Wide World of eSports: Kaz Grala races on easy mode, PEAK iRacing Series at Vegas, and NASCAR teams compete for Heat Pro League draft order
Easy mode?
In Saturday's Gander Outdoors Truck Series race, Kyle Busch made his march through the field look easy. Or, as Xfinity Series driver Kaz Grala put it, as if he were playing NASCAR Heat 3.
https://twitter.com/KazGrala/status/1099440285241802752
C'mon, Kaz. Crank up the difficulty settings.
NASCAR Heat 3 2019 season update released
Speaking of NASCAR Heat 3, 704 Games released the 2019 update, which features new drivers, teams, paint schemes, and the Ford Mustang.
https://twitter.com/704NASCARHeat/status/1097224734088015874
Your last iRacing race in a GIF
iRacing invited racers to summarize their last outing in a single GIF.
https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1100123237743316992
At least Noah Gragson's not racing in Easy mode -- right, Kaz Grala?
https://twitter.com/NoahGragson/status/1100194973037797376
eNASCAR PEAK Antifreeze iRacing Series driver Nickolas Shelton got in on the action …
https://twitter.com/Nick_Shelton402/status/1100124871521169409
… which included an epic clapback.
https://twitter.com/Nick_Shelton402/status/1100127732967575552
Speaking of the PEAK iRacing Series …
Tonight: eNASCAR PEAK Antifreeze iRacing Series at Las Vegas
The pinnacle (um, peak?) series of iRacing heads to Las Vegas Motor Speedway for its second race of 2019 Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET.
https://twitter.com/iRacing/status/1100085846458462215
In the season opener at Daytona, Roush Fenway Racing's Zack Novak edged Richmond Raceway eSports racer Jimmy Mullis in a side-by-side thriller.
There's a change atop our power rankings heading into Sin City, too, featuring a driver who's undefeated in the desert.
The Las Vegas race will stream live on eNASCAR.com.
New paint for Burton Kligerman eSports
Logan Clampitt and Ashton Crowder will sport new paint schemes starting at Las Vegas featuring sponsorship from NBC Sports, where team owners Parker Kligerman and Jeff Burton are television analysts.
https://twitter.com/BurtKligEsports/status/1100386138844553217
Race teams compete for eNASCAR Heat Pro League draft order
NASCAR teams competing in the eNASCAR Heat Pro League took to social media last week to help boost their odds at a solid pick in March's driver draft.
https://twitter.com/TeamHendrick/status/1099469559290101760
https://twitter.com/Team_Penske/status/1099464180543893504
https://twitter.com/JoeGibbsRacing/status/1099440981567590400
https://twitter.com/JRMotorsports/status/1099458888062128130
With voting closed, the final draft order will be announced Thursday, Feb. 28.
Heat Pro League Showcase races continue
The fourth and final Showcase race, where top NASCAR Heat 3 eSports drivers demonstrate their racing skills to NASCAR teams, takes place Wednesday at ISM Raceway.
https://twitter.com/SladeGravitt/status/1100260667079180288
https://twitter.com/patsace1/status/1100186395740700672
https://twitter.com/TheCosmicStorm1/status/1100180510645669889
https://twitter.com/D4C_Gotemm11912/status/1100172093898002432
iRacing Paint Scheme of the Week
Dustin Winegardner created a beautiful rendition of Jeff Gordon's 1990s rainbow DuPont Chevrolet on a mid-2000s stock car model. The paint scheme, one of the most recognizable in NASCAR history, was originally designed by Sam Bass, who died Feb. 16.