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VIDEO: iRacing Champion Glenn McGee becomes the First eSports Champion to Real World Champion

January 18th, 2024 by

Glenn McGee is one of the sim racing world’s brightest examples of what a talented virtual driver can do with the right real-world opportunities. After kicking off his real-world career in Global Mazda MX-5 Cup cars—a result of winning a globally contested championship on iRacing’s platform—McGee landed a Lamborghini Super Trofeo ride for the first … Read the Rest »

Sim2Reality: An iRacing Champion’s Journey to a Real-life World Title (Part 2)

December 21st, 2023 by

Glenn McGee is one of the sim racing world’s brightest examples of what a talented virtual driver can do with the right real-world opportunities. After kicking off his real-world career in Global Mazda MX-5 Cup cars—a result of winning a globally contested championship on iRacing’s platform—McGee landed a Lamborghini Super Trofeo ride for the first … Read the Rest »

Sim2Reality: An iRacing Champion’s Journey to a Real-life World Title (Part 1)

December 20th, 2023 by

Glenn McGee is one of the sim racing world’s brightest examples of what a talented virtual driver can do with the right real-world opportunities. After kicking off his real-world career in Global Mazda MX-5 Cup cars—a result of winning a globally contested championship on iRacing’s platform—McGee landed a Lamborghini Super Trofeo ride for the first … Read the Rest »

iRacer to Qualify for 2017 Mazda Road to 24 Shootout

May 31st, 2017 by David Phillips

Once again in 2017, one talented iRacer will qualify for the Mazda Road to 24 Shootout.  This marks the fourth consecutive year iRacing.com has sent one of its top sim racers to the annual Mazda Road to 24 Shootout, which awards a $100,000 scholarship in support of a promising young race driver’s sports car racing … Read the Rest »

Vote Glenn McGee for Race of Champions!

January 5th, 2017 by David Phillips

  iRacer Glenn McGee has been named one of ten finalists to join IndyCar star James Hinchcliffe on Team ROC Factor North America in Miami on January 21-22 to compete against an elite field of race drivers including Sebastian Vettel, Kyle and Kurt Busch, Tom Kristensen and Juan Pablo Montoya in the 28th annual Race … Read the Rest »

Mazda MX-5 Racer Glenn McGee Crosses Over to Reality

December 29th, 2016 by Tom Stahler

Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from an article posted on Turnology.com on December 23, 2016.  Click here to read the complete article. Simulators have become an integral part of racing today. In the top levels, including Formula One and IndyCar, because of limited tests and seat time in the actual car, drivers have … Read the Rest »

iRacer Glenn McGee with John Dean and Nathaniel “Sparky” Sparks

October 6th, 2016 by Sick Sideways Racing

iRacer Glenn McGee with Sick Sideways teammates John Dean and Nathaniel “Sparky” Sparks, Champion of the 2016 Battery Tender Global Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires

iRacers Shine in Mazda MX-5 Cup Global Invitational

September 17th, 2016 by David Phillips

Glenn McGee and Kamil Franczak did their fellow iRacers proud at last weekend’s Mazda MX-5 Cup Global Invitational at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Based on aggregate results of the doubleheader format, McGee placed sixth in the overall competition while Franczak was credited with 11th place. The event was part of a huge weekend that brought … Read the Rest »

Meet the Man Who Turned Video Games into a Real Racing Career

September 16th, 2016 by Bryan Campbell

For me, video games like Forza are an easy way to lose hours in front of a TV screen and ceremoniously lighten my colleague Henry Phillips’s wallet after hours at the office. For Glenn McGee, racing games were an innocent keystone of friendly hangouts, then an obsession, and are now the bedrock of his professional … Read the Rest »

iRacing Well Represented in Inaugural Mazda MX-5 Cup Global Invitational

September 9th, 2016 by David Phillips

  iRacers from around the world have been selected to take part in the Global Mazda MX-5 Cup Invitational at California’s Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on September 9-11, 2016.   Leading the charge for the world’s leading online motorsports service will be Glenn McGee (Tampa, FL) and Kamil Franczak (Krakow, Poland) both of whom parlayed impressive … Read the Rest »