So, given the plague, it's not safe for NASCAR to run races.
But the show must go on. With a huge fan base and frustrated drivers, the series resorted to an unusual measure. Until social distancing measures are relaxed enough for races to run, they will be running races...
...in virtual reality.
(Running spectator-free was presumably considered and dismissed because of travel distances).
The eNASCAR iRacing Professional Invitational series will run until things return to normal, with the normal tracks. And the majority of the drivers did just fine. iRacing is not a video game, it's a full simulator of NASCAR that many drivers use to train when the weather isn't cooperative, or to get around practice limits.
Personally, I would love to see this become an annual tradition; except that instead of slavishly copying the real tracks, they should do weird shit like historic tracks, showing everyone what woul happen if a restrictor plate course was run without a restrictor plate. Maybe they could run some of the F1 courses. The possibilities are endless.
In the mean time, some of us can get some of our sports fix, and there were moments it was possible to forget it wasn't real.
Biggest difference?
Much more aggressive driving.
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