After seeing a wealth of favorable reviews of its virtual NASCAR race last weekend, Fox Sports has signed up to broadcast the rest of the eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series. Sunday’s virtual race was watched by 903,000 viewers on Fox Sports 1. Those numbers are far below the millions of viewers who watch NASCAR’s official races as the last one at Phoenix Raceway reached 4.6 million. Sunday’s virtual race hit a number of firsts that seem to be enough and Fox Sports committed to broadcasting the virtual racing series for the remainder of the season, beginning March 29.
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