2017 NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series

2017 NPAS season

NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series
Season
Races	16
Start date	March 15, 2017
End date	October 11, 2017
Season champion
Ryan Michael Luza

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2016-17 NASCAR iRacing Pro Series ↓

The 2017 NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series was the 8th season of the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series. On February 23, it was announced that PEAK had extended their title sponsorship of the series for an additional 3 seasons, giving them naming rights through the end of 2019. The season started with an exhibition race at Daytona International Speedway on February 21 and concluded at Homestead Miami Speedway on October 11. This was the first season to introduce the Playoff format, where the top 8 drivers after the 12-race regular season would be reset in points and compete over the next 3 races to be in the top 4 in points to advance to a winner-take-all championship race. This was the last season to allow up to 43 drivers to compete in a race. Drivers competed for a prize package of $25,000 (USD cash + iRacing credits), with $10,000 cash going to the champion.

Teams and Drivers

Alex Bergeron, Blake Reynolds, Bobby Zalenski, Chris Shearburn, Christian Challiner, Darik Bourdeau, Jimmy Mullis, Joe Letteriello, Marcus Richardson, Phillip Diaz, Ryan Michael Luza, Will Cooley, Zack Novak made up the large rookie class of 13 drivers making their series debuts. With 40 drivers guaranteed a spot on the grid and a maximum of 43 cars allowed in a race, the 10 pro license drivers who finished 21-30 in the 2016-17 NASCAR iRacing Pro Series could qualify for the open spots on a per race basis. This was the last season to allow 50 drivers the opportunity to race every week.

Team	Manufacturer	Driver
		Number	Name	Starts
Aero Precision Chassiswerks	Chevrolet	40	Jimmy Mullis R	5
		55	Brian Schoenburg	5
		74	Taylor Hurst	13
Aftermath Motosports	Chevrolet	4	Timmy Hill	16
		5	Michael Conti	5
		8	Adam Gilliland	16
		9	Tyler Hill	14
		24	Trey Eidson P	9
Apex Racing	Toyota	12	Alex Bergeron R P	4
Deadzone Racing	Ford	66	Blake Reynolds R	8
	Toyota	7	Ryan Lowe	16
		12	Allen Boes	12
Fast Lane Motorsport	Ford	12	Alex Bergeron R P	7
Gale Force Sim Racing	Toyota	05	Nick Ottinger
		34	Matt Bussa	14
		39	Michael J Johnson	16
High Performance Motorsports	Chevrolet	06	Byron Daley	15
		71	Mitchell Hunt	12
		88	Josh Berry	11
		90	Nicholas Johnston	7
ineX Racing	Chevrolet	3	Brandon Schmidt	14
		33	Joe Letteriello R P	14
		41	Jake Stergios	16
		44	Logan Clampitt	16
		50	Peter Bennett P	1
	Ford	16	Nolan Scott	14
		28	Casey Tucker	15
		57	PJ Stergios	13
		94	Phillip Diaz R P	16
JSchwarz Motorsports	Chevrolet	25	Will Cooley R P	10
		40	Jimmy Mullis R	10
Lockdown Racing	Chevrolet	77	Andrew Fayash III	15
	Ford	09	David Rattler	16
	Toyota	15	Zack Novak R P	16
Nexxus eSports	Chevrolet	48	Chandler Krizek P	15
One Up Motorsports	Chevrolet	78	Christian Challiner R	16
	Ford	01	Marcus Richardson R	16
Overclock Motorsports	Chevrolet	10	Corey Vincent	16
Simworx Racing	Ford	1	Ryan Michael Luza R	15
		04	Darik Bourdeau R	14
		66	Blake Reynolds R	5
Slip Angle Motorsports	Ford	2	Ray Alfalla	14
		22	Bryan Blackford	15
		31	Kyle Putz P	6
		47	Chris Overland	14
		83	Bobby Zalenski R	16
Solar Flare Racing	Ford	73	Jake Nichols P	7
SPEX	Chevrolet	71	Mitchell Hunt	2
Team Conti	Ford	5	Michael Conti	11
		55	Brian Schoenburg	11
The Drill Aisle	Chevrolet	35	Chris Shearburn R
	Ford	11	Brad Davies	14
The Drill Spill	Chevrolet	73	Jake Nichols P	5
The TEAM	Chevrolet	27	Cody Byus	13
		36	Justin Bolton	2
		42	Dylan Duval	16
		58	Kenny Humpe	15
Zero Gravity Racing	Chevrolet	25	Will Cooley R P	3

