Zack Novak earned a berth in the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series' Championship 4 by winning at a virtual Texas Motor Speedway on Tuesday.

Entering the second postseason race in ninth place among the 10 playoff qualifiers, Novak pulled away on a restart with two laps remaining and wasn't threatened the rest of the way.

The victory was his first since Oct. 10, 2019 -- the same year Novak won the series championship. He hadn't reached the Championship 4 over the past five seasons.

"I'm gonna cry, man," Novak said post-race. "Just a lot of time and effort we put into this stuff and ... it's been a long time and we came so close, man. You doubt if you belong here, you doubt if you're good enough. Everything under the sun you think of that you're doing wrong.

"We got pretty lucky tonight. D

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