Lake Peterson is such a 2000s truck series name so it makes sense that he's the John King of I racing

I reckon you should change the title of this brilliant feature to "Why Justin Yee is iRacing's greatest lawyer" 😆🤣😂

@DJYeeJay

3 ай бұрын

I shoulda charged lake per hour

@ashadowintime7305

2 ай бұрын

​@@DJYeeJay just realized you are the lawyer in the video. 😂 Well done man, great points.

@curtyos

2 ай бұрын

ill take 2nd place to this man any day i was a teams "iracing lawyer" and went like 10-0 against a league... they ended up getting so mad at my work the entire team was banned from competing in that league with no appeal

Lol, imagine racing and accidentally causing controversy on a Sunday, getting to work and trying to put that behind you on Monday, only for it to be brought up by a customer!

@markcash3852

Ай бұрын

Or leaked to all your colleagues 😂

@sajuente8235

Ай бұрын

life of internet celebrity

@randylahey345

14 күн бұрын

I imagine the real story was it was a friend he worked with that raced with him and followed the race. People tend to embellish even if unintentionally. Ask me and my real life racing story is akin to Mario Andretti when the last real meaningful championship I won was in go karts at 16 lol

Absolutely thrilled to see a longer, story-telling video from you! I'm still just a road guy, but regardless this story, and its' telling were amazing! Good work.

@DJYeeJay

3 ай бұрын

I appreciate it!

@johnelectric933

3 ай бұрын

It is weird that I always race road, but I prefer to watch others race ovals.

This is easily one of, if not the, best iRacing videos I've ever seen. I was engrossed. More please!

@Allu681

3 ай бұрын

I second this 👆🏻

I remember this chain of events vividly. I still make jokes about the getting the Gaming Council involved whenever someone's arguing in an iRacing lobby. Great video Justin!

Kind of sad the pros at the top collude in private chat channels to make sure none of them lose.. perfect allegory to what happens in real life and how people control the planet.

@nukedgamer9666

26 күн бұрын

Right?? Seemed like such a loser move, if they’re pro’s they should win fair and square

I crossed the line fifth, but at one point I had a podium in the Podium 500 due to the penalties that were levied and later rescinded and as an underdog myself, I though that was pretty schweet. It’s crazy to look back at this now and see the domino effect that this whole drama caused. It still sucks how some of it played out for some of the key players, and at times, it showcased the worst the community had to offer. For better or worse though, this will always be an all-time moment in oval sim racing lore.

Thanks. We need more stuff like this. You have the real racer's neutral stance. The drama is usually from the spectators. Actual racers tend to be forgiving.

This is a great video and the reveal about you was SummoningSalt level. “And the lawyers name, was DJ Yee-J”

From the perspective of someone who knew nothing about e NASCAR or any other events or leagues in the iracing oval scene this video was really well out together and a fantastic watch. Up there with any sports documentary I have ever seen. Fantastic stuff mate

Got about 15 cameos on this video lol. Wish the big race had gone different for me that day 😅. Great video!

There is a very early Coke series race (like 2011 or something) that was won by a Class A license driver. The rule used to be if there were still spots left in a Coke series race, Pros could qualify, then Class A drivers. That would be a good episode if this became a series.

Babe wake up! New gaming council lore just dropped!

i was one of the pre-race show hosts for one of the races during the '22 Podium 500 events. i can't remember which day i did the pre-show for, it was all a complete blur. that situation in the moment was a complete mess, but im glad i can look back on it now and recognize the whole situation as the Hollywood-style story it is lol. you couldn't write anything better.

This format could 100% be an amazing story telling style podcast. I'd listen to this.

This is a great recap of everything that happened here! I was on the "Podium Gaming Council" when this took place, which I honestly didn't even know. The Council was put together way earlier than this race when there was a weekly Podium Series being run. So I wanted to shed a little light on what happened post race with us... the Gaming Council was presented with what we thought was a protest, and there was an applicable rule attached. We were essentially asked if based on the rule that this should have been a penalty. I don't remember the vote, but I think everyone said it should have been a penalty, according to the rule. Then the guy in charge came to me individually, and I am assuming all of the gaming council with the highlighted portion of the rule book that you and Lake pointed out, and my response to him was "To me, that means this wasn't reviewable at all in the first place and the gaming council should have no say." - This should have been done to begin with, this council is not an expert on the rule book as a whole (hell, some of us didn't know we were a part of it), but the people running the show should have been and should have put their foot down. I think you did a great job recapping the shit storm that followed this event! Enjoyed learning about Lake!

The content on this channel just keeps getting better, well done!

