Stewart-Haas eSports: Bristol Invitational Race Report

Details:

•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

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

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)

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.”

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.

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:

•eNASCAR.com/live

•Facebook.com/NASCAR

•YouTube.com/NASCAR

•Twitch.tv/iRacing

•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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