2018 NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze iRacing Series

2018 NPAiS season

NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze iRacing Series
Season
Races	18
Start date	February 20, 2018
End date	October 23, 2018
Season champion
Ray Alfalla

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2017-18 NASCAR iRacing Pro Series ↓

The 2018 NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze iRacing Series was the 9th season of the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series. It was the first season since 2013 to have iRacing in the series name and the last season to have the NASCAR title in the series name ahead of NASCAR's introduction of the eNASCAR brand the following year. The season started with an exhibition race at Daytona International Speedway on February 11 and concluded at Homestead Miami Speedway on October 23. Drivers competed for a prize package of $19,800 (USD cash + iRacing credits), with $10,000 cash going to the champion.

Teams and Drivers

The series roster was reduced from 50 to 40, allowing only the full-time drivers to compete and removing the 10 pro license driver spots that had existed in previous years. Brandon Pipgrass, Casey Kirwan, Colton Davis, Jarl Teien, Keegan Leahy, Michael Guest, and Nickolas Shelton made up the rookie class of 7 drivers making their series debuts. Brian Schoenburg, Jimmy Mullis, Logan Clampitt, Marcus Richardson, Michael Conti, and Nick Ottinger were also members of the newly formed The Chaos Crew team in addition to their primary team affiliation listed below. This was the last season before professional teams were introduced in 2019.

Team	Manufacturer	Driver
		Number	Name	Starts
Aftermath Motorsports	Chevrolet	4	Timmy Hill	5
		8	Adam Gilliland	18
Deadzone Racing	Chevrolet	11	Colton Davis R	15
	Ford	14	Casey Kirwan R	18
		66	Blake Reynolds	17
	Toyota	7	Ryan Lowe	18
Dynamic Autosports	Toyota	1	Marcus Richardson	16
		78	Christian Challiner	18
Gale Force Sim Racing	Toyota	05	Nick Ottinger	18
		34	Matt Bussa	7
Icon Motorsports	Chevrolet	02	Alex Bergeron	7
LockDown Racing	Chevrolet	74	Taylor Hurst	18
		77	Andrew Fayash III	8
	Ford	09	David Rattler	18
	Toyota	15	Zack Novak	18
		27	Jimmy Mullis	18
		46	Logan Clampitt	8
Nexxus eSports	Toyota	54	Michael Guest R	18
Phenom Racing Team	Chevrolet	24	Keegan Leahy R	18
		36	Chris Shearburn	18
		77	Andrew Fayash III	10
	Ford	04	Darik Bourdeau	8
		6	Ryan Michael Luza	15
Radicals Online	Toyota	34	Matt Bussa	11
Simucube ineX Racing	Chevrolet	3	Jarl Teien R	10
		11	Colton Davis R	3
		41	Jake Stergios	10
		57	Joe Letteriello	18
	Ford	9	Phillip Diaz	17
		16	Nolan Scott	12
		28	Casey Tucker	18
	Toyota	46	Logan Clampitt	10
Slip Angle Motorsports	Chevrolet	12	Nickolas Shelton R	18
	Ford	2	Ray Alfalla	18
		29	Brandon Pipgrass R	15
		47	Chris Overland	17
		83	Bobby Zalenski	18
Team Conti	Chevrolet	5	Michael Conti	18
		55	Brian Schoenburg	18
The TEAM	Chevrolet	13	Kenny Humpe	2
		21	Cody Byus	4
		42	Dylan Duval	6
The Drill Spill	Chevrolet	02	Alex Bergeron	3
Triple Crown Racing	Chevrolet	02	Alex Bergeron	5
Unaffiliated	Chevrolet	13	Brad Davies	18

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

Schedule

The 2018 schedule was released on February 9, 2018. After several seasons with 16 total races, the schedule was expanded back to 18 races for the first time since 2013. In the playoffs, Indianapolis Motor Speedway would trade places with Chicagoland Speedway which was moved to the regular season, and Atlanta Motor Speedway was added to create a 4-race long Round of 8. This was the only season to feature a 4-race long opening round of the Playoffs, as the 2017 season had a 3-race long opening round and every season since has used this 3-race format.