R – First time participating in the NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze iRacing Series

P – Pro license driver

Schedule

The 2017 schedule was released on January 11, 2017. The season opener at Daytona International Speedway, originally scheduled for March 1, would be rescheduled for March 15 after Justin Bolton was prevented from joining the March 1 race session despite being one of the drivers with a guaranteed a spot on the grid. The March 1 race still took place but did not count towards points. The elimination-style Playoff format, which debuted in the NASCAR Cup Series in 2014, made its iRacing debut this season. When the Regular Season concluded at Michigan International Speedway, the top 8 drivers in points advanced to the Playoffs. During the Round of 8, any win from the 8 playoff drivers at Darlington Raceway, Chicagoland Speedway, or Dover International Speedway would advance them automatically to the Championship 4, with any spots remaining going to the highest playoff point scorers without race wins. In the championship race at Homestead Miami Speedway, the highest finisher of the Championship 4 would be awarded the series championship.

Round	Track	Length	Date
	Daytona International Speedway	40 Laps	February 21, 2017
	Daytona International Speedway	100 Laps	March 1, 2017
Regular Season
1	Daytona International Speedway	100 Laps	March 15, 2017
2	Las Vegas Motor Speedway	167 Laps	March 22, 2017
3	Auto Club Speedway	125 Laps	March 29, 2017
4	Texas Motor Speedway	167 Laps	April 12, 2017
5	Phoenix International Raceway	156 Laps	April 26, 2017
6	Richmond Raceway	200 Laps	May 10, 2017
7	Charlotte Motor Speedway	200 Laps	May 24, 2017
8	Pocono Raceway	100 Laps	June 14, 2017
9	Sonoma Raceway	55 Laps	June 28, 2017
10	New Hampshire Motor Speedway	150 Laps	July 19, 2017
11	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	100 Laps	August 2, 2017
12	Michigan International Speedway	125 Laps	August 26, 2017
Playoffs - Round of 8
13	Darlington Raceway	183 Laps	August 30, 2017
14	Chicagoland Speedway	166 Laps	September 13, 2017
15	Dover International Speedway	200 Laps	September 27, 2017
Playoffs - Championship 4
16	Homestead Miami Speedway	167 Laps	October 11, 2017

Results and Standings

Race Results

Round	Track	Pole position	Most laps led	Race Winner		Broadcast
				Driver	Team
	Daytona International Speedway	Mitchell Hunt		Matt Bussa	Gale Force Sim Racing
	Daytona International Speedway	Josh Berry		Ray Alfalla	Slip Angle Motorsports
Regular Season
1	Daytona International Speedway	Chris Shearburn	Chris Shearburn	Darik Bourdeau	Simworx Racing
2	Las Vegas Motor Speedway	Matt Bussa	Ryan Michael Luza	Ryan Michael Luza	Simworx Racing
3	Auto Club Speedway	Ryan Michael Luza	Ryan Michael Luza	Ryan Michael Luza	Simworx Racing
4	Texas Motor Speedway	Ryan Michael Luza	Ryan Michael Luza	Allen Boes	Deadzone Racing
5	Phoenix International Raceway	Matt Bussa	Matt Bussa	Bobby Zalenski	Slip Angle Motorsports
6	Richmond Raceway	Nick Ottinger	Zack Novak	Ray Alfalla	Slip Angle Motorsports
7	Charlotte Motor Speedway	Dylan Duval	Ray Alfalla	Ray Alfalla	Slip Angle Motorsports
8	Pocono Raceway	Cody Byus	Cody Byus	Cody Byus	The TEAM
9	Sonoma Raceway	Zack Novak	Bobby Zalenski	Bobby Zalenski	Slip Angle Motorsports
10	New Hampshire Motor Speedway	Ryan Michael Luza	Matt Bussa	Ryan Michael Luza	Simworx Racing
11	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Zack Novak	Zack Novak	Zack Novak	Lockdown Racing
12	Michigan International Speedway	Zack Novak	Michael Conti	Michael Conti	Team Conti
Playoffs - Round of 8
13	Darlington Raceway	Zack Novak	Ray Alfalla	Ray Alfalla	Slip Angle Motorsports
14	Chicagoland Speedway	Zack Novak	Logan Clampitt	Taylor Hurst	Aero Precision Chassiswerks
15	Dover International Speedway	Logan Clampitt	Zack Novak	Ryan Michael Luza	Simworx Racing
Playoffs - Championship 4
16	Homestead Miami Speedway	Ryan Michael Luza	Ryan Michael Luza	Ryan Michael Luza	Simworx Racing

