CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- 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.