Round	Track	Length	Date
	Daytona International Speedway	40 Laps	February 11, 2018
Regular Season
1	Daytona International Speedway	100 Laps	February 20, 2018
2	ISM Raceway	156 Laps	March 13, 2018
3	Auto Club Speedway	125 Laps	March 27, 2018
4	Las Vegas Motor Speedway	167 Laps	April 10, 2018
5	Richmond Raceway	200 Laps	April 24, 2018
6	Kansas Speedway	167 Laps	May 8, 2018
7	Charlotte Motor Speedway	200 Laps	May 22, 2018
8	Michigan International Speedway	125 Laps	June 12, 2018
9	Sonoma Raceway	55 Laps	June 26, 2018
10	Chicagoland Speedway	167 Laps	July 10, 2018
11	New Hampshire Motor Speedway	150 Laps	July 24, 2018
12	Pocono Raceway	100 Laps	August 7, 2018
13	Texas Motor Speedway	167 Laps	August 21, 2018
Playoffs - Round of 8
14	Darlington Raceway	183 Laps	August 28, 2018
15	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	100 Laps	September 11, 2018
16	Atlanta Motor Speedway	167 Laps	September 25, 2018
17	Dover International Speedway	200 Laps	October 9, 2018
Playoffs - Championship 4
18	Homestead Miami Speedway	167 Laps	October 23, 2018

Prize Package

The total prize package of $19,800 (USD) was comprised of $16,000 cash in driver season winnings, $2,050 of iRacing credits in driver season winnings, and $1,750 cash in podium winnings for the Round 1 race at Daytona International Speedway.

Driver Season Pos. Earnings Pos. Earnings 1 $10,000 Cash 7 $400 Credits 2 $3,000 Cash 8 $350 Credits 3 $1,500 Cash 9 $300 Credits 4 $1,000 Cash 10 $250 Credits 5 $500 Cash 11 $200 Credits 6 $450 Credits 12 $100 Credits

Driver Daytona Pos. Earnings 1 $1,000 2 $500 3 $250

Results and Standings

Race Results

Round	Track	Pole position	Most laps led	Race Winner		Broadcast
				Driver	Team
	Daytona International Speedway	Ray Alfalla	Casey Kirwan	Casey Kirwan	Deadzone Racing
Regular Season
1	Daytona International Speedway	Chris Overland	Nick Ottinger	Nick Ottinger	Gale Force Sim Racing & The Chaos Crew
2	ISM Raceway	Michael Conti	Keegan Leahy R	Keegan Leahy R	Phenom Racing Team
3	Auto Club Speedway	Keegan Leahy R	Ryan Michael Luza	Ryan Michael Luza	Phenom Racing Team
4	Las Vegas Motor Speedway	Zack Novak	Ryan Michael Luza	Ryan Michael Luza	Phenom Racing Team
5	Richmond Raceway	Ryan Michael Luza	Ryan Michael Luza	Ray Alfalla	Slip Angle Motorsports
6	Kansas Speedway	Logan Clampitt	Zack Novak	Keegan Leahy R	Phenom Racing Team
7	Charlotte Motor Speedway	Christian Challiner	Logan Clampitt	Nickolas Shelton R	Slip Angle Motorsports
8	Michigan International Speedway	Ryan Michael Luza	Ryan Michael Luza	Ryan Michael Luza	Phenom Racing Team
9	Sonoma Raceway	Bobby Zalenski	Bobby Zalenski	Bobby Zalenski	Slip Angle Motorsports
10	Chicagoland Speedway	Jarl Teien R	Ryan Michael Luza	Zack Novak	LockDown Racing
11	New Hampshire Motor Speedway	Ryan Michael Luza	Michael Conti	Jimmy Mullis	LockDown Racing & The Chaos Crew
12	Pocono Raceway	Christian Challiner	Keegan Leahy R	Keegan Leahy R	Phenom Racing Team
13	Texas Motor Speedway	Keegan Leahy R	Ryan Michael Luza	Ryan Michael Luza	Phenom Racing Team
Playoffs - Round of 8
14	Darlington Raceway	Ryan Michael Luza	Michael Conti	Michael Conti	Team Conti & The Chaos Crew
15	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Brad Davies	Logan Clampitt	Logan Clampitt	LockDown Racing
16	Atlanta Motor Speedway	Michael Conti	Michael Conti	Matt Bussa	Radicals Online
17	Dover International Speedway	Corey Vincent	Keegan Leahy R	Michael Conti	Team Conti & The Chaos Crew
Playoffs - Championship 4
18	Homestead Miami Speedway	Nick Ottinger	Ryan Michael Luza	Ray Alfalla	Slip Angle Motorsports

