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Who would have ever thought that the six-race iRacing venture featuring most of the Cup Series drivers would be watched by an average weekly audience of 1.1 million people? Sure, we’re starving for any live event to watch and wager upon, but we’re watching and betting on what amount to a video game albeit with very realistic features with drivers at home driving their simulators.
2020 iRACING Pro Invitational Series
Results Winners
Race 1, March 22 - Homestead-Miami Speedway, Denny Hamlin
Race 2, March 29 - Texas Motor Speedway, Timmy Hill
Race 3, April 5 - Bristol Motor Speedway, William Byron
Race 4, April 19 - Richmond, William Byron
Race 5, April 26 - Talladega, Alex Bowman
Race 6, May 3 - Dover, William Byron
NASCAR could have just sat back and waited for May 17 when real racing returns at Darlington Raceway, but why waste the weekend after gaining so much momentum with iRacing.
And instead of using a regular track for the seventh race in the Pro Series, why not go out with a bang and bring a track back from the dead that hasn’t been used since 1996. And while we’re at it, why not bring the driver who won the final race there in 1996 back as well.
Welcome back North Wilkesboro Speedway and Jeff Gordon.
North Wilkesboro’s .625-mile layout with 14 degrees of banking has been basically abandoned with weeds bursting out of the asphalt and concrete stands, but in the virtual world, it looks brand new.
And much like the Cup Series does annually at Darlington, the drivers are using retro looks with their cars. Jeff Gordon’s No. 24 will be fitted with his familiar Rainbow Warrior paint scheme he used while winning the final race at North Wilkesboro in 1996.
The big betting news for Saturday’s eNASCAR race is that the current driver of the No. 24, William Byron, will not be racing. It’s shuffled the odds throughout the 28 driver field because Byron was sure to come in as the +150 (or lower) favorite despite having to start at the rear of the field due to winning last week at Dover.
In the three previous eNASCAR races on tracks 1-mile or less, Byron won all three (Bristol, Richmond, Dover). Even though he was born a year after the last North Wilkesboro race, Byron would have likely won again. But with him out of the way, the field just became more interesting to handicap.
Read More Here.......Top-5 Finish Prediction on VegasInsider.com
Results Winners
Race 1, March 22 - Homestead-Miami Speedway, Denny Hamlin
Race 2, March 29 - Texas Motor Speedway, Timmy Hill
Race 3, April 5 - Bristol Motor Speedway, William Byron
Race 4, April 19 - Richmond, William Byron
Race 5, April 26 - Talladega, Alex Bowman
Race 6, May 3 - Dover, William Byron
NASCAR could have just sat back and waited for May 17 when real racing returns at Darlington Raceway, but why waste the weekend after gaining so much momentum with iRacing.
And instead of using a regular track for the seventh race in the Pro Series, why not go out with a bang and bring a track back from the dead that hasn’t been used since 1996. And while we’re at it, why not bring the driver who won the final race there in 1996 back as well.
Welcome back North Wilkesboro Speedway and Jeff Gordon.
North Wilkesboro’s .625-mile layout with 14 degrees of banking has been basically abandoned with weeds bursting out of the asphalt and concrete stands, but in the virtual world, it looks brand new.
And much like the Cup Series does annually at Darlington, the drivers are using retro looks with their cars. Jeff Gordon’s No. 24 will be fitted with his familiar Rainbow Warrior paint scheme he used while winning the final race at North Wilkesboro in 1996.
The big betting news for Saturday’s eNASCAR race is that the current driver of the No. 24, William Byron, will not be racing. It’s shuffled the odds throughout the 28 driver field because Byron was sure to come in as the +150 (or lower) favorite despite having to start at the rear of the field due to winning last week at Dover.
In the three previous eNASCAR races on tracks 1-mile or less, Byron won all three (Bristol, Richmond, Dover). Even though he was born a year after the last North Wilkesboro race, Byron would have likely won again. But with him out of the way, the field just became more interesting to handicap.
Read More Here.......Top-5 Finish Prediction on VegasInsider.com
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