Off Turn Four - Issue 01

Contents 06 Late Models Late Models at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway.

Street 14 Dirt Stocks

Dirt Street Stocks at Limaland Motorsports Park.

Super 22 Dirt Late Models Dirt Super Late Models at Limaland Motorsports Park.

Featured Topics

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our vision

off turn four Off Turn Four aims to contribute to the efforts of Virtual Grip Network by creating something that will hopefully bring people together in checking out our weekly magazine that highlights those within our sim racing community.

Utilizing articles written

by Ryan Senneker, photos,

and contributions from our community members, we hope to create a point of interest for people to enjoy and discuss.

In the end, our goal is to promote the continuation of the respectful and competitive racing community that Virtual Grip Network has become known for covering.

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Contrib How long you’ve been working with VGN? - I’ve been working with VGN since our first broadcast, which was the BRL 2021 Dirt Shootout, where I was brought in to do race recaps. Lowell asked in the league Discord if anyone would be willing to do write ups for VGN events and, although I’ve never done anything like that before, I figured I’d give it a shot and everyone seemed to enjoy them.

What is your title with VGN? Ryan Senneker Virtual Grip Network Broadcast Director

- Like most people with VGN, I fill many roles. My title was “Staff Writer/Social Media” for the first year or so until I added “Broadcast Director” to the list What do you do in that role for VGN? - As a broadcast director, I work closely with our talented race announcers. I control what is seen and heard during the racing events from on-screen graphics and camera angles to ad placement and audio levels as well as being the person responsible for actually streaming the races to YouTube live. Again, not something I had any real experience with before VGN, but it always amazes me what a person is actually capable of when they are open to try new things in life.

How long you’ve been working with VGN and what led you to the creation of VGN? - I founded VGN in August of 2021 with the goal of promoting the sim racing community with quality broadcasts of league events.

What do you do in that role for VGN? Lowell Jewell Virtual Grip Network Producer

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- My Producer duties take place in the background. I work closely with league owners and advertisers, finding ways to showcase their products. I’m involved in a large amount of data gathering and processing so that our broadcast overlays can provide said info. I also search for and recruit on-air talent and handle all scheduling for Commentators and Directors. I am in constant contact with Senneker as we look for ways to improve our product.

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Why create Off Turn Four magazine?

- My hope by creating this magazine is to give a home and outlet for those in our sim racing community that want to appreciate or contribute to the design side of the sim racing sphere.

How do you feel about being a part of VGN? Derek Henry Designer + Editor

- I feel extremely grateful to be included as a part of Virtual Grip Network. It has been many years that I have been looking for an organization like that of VGN. Do you enjoy designing more than actually racing?

- I would say that I do but maybe that is due to feeling more confident with design as compared to my skill on the track. The benefit of designing is that I have no chance at ruining someone’s night with a bad racing decision. With that being said, I have never felt more comfortable and encouraged to race before joining Bootleg Racing League.

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Photographer: Mike Goodman

#9 Justin Morton begins pulling away with the lead at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway.

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late models Bootleg Racing League | Season 21 | Round 6 Late Model Series | Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway Written by: Ryan Senneker Justin Morton with Total Downforce Racing claimed his 3rd win of the season tonight in the Bootleg Racing League Late Model Series at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway ahead of Mathew Thunhorst and J R Shepherd. [Thunhorst and Shepherd] got side by side on that last restart and that kind of sealed it up for me just trying to take it home from there.”, Morton commented at the end of the run.

J R Shepherd with Different Path Motorsports continues his streak of sitting at the top of the timing and scoring boards in qualifying with a fast lap put down at 19.196 beating his teammate, Austin Boelke, in 2nd place by over 0.1 seconds at the line. Darryl Wineinger qualified 10th fastest and, with the Bootleg Racing League’s invert, started the night off on the pole leading the 22-car field around to take the green flag. Wineinger had a good launch

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lowell jewell #52 Lowell Jewell pushes from a 14th place start to finishing 6th, just missing out on a top 5 finish.

Photographer: Mike Goodman

#52 Lowell Jewell runs a solid line to move up through the field.

Photographer: Mike Goodman

off the start clearing out ahead of Mark Snyder as Justin Morton stuck low to slot into 2nd place.

Morton wasted no time going after the lead getting around Wineinger 3 laps into the run and quickly started to pull away while Shepherd was struggling to get through

“[Thunhorst and shepherd] got side by side on that last restart and that kind of sealed it up for me just trying to

#9 Justin Morton celebrates his victory at Nashville,

traffic running back in 10th being Michael Goodman. Mathew Thunhorst was aggressively pushing through traffic up to 12th from 17th with no signs of slowing his progress as he closed on Shepherd getting to the inside of Jeffrey Hardin. Boelke was quietly taking positions as opportunities presented themselves up to 4th and patiently running behind Donny Moore.

take it home from there.”

- Justin Morton Cutout graphic of Mike Goodman’s #28 Late Model.

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Photographer: Derek Henry

#22 Bruce Pearson makes up some ground down the backstretch at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway.

