Well, Dale Jr. has always been a booster of iRacing, and I think he may have provided money to help get them off the ground (not sure about that). A couple guys I know ran some special events with Tony Stewart once. I never ran any races with a big-time Cup driver, but some of the younger up-and-coming drivers, like K&N or Truck Series drivers, popped up from time to time. I think the Cup guys just don’t have time during the season. I also wouldn’t be surprised if they had arrangements to get accounts under assumed names to avoid the constant attention.
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Denny Hamlin used it to win Pocano twice in his rookie year - said he learned the track and found a nice groove and by golly it worked! :-D
Remember Edwards slapping the wall in turn 4 last lap to try and pass Jimmie Johnson too, just hit it a little too hard but he said it works almost every time on sim LOL