I have felt the exact same thing, week 13 streetstocks last season I was 3rd the entire race, leaders wrecked coming outta 4 and I snook by and won. Winning in a stock-car based series is difficult bc the level of competition is actually quite high.

and every single win i've had on iRacing has been a photo-finish where I didn't know I won until a few seconds after. It's by far one of the best emotions you can feel.

i made it up to C license after racing a bunch of ARCA but my problem is i rarely have the time to devote to these crazy long races with yellows. so I either just race more ARCA or do like, a carbeurator cup or something for fun. i really liked the skip barber series for road but it died. RIP