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NASCAR iRacing: Timmy Hill’s late effort secures win at Texas Motor Speedway

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(Heartland Newsfeed) — Timmy Hill won the second event Sunday in the NASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series race at a virtual Texas Motor Speedway.

Hill took advantage of a late bump-and-run with three laps remaining to take the lead from William Byron. He would hold off fellow NASCAR Cup Series drivers Ryan Preece and Garrett Smithley for the win in the O’Reilly Auto Parts 125.

“I couldn’t be more excited,” Hill told reporters after the race. “Very exciting times for us because we just don’t get the recognition on a normal basis. To be on an even playing field is excellent. To be on this platform, the Cup platform, is exciting. The amount of folks that reached out to me has just been tremendous.”

“The last lap was just one I will definitely remember for a while,” Hill adds.

With the current season temporarily halted due to the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic, NASCAR has decided to run with its new normal as a result.

With four events suspended so far in the 2020 season, NASCAR officials decided to hold another virtual event. The decision followed as a result of a successful debut on FS1. Additionally, the debut iRacing event at a virtual Miami-Homestead Speedway would result in a Denny Hamlin win.

Just another iRacing NASCAR circuit win for Hill

Hill’s win Sunday marks his 674th career win on the iRacing, a subscription-based racing platform. Participants can race if they have a computer connected to the Internet, a computer monitor, steering wheel, driver’s seat and pedals.

Hill is currently considered one of the top competitors on the platform.

Top five

Byron, driver of the #24 car for Hendrick Motorsports, led 80 laps before the bump-and-run late in the race. As a result, Byron would fall to seventh. Additionally, rounding out the top five were Hill, Preece, Smithley, Landon Cassill and Alex Bowman.

Full results

FIN STR CAR DRIVER MFR LED STATUS
1 10 66 Timmy Hill Toyota 9 Running
2 7 37 Ryan Preece Chevrolet 8 Running
3 12 51 Garrett Smithley Chevrolet 0 Running
4 5 89 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 0 Running
5 20 88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 0 Running
6 2 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 14 Running
7 1 24 William Byron Chevrolet 80 Running
8 3 38 John H Nemechek Ford 10 Running
9 27 42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 0 Running
10 30 1 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 0 Running
11 15 14 Clint Bowyer Ford 0 Running
12 4 77 Parker Kligerman Toyota 0 Running
13 6 19 Bobby Labonte Toyota 0 Running
14 11 34 Michael McDowell Ford 4 Running
15 16 21 Matt DiBenedetto Ford 0 Running
16 24 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 0 Running
17 19 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 0 Running
18 18 17 Chris Buescher Ford 0 Running
19 25 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 0 Running
20 28 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 1 Running
21 22 20 Erik Jones Toyota 0 Running
22 33 6 Ross Chastain Ford 0 Running
23 31 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Chevrolet 0 Running
24 17 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 3 Running
25 29 43 Bubba Wallace Chevrolet 0 Running
26 32 90 Alex Labbe Chevrolet 0 Running
27 26 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 0 Running
28 13 31 Tyler Reddick Chevrolet 0 Running
29 8 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 0 Running
30 34 45 Ty Majeski Chevrolet 1 Running
31 21 27 Ruben Garcia Jr. Ford 0 Running
32 35 16 Greg Biffle Ford 0 Running
33 9 96 Daniel Suarez Toyota 0 Disqualified
34 14 95 Christopher Bell Toyota 0 Disconnected
35 23 33 Anthony Alfredo Chevrolet 0 Disconnected
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Jake Leonard, a broadcast media and journalism veteran, is the editor-in-chief of Heartland Newsfeed. Leonard is also GM and program director of Heartland Newsfeed Radio Network, wrestling editor and contributing writer for Ambush Sports, a contributing writer for My Sports Vote and Midwest Sports Network, and a former contributor to Bleacher Report and Overtime Heroics. He resides at home in Nokomis, Ill. with his dog Buster.


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