Scoring System

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd
Points	43	42	41	40	39	38	37	36	35	34	33	32	31	30	29	28	27	26	25	24	23	22
Position	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th	29th	30th	31st	32nd	33rd	34th	35th	36th	37th	38th	39th	40th	41st	42nd	43rd
Points	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

• Race winner: 3 points
• Lead Lap: 1 point
• Most laps lead: 1 point

Driver Standings

Only the best eleven results counted towards each driver's regular season points total; discarded results are displayed within parentheses.

Pos. Driver DAY LAS CAL TEX PHX RIC CLT POC SON NHM IND MIS DAR CHI DOV HOM Pts. 1 Ryan Michael Luza R 10 1* 1* 19* 3 3 32 29 38 1 2 3 2 1 1* 3048 2 Logan Clampitt 2 5 2 6 18 14 4 7 35 42 3 4 7* 3 2 3043 3 Bobby Zalenski R 15 7 5 4 1 6 3 (23) 1* 7 15 10 6 18 7 5 3040 4 Ray Alfalla 5 4 7 18 2 1 1* 26 23 3 28 1* 11 30 3014 Payoffs - Championship 4 Pos. Driver DAY LAS CAL TEX PHX RIC CLT POC SON NHM IND MIS DAR CHI DOV HOM Pts. 5 Corey Vincent 17 19 18 24 8 4 14 3 2 (30) 6 30 15 6 8 34 2114 6 Marcus Richardson R 7 8 10 (26) 9 25 20 9 14 10 19 19 16 5 35 31 2089 7 Zack Novak R P 14 13 9 22 5 18* (34) 5 9 36 1* 2 17 38 2* 38 2088 8 Christian Challiner R 4 6 3 (38) 28 19 12 22 8 12 14 12 18 36 18 35 2070 Payoffs - Round of 8 Pos. Driver DAY LAS CAL TEX PHX RIC CLT POC SON NHM IND MIS DAR CHI DOV HOM Pts. 9 Michael Conti 20 34 12 10 31 (40) 11 10 39 2 9 1* 2 33 4 3 448 10 Dylan Duval 23 15 16 27 4 22 4 (36) 13 15 30 5 10 27 16 7 431 11 Darik Bourdeau R 1 11 6 28 12 10 16 11 39 27 8 22 32 6 393 12 Ryan Lowe 19 16 33 7 33 5 15 13 37 9 3 (42) 26 40 15 18 375 13 Nick Ottinger 18 11 13 41 20 36 28 3 6 7 24 19 25 10 358 14 Chris Shearburn R 12* 25 30 15 37 9 7 16 17 34 (38) 13 29 15 30 17 357 15 Brian Schoenburg 9 (43) 41 23 11 42 40 27 18 20 13 9 5 17 26 11 350 16 Taylor Hurst 11 39 8 5 30 5 40 5 4 9 1 33 39 348 16 Chris Overland 8 21 23 5 7 39 38 11 4 11 13 21 36 32 348 18 Jimmy Mullis R 24 10 13 41 23 39 31 10 26 26 29 22 3 9 13 341 19 Jake Stergios (41) 22 34 29 29 13 21 33 6 14 11 22 28 10 24 29 340 19 Phillip Diaz R P 21 26 (42) 37 26 31 10 8 16 21 32 25 12 24 17 15 340 21 Blake Reynolds R 37 27 8 11 14 6 18 15 24 28 7 11 28 339 22 Kenny Humpe 32 4 3 30 2 25 40 12 32 7 18 42 30 10 37 338 23 Cody Byus 36 2 27 2 42 30 2 1* 41 15 35 8 5 335 24 Matt Bussa 27 9 39 10* 7 17 4 4* 10 40 25 34 42 36 320 25 Adam Gilliland 33 12 28 (40) 15 16 22 19 22 17 36 17 33 28 14 42 310 26 Nolan Scott 3 23 38 43 32 17 30 20 16 23 14 29 12 9 308 27 Casey Tucker 16 24 37 16 20 35 26 30 25 20 21 23 16 21 28 302 28 Andrew Fayash III 43 30 17 25 34 15 8 25 27 38 6 31 9 37 26 394 29 Joe Letteriello R P DNQ 18 21 30 40 33 DNQ 14 28 41 8 20 11 14 23 23 292 30 Timmy Hill (34) 31 19 20 19 32 28 24 26 13 22 34 34 12 19 41 291 31 PJ Stergios 6 3 35 42 6 43 37 5 37 32 6 8 270 32 David Rattler (40) 36 31 34 25 12 35 32 21 18 27 8 38 31 31 16 266 32 Michael J Johnson 32 (38) 36 21 38 27 23 35 19 29 18 16 20 20 41 21 266 34 Bryan Blackford 26 17 24 36 27 24 (38) 6 32 27 21 37 19 37 20 264 34 Will Cooley R P 31 DNQ 20 17 DNQ 37 29 11 31 37 12 35 21 39 20 12 264 36 Alex Bergeron R P 22 DNQ 22 DNQ DNQ DNQ 18 2 35 23 29 14 DNQ 4 34 22 261 37 Brad Davies 29 28 14 33 16 21 13 42 28 31 39 30 35 4 255 38 Byron Daley 13 42 25 31 21 41 33 25 8 40 33 36 25 22 24 241 39 Jake Nichols P DNQ 33 26 DNQ DNQ DNQ 27 12 24 19 35 31 27 32 13 14 236 40 Chandler Krizek P DNQ DNQ DNQ 32 17 28 9 34 34 31 17 24 39 26 27 33 223 41 Mitchell Hunt 25 41 43 9 36 43 7 29 33 25 32 37 13 38 206 42 Tyler Hill 35 35 24 36 31 20 36 24 23 36 43 23 39 19 193 43 Allen Boes 38 14 29 1 43 11 37 41 39 41 29 43 168 44 Brandon Schmidt 28 37 32 14 23 38 19 39 40 (42) 33 26 41 40 162 45 Trey Eidson P DNQ 35 DNQ DNQ 22 34 24 15 33 22 34 25 152 46 Kyle Putz P DNQ 29 15 DNQ 13 DNQ 21 16 38 132 47 Josh Berry 39 20 40 8 39 29 42 41 40 40 27 120 48 Nicholas Johnston 30 40 39 12 35 26 41 85 49 Peter Bennett P DNQ DNQ 17 27 50 Justin Bolton 42 41 6

