How would an average person do in a REAL NASCAR race?

Many people believe NASCAR is simple because the cars mostly turn left, but the gap between professional drivers and everyday people is enormous. This video explores that gap through a hypothetical scenario, asking how competitive different types of drivers would actually be if they entered the Coca-Cola 600.

• How much time did inexperienced driver Jesse Iwuji lose in his early NASCAR Truck Series race at Phoenix Raceway, and how does that serve as a baseline for this experiment?
• What happens when elite sim racers transition into real cars, based on comparisons between iRacing competitors and real-world drivers like Landon Huffman?
• How far off the pace would an average NASCAR fan likely be during the Coca‑Cola 600 if they attempted to complete the full race distance?
• And just how extreme would the gap become for someone with no racing background at all when placed in a NASCAR Cup Series car?

Using comparisons between real race data, sim racing performance, and the performance of beginner drivers, the video estimates how many laps behind different types of participants would finish in a full 600-mile NASCAR race.

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