What’s Happening?

Eric Estepp’s Groovy Hollow iRacing event is back for year number four. However, in 2024, the lore of Groovy Hollow is growing, thanks in part to a new multi-media approach to the event.

• Groovy Hollow is a yearly iRacing extravaganza featuring pro-iRacers and professional racers. The event also raises money for Extra Life, a program of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.
• Groovy Hollow is a mix of great sim racing, high production quality, and storytelling. The race’s spooky, Halloween-centric story has set it apart in the past, and this year, that takes another step.
• This year, the Groovy Hollow team is taking an extra step in the race’s storyline. Not only is Eric Estepp going from behind the microphone to behind the wheel, but a new audiobook, “The Legend of Groovy Hollow,” is adding a new twist to the event.
• The story, written by Daily Downforce writer Cody Williams, dives into the history of Groovy Hollow and the “Halloween Machine.” It is not only a novel but also a fully produced Audiobook narrated by veteran actor Jillian Kuhl.
• Most importantly, as a thank you to the loyal fans of Groovy Hollow, the audiobook and eBook are free and available now. So, sit down, relax, and be taken into the story of Groovy Hollow.

What’s it about?

All young Tommie Jo Swanson ever wanted to be was a racecar driver. A native of Commonwealth, a sleepy little town in Southwest Virginia, she always dreamed of running bad-fast cars on the NASCAR circuit. But every racing dreamer has to start somewhere. For her sixteenth birthday, her father purchased a late model stock from local racer, Jerry Slater, who had fallen on hard times. The goal was to one day race the car at the mysteriously found lost speedway of Groovy Hollow Raceway.

The infamous bullring of a short track, Groovy Hollow, inexplicably disappeared in the mid-1990s during a lightning storm. Also disappearing that night was the track champion and leader of that final race, the infamous legend of Groovy Hollow, Bucky Blackwell. But now the track has been rediscovered, deep in the twisting woods of Commonwealth, Virginia. Bucky has returned, too, with his dangerously fast (and reckless) Halloween Machine, and he is dead-set on reclaiming his throne.

Over the course of four years, Tommie finds herself entangled in a terrifying mystery surrounding Groovy Hollow and its infamous Halloween Machine. This novel is about the bond between daughter and father over the sport of auto racing and the various corruptions of the industry, some venturing into the realm of the supernatural.

Listen on Your Favorite Podcast App

The Legend of Groovy Hollow is available on all major podcasting platforms.

Listen on YouTube

Every episode of the Legend of Groovy Hollow is available in one playlist on The Daily Downforce YouTube channel.

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