James Davison qualified on the pole and dominated almost the whole race, but former NASCAR Cup Series champion Brad Keselowski took advantage of the final restart to take the win in Wednesday’s GEICO 70, the second eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series event of 2021. Keselowski, running his first iRacing event of the year after missing the opener from Bristol, took his first Pro Invitational victory at the site of his first real-world Cup win in 2009, and will receive a $5,000 donation to his Checkered Flag Foundation on behalf of iRacing for the win.

The field quickly settled into single file racing upon the green flag to try and keep from wrecking, but a handful of wrecks peppered the early stages. Contact between William Byron and Austin Dillon led to the first yellow, while Daniel Suarez spun Clint Bowyer for the second. But the green flag stayed out through the race’s middle stages, cycling the field through green flag pit stops and ending Davison’s early stranglehold on the lead, but only briefly.

The intensity ramped up from there, starting when Corey LaJoie bumped Denny Hamlin and set off a resulting multi-car incident that also involved Kyle Larson. Those bigger wrecks began popping up in the late stages, and opened the door for the field to finally get past Davison on the final restart. Keselowski stuck to the low line as Davison went high, and when William Byron made his move on Davison, both cars dropped back. Keselowski took full advantage to hold off Christopher Bell for the victory.

Guest drivers for the night included fan vote winner Jesse Iwuji and Keelan Harvick, who raced alongside his father Kevin in the race. Iwuji was collected in multiple incidents during the night, while Harvick started from the back and got caught up in contact with Joey Gase before halfway that knocked him off the lead lap for much of the race.

eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series results from the GEICO 70 at Talladega Superspeedway were as follows:

Fin.

St.

No.

Name

Manufacturer

Laps

Interval

Led

Best

1 12 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 70 2 48.994
2 24 20 Christopher Bell Toyota 70 -0.105 0 49.163
3 5 18 Kyle  Busch Toyota 70 -0.197 0 49.177
4 6 66 Timmy Hill Toyota 70 -0.331 0 49.142
5 33 48 Alex W Bowman Chevrolet 70 -0.453 0 49.032
6 8 34 Michael McDowell Ford 70 -0.459 0 49.199
7 7 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Chevrolet 70 -0.546 1 49.191
8 1 15 James Davison Chevrolet 70 -0.667 61 49.206
9 27 41 Cole  Custer Ford 70 -3.082 0 49.074
10 15 3 Austin  Dillon Chevrolet 70 -3.198 4 49.031
11 29 77 Justin Haley Chevrolet 70 -3.261 0 48.937
12 14 23 Bubba Wallace Toyota 70 -3.320 0 48.960
13 9 4 Kevin  Harvick Ford 70 -5.696 0 49.171
14 3 51 Garrett Smithley Chevrolet 70 -6.105 0 49.214
15 40 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 70 -7.138 0 49.195
16 13 17 Chris Buescher Ford 70 -8.826 0 49.226
17 11 5 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 70 -9.104 0 48.968
18 25 6 Ryan  Newman Ford 70 -14.518 0 49.051
19 22 99 Jesse Iwuji Chevrolet 70 -16.913 0 49.177
20 34 79 Clint Bowyer Ford 70 -17.174 0 49.161
21 4 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 70 -17.423 0 49.174
22 17 19 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 70 -18.336 0 49.248
23 28 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Chevrolet 70 -19.370 0 48.897
24 38 43 Erik Jones Chevrolet 70 -23.103 0 49.211
25 36 97 Daniel  Suarez Chevrolet 70 -23.666 0 49.460
26 26 0 Quin Houff Chevrolet 70 -24.253 0 48.971
27 35 52 Joshua Bilicki Ford 70 -25.034 0 48.815
28 16 7 Corey LaJoie Chevrolet 70 -26.019 0 48.708
29 21 8 Tyler Reddick Chevrolet 70 -26.728 0 49.215
30 2 38 Anthony Alfredo Ford 70 -31.192 0 49.141
31 37 42 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 70 -1:11.482 0 48.807
32 19 24 William Byron Jr Chevrolet 69 -1 L 0 48.684
33 23 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 69 -1 L 0 48.950
34 10 21 Matt DiBenedetto Ford 69 -1 L 0 49.189
35 18 28 Joey Gase Ford 69 -1 L 0 49.037
36 32 14 Chase Briscoe Ford 69 -1 L 0 48.931
37 30 22 Joey Logano Ford 69 -1 L 2 49.045
38 39 62 Keelan Harvick Ford 68 -2 L 0 49.134
39 31 78 BJ Mcleod Ford 68 -2 L 0 49.000
40 20 10 Aric Almirola Ford 0 -70 L 0

 

The eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series continues in two weeks with a visit to Darlington Raceway, where drivers are sure to run throwback paint schemes to reflect their real-world tributes to stock car racing’s heritage later that weekend. Coverage will kick off on May 5 at 7PM ET on FS1. For more information on iRacing and for special offers, visit www.iRacing.com.

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