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

Scoring System

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

Driver Standings

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

Pos. Driver DAY ISM CAL LAS RIC KAN CLT MIS SON CHI NHM POC TEX DAR IND ATL DOV HOM Pts. 1 Ray Alfalla 8 6 3 2 1 2 12 6 24 (34) 3 3 7 2 20 4 12 1 3044 2 Ryan Michael Luza 26 3 1* 1* 2* 1* 2* 7 10 1* 3 3 6 2 2* 3041 3 Michael Conti 4 8 25 7 10 (34) 21 17 3 18 9* 9 2 1* 16 2* 1 3 3039 4 Matt Bussa 7 12 (31) 24 4 16 3 7 7 10 23 21 13 4 11 1 9 8 3033 Payoffs - Championship 4 Pos. Driver DAY ISM CAL LAS RIC KAN CLT MIS SON CHI NHM POC TEX DAR IND ATL DOV HOM Pts. 5 Nick Ottinger 1* 14 (36) 12 18 18 15 10 8 20 8 8 3 7 27 3 5 24 2143 6 Bobby Zalenski 6 13 9 16 6 24 4 12 1* 3 12 (32) 22 16 24 12 3 13 2141 7 Keegan Leahy R 5 1* 5 (36) 3 1 30 3 10 27 6 1* 29 10 19 26 8* 19 2134 8 Nickolas Shelton R 14 (31) 22 3 11 3 1 14 19 19 18 6 20 21 23 9 16 23 2117 Payoffs - Round of 8 Pos. Driver DAY ISM CAL LAS RIC KAN CLT MIS SON CHI NHM POC TEX DAR IND ATL DOV HOM Pts. 9 Logan Clampitt 27 10 6 21 8 27 6* 19 13 14 13 (30) 11 5 1* 5 6 4 511 10 Christian Challiner 3 (36) 10 30 5 6 25 9 6 23 16 2 17 20 15 27 7 20 458 11 Jimmy Mullis 31 2 4 (37) 33 9 27 11 9 31 1 4 31 9 7 7 27 10 450 12 Brian Schoenburg 2 21 30 9 26 20 (34) 16 18 9 28 25 5 6 5 8 21 14 435 12 Zack Novak 30 (34) 7 10 29 4* 32 2 30 1 2 7 32 33 2 13 29 9 435 14 Chris Shearburn 25 17 24 4 (27) 5 24 21 22 16 21 5 6 11 22 15 11 18 433 15 Casey Kirwan R (37) 9 12 17 7 19 23 31 32 15 33 13 8 12 9 20 19 5 416 16 Michael Guest R 19 (38) 34 5 34 21 5 5 25 7 29 18 15 27 6 11 4 27 406 16 Taylor Hurst 24 18 2 11 31 10 11 (34) 12 24 5 11 24 8 17 28 28 28 406 18 Ryan Lowe 10 (33) 33 14 19 14 19 22 29 5 17 33 12 14 8 17 20 12 402 19 Brad Davies (34) 7 8 8 22 22 31 25 21 25 15 27 9 17 4 24 22 11 401 20 Phillip Diaz 18 24 27 26 25 26 9 24 14 4 23 26 15 25 10 23 15 366 21 David Rattler 22 25 11 13 23 (28) 8 15 17 12 27 22 28 18 30 18 18 26 364 22 Andrew Fayash III 36 26 (37) 19 16 29 16 18 27 13 11 16 23 13 14 23 24 17 361 23 Corey Vincent (35) 27 20 32 28 30 10 8 11 8 4 15 19 30 32 21 26 22 358 24 Colton Davis R 33 (39) 16 15 35 17 14 13 15 29 31 14 4 29 29 25 25 7 348 25 Blake Reynolds 20 19 22 9 33 18 26 31 35 14 20 30 23 21 16 10 6 347 26 Casey Tucker 20 32 28 23 20 15 17 27 26 (32) 20 28 14 25 13 19 13 16 341 26 Marcus Richardson (29) 11 13 29 17 13 20 4 20 26 24 12 25 26 12 22 341 28 Chris Overland 32 (35) 17 6 15 12 28 29 33 6 30 29 16 19 10 30 21 324 29 Joe Letteriello 15 29 23 (35) 24 23 22 23 28 11 26 26 33 32 31 14 14 25 299 30 Brandon Pipgrass R (39) 15 14 34 14 7 26 30 23 21 25 24 21 24 26 272 31 Alex Bergeron 12 30 38 31 30 32 7 20 4 30 19 18 22 18 265 32 Adam Gilliland 17 22 (40) 28 32 31 29 32 34 22 19 35 27 28 28 29 17 29 240 33 Jake Stergios 13 23 29 25 12 8 13 28 5 17 238 34 Nolan Scott 23 37 21 20 21 11 33 33 16 33 22 31 191 35 Jarl Teien R 21 19 35 39 25 2 35 2 28 32 174 36 Darik Bourdeau 16 4 18 38 10 34 10 31 168 37 Dylan Duval 9 5 32 33 13 17 138 38 Cody Byus 11 16 15 18 104 39 Timmy Hill 28 28 26 27 15 81 40 Kenny Humpe 38 39 5

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 2018-19 NASCAR iRacing Pro Series

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

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 in addition to NASCAR.com and FansChoice.tv. The preseason LSRTV Clash was streamed on the LSRTV YouTube channel and available on the iRacing Live homepage.

RaceSpot TV	LSRTV
Booth Announcers	Booth Announcers
Evan Posocco Randy Chenowth Tim Terry	Evan Posocco Chris Murdock

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