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April 25, 2020

Landon Huffman wins in wild finish at Talladega in Saturday Night Thunder


Landon Huffman took the Saturday Night Thunder iRacing win in a wild overtime finish at virtual Talladega Superspeedway.

Huffman came from the 29th position and was at the right place at the right time after avoiding many of the accidents. Huffman got by Logan Seavey, who soon after got turned, on the frontstretch and stayed out front to the checkered flag.

“To be able to race against all these guys in an event like this that iRacing puts on is pretty special,” Huffman said. “To be there at the end and have a shot at it, it was pretty bad ass, pretty cool.”

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Huffman, who races Late Models and has made a handful of starts in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, only led one lap, the most important one. In the past year, Huffman started his own eSports business.

“It feels like this race win almost means more than a lot of my real life race wins because opportunities in the real world have been tough to come by,” Huffman said.

Josh Berry, who won last Saturday at Richmond, finished second after starting 37th.

“Overall it was a good run for us,” Berry said. “Got the pole and wrecked on the first lap of the Heat Race. I got stuck in the back and had to fight our way forward.”

Anthony Alfredo led six laps and was out front coming to the final lap, but was turned by Berry just as they crossed the start-finish line.

Joe Graf Jr., Tommy Joe Martins and Spencer Boyd rounded out the top five.

The race featured six cautions for 23 laps.

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FULL RESULTS

Fin Str Car Driver Mfr Led Status
1 29 75 Landon Huffman Chevrolet 1 Running
2 37 88 Josh Berry Chevrolet 6 Running
3 32 80 Joe Graf Jr. Chevrolet 0 Running
4 19 44 Tommy Joe Martins Chevrolet 0 Running
5 20 02 Spencer Boyd Chevrolet 0 Running
6 28 23 Brett Moffitt Chevrolet 0 Running
7 16 22 Austin Cindric Ford 0 Running
8 8 63 Scott Stenzel Chevrolet 0 Running
9 39 39 CJ McLaughlin Chevrolet 0 Running
10 31 26 Tyler Ankrum Chevrolet 5 Running
11 30 40 Ryan Truex Chevrolet 0 Running
12 33 8 Jeb Burton Chevrolet 0 Running
13 23 68 Brandon Brown Chevrolet 0 Running
14 10 55 Will Rodgers Ford 0 Running
15 3 81 Christian Eckes Toyota 26 Running
16 6 51 Ryan Vargas Chevrolet 0 Running
17 36 38 Todd Gilliland Ford 0 Running
18 34 78 Ryan Ellis Ford 0 Running
19 15 36 Jesse Iwuji Chevrolet 0 Running
20 22 10 Justin Haley Chevrolet 0 Running
21 17 3 Drew Herring Toyota 0 Running
22 26 67 Logan Seavey Ford 6 Running
23 12 5 Matt Mills Chevrolet 0 Running
24 18 19 Derek Kraus Toyota 0 Running
25 13 99 Josh Bilicki Chevrolet 0 Running
26 38 93 Myatt Snider Chevrolet 0 Running
27 7 33 Anthony Alfredo Chevrolet 6 Running
28 5 74 Bayley Currey Chevrolet 1 Running
29 21 92 Josh Williams Chevrolet 0 Running
30 9 7 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 0 Running
31 24 25 Stephen Leicht Toyota 0 Running
32 14 16 Drew Dollar Toyota 0 Disconnected
33 27 07 Donny Lia Toyota 0 Running
34 2 98 Chase Briscoe Ford 0 Disconnected
35 35 4 Chase Cabre Toyota 0 Disconnected
36 25 20 Harrison Burton Toyota 1 Running
37 1 54 Kyle Weatherman Ford 4 Disconnected
38 40 18 Ty Gibbs Toyota 0 Disconnected
39 4 90 Alex Labbe Chevrolet 6 Disconnected
40 11 9 Noah Gragson Chevrolet 0 Disconnected
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