2020 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series
eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series | |
Season
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Races | 20 |
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Start date | February 11, 2020 |
End date | November 1, 2020 |
Season champion
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Nick Ottinger |
← 2019 | 2021 → |
2019 NASCAR iRacing Pro Series ↓ |
The 2020 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series was the 11th season of the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series. It was announced on February 5, 2020, that NASCAR Premier Partner Coca-Cola had signed a multi-year entitlement partnership for the naming rights to the series, replacing PEAK Antifreeze who sponsored the series from 2014-2019. The season started with an exhibition race at the Daytona International Speedway on February 4 and concluded at the Phoenix Raceway on November 1. Drivers competed for a then-record prize package of $312,000 (USD), with $100,000 going to the series champion. This was the first season to feature an official team championship.
Teams and Drivers
For the first time in series history, all 40 drivers had a professional team affiliation to start the season. The lone outgoing team from 2019 FlipSid3 Tactics was replaced by new additions Denny Hamlin Racing, KLR eSports, Stewart-Haas eSports, Virtual Racing School, and William Byron eSports to fill out the 20 team field. Burton Kligerman Esports, Jim Beaver eSports, and JR Motorsports were the only 3 teams to maintain their same driver lineups from 2019. Defending series champion Zack Novak left Roush Fenway Racing to join Jimmy Mullis at Richmond Raceway eSports. Series veteran Jeremy R Allen and John Gorlinsky returned after time away. 4-time series champion Ray Alfalla re-qualified for the series after winning the 2019 NASCAR iRacing Pro Series championship. Kyle Larson's team left the series after Round 4 following his indefinite suspension from NASCAR on April 13, 2020, leaving Steve Sheehan and Bob Bryant unaffiliated for several races before Sheehan joined JTG Daugherty Racing and Bryant joined Burton Kligerman Esports.
Professional Teams
R – First time participating in the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series
Unaffiliated Drivers
Manufacturer | Driver | ||
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Number | Name | Starts | |
Chevrolet | 1 | Steve Sheehan | 7 |
42 | Bob Bryant | 6 |
R – First time participating in the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series
Schedule
The 2020 schedule was released on February 10, 2020. For the first time in series history, the schedule was expanded to 20 races in length. Daytona International Speedway hosted 3 points races (2 on the oval, 1 on the road course), the most for any single track in series history. The mid-season All-Star Race was held at the newly released North Wilkesboro Speedway in the NASCAR Truck Series trucks. The final race of the season was originally scheduled to move to Phoenix Raceway, but was later changed back to Homestead Miami Speedway with a mid-season schedule update on September 2, 2020.
Round | Track | Length | Date |
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Daytona International Speedway | 50 Laps | February 4, 2020 | |
Regular Season | |||
1 | Daytona International Speedway | 100 Laps | February 11, 2020 |
2 | Auto Club Speedway | 100 Laps | February 25, 2020 |
3 | Homestead Miami Speedway | 134 Laps | March 17, 2020 |
4 | Bristol Motor Speedway | 250 Laps | March 31, 2020 |
5 | Richmond Raceway | 200 Laps | April 14, 2020 |
6 | Dover International Speedway | 200 Laps | April 28, 2020 |
7 | Charlotte Motor Speedway | 200 Laps | May 12, 2020 |
8 | Atlanta Motor Speedway | 167 Laps | May 26, 2020 |
North Wilkesboro Speedway H | 120 Laps | June 16, 2020 | |
9 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 80 Laps | June 30, 2020 |
10 | New Hampshire Motor Speedway | 151 Laps | July 14, 2020 |
11 | Michigan International Speedway | 100 Laps | July 28, 2020 |
12 | Daytona International Speedway Road Course | 33 Laps | August 11, 2020 |
13 | Daytona International Speedway | 100 Laps | August 25, 2020 |
14 | Darlington Raceway | 184 Laps | September 8, 2020 |
15 | Las Vegas Motor Speedway | 134 Laps | September 22, 2020 |
16 | Talladega Superspeedway | 94 Laps | September 29, 2020 |
Playoffs - Round of 8 | |||
17 | Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval | 55 Laps | October 13, 2020 |
18 | Kansas Speedway | 134 Laps | October 20, 2020 |
19 | Texas Motor Speedway | 167 Laps | October 27, 2020 |
Playoffs - Championship 4 | |||
20 | Homestead Miami Speedway | 156 Laps | November 2, 2020 |
H – Heat races
Prize Package
The total prize package of $312,000 (USD) was comprised of $202,000 in driver winnings ($180,000 in season standings and $22,000 in race winnings), $60,000 in team incentive contributions, $40,000 in team winnings, and $10,000 in team marketing bonuses. Driver weekly winnings were increased to $1,500 for 1st, $1,000 for 2nd, and $500 for 3rd in the Round 1 race at Daytona International Speedway. iRacing also awarded $10,000, at its sole discretion, to the five teams they felt did the best marketing and promoting of the series, split evenly at $2,000 each.
