRacing Le Mans Problem Solved

May 01, 2021 03:27 - 1 hour - 73.3 MB

Nurburgring 24; iRacing's Le Mans Event Solution and Hype; F1 Picks of the Week.

E31 - Special Guest Garrett Manes

April 24, 2021 01:08 - 1 hour - 86.1 MB

Garrett Manes, driver for Elliott Sadler eSports in the iRacing eNASCAR Coca-Cola Series joins us in the first segment; racing in the pro-levels; the fear of qualifying; Fanatec's new affordable DD wheel; ITA on the road.

E30 - Special Guest Annie Rabbets

April 17, 2021 02:41 - 1 hour - 68.3 MB

iRacing driver Annie Rabbets joins the show; Nurburgring 24 Readiness; F1 picks of the week

E29 - Special Guest Tom, Founder of Grid-Finder.com

April 11, 2021 02:03 - 1 hour - 96 MB

An exclusive interview with the founder of Grid-Finder.com, highlighting a big announcement this week; Patrick gives insight into the Streets of Chicago; Scouting ITA Live at the 2022 Daytona 24.

E28 - Will There Be An Event At Le Mans?; "Can I Get A Mic Check?"

April 02, 2021 02:42 - 1 hour - 95.3 MB

Assetto Corsa; Will iRacing give any idea about the state of a Le Mans event?; Open race habits and memes; RIP William Marsh; Beautiful Cars; F1 Fantasy recap.

E27 - Sebring 12, Tires in the Grass?

March 28, 2021 05:03 - 2 hours - 117 MB

Post-Sebring 12; The Team Fassbender Cult; A tire-cooling strategy?; NASCAR at Bristol Dirt; Fantasy F1 Picks of the Week

E26 - Open Mic Free-For-All

March 20, 2021 14:31 - 1 hour - 95.5 MB

Nothing from Team Redline; Will Patrick race Sebring?; Push to Talk Stories; F1 Fantasy League

E25 - Team Redline Drivers Cheating

March 13, 2021 06:08 - 1 hour - 87.9 MB

What are the implications of the latest on the three Team Redline PESC drivers engaging in misconduct? Will the team comment or dismiss these drivers? 

Special Edition - A Sim Dream Development Nightmare

March 08, 2021 01:57 - 40 minutes - 37 MB

Into The Apex digs into this weekend's Sim Racing story of the silencing of SimRacing604.

E24 - Major Sim Racing Team Cheating?

March 06, 2021 03:43 - 1 hour - 87.1 MB

Bathurst highs and lows; confirmed and unconfirmed sim racing cheating, with clues pointing to unusual actions by one of the biggest iRacing teams around.

E23 - The Bathurst Twelve

February 27, 2021 04:37 - 1 hour - 74.2 MB

Awaiting, or dreading, the Bathurst 12 Hours; new iRacing damage model; fast repairs in league races; Patrick is put on the spot

E22 - iRacing Superspeedway Racing; New Pedal Adventure

February 20, 2021 03:54 - 1 hour - 84.8 MB

Daytona Week on iRacing; Dallara IR-01 Updates; a pedal upgrade story; the 24 hours of ?

E21 - Looking Back at NASCAR

February 13, 2021 00:24 - 1 hour - 75.3 MB

An Oval Episode; NASCAR of the late 90's and early 2000's; More road circuits in NASCAR; The Daytona 500

E20 - Broadbent's Sim-to-Real Seat; Future of Le Mans in iRacing

February 06, 2021 04:27 - 1 hour - 81 MB

madsimracing.com writer/driver Patrick Stein joins ITA; Jimmy Broadbent's big announcement; will there be a 24 hours of Le Mans in iRacing?

E19 - The iRacing Y2K of Daytona

January 30, 2021 04:57 - 1 hour - 58.3 MB

Post-Daytona 24 Thoughts.

