IndyCar: Final unofficial iRacing championship standings

The IndyCar iRacing Challenge has been completed, and it is Scott McLaughlin who finished atop the unofficial championship standings.

The sixth and final race of the IndyCar iRacing Challenge, which has served as the virtual replacement for the 2020 NTT IndyCar Series season as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, took place Saturday afternoon at virtual Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The real Indianapolis Motor Speedway had been scheduled to host two races, one at the road course next Saturday, May 9 and the other, the 104th running of the Indianapolis 500, at the oval on Sunday, May 24. Both races have been postponed as a result of the pandemic.

The road course race is now scheduled to take place on Saturday, July 4 (with an additional race at the track scheduled to take place on Saturday, October 3) while the Indy 500 is now scheduled to take place on Sunday, August 23.

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Saturday afternoon’s virtual race took place on the four-turn, 2.5-mile (4.023-kilometer) oval track in Speedway, Indiana. and was a 70-lap, 175-mile race.

This race followed the five races contested at virtual Watkins Glen International, virtual Barber Motorsports Park, virtual Michigan International Speedway, virtual Twin Ring Motegi and virtual Circuit of the Americas. The races at virtual Barber Motorsports Park and virtual Circuit of the Americas took place on the race weekends which would have featured these two tracks hosting IndyCar races in real-life. Both races were unfortunately canceled completely due to the pandemic.

A total of 43 drivers competed in at least one of these six races, with 19 competing in all six. Six drivers missed just one race while three competed in four, four competed in three, five competed in two and six competed in only one.

Of the six drivers who competed in only one race, two competed in the finale at virtual Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Those two drivers were RC Enerson and Stefan Wilson, who finished in 20th and 29th place, respectively.

Points were not officially awarded throughout the IndyCar iRacing Challenge for race results, pole positions, laps led or most laps led like they are in real IndyCar races. But take a look at what the championship standings would look like following the series finale at virtual Indianapolis Motor Speedway had IndyCar’s scoring system been used.

Position – Driver: Points (Behind)
1st – Scott McLaughlin: 213 (0)
2nd – Will Power: 195 (-18)
3rd – Simon Pagenaud: 182 (-31)
4th – Felix Rosenqvist: 151 (-62)
5th – Santino Ferrucci: 138 (-75)
6th – Sage Karam: 120 (-93)
7th – Graham Rahal: 113 (-100)
8th – Conor Daly: 108 (-105)
9th – Marcus Ericsson: 107 (-106)
10th – Pato O’Ward: 104 (-109)
11th – Alex Palou: 100 (-113)
12th – Scott Dixon: 99 (-114)
13th – Josef Newgarden: 98 (-115)
13th – Oliver Askew: 98 (-115)
15th – Zach Veach: 96 (-117)
16th – Jack Harvey: 88 (-125)
17th – Alexander Rossi: 86 (-127)
18th – Dalton Kellett: 80 (-133)
19th – Sebastien Bourdais: 79 (-134)
20th – Colton Herta: 73 (-140)
21st – Ryan Hunter-Reay: 70 (-143)
22nd – Robert Wickens: 66 (-147)
23rd – Lando Norris: 64 (-149)
24th – Scott Speed: 61 (-152)
24th – Ed Carpenter: 60 (-153)
26th – Felipe Nasr: 57 (-156)
27th – Kyle Kaiser: 55 (-158)
28th – James Hinchcliffe: 42 (-171)
29th – Tony Kanaan: 40 (-173)
30th – Rinus VeeKay: 39 (-174)
31st – Dale Earnhardt Jr.: 35 (-178)
32nd – Kyle Kirkwood: 32 (-181)
32nd – Jimmie Johnson: 32 (-181)
34th – Takuma Sato: 28 (-185)
35th – James Davison: 27 (-186)
35th – Max Chilton: 26 (-187)
37th – Marco Andretti: 23 (-190)
38th – Helio Castroneves: 19 (-194)
39th – Kyle Busch: 17 (-196)
40th – Chaz Mostert: 10 (-203)
40th – RC Enerson: 10 (-203)
42nd – Spencer Pigot: 5 (-208)
42nd – Stefan Wilson: 5 (-208)

Scott McLaughlin joined Simon Pagenaud as a two-time winner of the IndyCar iRacing Challenge by winning the series finale, and in doing so, he jumped both Pagenaud and Will Power in the standings to win the unofficial championship.

McLaughlin also won the race at virtual Barber Motorsports Park. Pagenaud, who was leading late at virtual Indianapolis Motor Speedway before getting taken out, won the races at the other two oval tracks, virtual Michigan International Speedway and virtual Twin Ring Motegi.

Power finished the series without a victory, despite the fact that he finished all the way up in second place in the standings and could have won the title if not for a chaotic last lap.

The other two races winners in these six races were Sage Karam and Lando Norris. Karam won the opener at virtual Watkins Glen International while Norris won last Saturday afternoon’s race at virtual Circuit of the Americas.

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The real 2020 IndyCar season is scheduled to get underway at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday, June 6 with the Genesys 600, although this is subject to change.