NASCAR Driver Denny Hamlin DNFs Talledega Event After Daughter Turns Off His Simulator

Sim racing's sudden ascension from a niche hobby to a televised esport has given people as many new ways to make a racing career as it has disrupt an existing one. This past Sunday, three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin had the misfortune of discovering one of the latter when he scratched out of NASCAR's simulated Talladega contest for an unusual reason: A mid-race encounter with his daughter.
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dumpsty - 4/28/2020 3:49:56 PM

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You'd think, the driver or wife would've had that simple conversation or warning to the kids. While he is "playing a driving game"....this (game) is a professional/working event.

But maybe they have TVs from the same maker in other rooms. So a single remote could control any of them.

Funny but not so humorous if dude lost out on descent payday for all the work he put in to that point.

MDarringer - 4/28/2020 3:58:58 PM

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This is such utter bullshit. Nascar is all about driving in a circle. How could the game version be any more compelling?