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''Steven "Storm" Patterson (born June 2nd 2005) is an American professional eNASCAR iRacing driver. He currently races for Sim Performance Group (SPG) and owns Patterson-Langley Racing driving the No.63

Early Years
Patterson was born in Umatilla, Florida where he was first introduced to racing by his father at age 11 he was introduced to iracing and he "fell in love with it ever since"

Blown Piston Racing league
When Patterson was 12 he started racing in the Blown Piston Racing league. Running a part time schedule running 10 races he recorded 1 top 10 in a lack luster rookie season driving for Patterson Motorsports. The following Season he was scheduled for a full time ride driving for Phantom Zone Racing, but the team shut down 7 races into the season leaving him without a ride he only recorded 1 top ten (8th) which was up to date his best career finish.

RCGPS
On September 21st 2018 after a 6 month hiatus he made his first RCGPS in a Chris Gayle Incorporated affiliated truck which opened the door for many opportunities. He finished his debut season running part time with 1 top 5 and 3 top 10's.

Online Sim Racing Association
Rookie Season:Patterson signed a deal with JCOMM Motorsports driving for affiliated team Black Magic Motorsports in his absolutely stellar Rookie season Patterson scored 2 wins and finished in the top 3 8 times that season and was awarded the championship but was stripped away post race which was absolutely heartbreaking, Sophomore Season:In Pattersons sophomore season he planned to go and redo last season and win the championship. 6 top 5's and 12 top 10's later he lost the championship by only 3 thousandths of a second. Little did anyone know that was his final OSRA season.

Iron Thunder Racing League Rush Series (Rookie)
Storm finally had a breakthrough and doors finally opened he was slated to run a full time schedule with Chris Gayle Incorporated in the ITRL Rush Series. with 5 top 5's and 9 top 10's out of 12 starts a serious improvement from previous ventures. He also signed a full contract for the premier series and a ownership slate in CGI.

Iron Thunder Racing League Premier Series (Rookie)
In his Premier rookie season Patterson scored 1 win 3 top 5's and 5 top 10's and making a playoff birth and winning rookie of the year and being the youngest ITRL winner in history