(S7) - PT 5 - Reality Shows

[Zoone16]

Alexandre LeClair has been selected to participate in the first season of a new show called Racing with the Stars. A show clearly taking the formula of Dancing with the Stars but with stock car racing as the competition medium. The show will feature multiple sim league stars from SHL, NSFL, PBE, GOMHL, VHL and SBA competing in 5 different stock car races across the nation, including Talladega Superspeedway for the Grand finale.

Now all these stars will each be supervised and taught how to race by current SCOR pilot so they will have some support and improve as the episodes go by. Being asked to participate in this first edition, LeClair was extremely thrilled at the opportunity to partner up with childhood friend and SCOR pilot, Alex Light, in a Canadian tandem.

In the first episode, filmed at 5 Flags Speedway, Florida, LeClair is introduced to the public and to the team he’ll be racing with. Most of the first half of the day is spent learning the procedures and systems for both car and track. The afternoon marks the beginning of the first test session in the car itself. Like most of the stars, the first few laps are extremely slow but gradually pick up the pace. LeClair ends up 2nd in qualifying, registering a time of 21.051 seconds. The race with all 20 participating stars is an absolute disaster as multiple ‘drivers’ crash out in the opening laps. LeClair somehow ends up winning the race after Esa Anrikkanen (SHL star), hits the wall at the final corner.
Ratings for this episode were extremely high a second season follow up might be already in the works.

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