I don't follow sim racing esports at all, so I didn't know about any of this. You told a great story here with this video, I really enjoyed it.

Awesome storytelling man, hope you make more longform documentary videos like this one!

This was a wild experience to watch go down in real time

This race really did damage Podium’s reputation, and I don’t think they’ve ever really recovered from it in the community. I know a lot of people treat them as laughing stocks now and consider the FTF 500 to be the true pinnacle Daytona 500 iRacing experience (helps that the event has a 10 year history dating back to NR). Was so mad for Lake at the time when it all went down because I felt he got screwed, happy that he still won and is doing great in life now.

You’ve done it again! You are the master of one-off iRacing content.

Sounds like my encumbered Majors 2020 Indy 500 win lol such a great time and drama😂😂

This is an awesome story and a fantastic job telling it! Thanks Justin!!

Sad how out of proportion an unfortunate side draft going wrong can go

This made my day mate bloody fantastic, great work

Very well done!! Great job with this

This is such a fantastic video! Personally, I would love to see more produced videos like this about Iracing history/lore.

This video is now making me more determined to keep getting my irating up high enough to get into all these esports leagues

Youve inspired me to buy an oval/nascar car and run a couple officials instead of the Gt's!

Excellent video. I was in the mass of humanity that was that Discord voice channel as an eager dumpster fire spectator. I don’t remember much, but I vividly remember a master troll reading word for word “that” Nick Castellanos home run call from 2020 (And that will make it a 4-0 ballgame). That moment perfectly summed up one of the most bizarre situations in iRacing. A “Gaming Council”? Seriously? That mysterious shadow council really blazed a trail in sim racing governance!

@Kurzov

Күн бұрын

Hit into left field...

This was really put together well. Didn’t know anything about this story but you told it with such great detail and having the interviews was perfect touch. Love to see a good underdog story.

I love the picture of the rookie in the thumbnail! Keep up the great content!

Great video… well done. 👍 👍 - two enthusiastic thumbs up.

DJ YJ > literally any other iRacing content creator

DJ Yee you are my favorite iRacing channel. I've learned so much about the behind the scenes and the "under the iceberg" so to speak information about the scene. Your story telling is phenomenal and no exception with this video. Keep it up man!

U hyped tf outta this video in community posts and honestly Completely correct in the hype this video was good af

Justin taking on investigative journalism, what's next? Vsauce type videos?

Great story, very much enjoyed watching that!

I dont drive Oval and this video kept me hooked till the end. Great job!

I can say that anyone who is a decent level iRacer can compete with the eSimracing Pro's and win. Take their high IR away and place them in a race with 1900+ IR drivers and I honestly think these guys could with the lower IR have a chance to win.

Fantastic video man!

The Pro level iRacers have super high IR because they are racing the other guys with a super high IR. Yes these guys are very good but SuperSpeedways I feel anyone can win after they figure out how to run up-front in the draft.

Can I comment before it starts? 🙂 EDIT: Yes, yes, I can. Also, great cameo by fellow Triple Bypass Racing League member David Rhodes at 1:49 :D

Better Call Yee

Was waiting for this! Based on the title I can only assume it’s about me cuz I suck.

I think we can all agree the biggest crime was not being able to use the hooters livery, casual legend.

This is great man. I wish you would do more for road racing.

This might be your best video yet. I really enjoyed the story. Congrats to Lake.

Awesome video Justin! Never heard about this before and that was a hell of a story!

Great video!

Man, Im not even interested into nascar. Your videos are great

absolutely excellent video, it feels like it has hints of jon bois at secret base. love a good story. more, please young man

my favorite video you’ve made

Great video, what wheel did he have

Please make more of these iracing documentaries!!

Yo these are awesome!! Just watched the Kevin king one. Keep these coming. Bout to bust the popcorn out!

I love stories like this about iRacing

wish there would be more i racing / Online Racing content like this . nice video

More of exactly this type of content please.

Wow just wow. We need more of these. This is actually what nascar is missing rn. Viewers need to connect to drivers now more than ever since we can’t really seriously connect to manufacturers. These videos are what make fan bases, you have a lot of power making these. More than you may realize. If I was lake Peterson I would set this release up with a twitch or kick yt streaming channel and some already made content for people to consume

who else wa sin that post race VC lmao

Man these videos are so damn good! Can’t wait for more 👍

and just think, Lake is back running the Northwest series again this season!

I really look down on the "win at all costs, exploit the game engine" energy that pros bring to iRacing.

This reminds me of the time some guy got onto the starting grid of the 1982 Cup Series race at Talladega, did thirteen laps, and then was parked by NASCAR officials for being too slow. Dude straight up disappeared immediately after he got out of the car for the next forty years.

