DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The 11th season of the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series will mark the largest calendar of races in the history of the esports division, with an expanded television presence as well.

Starting Feb. 11 at the virtual Daytona Int’l Speedway, this year’s eNASCAR iRacing slate will feature 20 races, an increase of two from the 18-race campaign that was contested last season.

The full calendar was confirmed Wednesday afternoon on the iRacing website, just a few hours removed from the announcement of Coca-Cola as the new series entitlement sponsor.

The series will compete predominately every other Tuesday night, with races beginning at 9 p.m. ET, until the six-race NBCSN television swing that closes the season during the fall.

At that point, the final two races of the regular season and the first three playoff races will shift to Thursday nights at 9 p.m. ET, with the Nov. 1 finale at the virtual Phoenix Raceway scheduled for Sunday night at 9 p.m. ET in the aftermath of the NASCAR Cup Series semifinal at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway.

The times and dates for the six televised events are subject to change, per iRacing and NASCAR.

Highlights on the 2020 calendar include the return of a second race at Daytona, an early-season stop at Homestead-Miami Speedway, a late-May race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Talladega Superspeedway hosting the regular-season cutoff race and two road-course events – including one in the playoffs.

The four-race playoff run, featuring the top eight in the series standings, will kick off at the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL on Oct. 8 before moving to Kansas Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway in successive weeks ahead of the winner-take-all finale for the Championship 4 at Phoenix Raceway.

Zack Novak, who won the title last year for Roush-Fenway Racing as a 17-year-old, is the defending eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series champion. He’ll race for Richmond Raceway eSports this year.

2020 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series Schedule

Date – Venue – Location

Regular Season

Feb. 11 – Daytona Int’l Speedway – Daytona Beach, Fla.
Feb. 25 – Auto Club Speedway – Fontana, Calif.
March 17 – Homestead-Miami Speedway – Homestead, Fla.
March 31 – Bristol Motor Speedway – Bristol, Tenn.
April 14 – Richmond Raceway – Richmond, Va.
April 28 – Dover Int’l Speedway – Dover, Del.
May 12 – Charlotte Motor Speedway – Concord, N.C.
May 26 – Atlanta Motor Speedway – Hampton, Ga.
June 16 – TBA – TBA (All-Star Exhibition)
June 30 – Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Indianapolis, Ind.
July 14 – New Hampshire Motor Speedway – Loudon, N.H.
July 28 – Michigan Int’l Speedway – Brooklyn, Mich.
Aug. 11 – Watkins Glen Int’l – Watkins Glen, N.Y.
Aug. 25 – Daytona Int’l Speedway – Daytona Beach, Fla.
Sept. 15 – Darlington Raceway – Darlington, S.C.
Sept. 24 – Las Vegas Motor Speedway – Las Vegas, Nev. *
Oct. 1 – Talladega Superspeedway – Talladega, Ala. *

Playoffs

Oct. 8 – Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL – Concord, N.C. *
Oct. 15 – Kansas Speedway – Kansas City, Kan. *
Oct. 22 – Texas Motor Speedway – Fort Worth, Texas *
Nov. 1 – Phoenix Raceway – Avondale, Ariz. *

* – event to be televised on NBCSN