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Pete Pistone’s sixth edition of the iRacing Pro Invitational Series Power Rankings following the eNASCAR Finish Line 150 at virtual Dover International Speedway.
1. William Byron: Scored his third win of the series and is the only driver with multiple victories this year. Byron led 79 laps to raise his season total to 406 laps at the front of the field. He restarted fifth Sunday on Lap 141 and four fresh tires carried Byron to career iRacing victory number 324.
Previous Ranking: 1st
2. Timmy Hill: A third-place performance for Hill Sunday at Dover lowered season his average finish to 3.8 in six races. Hill has finished in the top-three in five of the six Pro Invitational Series races. He led 32 laps at Dover.
Previous Ranking: 2nd
3. Alex Bowman: He followed his Talladega win with an eighth-place Dover finish. Bowman led five laps Sunday after having to start at the back of the field. He again had issues keeping his dog Finn in check throughout the afternoon.
Previous Ranking: 4th
4. Garrett Smithley: He led 11 laps on Sunday on his way to a ninth-place finish. Smithley has a 7.8 average finish in the six races, which is second best in the Pro Invitational Series.
Previous Ranking: 5th
5. Ryan Preece: Rough day for Preece who finished 29th at Dover, his first finish outside the top 20 in the Pro Invitational Series. Preece has the sixth best average finish (11.2) among drivers that have competed in all six races.
Previous Ranking: 3rd
6. Landon Cassill: A controversial late accident sent Cassill to a 21st-place finish, his worst finish of season. He has the fifth best average finish (11.0) among all drivers that competed in all six Pro Invitational Series races.
Previous Ranking: 6th
7. Denny Hamlin: He was running third in closing laps but had to rally back to finish sixth after contact from John Hunter Nemechek. Hamlin scored his fourth top 10 of season.
Previous Ranking: 10th
8. Parker Kligerman: An early race incident with Timmy Hill, who did reach out to Kligerman after the race. He was credited with a 34th-place finish and now has a 14.2 average finish in the six races run in the series. “Update: In a first for me, got a post race call from a driver after an iRace. @TimmyHillRacer called me and we talked it over. Both of us were in the wrong there for lap 23. That’s racing. We good now,” Kligerman tweeted after the race.
Previous Ranking: 7th
9. Dale Earnhardt Jr.: It was a struggle for Earnhardt Jr., who posted a 26th-place finish at Dover after an incident with John Hunter Nemechek. “Spent a lot of time this week trying to prepare for the race today at virtual @MonsterMile. A momentary lapse of judgment by @JHNemechek ended the day. Seems to be the theme this weekend. Had a blast streaming and running official races this week though,” Junior tweeted after the race.
Previous Ranking: 8th
10. Kyle Busch: He scored a 15th-place finish to snap his streak of two consecutive top-10 finishes in the Pro Invitational Series.
Previous Ranking: 9th
Honorable Mentions: Erik Jones and Michael McDowell each scored their first top five in the six races this season with respective finishes of fourth and fifth at Dover.
