2020 eNASCAR Pro Invitational iRacing Series

2020 ePIiS season

eNASCAR Pro Invitational iRacing Series
Season
Races	7
Start date	March 22, 2020
End date	May 9, 2020
Season champion
Timmy Hill

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The 2020 eNASCAR Pro Invitational iRacing Series was the 2nd season of the eNASCAR Pro Invitational iRacing Series. Following a three-year hiatus, the series returned for the first time since 2017 when NASCAR suspended operations on March 13, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The season started with the Dixie Vodka 150 at Homestead Miami Speedway on March 22, 2020. It concluded with the North Wilkesboro 160 at North Wilkesboro Speedway on May 9, 2020. With driver participation growing, eNASCAR Saturday Night Thunder was later added to serve as a qualifier race for drivers not on the initial invite list of mostly NASCAR Cup Series drivers. The season ended at the North Wilkesboro Speedway on May 9, 2020, ahead of NASCAR's return to real-life competition the following week on May 17, 2020.

Teams and Drivers

Manufacturer	Team	Driver
		Number	Name	Starts
Chevrolet	Chip Ganassi Racing	1	Kurt Busch R	6
		42	Kyle Larson	3
	DGM Racing	90	Alex Labbé R	1
	Furniture Row Racing	78	Regan Smith R	1
	Germain Racing	13	Ty Dillon R	7
	Hendrick Motorsports	9	Chase Elliott R	5
		24	William Byron R	6
			Jeff Gordon R	1
		024	1
		48	Jimmie Johnson R	6
		88	Alex Bowman R	6
	JR Motorsports	7	Justin Allgaier	1
		8	Dale Earnhardt Jr. R	7
	JTG Daugherty Racing	37	Ryan Preece R	7
		47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr. R	4
	Niece Motorsports	40	Ryan Truex	1
		45	Ty Majeski	2
	Premium Motorsports	15	Brennan Poole R	3
	Richard Childress Racing	3	Austin Dillon R	7
		31	Tyler Reddick R	6
		33	Anthony Alfredo R	2
	Richard Petty Motorsports	43	Bubba Wallace	4
	Rick Ware Racing	51	Garrett Smithley	7
		53	Joey Gase R	1
	Shepherd Racing Ventures	89	Landon Cassill R	7
Ford	Canel's Racing	27	Rubén García Jr. R	1
	Front Row Motorsports	34	Michael McDowell R	6
		38	John Hunter Nemechek R	7
	Go Fas Racing	32	Corey LaJoie R	3
	Roush Fenway Racing	6	Ross Chastain R	7
		16	Greg Biffle R	1
		17	Chris Buescher R	7
	Rick Ware Racing	52	J. J. Yeley R	3
		53	Joey Gase R	2
	Stewart-Haas Racing	4	Kevin Harvick R	4
		10	Aric Almirola R	3
		14	Clint Bowyer R	6
		41	Cole Custer R	3
		98	Chase Briscoe	1
	Team Penske	2	Brad Keselowski R	5
		12	Ryan Blaney R	5
			Austin Cindric R	1
		22	Joey Logano R	5
	Wood Brothers Racing	21	Matt DiBenedetto R	6
			Jon Wood R	1
Toyota	Burton-Kligerman eSports	77	Parker Kligerman	7
	Gaunt Brothers Racing	96	Daniel Suárez R	5
	Joe Gibbs Racing	018	Bobby Labonte R	1
		19	6
			Martin Truex Jr. R	1
		11	Denny Hamlin	7
		18	Kyle Busch R	7
		20	Erik Jones R	7
	Leavine Family Racing	95	Christopher Bell	7
	MBM Motorsports	49	Chad Finchum R	2
		66	Timmy Hill	7

R – First time participating in the eNASCAR Pro Invitational iRacing Series

Schedule

The formation of the series was announced on March 17, 2020. While the first press release did mention the series would include multiple weeks of competition, only the date and time for the season-opening race at Homestead Miami Speedway was confirmed. A week later on March 24, 2020, Fox Sports and iRacing announced the second race of the season would be at Texas Motor Speedway that upcoming weekend. The remaining tracks and dates for the series would be released on a week-by-week basis. It was announced on May 9, 2020, that the series would host one final race at iRacing's newest track scan North Wilkesboro Speedway which was not yet available to the public.

