• Event: eNASCAR Heat Pro League (Round 1 of 14)• Date: Wednesday, April 22• Location: Virtual Homestead-Miami Speedway (1.5-mile oval)• Distance: 50 laps (75 miles)• Xbox Winner: Justin Brooks of JTG Daugherty Throttlers• PlayStation 4 Winner: Nick Jobes of Hendrick Motorsports GC
Stewart-Haas eSports Results:
• Matthew Selby, a.k.a. “Slick (Xbox One): Started 9th, Finished 5th (Running, completed 50 of 50 laps) • Brandyn Gritton, a.k.a. “Hot Rod” (PlayStation 4): Started 2nd, Finished 6th (Running, completed 50 of 50 laps)
Notes:
• Stewart-Haas eSports leaves Homestead seventh in the championship standings with 37 points, 23 behind the series-leading JTG Daugherty Throttlers. • This was Selby’s first career eNASCAR Heat Pro League start. • This was Gritton’s second career eNASCAR Heat Pro League start at Homestead. (He finished 11th last year after starting from the pole.) • This was Gritton’s 10th career eNASCAR Heat Pro League top-10 finish. • Gritton led the eNASCAR Heat Pro League in wins (4), poles (7) and laps led (219) in 2019. • This is the second season of the eNASCAR Heat Pro League, and Stewart-Haas eSports is the reigning champion after winning last year’s inaugural title.
Matthew Selby, a.k.a. “Slick”, driver of the No. 4 Haas Tooling Ford Mustang on Xbox One:
“The Haas Tooling Ford Mustang had some crazy speed tonight. For my second race on a new steering wheel, and after jumping over to a different console, we will take it, but I’m not completely satisfied with a fifth-place finish. The other guys are going to be restless with the No. 4 on their mind this season.”
Brandyn Gritton, a.k.a. “Hot Rod”, driver of the No. 14 Smithfield Ford Mustang on PS4:
“It’s frustrating when these races turn into fuel-mileage runs. We were leading with two laps to go and running second on the final lap, but ran out of fuel. We had a car capable of winning, but we just got out-dueled on strategy tonight. It was good to run up front in the Smithfield Ford Mustang, and now we’ll get focused on the next race.”
