Brandon Traino Wins Third Straight iRacing Indianapolis 500

May 24th, 2021 by

For the record-extending third year in a row, Brandon Traino is the winner of the top split of the iRacing Indianapolis 500 for 2021. After using a win in the Friday split to get ready for the big show, the real-world tire changer for Joe Gibbs Racing posted a dominant performance saw him lead 122 of the race’s 200 laps on the way to a .272-second victory over teammate and polesitter Michele Costantini.

Traino immediately took the lead from Costantini at the start of the race, setting the stage for an exciting battle throughout the day between the duo. Costantini would reclaim the top spot on Lap 22 to lead the first of his 52 laps up front, but would give up the lead for good to Traino on Lap 188. Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup front-runner Zac Campbell would lead six laps of his own on the way to completing the podium.

19 of the 33 drivers in the top split finished on the lead lap, including a top five separated by under three seconds. Just four cautions slowed the pace, with more than 90 green-flag laps at the end of the race emboldening drivers to push different pit strategies in hopes of stealing the top split win. All told, there were 31 lead changes on the day, with six different drivers spending time up front.

Beyond the top split, iRacers combined for 82 different splits of this year’s Indy 500 across four different time slots. Congratulations to all of this year’s winners!

Full results from the top split of the 2021 iRacing Indianapolis 500 were as follows:

Fin.

St.

No.

Name

Car

Laps

Interval

Led

Best
1 2 3 Brandon Traino Dallara IR18 200 122 40.719
2 1 13 Michele Costantini Dallara IR18 200 -0.272 52 40.773
3 3 2 Zac Campbell Dallara IR18 200 -0.947 6 40.668
4 5 24 Wilson Neto Dallara IR18 200 -1.806 0 40.661
5 6 7 Philip Kraus Dallara IR18 200 -2.349 1 40.561
6 10 20 Connor Harrington Dallara IR18 200 -9.372 0 40.806
7 9 8 Jason Brophy Dallara IR18 200 -9.892 0 40.662
8 11 6 Henry Bennett Dallara IR18 200 -10.501 0 40.787
9 22 28 Andrew Kinsella Dallara IR18 200 -11.053 0 40.679
10 16 9 Brendan Lichtenberg Dallara IR18 200 -11.351 0 40.832
11 4 27 Yohann Harth Dallara IR18 200 -11.811 4 40.833
12 21 11 Hugo Olsson Dallara IR18 200 -12.256 0 40.644
13 28 18 Jesper Öhrman Dallara IR18 200 -12.880 0 40.773
14 14 21 Andrew Z Wood Dallara IR18 200 -17.474 0 40.866
15 20 25 Liam Quinn Dallara IR18 200 -26.883 0 40.912
16 19 5 Andreas Eik Dallara IR18 200 -27.624 0 40.822
17 24 16 Chad Simpson Dallara IR18 200 -28.526 0 40.843
18 31 22 Adam Crane Dallara IR18 200 -28.913 0 40.694
19 32 29 James C Walker Dallara IR18 200 -29.657 0 40.903
20 29 19 Alexis Newsome Dallara IR18 199 -1 L 0 40.574
21 17 4 Joshua Chin Dallara IR18 199 -1 L 0 40.874
22 33 30 Frank Levick IV Dallara IR18 199 -1 L 0 41.041
23 8 1 Christopher Demeritt Dallara IR18 187 -13 L 15 40.724
24 18 10 Austin Espitee Dallara IR18 185 -15 L 0 40.822
25 26 15 Riley Thompson Dallara IR18 143 -57 L 0 40.707
26 15 14 A J Burton Dallara IR18 106 -94 L 0 40.823
27 7 26 Tanner J Watkins Dallara IR18 106 -94 L 0 41.074
28 27 33 Joao Valverde Dallara IR18 105 -95 L 0 41.039
29 12 12 Christian Steele Dallara IR18 86 -114 L 0 40.740
30 13 17 Matt Pawelski Dallara IR18 80 -120 L 0 40.791
31 23 32 Rodrigo Franzoni Dallara IR18 79 -121 L 0 40.933
32 25 31 Plinio Ferreira Dallara IR18 54 -146 L 0 41.090
33 30 23 Jacob Oster Dallara IR18 17 -183 L 0 41.207

 

The iRacing special event calendar continues with the full-length iRacing Coca-Cola 600 as part of the NASCAR iRacing Series schedule this weekend. Endurance racing returns on the week of June 18th with the iRacing Watkins Glen 6HR, featuring the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship lineup, while open-wheel drivers can strap into the Dallara iR-01 on July 10-13 for the inaugural iRacing HockenheimRing Grand Prix. For more information on iRacing and for special offers, visit www.iracing.com.

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