Hello from the Heart of Dixie

Hi guys - I'm Alex.

Gamertag - Salt Emporium

Age - 27

Country - USA - Alabama (about an hour from Barber Motorsports Park)

Experience - Not any IRL motor racing experience to speak of, apart from the occasional trip to the kart track.
Started playing racing sims with NFS: Porsche Unleashed and Gran Turismo 3, and was extremely active online in Forza 3, somewhat less so in Forza 4. Participated in a few online clubs and leagues in FM3 and was fairly competitive for a minute. I've been away from sim racing for a while, but the upcoming Forza 7 release on PC along with Project CARS 2 and Dirt 4 is encouraging me to get back into it, and I'd like to re-learn how to tune up a car, race properly, and participate in an online series with serious sim enthusiasts. Looking forward to getting lapped a bunch!

Interests - I'm a journalist and broadcast producer by trade, so I'd be interested in opportunities to help out on the media side of things here as well as racing.

Expectations - I'm interested in anything that fits my schedule, but my preference is for series in oddball or less-powerful cars. The last league I was part of made a point to race lots of lower-class series in addition to the typical GT / V8 / Touring / LMP stuff. I also strongly prefer road racing to oval, primarily because I just don't understand how to navigate an oval quickly.

How did you hear about TORA? - A member of my previous league, Dominic Mako, migrated here and I saw his tag on Forza Horizon 3. (I joined the FH3 TORA club as well, btw) And I kept seeing the community referenced on various sim racing subreddits.

Looking forward to getting started!

Welcome Alex!

Welcome!!