{"id":6360,"date":"2018-12-07T04:41:06","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T04:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=6360"},"modified":"2018-12-07T04:41:06","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T04:41:06","slug":"nascar-teams-with-developers-to-announce-esports-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/nascar-teams-with-developers-to-announce-esports-league\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR teams with developers to announce Esports League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WHEN nothing goes right, go left.<\/p>\n<p>The high-octane world of NASCAR is getting its own eSports league after teaming up with Race Team Alliance and 704Games to create the eNASCAR Heat Pro League.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s right, now gamers will make a living turning left at high speeds over and over again in the hugely-popular sport.<\/p>\n<p>The newly-formed league will follow in the footsteps of Formula 1 and create a league that features up to 16 teams and 32 drivers \u2014 each of which will be owned and operated by real NASCAR teams.<\/p>\n<p>Fans of NASCAR Heat 3 who have dreamed of making a living out of eSports now have their chance. The eNASCAR Heat Pro League Draft will take place early in 2019 and players can qualify online.<\/p>\n<p>The eNASCAR Heat Pro League will be won over 16-race season beginning in US spring of 2019 and finish with the 2019 NASCAR Playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>All eNASCAR Heat Pro League races will be live streamed online at NASCAR.com and Motorsport.com.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong><a title=\"Best eSports betting sites\" href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/sites\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more about how to bet and profit on eSports around the world here.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Executive Vice President of NASCAR, Craig Neeb, said the time was right for the sport to enter the eSports realm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe look forward to taking this first step with our teams to introduce NASCAR-style racing to the massive esports audience on consoles,\u201d Neeb said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur partners at 704Games have delivered an incredible product and we are enthusiastic about engaging gamers to create new fans and grow our sport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The list of NASCAR teams that have already jumped at the opportunity to own an eSports team is a long one.<\/p>\n<p>Chip Ganassi Racing, Hendrick Motorsports, Joe Gibbs Racing, JR Motorsports, Richard Childress Racing, Roush Fenway Racing, Stewart-Haas Racing and Team Penske will field all two drivers, one competing on Xbox One and the other on PlayStation 4.<\/p>\n<p>Think you&#8217;ve got what it takes to be a professional NASCAR Heat player? Prospective eSports athletes can visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eNASCARHeatProLeague.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eNASCARHeatProLeague.com<\/a> to learn more about how to apply for the Pro League Draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The high-octane world of NASCAR is getting its own eSports league after teaming up with Race Team Alliance and 704Games to create the eNASCAR Heat Pro League.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":6361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4,527,5],"class_list":["post-6360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured","tag-nacar","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6360"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6360"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6362,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6360\/revisions\/6362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}