chasing pole by
raymond sweek
Blending satire, emotional tension, and enough meme-fuelled chaos to red flag any race. Chasing Pole takes a high-speed swing at the glossy PR shell of Formula 1, and no one is safe. Everything Drive to Survive tried to be, minus the fake rivalries, chopped-up radio calls, and engineered drama. If DTS is a Netflix fever dream then Chasing Pole is the dream you wake up from sweating, confused, and googling “Max Lando real?”
Set during the 2024 season, it follows the secret sim-racing romance between two high-profile rivals a connection so charged it threatens to bleed into the real world and bring everything screeching to a halt.
“The first Formula 1 innuendo-filled, sim-race sex scene to make it to print. Historic.”
— Motorsport Erotica Quarterly.
“No one screamed ‘no Mikey no’… but someone did scream into a pillow”
— [Redacted], Team Principle [Redacted] Team Racing.
About ray
Raymond “Ray” Sweek was briefly hired as a story editor for Drive to Survive, but was let go after repeatedly suggesting the show try “factual continuity” and “letting the drivers speak in chronological order.” He maintains no hard feelings—just a detailed Google Doc of revenge ideas and a book to prove his point.
A lifelong fan of motorsport, pop culture, and slow burns that go entirely off the racing line. When he isn’t reporting from the paddock, Ray writes from somewhere between parc fermé and wishful thinking. Chasing Pole is his first published work… and not his last questionable decision.