Color Result Gold Winner Silver Top 5 Bronze Top 10 Green 11th – 20th place Light Blue 21st – 30th place Dark Blue 31st – 43rd place Purple Did not finish Blank DNS Black DSQ / EXCL In-line notation Bold Pole position * Lead most laps

. – Eliminated after Playoffs Round of 8

. – Relegated to 2017-18 NASCAR iRacing Pro Series

R – First time participating in the NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series

P – Pro license driver

Broadcasting

RaceSpot TV was the exclusive broadcast home of all series points races. These races were broadcast across the RaceSpot TV and iRacing eSports Network channels on YouTube, FansChoice.tv, and streamed on the MRN website. The championship race at Homestead Miami Speedway was part of a NASCAR Night broadcast that also featured a race from the 2017 NASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series. The LSRTV Pre-Season Showdown was streamed on the LSRTV YouTube channel and Facebook page, and available on the iRacing Live homepage.

RaceSpot TV	LSRTV
Booth Announcers	Booth Announcers
Evan Posocco Cam Walsh Andy Kessler Tim Terry Francisco Scaramuzza Randy Chenowth	Evan Posocco Austin Coop

See Also

List of eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series Drivers Champions
List of eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series Teams Champions
List of eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series Race Winners
List of eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series Championship 4 Appearances
List of eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series Playoff Appearances