E18 - iRacing Daytona 24 Pre-Show

January 23, 2021 03:09 - 1 hour - 56.5 MB

It's Daytona 24 Race Weekend at iRacing

E17 - Daytona 24 Psych

January 16, 2021 03:45 - 1 hour - 56.7 MB

The pressure of team driving in a 24 hour race; one week until the iRacing Daytona 24; Hallie Deegan's iRacing stream debut

E16 - Daytona 24 Kick-Off

January 09, 2021 04:05 - 1 hour - 57 MB

The MAD Sim Racing Endurance Director Bruce Perry joins the show to talk Daytona and his experiences crewing on a real-life 24HR Daytona team in the 90's. Into The Apex will be covering the 24 Hours of Daytona all January!

E15 - Racing Resolutions

January 05, 2021 23:28 - 53 minutes - 49 MB

Goals for the year ahead; Load Cell Pedals; The Daytona 24 Approaches; An "Independence Day" Reference; MSR International

E14 - Christmas Celebration & Airing of Grievances

December 20, 2020 02:55 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MB

Some Christmas drinks and post-GT4 destruction complaining.

E13 - First Impressions

December 12, 2020 02:16 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MB

George Russell's dreams don't come true; first impressions of IR-01, IndyCar, new content; BMW wheel build struggles; sim racing engineering, featuring A Cup of Racing Services.

E12 - Real Fake Content

December 05, 2020 04:13 - 1 hour - 62.9 MB

Discussing Romain Grosjean's dramatic wreck in Bahrain, as well as the driver movement in F1 for the week and season ahead; iRacing's new content continued, with the IR-01 and the beginning of fictional content.

E11 - iRacing Is Building Something

November 27, 2020 00:11 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MB

iRacing continues to reveal the new content to look forward to in December...

E10 - The Next iRacing Build

November 21, 2020 03:17 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MB

After a cryptic tweet from iRacing, what Christmas gift do we have to look forward to?

E9 - Angry Headlights

November 14, 2020 02:33 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MB

The various road cars, road etiquette, and a little Michael Fassbender. 

E8 - Bottom Split Team, Top Split Mentality: Our BMW 120 Top Split Experience

November 09, 2020 01:09 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MB

Several team members gathered together to discuss our unexpected experience with three entries getting into the top split of the BMW Sim Cup 120 finale at Interlagos, presented by iRacing and BMW Motorsport. The drivers raced against AKA were passed by Tony Kanaan, Romain Grosjean, Max Verstappen, Sebastian Job; against teams such as Red Bull Racing eSports, Williams eSports, and Team Redline.

E7 - A Sim Racing Mash-Up

November 07, 2020 01:22 - 38 minutes - 34.8 MB

Canadian team driver Rob Gregoire debuts with Into The Apex, with a mash-up of several sim racing and iRacing topics - featuring Flight Simulator, VR Golf, and Rob's dogs!

E6 - North Wilkesboro // VR Racing

October 31, 2020 00:48 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MB

Visiting our "home" track, North Wilkesboro; Nurburgring endurance racing; Racing with VR and old tech.

E5 - The Future of Sim Racing: SimRacer Coin

October 23, 2020 23:24 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MB

Post-Race Tire Limits Discussion; Starting the Future of Sim Racing Series with an introduction to the simracercoin.org project.

E4 - A Cautionary League Experience

October 19, 2020 01:16 - 1 hour - 59.1 MB

Wrapping up IMSA @ Charlotte; 12 Hours of COTA; MSR Road Challenge; Drivers discuss a bad league experience over the Spring. 

E3 - Live from Charlotte Motor Speedway

October 11, 2020 01:15 - 19 minutes - 18 MB

Bradley Beamon battles the house music in between the xFinity and IMSA races at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval

E2 - Post Race Round Table // Oval League Season Opener

September 16, 2020 02:45 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MB

Team Drivers got together after the opening night of Oval League Racing with the Cyber Thunder Racing League for an impromptu second episode of Into The Apex. 

E1 - Introduction

September 13, 2020 02:44 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MB

MAD Sim Racing Team Owners Bradley & Tyler Beamon discuss the start of Sim Racing in the early 2000's until the team's current position. Note: There were some audio issues with Bradley's microphone that will be remedied for future shows.