Round	Track	Length	Date
1	Homestead Miami Speedway	100 Laps	March 22, 2020
2	Texas Motor Speedway	125 Laps	March 29, 2020
3	Bristol Motor Speedway	150 Laps	April 5, 2020
4	Richmond Raceway	150 Laps	April 19, 2020
5	Talladega Superspeedway	70 Laps	April 26, 2020
6	Dover International Speedway	150 Laps	May 3, 2020
7	North Wilkesboro Speedway	160 Laps	May 9, 2020

Results and Standings

Race Results

Round	Track	Pole position	Most laps led	Race Winner		Broadcast
				Driver	Team
1	Homestead Miami Speedway	Garrett Smithley	William Byron R	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing
2	Texas Motor Speedway	William Byron R	William Byron R	Timmy Hill	MBM Motorsports
3	Bristol Motor Speedway	William Byron R	William Byron R	William Byron R	Hendrick Motorsports
4	Richmond Raceway	Ryan Preece R	William Byron R	William Byron R	Hendrick Motorsports
5	Talladega Superspeedway	Corey LaJoie R	John Hunter Nemechek R	Alex Bowman R	Hendrick Motorsports
6	Dover International Speedway	Ross Chastain R	William Byron R	William Byron R	Hendrick Motorsports
7	North Wilkesboro Speedway	Cole Custer R	Christopher Bell	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing

R – First time participating in the eNASCAR Pro Invitational 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
Points	40	35	34	33	32	31	30	29	28	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17
Position	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th	29th	30th	31st	32nd	33rd	34th	35th	36th	37th	38th	39th	40th
Points	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1

Driver Standings

Pos. Driver HOM TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV NWS Pts. 1 Timmy Hill 3 1 3 2 11 3 2 242 2 Garrett Smithley 5 3 9 17 4 9 6 208 3 William Byron R 34* 7* 1* 1* 6 1* 192 4 Denny Hamlin 1 24 4 6 39 6 1 189 5 Landon Cassill R 12 4 20 4 5 21 10 186 6 Alex Bowman R 6 5 14 22 1 8 175 7 Ryan Preece R 8 2 6 19 3 29 27 172 8 Parker Kligerman 13 12 7 3 16 34 8 169 9 Dale Earnhardt Jr. R 2 6 22 8 30 26 15 156 10 Kyle Busch R 29 17 18 5 8 15 23 150 11 Ross Chastain R 14 22 16 13 29 17 4 144 12 Christopher Bell 26 34 12 24 13 2 14* 141 13 Bobby Labonte R 18 13 13 14 31 13 19 138 14 John Hunter Nemechek R 30 8 2 16 25* 27 24 135 15 Erik Jones R 10 21 31 7 37 4 22 128 16 Tyler Reddick R 28 8 12 22 25 3 126 17 Kurt Busch R 35 10 19 20 9 16 113 18 Michael McDowell R 23 14 10 34 5 28 112 19 Clint Bowyer R 16 11 11 30 33 12 109 20 Austin Dillon R 27 29 15 28 24 23 5 108 21 Ty Dillon R 19 16 25 15 23 32 29 92 22 Brennan Poole R 7 11 7 86 22 Chris Buescher R 28 18 23 21 27 35 21 86 24 Ryan Blaney R 27 26 23 17 7 85 25 Matt DiBenedetto R 11 15 5 27 35 36 83 26 Kevin Harvick R 29 12 18 9 80 27 Joey Logano R 15 17 25 36 14 79 28 Bubba Wallace 7 25 32 9 76 29 Brad Keselowski R 25 24 10 19* 33 74 30 Chase Elliott R 24 20 30 11 28 72 31 J. J. Yeley R 15 19 11 66 32 Jimmie Johnson R 31 19 21 26 32 28 65 33 Corey LaJoie R 2 20 25 64 34 Daniel Suárez R 33 27 18 10 30 63 35 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. R 21 23 28 14 62 36 Aric Almirola R 18 10 26 57 36 Cole Custer R 26 12 16 57 38 Joey Gase R 20 24 17 50 39 Kyle Larson 33 9 29 37 40 Ty Majeski 9 30 35 41 Chase Briscoe 4 33 42 Chad Finchum R 21 22 31 43 Jon Wood R 13 24 44 Ryan Truex 17 20 44 Jeff Gordon R 38 18 20 46 Justin Allgaier 20 17 46 Martin Truex Jr. R 20 17 48 Austin Cindric R 22 15 49 Alex Labbé R 26 11 50 Anthony Alfredo R 32 35 7 51 Rubén García Jr. R 31 6 51 Regan Smith R 31 6 53 Greg Biffle R 32 5

Color Result Gold Winner Silver Top 5 Bronze Top 10 Green 11th – 20th place Light Blue 21st – 30th place Dark Blue 31st – 43rd place Purple Did not finish Blank DNS Black DSQ / EXCL In-line notation Bold Pole position * Lead most laps

R – First time participating in the eNASCAR Pro Invitational iRacing Series

Broadcasting

Fox Sports was the exclusive broadcast home of all races. Production work for the broadcasts was split between the iRacing broadcast studio in Chelmsford, MA, and NASCAR on Fox's Steve Byrnes Studio in Charlotte, NC. 903,000 viewers watched the first race at Homestead which aired on FS1, while 1,339,000 watched the second race at Texas across FS1, the Fox Sports App, and the FOX broadcast network. These races became the most-watched televised eSports broadcasts ever. All races were later uploaded to the NASCAR YouTube channel.

Fox Sports
Booth Announcers	Driver Analysts
Mike Joy Jeff Gordon Larry McReynolds	Clint Bowyer

See Also

eNASCAR Saturday Night Thunder
eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series
eNASCAR Contender iRacing Series
eNASCAR Qualifying iRacing Series