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• Race: Food City Showdown (Round 3) • Series: eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series • Date: Sunday, April 5 • Location: Virtual Bristol Motor Speedway (.533-mile oval) • Winner: William Byron of Hendrick Motorsports
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Format: |
• After a one-hour practice, drivers participated in single-car qualifying. • Qualifying set the respective fields for the two heat races. • Drivers who qualified in an odd position (first, third, fifth, etc.) were placed in Heat No. 1. • Drivers who qualified in an even position (second, fourth, sixth, etc.) were placed in Heat No. 2. • Each heat race was 50 laps, and each included 16 drivers. • Heat races set the field for the 150-lap feature. • Heat No. 1 winner: William Byron of Hendrick Motorsports • Heat No. 2 winner: John Hunter Nemechek of Front Row Motorsports
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Stewart-Haas eSports Results: |
• 50-Lap Heat Race • Clint Bowyer (Started 15th, Finished 16th / Accident, completed 37 of 50 laps)
• 150-Lap Feature • Clint Bowyer (Started 32nd, Finished 11th / Running, completed 150 of 150 laps)
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Clint Bowyer, Driver of the No. 14 Smithfield Ford Mustang: |
“I’m worn out. I’m sweaty. I’m frustrated. I’m mad. But, man, it was still a lot of fun. Bristol is a very challenging racetrack, as it is in real life. I can’t wait to get back on a bigger track and, more importantly, back in real life. Bristol is such a fun track, such a fun weekend. I had people texting me all week saying what they would be doing at that particular moment. Cool track… not so cool virtually.”
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Notes: |
• The eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series is an exhibition esports series featuring a collection of past and present racecar drivers from the NASCAR Cup Series.
• The eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series is a multi-week series emulating the original 2020 NASCAR Cup Series schedule.
• With the sports world on a necessary hiatus to combat the spread of the coronavirus, the eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series exists in place of actual NASCAR events.
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Next Up: |
• Stewart-Haas eSports returns to action on Tuesday, April 14 in the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series race at the virtual Richmond Raceway with drivers Justin Bolton and Dylan Duval.
• The race starts at 9 p.m. EDT with live coverage via:
• Bolton enters Richmond fresh off a 10th-place finish in the series’ last race March 31 at Bristol. It was Bolton’s first top-10 of the season and it bettered his previous best season result of 17th earned March 17 at the virtual Homestead-Miami Speedway. Duval’s best finish so far this year is 15th at Homestead.
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