Hendrick Motorsports earned its third straight eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series victory Sunday as Alex Bowman nipped Corey LaJoie and Ryan Preece in a three-wide finish in the GEICO 70 at virtual Talladega Superspeedway.
The final frantic laps in a restart with three laps remaining was every bit the dramatic close-quarter conclusion that race fans expect at the 2.66-mile superspeedway -- virtual or real life. Bowman's margin of victory was a scant .037 seconds over LaJoie and .038 better than Preece. Garrett Smithley and Landon Cassill rounded out the top five.
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