{"id":244172,"date":"2019-06-14T11:27:29","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T15:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iracing.com\/?page_id=244172"},"modified":"2025-09-11T10:16:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T14:16:26","slug":"downshift","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.iracing.com\/downshift\/","title":{"rendered":"Downshift"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-custom-content-position is-position-bottom-center is-style-default\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--90);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);min-height:50vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"538\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-273848\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Downshift-Banner.jpg\" style=\"object-position:50% 100%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"50% 100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Downshift-Banner.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.iracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Downshift-Banner-350x98.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.iracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Downshift-Banner-1024x287.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Downshift-Banner-768x215.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Downshift-Banner-1536x430.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-1 wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(0deg,rgb(26,30,35) 0%,rgb(26,30,35) 24%,rgba(255,255,255,0) 24%)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:15px;padding-top:5rem;padding-right:4rem;padding-bottom:5rem;padding-left:4rem\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"246\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/iR-Downshift-Pod-1024x246.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-257789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/iR-Downshift-Pod-1024x246.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.iracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/iR-Downshift-Pod-350x84.png 350w, https:\/\/www.iracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/iR-Downshift-Pod-768x184.png 768w, https:\/\/www.iracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/iR-Downshift-Pod-330x79.png 330w, https:\/\/www.iracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/iR-Downshift-Pod-83x20.png 83w, https:\/\/www.iracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/iR-Downshift-Pod.png 1291w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-default has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"background-color:#1a1e23;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-lato-sans-serif-font-family\" style=\"font-family:'Lato', sans-serif\">The podcast about iRacing, motorsports, and other topics&#8230; but mostly iRacing.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-studio-body-font-size\" style=\"letter-spacing:normalpx\">iRacing Downshift is where real racing and simracing collide! Hosted by Greg West, Kevin Bobbitt, and Chris Leone, the official podcast of iRacing includes the latest iRacing news, a lively discussion of the biggest stories in the world of racing, and much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-lato-sans-serif-font-family has-studio-body-large-font-size\" style=\"font-family:'Lato', sans-serif\">Listen to the latest episode:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3572140&amp;theme=dark&amp;playlist=false&amp;playlist-continuous=false&amp;autoplay=false&amp;live-autoplay=false&amp;chapters-image=true&amp;episode_image_position=right&amp;hide-logo=false&amp;hide-likes=false&amp;hide-comments=false&amp;hide-sharing=false&amp;hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group 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