eSNT season
eNASCAR Saturday Night Thunder
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Season
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Races
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6
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Start date
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March 29, 2020
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End date
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May 8, 2020
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eNASCAR Saturday Night Thunder was the official qualifying series for the 2020 eNASCAR Pro Invitational iRacing Series. Select drivers from the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, ARCA Menards Series, and other international NASCAR-sanctioned series' were invited to participate. Every week, a designated number of top finishers would qualify for the eNASCAR Pro Invitational iRacing Series race that same weekend. The season started as the eNASCAR Pro Invitational Qualifier with the O'Reilly Auto Parts 125 Qualifying Race at Texas Motor Speedway on March 29, 2020. Before Round 2, the series was given the Saturday Night Thunder Series name that it would use for 4 of the remaining 5 rounds. It concluded at Martinsville Speedway on May 8, 2020, the only race to run as Friday Night Thunder. Although Anthony Alfredo scored the most points across the six races, no formal champion was crowned.
Teams and Drivers
Schedule
The series schedule parroted the 2020 eNASCAR Pro Invitational iRacing Series schedule for all rounds except for the final race which took place at Martinsville Speedway instead of North Wilkesboro Speedway. While Round 1 took place the morning before the Pro Invitational iRacing Series race on a Sunday morning, Rounds 2-6 took place the day before the corresponding Pro Invitational iRacing Series race on Saturday or Friday night. A majority of races featured several heat races followed by a C-Main, B-Main, and a Feature Race which would decide who advanced to the main series. NASCAR Xfinity Series cars were used for Rounds 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6 while the NASCAR ARCA Menards Chevrolet Impala was used for Round 2.
H – Heat races
Results and Standings
Race Results
H – Heat races
Scoring System
Position
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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4th
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5th
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6th
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7th
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8th
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9th
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10th
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11th
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12th
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13th
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14th
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15th
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16th
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17th
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18th
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19th
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20th
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Points
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40
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35
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34
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33
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32
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31
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30
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29
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28
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27
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26
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25
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24
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23
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22
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21
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20
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19
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18
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17
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Position
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21st
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22nd
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23rd
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24th
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25th
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26th
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27th
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28th
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29th
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30th
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31st
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32nd
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33rd
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34th
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35th
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36th
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37th
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38th
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39th
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40th
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Points
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16
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15
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14
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13
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12
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11
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10
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9
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8
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7
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6
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5
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4
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3
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2
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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Driver Standings
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Color
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Result
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Gold |
Winner
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Silver |
Top 5
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Bronze |
Top 10
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Green |
11th – 20th place
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Light Blue |
21st – 30th place
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Dark Blue |
31st – 43rd place
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Purple |
Did not finish
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Blank |
DNS
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Black |
DSQ / EXCL
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In-line notation
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Bold
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Pole position
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*
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Lead most laps
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Broadcasting
RaceSpot TV was the exclusive broadcast home of the series. All races were live-streamed on the NASCAR YouTube channel with iRacing eSports Network branding. More than 200,000 people watched the broadcast for the second race of the series at Bristol. Fox Sports showed highlights of the races during their Pro Invitational iRacing Series broadcasts.
See Also
eNASCAR Pro Invitational iRacing Series
eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series
eNASCAR Contender iRacing Series
eNASCAR Qualifying iRacing Series