INDYCAR iRacing Challenge TV and Info: Twin Ring Motegi (April 18, 2020)

INDYCAR iRacing tv schedule and race details; NASCAR driver Kyle Busch is in the field

This week, the INDYCAR iRacing Series returns. It’s the Firestone 175 on Japan’s Twin Ring Motegi.

View the INDCAR iRacing tv schedule and info below.

The track is a 1.52-mile oval. This is the fourth of six scheduled online races for the INDYCAR Series.

CART previously visited the track between 1998-2002. INDYCAR took over, running events between 2003-2011.

Now, they return, in the digital racing world…

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Japan: Info

Track: Virtual Twin Ring Motegi

Location: Virtually at Hiyama, Motegi Haga, Tochigi, 321-3597 Japan

When: Saturday, April 18, 2020

Laps: 113 laps (75 minutes)

Time: 2:30pm ET

Channel: NBCSN

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Entry List

33 drivers are on the entry list for today’s race. That’s up from 25, 29 and most recently 31 in last week’s event. The entries have risen each week.

Car # | Driver | Car

No. 1
Josef Newgarden
Hitachi Team Penske

No. 2
Scott McLaughlin
Shell V-Power Team Penske

No. 3
Helio Castroneves
Pennzoil Team Penske

No. 4
Sebastien Bourdais
Tresiba

No. 5
Pato O’Ward
Arrow McLaren SP

No. 6
Robert Wickens
Arrow McLaren SP

No. 7
Oliver Askew
Arrow McLaren SP

No. 8
Marcus Ericsson
Huski Chocolate Chip Ganassi Racing

No. 9
Scott Dixon
PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing

No. 10
Felix Rosenqvist
NTT DATA Chip Ganassi Racing

No. 11
Kyle Kaiser
Juncos Racing

No. 12
Will Power
Verizon Team Penske

No. 14
Tony Kanaan
7-Eleven

No. 15
Graham Rahal
Fifth Third Bank

No. 18
Santino Ferrucci
SealMaster

No. 20
Conor Daly
U.S. Air Force

No. 21
Rinus VeeKay
SONAX

No. 22
Simon Pagenaud
DXC Technology Team Penske

No. 24
Sage Karam
DRR WIX Filters

No. 26
Zach Veach
Gainbridge

No. 27
Alexander Rossi
NAPA AUTO PARTS / AutoNation

No. 28
Ryan Hunter-Reay
DHL

No. 29
James Hinchcliffe
Genesys

No. 30
Takuma Sato
Panasonic / Keihin

No. 31
Felipe Nasr
Carlin

No. 41
Dalton Kellett
K-Line Insulators USA

No. 50
Ed Carpenter
Direct Supply

No. 51
Kyle Busch
Rowdy Energy

No. 55
Alex Palou
Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh

No. 59
Max Chilton
Gallagher Carlin

No. 60
Jack Harvey
Bassingham, England

No. 88
Colton Herta
Capstone

No. 98
Marco Andretti
Oberto Circle K / Curb

‘Road to Indy Virtual Race’

Here’s the info on the support race:

Virtual racing for the Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires, the ladder series of INDYCAR, continues Saturday with Round 4 of the Ricmotech Road to Indy Racing eSeries at 12:45 p.m. ET Saturday from virtual Road America, less than two hours before the start of the Firestone 175 for the INDYCAR iRacing Challenge.

A field of 37 drivers from the Road to Indy will attempt to qualify for 28 spots in the race, which will be streamed live on Road to Indy website and app, ApexRacingTV’s YouTube, the iRacing eSports Network, the series’ respective Facebook platforms, and Cooper Tires’ Facebook page.

Indy Pro 2000 Championship regular Phillippe Denes is dominating the eSeries after winning all three rounds. USF2000 Championship driver Eduardo Barrichello, son of Formula One and Indianapolis 500 veteran Rubens Barrichello, is second in the standings.

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Links

INDYCAR | Twin Ring Motegi | iRacing

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