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Photographer: Mike Goodman

#57 Mar k Hertzog and #81 Joeseph Segalla battle for position.

Round 5 North Wilkesboro With 30 laps behind them, Thunhorst had gotten around Shepherd and was working over Mark Hertzog for 6th while Morton was trying to save his equipment out front maintaining a healthy gap ahead of Moore and Boelke. Boelke took a chance going into lap 36 and challenged for 2nd by going to the outside of Moore able to clear after a couple tight corners. Thunhorst was still making his charge to the front up to 4th with Shepherd running directly behind him.

Going into the 2nd half of the night, Morton continued to control the field while Thunhorst and Shepherd moved up to 3rd and 4th closing the gap to Boelke.

Morton had stretched his lead out to over 1.3 seconds as Thunhorst started working over Boelke who wasn’t giving Thunhorst any chances keeping the door firmly closed for the moment which allowed Shepherd to join the battle for 2nd. A rare mistake from Boelke going into lap 70 allowed Thunhorst to get a nose to the in10

side. Boelke tried to reclaim the position, but the damage had already been done and Boelke had to concede in 4th slotting in behind Shepherd.

Thunhorst and Shepherd quickly pulled away together as they tried to reel Morton back in who had built up the gap between them to over 3 seconds with 25 laps remaining. A late race caution on lap 92 brought Thunhorst and Shepherd to Morton’s bumper for the restart with 3 laps to go.

Off the jump, Shepherd got alongside Thunhorst trying to take away 2nd allowing Morton to pull away. Coming out of the final corner, Justin Morton took the checkered

Hoose on the loose Photographer: Mike Goodman

Above: #26 Donny Moore runs out front of a small pack at Nashville.

Below: #28 Mike Goodman and #4 Darryl Wineinger duel for postion behind #6 Kurt Smith.

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flag with Mathew Thunhorst holding 2nd place over J R Shepherd. Austin Boelke and Michael Goodman rounded out the top 5 tonight at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway.

Nashville short track action Photographer: Mike Goodman

J R Shepherd continues to lead in the point standings with 290 points. Mathew Thunhorst holds onto 2nd place with 229 points. Michael Goodman sits in 3rd with 221 points with Lowell Jewell holding onto 4th with 209 points. Donny Moore rounds out the top 5 in the point standings with 180 points going into the next round of the season. The Bootleg Racing League now heads over to Stafford Motor Speedway for the next round of Season 21 on February 18th with all of the intense racing action brought to you live at 9PM ET exclusively on the Virtual Grip Network!

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#81 Joeseph Segalla leads a number of cars out of turn four and down the frontstretch at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway.

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Dirt Street Stocks

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Bootleg Racing League | Season 14 | Ro Dirt Street Stock Series | Limaland Motorsp Written by: Ryan Senneker

#109 Blai Hargreav

“I WAS WORRIED AT THE BEGINNING AND THE MORE I GOT COMFORTABLE I WAS JUST IN AND OUT OF MY LINE AND I STARTED WALKING AWAY.” - BLAISE RACHELS

Blaise Rachels took the checkered flag tonight in the Bootleg Racing League Dirt Street Stock Series at Limaland Motorsports Park ahead of Dirt Panda teammates William Hargreaves and Billy Northcutt.

“I was worried at the beginning and the more I got comfortable I was just in and out of my line and I started walking away”, Rachels commented as the night came to a close.

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came out strong going into the evening throwing down the fastest lap in qualifying at 15.217 and followed it up by taking the win in the first heat race.

Blaise Rachels took the 2nd heat win and Billy Northcutt won the 3rd and final heat going into the last chance qualifiers. Brandyn Proudfoot and Chris Davis took the checkered flag in their respective consolation events leading up to the 30-lap feature with Hargreaves taking the green flag with

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Hargreaves cleared out into the lead as Northcutt tried to challenge Rachels for 2nd place in the opening laps. Jason Best stayed tight on the battle for 2nd waiting to take advantage while Proudfoot was quietly moving up through the field into 5th. Going into lap 7, Rachels made an aggressive move to the inside of Hargreaves to take away the lead and was able to defend the position as Hargreaves tried for a crossover but couldn’t make it stick. Northcutt saw his chance and started battling with his Dirt Panda teammate for 2nd place with Rachels slowly pulling

Going into the 2nd half of the night, Hargreaves and Northcutt continued to battle each other side by side. Proudfoot had cleared up into 4th but had a lot of ground to make up to close in on the leaders with the laps quickly counting down. Rachels was able further stretch out his lead to almost 1 second with open track ahead of him. Coming out of the final corner, Blaise Rachels took the checkered flag over 1.5 seconds ahead of the rest of the field. William Hargreaves was able to take 2nd place ahead of his Dirt

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Things get stacked up in turns 3 and 4 between #75 John Wilson, #5h Christopher Hill, and #13 of Bobby Hayes early on at Limaland.

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Photographer: Derek Henry

#71h William Hargreaves and Dirt Panda teammate #00 Billy Northcutt battle for second place at Limaland Motorsports Park in Round 6 of BRL action.

