Scott McLaughlin wins on Indy oval for 2nd virtual victory

Scott McLaughlin was supposed to leave Australia for Indianapolis this month to make his IndyCar debut on the road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

With sports on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic, the two-time V8 SuperCars champion saw his IndyCar plans postponed.

McLaughlin instead settled for a virtual victory Saturday on the oval at Indianapolis Motor Speedway his second win of IndyCar's iRacing six-race series after a wild finish in which most of the leaders crashed as they rushed toward the checkered flag.

"Unbelievable," McLaughlin said.

"I was literally just hoping there was going to be a wreck at the end. I thought we were going to be third, and then the three wrecked and we won."
"It's a video game. Let's try to have some fun."
"I am sitting on one of four kitchen table chairs that is from downstairs. There is a mattress behind me, there's not really much room for a simulator. My pedals are currently being supported by a box with a big, full thing of batteries on top of it because that provided some extra weight and stability. So yeah, pretty technological setup here in the Conor Daly Tech Center."