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Results and Standings
Race Results
H – Heat races
R – First time participating in the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series
Scoring System
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th |
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Points | 40 | 39 | 38 | 37 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 |
Position | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th | 25th | 26th | 27th | 28th | 29th | 30th | 31st | 32nd | 33rd | 34th | 35th | 36th | 37th | 38th | 39th | 40th |
Points | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
- Race winner: 3 points
- Lead Lap: 1 point
- Most laps lead: 1 point
Driver Standings
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. – Eliminated after Playoffs Round of 8
. – Relegated to 2020 NASCAR iRacing Pro Series
R – First time participating in the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series
Team Standings
Pos. | Team | DAY | CAL | HOM | BRI | RIC | DOV | CLT | ATL | IND | NHM | MIS | DRC | DAY | DAR | LAS | TAL | ROV | KAN | TEX | HOM | Pts. |
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1 | Virtual Racing School | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 1* | 3* | 8 | 3 | 1* | 1* | 17 | 9 | 4 | 1* | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1166 |
7 | 11 | 24 | 15 | 30 | 32 | 15 | 25 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 35 | 22 | 26 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 35 | 15 | |||
2 | JR Motorsports | 12 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 12 | 1* | 10 | 1068 |
24 | 30 | 18 | 6* | 32 | 6 | 16 | 30 | 19 | 38 | 15 | 18 | 37 | 8 | 21 | 11 | 37 | 35 | 2 | 19 | |||
3 | William Byron eSports | 2 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 1* | 19 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1032 |
6 | 20 | 26 | 28 | 17 | 14 | 39 | 29 | 35 | 15 | 37 | 20 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 26 | 29 | 21 | 10 | 26 | |||
4 | Denny Hamlin Racing | 1* | 7 | 3* | 12 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 1* | 9 | 26 | 1* | 17 | 25 | 4 | 32* | 11 | 9 | 987 |
22 | 22 | 39 | 27 | 40 | 35 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 16 | 19 | 29 | 32 | 23 | 35 | 9 | 36 | 28 | 12 | |||
5 | Burton Kligerman Esports | 4 | 1* | 2 | 21 | 12 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4‡ | 16 | 954 |
8 | 38 | 10 | 29 | 35 | 29 | 26 | 19 | 26 | 35 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 29 | 15 | 36 | 14 | 26 | 32 | EX | |||
6 | Wood Brothers Racing | 25 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 952 |
27 | 5 | 21 | 33 | 39 | 30 | 36 | 13 | 21 | 18 | 35 | 34 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 28 | 31 | 27 | 22 | 13 | |||
7 | Renegades | 18 | 16 | 30 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 951 |
40 | 25 | 36 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 22 | 16 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 29 | 18 | |||
8 | Richmond Raceway eSports | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 1* | 21 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 5* | 2 | 6 | 24 | 11 | 931 |
20 | 40 | 13 | 32 | 34 | 36 | 35 | 24 | 27 | 32 | 24 | 10 | 20 | 34 | 31 | 9 | 17 | 33 | 31 | 20 | |||
9 | Williams Esports | 10 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1* | 4 | 3 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 25 | 921 |
33 | 36 | 7 | 19 | 13 | 26 | 34 | 34 | 39 | 7 | 27 | 17 | 34 | 37 | 34* | 30 | 20 | 28 | 25 | 31* | |||
10 | Team Dillon Esports | 13 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 27 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 840 |
