INDYCAR iRacing Challenge

The Indycar iRacing Challenge (stylized as INDYCAR iRacing Challenge) was a series of esports events held as a temporary replacement of the suspended 2020 IndyCar Series due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The series was run on the platform of iRacing.[1] The virtual races were broadcast on various IndyCar social media channels. Additionally, all races, but the first one, were broadcast live on NBCSN.[2][3]

INDYCAR iRacing Challenge
2020
Tournament information
SportIndyCar
Dates28 March 2020–2 May 2020
Administrator(s)IndyCar
Host(s)iRacing
Final positions
Champion Scott McLaughlin

The races featured full time and part time drivers currently on the Indycar grid. They also featured guest drivers from other racing series' like Formula One and NASCAR.[4][5]

Teams and Drivers
Team No. Driver(s) Round(s)
A. J. Foyt Enterprises 4 Sébastien Bourdais All
14 Tony Kanaan All
41 Dalton Kellett All
Andretti Autosport 26 Zach Veach All
27 Alexander Rossi All
28 Kyle Kirkwood 1-2
Ryan Hunter-Reay 3-6
29 James Hinchcliffe All
39 Scott Speed 6
Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian 98 1-2
Marco Andretti 3-4, 6
Chaz Mostert 5
Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport 88 Colton Herta All
Arrow McLaren SP
04 Lando Norris 5-6
5 Patricio O'Ward All
6 Robert Wickens 4
7 Oliver Askew All
Carlin 31 Conor Daly 6
Felipe Nasr 3-5
59 1-2
Max Chilton 3-6
Chip Ganassi Racing 8 Marcus Ericsson All
9 Scott Dixon 2-6
10 Felix Rosenqvist All
Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh 55 Álex Palou All
Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan 18 Santino Ferrucci All
Dale Coyne Racing with Byrd & Belardi 33 James Davison 3, 6
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 24 Sage Karam All
Ed Carpenter Racing 20 Ed Carpenter 6
Conor Daly 1-5
21 Rinus VeeKay 4-6
Ed Carpenter 2-3
50 4-5
IndyCar Provisional 3 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 3
48 Jimmie Johnson 1-2
51 Kyle Busch 4
Juncos Racing 11 Kyle Kaiser 1-5
25 Stefan Wilson 6
Meyer Shank Racing 60 Jack Harvey 2-6
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 15 Graham Rahal All
30 Takuma Sato 4-6
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing with Citrone/Buhl Autosport 45 Spencer Pigot 5
Team Penske 1 Josef Newgarden All
12 Will Power All
22 Simon Pagenaud All
2 Scott McLaughlin 1-5
40 6
3 Hélio Castroneves 4
911 6
Top Gun Racing 99 RC Enerson 6

Schedule
Rd. Date Race name Track Location
1 March 28 American Red Cross Grand Prix  R  Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York
2 April 4 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Presented by AmFirst  R  Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama
3 April 11 Chevrolet 275  O  Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan
4 April 18 Firestone 175  O  Twin Ring Motegi Motegi, Japan
5 April 25 AutoNation IndyCar Challenge  R  Circuit of the Americas Austin, Texas
6 May 2 First Responder 175 presented by GMR  O  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana
Source:[6]
O Short oval/Superspeedway
R Road/street course

Results
Rd. Race Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Race Winner
Driver Team
1 Watkins Glen Sage Karam Will Power Sage Karam Sage Karam Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
2 Barber Sage Karam Felix Rosenqvist Sage Karam Scott McLaughlin Team Penske
3 Michigan Marcus Ericsson Dale Earnhardt Jr. Sage Karam Simon Pagenaud Team Penske
4 Motegi Robert Wickens Sage Karam Will Power Simon Pagenaud Team Penske
5 COTA Lando Norris Lando Norris Lando Norris Lando Norris Arrow McLaren SP
6 Indianapolis Scott McLaughlin Stefan Wilson Will Power Scott McLaughlin Team Penske
Source:[7][8][9][10][11][12]

