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Pete Pistone’s fifth edition of the eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Power Rankings following the GEICO 70 at the virtual Talladega Superspeedway.
1. William Byron: Followed up back-to-back wins with a sixth-place run at Talladega. Byron led nine laps after starting at the back of the field and has compiled 327 total laps led during the Pro Invitational Series season.
Previous Ranking: 1st
2. Timmy Hill: The 11th-place finish at Talladega was Hill’s first outside the top three this season. He has racked up a 4.0 average finish in five races
Previous Ranking: 2nd
3. Ryan Preece: Helped push Talladega race winner Alex Bowman to the win in the overtime finish. Preece’s third-place finish was his fourth top 10 in the five races.
Previous Ranking: 5th
4. Alex Bowman: Scored his first victory of the Pro Invitational Series season. Bowman’s win was the third straight for Hendrick Motorsports after back-to-back wins by William Byron. The victory lowered Bowman’s average finish to 9.6 after two runs outside the top 10 in the previous pair of races.
Previous Ranking: NR
5. Garrett Smithley: He finished fourth for his fourth top 10 in the five races. Smithley has a 7.6 average finish and led three laps to push his season total to 27.
Previous Ranking: 7th
6. Landon Cassill: Finished fifth for second consecutive his top five. Cassill has finished in the first five in three of the last four Pro Invitational Series races.
Previous Ranking: 8th
7. Parker Kligerman: Finished 16th to mark worst finish of the season after scoring top 10s in the last two Pro Invitational Series outings, including a third at Richmond.
Previous Ranking: 4th
8. Dale Earnhardt Jr.: A second finish outside the top 20 for Earnhardt Jr., who was credited with 30th place at Talladega. Junior now has a 13.6 average finish with three top 10s.
Previous Ranking: 6th
9. Kyle Busch: Scored his second consecutive top 10 of season. Busch has a 15.4 average finish in five races.
Previous Ranking: 9th
10. Denny Hamlin: Finished 39th after his daughter turned off Hamlin’s monitor during Sunday’s race. He now has a 14.8 average finish in five starts after winning the first race of the season. “I had so many questions about what just happened…then we found 2nd hand footage at the end. I cannot believe it,” Hamlin Tweeted after the race.
Previous Ranking: 3rd
Honorable Mention – Corey LaJoie: Finished second and led seven laps from the pole. He was the best among the eight making their first Pro Invitational Series start.
Dropped Out: John Hunter Nemechek
