{"id":5745,"date":"2017-06-01T03:12:46","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T10:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/?p=5745"},"modified":"2024-11-28T07:43:20","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T15:43:20","slug":"024-glenn-mcgee-advice-from-a-pro-sim-racer-race-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/024-glenn-mcgee-advice-from-a-pro-sim-racer-race-driver\/","title":{"rendered":"024 \u2013 Glenn McGee: Advice from a Pro Sim Racer &#038; Race Driver"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6762\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5745-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/Speed_Secrets_024_5-25-17.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/Speed_Secrets_024_5-25-17.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/Speed_Secrets_024_5-25-17.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/Speed_Secrets_024_5-25-17.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/?powerpress_pinw=5745-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/Speed_Secrets_024_5-25-17.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Speed_Secrets_024_5-25-17.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/speed-secrets-podcast\/id1192075386?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fspeedsecrets.com%2F%3Fp%3D5745\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/9ea86275-9f66-45ea-98d0-b1815b249b07\/speed-secrets-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_amazon\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Amazon Music\" rel=\"nofollow\">Amazon Music<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5750 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/glenn-mcgee-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/glenn-mcgee-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/glenn-mcgee-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/glenn-mcgee-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/glenn-mcgee-64x64.jpg 64w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/glenn-mcgee-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/glenn-mcgee-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/glenn-mcgee-510x510.jpg 510w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/glenn-mcgee.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/>Glenn McGee<\/strong> joins me to talk about sim racing, what he learned from it that helped him move into real racing, what surprises he had when he got to his first car race, what advice he\u2019d give other young racers moving up the ladder, and what the Mazda Road to Indy is like on the inside.<\/p>\n<p>Glenn started off being a serious First-Person Shooter gamer, before he moved into sim racing. After winning the iRacing\/Mazda championship, he was invited to compete in the Mazda Shootout, which he won. That lead to him getting a funded ride in the Global MX-5 Cup series, where he currently is racing \u2013 while working towards racing in open-wheel cars.<\/p>\n<p>For more information or to follow Glenn:<\/p>\n<p>Facebook: <a href=\"http:\/\/Facebook.com\/SpeedyMcGee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook.com\/SpeedyMcGee<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Twitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/RacerMcGee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@RacerMcGee<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Instagram: <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/RacerMcGee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@RacerMcGee<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6763\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5745-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/Speed_Secrets_024_5-25-17.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/Speed_Secrets_024_5-25-17.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/Speed_Secrets_024_5-25-17.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/Speed_Secrets_024_5-25-17.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/?powerpress_pinw=5745-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/Speed_Secrets_024_5-25-17.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Speed_Secrets_024_5-25-17.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/speed-secrets-podcast\/id1192075386?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fspeedsecrets.com%2F%3Fp%3D5745\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/9ea86275-9f66-45ea-98d0-b1815b249b07\/speed-secrets-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_amazon\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Amazon Music\" rel=\"nofollow\">Amazon Music<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>Glenn McGee talks about sim racing, what he learned from it that helped him move into real racing, what surprises he had when he got to his first car race, what advice he\u2019d give other young racers moving up the ladder, and what the Mazda Road to Indy is like on the inside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speed-secrets-podcast"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5745"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5748,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5745\/revisions\/5748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}