Timmy Hill’s bump-and-run on William Byron late in the eNASCAR iRacing Pro Series Invitational’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 125 at virtual Texas Motor Speedway may have put him in position for the eventual win, but it’s something the Hendrick Motorsports driver won’t forget about anytime soon.
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Byron led a race-high 80 laps and scored the Busch Pole Award for Sunday’s eNASCAR race. He looked to be in control for much of the event before a late-race bump by Hill sent him up the track in the closing laps. He would go on to finish seventh in the race.
For his part, Hill knows retaliation could be coming.
“Well, I think the etiquette is similar to real life: Basically you race people how they race you,” Hill said in his post-race teleconference. “For me it was a situation where I don’t get the chance to win much on this big of a platform. I told myself, if I have a chance to win any race — NASCAR, short track level — if it came down to it, that’s what I would do. It doesn’t change because it was iRacing. That’s what I would do in real life.
“Going forward, I’m sure William isn’t happy about it. I’m sure he’ll do the same back to me. Reverting back to what I said before, you race others how they race you. I’ll probably get a lot of abuse going forward. I’ll have to accept that. But that’s in the future. I’m kind of living in the present and happy to get the win.”