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Round 6 Limaland Motorsports Park Photographer: Derek Henry #27b Brady Thompson and #47 Jason Best battle for 5th place on lap 23.

Photographer: Derek Henry #22 Bradyn Proudfoot battles illness and the field for a 4th place finish.

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Quick Time at Limaland Cutout graphic of #71h William Hargreaves.

Panda teammate Billy Northcutt while Brandyn Proudfoot and Jason Best rounded out the top 5 tonight at Limaland Motorsports Park.

William Hargreaves holds a dominate lead in the point standings with 461 points, 23 points ahead of Billy Northcutt in 2nd place.

Jason Best moves up to 3rd place with 323 points knocking Kyle Jared back to 4th.

Aiden Young rounds out the top 5 in the point standings going into the 2nd half of the season. The Bootleg Racing League next heads to Fairbury Speedway on February 17th with all of the dirt slinging action brought to you live at 7:10PM ET only on the Virtual Grip Network!

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#23 Thomas Vickers runs away with another victory in BRL Round 6 at Limaland Motorsports Park.

Thomas Vickers dominated the track tonight to take the checkered flag in the Bootleg Racing League Dirt Super Late Model Series at Limaland Motorsports Park ahead of Aiden Young and Brandyn Proudfoot. “That high side was there the whole race, I was just hoping it was going to stay there. I’m a lot better at running the high side here than running that low line or midline”, Vickers commented at the end of the night.

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Thomas Vickers threw down the fastest lap in qualifying at 12.274 beating out William Hargreaves and Aiden Young by more than 0.1 seconds at the line. Vickers dominated the first heat of the night securing the pole for the 30-lap feature event while Hargreaves battled Brandyn Proudfoot to take the 2nd heat win. Jason Dill held off John Heyn and claimed the checkered flag in the B Main consolation race wrapping up the preliminary events of the night.

while Proudfoot battled Aiden Young for 3rd. Aiden Young went low getting his nose to the inside of Hargreaves with Proudfoot trying to follow him through. Young was able to clear into 2nd, but Hargreaves shut the door on Proudfoot for a few more laps until Proudfoot was able to get around the outside moving up into 3rd. Heyn took advantage of the battling to close in on the leaders and started pressuring Hargreaves with the first 10 laps completed.

Vickers opted to take the green flag from the inside lane. Getting a great jump off the start, Vickers cleared out ahead of Hargreaves

Vickers extended his lead out to over 1.7 seconds while Hargreaves tried to battle back against Proudfoot. Going into lap 14, Vickers

quick time at Limaland #23 Thomas Vickers begins another dominant display with quick time at Limaland.

“THAT HIGH SIDE WAS THERE THE WHOLE RACE, I WAS JUST HOPING IT WAS GOING TO STAY THERE.” - THOMAS VICKERS

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cing league late models quickly caught lap traffic slowing his pace when contact between Dill and Heyn resulted in contact bringing out the caution and dropping Heyn to the rear of the field going into the 2nd half. As the green flag came back out, Vickers again quickly cleared out front and started walking away from the rest of the field. Dill was up to 3rd and looking to challenge Young with Proudfoot directly behind him.

Young, Dill, Proudfoot, and Hargreaves were running single file waiting for the others to make a mistake with Proudfoot being the first to make a move diving under Dill to take

3rd place away going into the final 10 laps.

Coming around the final lap, Thomas Vickers took the checkered flag over 2 seconds ahead of Aiden Young with Brandyn Proudfoot, William Hargreaves, and Jason Dill rounding out the top 5 tonight at Limaland Motorsports Park.

William Hargreaves is quickly closing the door on the season championship with a commanding lead at 444 points, 64 points ahead of Jason Dill in 2nd place. Aiden Young, Thomas Vickers, and Stephen Spies round out the top 5 drivers going into the 2nd half of the season. The Bootleg Racing League next heads to Fairbury Speedway on February 17th with all of the dirt slinging action brought to you live at 8:40PM ET only on the Virtual Grip Network!

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Photographer: Derek Henry

#81 Joeseph Segalla takes a bit of damage throughout the feature at Limaland Motorsports Park.

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Off Turn Four news

Pretty Good Racing League

Season 4 of the PGRL is upon us!

Make sure to get signed up if you are looking to participate.

All races will be live on VGN and will begin at 9PM EST. For more information please visit the website at prettygoodracingleague.com.

VGN on Youtube

Did you know that you can catch all VGN action live or past recordings on the Youtube page?

Upcoming Broadcasts

Above is a few of the upcoming races that will be covered by Virtual Grip Network.

Please visit us at virtualgrip.net to see the most up-to-date coverage schedule.

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Head on over to our page and check out the latest races, make sure you are getting notified when we go live, and subscribe so that you do not miss out on any of the action. youtube.com/@VirtualGripNetwork/streams

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A Sincere Thank You

Thank you to our readers and to everyone involved in the community. My hope with this magazine is to give back to this community that I enjoy so much.

Thank you all, Derek Off Turn Four

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