21 | 33 | 22 | 40 | 31 | 17 | 32 | 28 | 29 | 17 | 13 | 32 | 23 | 33 | 37 | 21 | 23 | 30 | 34 | 14 | |||
11 | Joe Gibbs Racing | 11 | 26 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 824 |
37 | 34 | 28 | 31 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 39 | 13 | 12 | 38 | 31 | 18 | 25 | 35 | 29 | 33 | 19 | 36 | 33 | |||
12 | Roush Fenway Racing | 14 | 23 | 27 | 20 | 3 | 19 | 1* | 6 | 24 | 31 | 28 | 21 | 33 | 9 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 771 |
23 | 27 | 29 | 39 | 26 | EX | 18 | 10 | 28 | 39 | 30 | 35 | EX | 19 | 27 | 18 | 15 | 37 | 13 | 32 | |||
13 | Mode Motorsports | 29 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 30 | 29 | 31 | 11 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 29 | 18 | 24 | 765 |
32 | 14 | 33 | 25 | 16 | 24 | 37 | 18 | 31 | 30 | 36 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 13 | 27 | 28 | 31 | 23 | 27 | |||
14 | Stewart-Haas eSports | 30 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 21 | 25 | 12 | 24 | 14 | 22 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 28 | 733 |
39 | 31 | 17 | 36 | 29 | 23 | 33 | 14 | 18 | 28 | 32 | EX | 36 | 16 | 28 | 37 | 22 | 24 | 30 | 29 | |||
15 | Jim Beaver eSports | 19 | 29 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 11 | 27 | 19 | 27 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 5 | 27 | 3 | 727 |
28 | 39 | 32 | 38 | 37 | 27 | 13 | 33 | 15 | 34 | 23 | 33 | 19 | 28 | 25 | 26 | 20 | 37 | 37 | ||||
16 | LETARTE eSports | 15 | 19 | 5 | 23 | 27 | 18 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 32 | 30 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 725 |
34 | 32 | 38 | 34 | 28 | 31 | 38 | 37 | 17 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 21 | 33 | 34 | 36 | 34 | 21 | 36 | |||
17 | JTG Daugherty Racing | 5 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 12 | 29 | 35 | 32 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 639 |
16 | 35 | 14 | 37 | 38 | EX | 30 | 36 | 37 | 40 | 39 | 32 | EX | 38 | 23 | 32 | 15 | 19 | 30 | ||||
18 | G2 Esports | 26 | 10 | 34 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 23 | 34 | 24 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 31 | 30 | 16 | 27 | 25 | 26 | 22 | 618 |
31 | 17 | 35 | 24 | 18 | 21 | 31 | 32 | 36 | 33 | 33 | 36 | 16 | 35 | 36 | 31 | 35 | 38 | 38 | 35 | |||
19 | Clint Bowyer Racing | 9 | 21 | 31 | 26 | 20 | 34 | 27 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 14 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 17 | 588 |
38 | 37 | 37 | 30 | 24 | EX | 40 | 26 | 38 | 37 | 20 | 37 | 31 | 36 | 20 | 33 | 38 | 17 | 33 | 34 | |||
20 | KLR eSports | 35 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 122 | ||||||||||||||||
36 | 28 | 40 | 18 |
Broadcasting
For the first time, the iRacing eSports Network was the exclusive broadcast home of the series. All races were broadcast across the iRacing and NASCAR channels on YouTube. The iRacing Pre-Race Show started at 8:45 pm ET with race coverage beginning at 9:00 pm ET. Coverage of the season finale was hosted in person at the NASCAR Hall of Fame. A 1-hour cut-down version of the championship race aired on NBCSN the week following the race.
iRacing eSports Network | ||
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Pre-Race Hosts | Booth Announcers | |
See Also
List of eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series Drivers Champions
List of eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series Teams Champions
List of eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series Race Winners
List of eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series Championship 4 Appearances
List of eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series Playoff Appearances