Driver Standings
Pos Driver WGI ALA MIS MOT COTA INDY Pts
1 Scott McLaughlin 4 1L 2 24 4 1L 213
2 Will Power 3L 2 4L 3L* 6L 14L* 195
3 Simon Pagenaud 6 5 1L 1L 14 25L 182
4 Felix Rosenqvist 2 6L 21 14 3 9 152
5 Santino Ferrucci 8 10 23 9 5 3 138
6 Sage Karam 1L* 23L* 14L* 7L 33 27L 120
7 Graham Rahal 14 14 5 10 17 13L 113
8 Conor Daly 10 23 13 11 29 2 108
9 Marcus Ericsson 18 25 19L 4L 8 11L 107
10 Patricio O'Ward 13 24 25 26 2L 5 104
11 Álex Palou 20 4 10L 22 9L 26L 100
12 Scott Dixon 16 30 2 11L 10 99
13 Oliver Askew 5 15 31 21L 28 4L 98
14 Josef Newgarden 7 9 24 15L 10 22 98
15 Zach Veach 19 19 11L 8L 26 8 96
16 Jack Harvey 28 6 6L 16 18 88
17 Alexander Rossi 17 22 7L 28 15 12 86
18 Dalton Kellett 11 11 16 19 18 31 80
19 Sébastien Bourdais 23 13 20 20 24 6L 79
20 Colton Herta 22 7 28 18 13 32 73
21 Ryan Hunter-Reay 8L 16 31 7 70
22 Robert Wickens 8 26 5L 32 DNQ 66
23 Lando Norris 1L* 21 64
24 Scott Speed 21 3 15 61
25 Ed Carpenter 18 9 17 22 28 60
26 Felipe Nasr 15 29 17L 31 12 DNQ 57
27 Kyle Kaiser 12 21 12 27 27 DNQ 55
28 Tony Kanaan 24 26 18 30 23 33 40
29 Rinus Veekay 23 7 24 39
30 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 3 35
31 Kyle Kirkwood 9 20 32
32 Jimmie Johnson 16 12 32
33 James Hinchcliffe DNS 17 22 DNS 19 30 28
34 Takuma Sato 12 30 30 28
35 James Davison 15 19 27
36 Max Chilton 27 32 21 23 26
37 Marco Andretti 29 25 17 23
38 Hélio Castroneves 29 16 19
39 Kyle Busch 13 DNQ 17
40 Chaz Mostert 20 10
RC Enerson 20 10
42 Spencer Pigot 25 DNQ 5
42 Stefan Wilson 29 5
Pos Driver WGI ALA MIS MOT COTA INDY Pts
Color Result
GoldWinner
Silver2nd-place finish
Bronze3rd-place finish
GreenTop 5 finish
Light BlueTop 10 finish
Dark BlueOther flagged position
PurpleDid not finish
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
BrownWithdrew (Wth)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
White Did Not Start (DNS)
Race abandoned (C)
BlankDid not participate
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
(1 point; except Indy)
Italics Ran fastest race lap
L Led race lap
(1 point)
* Led most race laps
(2 points)

References
  1. "IndyCar iRacing Challenge announced". Racer. 20 March 2020.
  2. "IndyCar lands NBC Sports to broadcast second iRacing Challenge event on Saturday at Barber". Indystar. 1 April 2020.
  3. "2020 - INDYCAR IRACING CHALLENGE". Indycar. 2 May 2020.
  4. "McLaren's Norris to race in IndyCar iRacing at COTA". Racer. 22 April 2020.
  5. "Dale Earnhardt Jr. to Race the No. 3 in IndyCar iRacing Challenge". Racer. 8 April 2020.
  6. "2020 - INDYCAR IRACING CHALLENGE". Indycar. 2 May 2020.
  7. "OFFICIAL BOX SCORE - INDYCAR iRacing Challenge - American Red Cross Grand Prix at Watkins Glen International" (PDF). Indycar. 28 March 2020.
  8. "OFFICIAL BOX SCORE - INDYCAR iRacing Challenge - Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama presented by AmFirst" (PDF). Indycar. 4 April 2020.
  9. "OFFICIAL BOX SCORE - INDYCAR iRacing Challenge - Chevrolet 275 at Michigan International Speedway" (PDF). Indycar. 11 April 2020.
  10. "OFFICIAL BOX SCORE - INDYCAR iRacing Challenge - Firestone 175 at Twin Ring Motegi" (PDF). Indycar. 18 April 2020.
  11. "OFFICIAL BOX SCORE - INDYCAR iRacing Challenge - AutoNation INDYCAR Challenge at Circuit of The Americas" (PDF). Indycar. 25 April 2020.
  12. "OFFICIAL BOX SCORE - INDYCAR iRacing Challenge - First Responder 175 presented by GMR" (PDF). Indycar. 2 May 2020.
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