It’s Wednesday. Hey, I hear that this whole coronavirus thing will be history by Easter, so lets move on and check out this episode of Jay Leno’s Garage featuring Guy Fieri. Guy shows off his personal car collection and takes Jay out for a spin in his famous ’68 502 Camaro convertible. Enjoy!

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It’s Monday. eNASCAR and iRacing teamed up for the first Pro Invitational Series on Sunday and it was a blast! I had my doubts at first but they were all erased by the drop of the green flag. This event was about as close as you can get to the real thing. There was the invocation, the singing of the star spangled banner, and even the call to start your engines. And with the addition of Fox Sports televising the race along with Mike Joy, Jeff Gordon, and Larry McReynolds calling the action, it was hard to believe that it was all virtual. Just to give you an example of the level of realism, Jimmy Johnson hit the wall twice, just like in a real race!

And the action was there along with numerous camera angles, in-car cams, sponsors, and even commercials as well. In the end it came down to Denny Hamlin making a late pass on Dale Earnhardt Junior to take the checkers. And yes, Denny even pulled off numerous celebratory doughnuts in front of a packed audience! It was a hell of a lot of fun to watch and I really hope they do it again!

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It’s Sunday! With millions hunkered down indoors and no professional sports to watch, Nascar decided to go digital and have a little virtual racing fun today. Fox Sports, NASCAR, and iRacing will join together to televise the first ever Pro Invitational Series event. Drivers from the Nascar Cup Series, Xfinity Series, Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series will participate along with a few other Nascar legends. It will even be called by Fox broadcasters Jeff Gordon, Mike Joy and Larry McReynolds. All the action will take place at 1:30pm ET (FS1) at the virtual iRacing Homestead-Miami Speedway.

I’m not sure how this is going to go, but I’ll definitely tune in to Fox Sports 1 today to check it out!

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – FOX Sports, teaming with NASCAR and iRacing, delivers the first-ever eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series event Sunday, March 22, at 1:30 p.m. ET on FS1 and the FOX Sports app. Titled FOX NASCAR iRACING, the 90-minute, simulation-style eSports program includes a cross-section of competitors from the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series and a group of NASCAR dignitaries.

FOX NASCAR broadcasters Jeff Gordon, Mike Joy and Larry McReynolds call the action from the iRacing virtual Homestead-Miami Speedway.

“This is a unique opportunity to offer competitive and entertaining racing to our viewers as we all work through these challenging times together,” said Brad Zager, FOX Sports Executive Producer, EVP/Head of Production & Operations. “We are following CDC guidelines to maintain a safe work environment, as the well-being of all those involved is paramount. We value our relationships across the NASCAR community and appreciate all of the effort that it took in bringing this project to life.”

NASCAR icon Dale Earnhardt Jr. and NASCAR Hall of Fame driver Bobby Labonte headline a high-powered lineup, including two-time and defending NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch, 2012 NASCAR Cup Series champion Brad Keselowski, 2018 NASCAR Cup Series champion Joey Logano, three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin, 2016 NASCAR Cup Series Rookie of the Year Chase Elliott, 2008 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion Clint Bowyer, 2014 NASCAR Cup Series Rookie of the Year Kyle Larson and 2017 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series champion Christopher Bell.

Additional NASCAR Cup Series drivers competing on Sunday include Bubba Wallace, Chris Buescher, William Byron, Matt DiBenedetto, Austin Dillon, Ty Dillon, Timmy Hill, Michael McDowell, John Hunter Nemechek, Ryan Preece, Garrett Smithley, Erik Jones, Ross Chastain, Parker Kligerman, Landon Cassill and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. A full 35-car lineup, including racers from the NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, will be announced Sunday.

Bowyer, who expanded his role with FOX Sports earlier this year, serves as the in-car analyst, competing in an iRacing simulator in the FOX NASCAR Charlotte studio.