NASCAR: 5 drivers who should attempt IndyCar races

William Byron

Prior to this unexpected stoppage in action, many NASCAR fans already associated iRacing with William Byron, as that is really how he got his foot into the door with NASCAR and ended up being signed and able to work his way up into the Cup Series, where he now competes for Hendrick Motorsports.

So when the eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series was introduced, it was expected that Byron would be the driver to beat, and so far, that has been the case.

Byron has led the most laps in each of the first three races in this series at virtual Homestead-Miami Speedway, virtual Texas Motor Speedway and virtual Bristol Motor Speedway.

He led a majority of the laps at the latter two. He lost the lead late at Texas Motor Speedway after he was bumped out  of the way by eventual race winner Timmy Hill, but he capped off a dominant effort at Bristol Motor Speedway with a well-earned victory.

It would be interesting to see Byron, one of the few cases of a driver who has truly “made it” at the sport’s highest level by using iRacing as a tool to attain that success, attempt a different form of iRacing by challenging IndyCar’s stars.

We’ve seen two interesting IndyCar winners so far. The first is Sage Karam, an IndyCar driver who has never competed on a full-time basis. He won at virtual Watkins Glen International. Unsurprisingly, he is basically an iRacing pro, and he is the favorite for pretty much every virtual IndyCar race.

The second is Scott McLaughlin, who won at virtual Barber Motorsports Park. He is a two-time Supercars champion, but he has never even competed in an actual IndyCar race before.

Byron competing in a virtual IndyCar race would be a perfect combination of the two.