CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The CARS Tour and Podium eSports have announced an expansion of the CARS eSport Tour, which will see the official esports series of the CARS Tour become the largest short-track series in all of sim racing.

Now in its fifth season, the CARS eSport Tour is one of the premier short track series in sim racing, and the only short track series in sim racing to be sanctioned by a real-life sanctioning body.

Drivers race late model stock cars and super late models using the iRacing.com Motorsports Simulation at virtual versions of short tracks across the United States.

The virtual facilitiess include three circuits on the real-life Solid Rock Carriers CARS Tour schedule: Southern National Motorsports Park, Langley Speedway and South Boston Speedway.

For 2020, the CARS eSport Tour will mirror the real-life Solid Rock Carriers CARS Tour. The CARS eSport Tour will run on Wednesdays before Solid Rock Carriers CARS Tour races.

Every CARS eSport Tour event will run doubleheaders of super late model and late model stock races. Where possible, the CARS eSport Tour will race at the virtual counterpart of the track the Solid Rock Carriers CARS Tour will race at that weekend.

“The esports arena is constantly growing, and we are excited to see what season five of the CARS eSport Tour brings,” said CARS Tour owner Jack McNally. “The 2020 CARS eSport Tour stands to be our greatest season yet.”

“The CARS eSport Tour has been one of Podium eSports’ strongest series from the beginning,” added Podium eSports CEO James Pike. “The expanded partnership with the CARS Tour for 2020 will take the CARS eSport Tour to places short-track sim racing has never been before, and we cannot wait for the new season of racing to unfold.”

Every CARS eSport Tour race will be broadcast on the Podium eSports Twitch channel, found at twitch.tv/podiumesports/.

The CARS eSport Tour costs $35 to enter per car class.

For more information on the CARS eSport Tour, including the series rulebook and registration forms, visit www.podiumesports.com/cars-esport-tour.

2020 CARS eSport Tour Schedule

March 11 – Southern National Motorsports Park – Lucama, N.C.
March 18 – Richmond Raceway – Richmond, Va.
April 1 – Five Flags Speedway – Pensacola, Fla.
April 29 – New Smyrna Speedway – New Smyrna, Fla.
May 14 – Lanier National Speedway – Braselton, Ga.
May 27 – Bristol Motor Speedway – Bristol, Tenn.
June 3 – Langley Speedway – Hampton, Va.
June 17 – Martinsville Speedway – Martinsville, Va.
July 1 – TBD – TBD
July 8 – Myrtle Beach Speedway – Myrtle Beach, S.C.
July 29 – Charlotte Legends Oval – Concord, N.C.
Aug. 19 – TBD – TBD
Sept. 16 – South Boston Speedway – South Boston, Va.