@RingoYote

10 күн бұрын

They found him, he died of Lung Cancer in January

Really makes me wonder how many prodigies are out there with no internet access.

Great vid. Man, I forgot how upset Manes was after all that! Especially since he had been doing that (and still does...) to other all those years!

@DJYeeJay

3 ай бұрын

Honestly talking with Garrett I dont think he was ever more upset than anyone else would be in that situation. Also the whole protest deal he was almost a passenger to.

@justinkrizenesky

3 ай бұрын

@@DJYeeJay Easy to say now. He was upset.

@DJYeeJay

3 ай бұрын

@@justinkrizenesky I mean yeah he was upset but him and lake had a couple calls throughout that night that I sat in on and he was never disrespectful

@justinkrizenesky

3 ай бұрын

@@DJYeeJay Glad he respects *someone*

Great job. I honestly would have loved to see it made by someone not so connected to the events itself for impartialities sake (imagine an OJ Documentary written by Johnnie Cochran) but it was still really well made.

I’m waiting for my boy Brandon Schulenberger to take tf off.

My pro series run was much less interesting in the iRGP 😂. 2.5k iR, 1 point. Pure luck but wild to be on that grid with the insane talent in the other 25 drivers. Great video, loved all the interviews showing the background and not just the on track events.

@DJYeeJay

2 ай бұрын

I totally forgot I was gonna make a short about that.

@CharlieSearsRacing

2 ай бұрын

@@DJYeeJay if I can help in any way don't hesitate to reach out. I can send some easier ways to contact me on iRacing over PM. My name is the same there. I still need to make a video or two about the whole thing as well lol

@DJYeeJay

2 ай бұрын

@@CharlieSearsRacing I messaged you on the forums! Feel free to contact me on discord

@cordslol

2 ай бұрын

@@DJYeeJay So this is the inspiration on the video also??

@DJYeeJay

2 ай бұрын

Yessir lol@@cordslol

What a masterpiece in storytelling this is! Great work

Why are the car liveries changing depending on the camera angle? Example at 15:55.

@DJYeeJay

2 ай бұрын

iracing official broadcast vs replay file. Replay file shows current paint schemes so some updated between end of 2023 and now

Cool video. Do you live stream?

Damn this was such an interesting video to follow

Lake wasn't even thinking about it, just driving. Whatever happened, he seemed to pretty much accept it.....what a lad

‘24 is off to controversy after first night of heats lol. Some questionable DQs and lots of angry people in the Discord 😅

This video is absolutely incredible. Amazing storytelling.

That was some top notch lawyering right there. :)

You did a good job on this video dude!

Really nice video, man. Look into more eye-catching thumbnails to compliment your great content

@DJYeeJay

Ай бұрын

I don’t really like this thumbnail either tbh, my latest one I worked a lot more on I think it’s better

I've been on iRacing since 2008. I never heard of this story, but the video was great. Well done.

the real crime is the hooters livery not being allowed

I was always pretty much in controversy when i was an F1 eSports sim racer myself. I won 2 World Championships in 2 different leagues in the Same season. Im proud of that and even got a trophy

Is blocking not a thing on oval as most of these crashes seem to be caused by people blocking

Can you do a video why they got rid of member site

I'm a no name but I've beaten some pros over the years myself. mostly due to a combination of bad luck for them and good for me, but wins are wins. Hell I remember fighting Dale Jr for like 9th back in Arca days. We were on the same TS server and it was fun jawing w/ him a bit.

Awesome job on this story!

I think the one in front move twice 🤷🏽‍♂️ lake could lift but I don’t know about oval 😅

@DownForceSimRacing

Ай бұрын

Doesnt lifting in that spot in the race just seem dumb tho. They are practically on the finish. I dont know a driver who wouldnt floor their shit in his shoes

I mean, it looked like Mains was already moving up a tad, but Lake knew what he was getting into trying to side draft I guess. Really enjoyed this format of video.

Looked lake was in his lane and that Garret kid slid up a little

Had secondary chat to team up with multiple other drivers and they still got beat by a 1 man team.

honestly, that seemed a normal race incident

Great video! Move over Ghostbusters, I know who I’m gonna call ….Justin Yee!

If you slow it down Garrett starts ever so slightly moving back up off the yellow.

Clearly Garret came slightly up the track into Lake causing his car to turn, it was Garrets fault not Lakes, so no matter how you try to spin it, Lake is the clear winner.

I remember watching all this pan out on twitter lmao

i hope we will ssee in the future a real esport racing game.

Great video Justin “Justice” Yee.