Aspiring superstar racers perked up when they heard the news of Denny Hamlin in 2006. Hamlin credited a win in his first visit to Pocono to online gaming, and a feeling of familiarity with the ...

Throughout the history of racing, drivers had taken the "baptism by fire" approach to learning how to handle a car on track. That's not for any reason other than there was no other way—until now.