Alex Bowman wins at virtual Talladega Super Speedway

Alex Bowman pulled off an incredible win Sunday afternoon in the eNASCAR Pro Invitational Series at the virtual Talladega Super Speedway over Corey LaJoie and Ryan Preece. NASCAR on FOX analyst Jeff Gordon participated in this race. Corey LaJoie and Landan Cassill led the field to the green flag.

Just like the actual race itself, the were plenty of wreaks including several big crashes, one of the wrecks saw Jeff Gordon’s car flying in the air and flipping several times before coming to a stop.

He almost went to the parking lot.@JeffGordonWeb | #ProInvitationalSeries pic.twitter.com/zOGGaFy91Q — FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) April 26, 2020

There were a total of three caution flags and twenty-seven lead changes. Brad Keselowski and John Hunter Nemechek tied leading the most laps at eleven apiece. There were three cars out of the race, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, and Erik Jones. In Denny Hamlin’s case, someone else ended the race for him, as Hamlin explained on his twitter page.

I had so many questions about what just happened.. then we found 2nd hand footage at the end. I cannot believe it. pic.twitter.com/BfN1sNAsg8 — Denny Hamlin (@dennyhamlin) April 26, 2020

The race resumed with three laps to go, and once the white flag had waved, it was between Alex Bowman, Cory LaJoie, Ryan Preece, Ty Dillon, Landan Cassill, William Byron, Garrett Smithley, and Brennan Poole. As the cars made their way towards the finish line, LaJoie’s car was moved out of the way by Ty Dillon, and Bowman beat Ryan Preece and Cory LaJoie in a photo finish.

That finish. 😯@TalladegaSuperS | #ProInvitationalSeries pic.twitter.com/7wgXTYX1Sc — eNASCAR (@NASCAR) April 26, 2020

Rounding out the top five were Garrett Smithley finishing fourth, and Landan Cassill in fifth. William Byron finished sixth, Brenan Poole finished seventh, Kyle Busch in eighth, Kurt Busch in ninth, and Daniel Suarez wrapped up the top ten.

Official results from virtual Talladega #ProInvitationalSeries pic.twitter.com/AViyS7l415 — Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass) April 26, 2020

The eNASCAR Pro Invitational Series will now head to the virtual monster mile at Dover International Speedway Sunday, April 26th, at 1 pm on FOX, FS1, and the FOX Sports App.

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