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Denny Hamlin wins iRacing exhibition race at virtual Homestead

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DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 17: Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 FedEx Express Toyota, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series 62nd Annual Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 17, 2020 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

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Denny Hamlin passes Dale Earnhardt Jr. on the final lap of Sunday’s NASCAR Pro Invitational iRacing Series exhibition race on the virtual Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Earnhardt was second in the 100-lap race. Timmy Hill was third. Chase Briscoe placed fourth. Garrett Smithley was fifth.

Hamlin rallied from 14th in the final 20 laps, taking advantage of the top 13 not pitting under caution on Lap 81.

MORE: What drivers had to say after Sunday’s race

Hamlin pledged to donate $100 for every lap he led and $5,000 if he won the race. Those donations will be earmarked to assist Miami-area residents.

“It’s always fun when you win,” Hamlin said in a teleconference after the race. “Regardless, it was a great event for the racing community and the NASCAR drivers to come together to put 20-some drivers together on such short notice. I think it definitely was a success.”

Said Earnhardt: We took tires with 30 laps to and Denny took tires with about 20 laps to go and I think that was certainly a big advantage for him. We were racing really hard up front, too, burning our stuff up. I didn’t expect Denny to get up there and he did. Went to the bottom because if I go to the top he can pass me a whole lot easier. Plus, he wanted to, he could take the whole lane and knock me out of the way and I don’t even finish in the top five.”

RESULTS


  1. Denny Hamlin
  2. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
  3. Timmy Hill
  4. Chase Briscoe
  5. Garrrett Smithley
  6. Alex Bowman
  7. Bubba Wallace
  8. Ryan Preece
  9. Ty Majeski
  10. Erik Jones
  11. Matt DiBenedetto
  12. Landon Cassill
  13. Parker Kligerman
  14. Ross Chastain
  15. Joey Logano
  16. Clint Bowyer
  17. Ryan Truex
  18. Bobby Labonte
  19. Ty Dillon
  20. Justin Allgaier
  21. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
  22. Austin Cindric
  23. Michael McDowell
  24. Chase Elliott
  25. Brad Keselowski
  26. Christopher Bell
  27. Austin Dillon
  28. Chris Buescher
  29. Kyle Busch
  30. John Hunter Nemechek
  31. Jimmie Johnson
  32. Anthony Alfredo
  33. Kyle Larson
  34. William Byron
  35. Kurt Busch