2018 eNASCAR IGNITE Series

2018 eIS season

eNASCAR IGNITE Series powered by iRacing
Season
Races	13
Start date	June 20, 2018
End date	September 26, 2018
Season champion
Zack Novak

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The 2018 eNASCAR IGNITE Series was the inaugural season of the eNASCAR IGNITE Series. The season started at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Legends Oval on June 20, 2018, and concluded at Martinsville Speedway on September 26, 2018. More than 480 drivers participated in the season. Drivers competed for a $10,000 (USD) scholarship to fund real-world racing opportunities. All races used the Legends Ford '34 Coupe cars

Schedule

The 2018 schedule was released on May 9, 2018. The regular season, comprised of the first eight events, was open to all eligible 13-16-year-old drivers. All Regular Season races featured multiple splits to maximize driver participation. At the end of the Regular Season, the Top 50 drivers in the standings qualified for the Playoffs. At the end of the 4-race opening round of the Playoffs, the Top 30 drivers in the standings qualified for the winner-take-all championship race.

Regular Season

Round	Track	Length	Date
1	Charlotte Motor Speedway Legends Oval	50 Laps	June 20, 2018
2	Thompson Speedway	50 Laps	June 27, 2018
3	South Boston Speedway	40 Laps	July 11, 2018
4	Atlanta Motor Speedway Legends Oval	50 Laps	July 18, 2018
5	Brands Hatch Curcuit	10 Laps	July 25, 2018
6	The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway	35 Laps	August 1, 2018
7	Myrtle Beach Speedway	35 Laps	August 8, 2018
8	Langley Speedway	35 Laps	August 15, 2018

Playoffs

Round	Track	Length	Date
Playoffs - Round 1
1	New Smyrna Speedway H	30 Laps	August 22, 2018
2	Irwindale Speedway Outer H	30 Laps	August 29, 2018
3	Texas Motor Speedway Road Course Short B H	30 Laps	September 12, 2018
4	Stafford Speedway H	30 Laps	September 19, 2018
Playoffs - Championship
5	Martinsville Speedway H	30 Laps	September 26, 2018

H – Heat races

Prize Package

In addition to the $10,000 (USD) in racing scholarship dollars, the series champion also won a one-on-one driver instructional with Max Papis, a SimSeats simulation cockpit, a Martinsville Speedway VIP experience, a NASCAR Racing Experience voucher, and a VIP iRacing account.

Driver Championship
Pos.	Earnings
1	$10,000

Results and Standings

Playoff Race Results

Round	Track	Pole position	Most laps led	Race Winner		Broadcast
				Driver	Team
Playoffs - Round 1
1	New Smyrna Speedway	Garrett Lowe R	Garrett Lowe R	Garrett Lowe R	Five Star Racing
2	Irwindale Speedway Outer	Garrett Lowe R	Garrett Lowe R	Garrett Lowe R	Five Star Racing
3	Texas Motor Speedway Road Course Short B	Garrett Lowe R	Garrett Lowe R	Garrett Lowe R	Five Star Racing
4	Stafford Motor Speedway	Zack Novak R	Zack Novak R	Zack Novak R	LockDown Racing
Playoffs - Championship
5	Martinsville Speedway	Zack Novak R	Zack Novak R	Zack Novak R	LockDown Racing

R – First time participating in the eNASCAR IGNITE Series Playoffs

Scoring System

Feature Race

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
Points	70	67	64	61	58	55	52	49	46	43	41	39	37	35	33	31	29	27	25	23

• Lead Lap: 1 point
• Most laps lead: 1 point

LCQ Race

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0

Heat Races

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Points	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Qualifying

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Points	6	5	4	3	2	1

Driver Standings

Pos. Driver NSS IRW TRC STA MAR Pts. 1 Zack Novak R 8 4 1* 1* 72 2 Oisin Walsh R 12 11 16 17 2 67 3 Austin Edwards R 7 12 DNQ 5 3 64 4 Daniel Silvestri R 17 6 4 61 5 Jake Matheson R 4 7 5 15 5 58 6 Briar LaPradd R 13 DNQ DNQ DNQ 6 55 7 Andy Trupiano R 2 4 2 4 7 52 8 Dylan Ault R 5 16 3 16 8 49 9 Mikey Neal R 16 DNQ DNQ 9 46 10 Devin Serra R DNQ DNQ 9 DNQ 10 43 11 Ryan Papasian R DNQ 6 10 11 41 12 Dillon Hodge R DNQ 14 DNQ 10 12 39 13 Garrett Lowe R 1* 1* 1* 7 13 37 14 Spencer Tart R DNQ 13 14 35 15 Aaron Mulrooney Jr. R 10 9 DNQ 8 15 33 16 Ryan Matthews R 8 2 DNQ 2 16 31 17 Dylan Parker R 11 13 DNQ 12 DNQ 0 18 Nicholas Doucette R 10 9 DNQ 0 19 Travis Oliver R DNQ 13 DNQ DNQ 0 20 Rajah Caruth R DNQ 15 DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 21 Kenny Brady R 6 3 6 3 DNQ 0 22 Brayden Caress R DNQ DNQ DNQ 14 DNQ 0 23 Riley Thompson R 14 5 11 DNQ DNQ 0 24 Jacob Hall R 3 DNQ 12 DNQ DNQ 0 25 Niclas Laubisch R 15 DNQ 15 DNQ 0 26 Dimitrius Whitney R DNQ 17 DNQ DNQ 0 27 Hunter Johnson R DNQ DNQ 11 DNQ 0 28 Jarrett Liebert R DNQ DNQ 8 DNQ DNQ 0 29 Mitchell Adams R 9 DNQ 14 DNQ DNQ 0 30 Patrick Moose R DNQ DNQ 7 DNQ DNQ 0 Playoffs - Championship 31 Anthony Burroughs R 17 DNQ DNQ DNQ 32 Roland Johns R DNQ DNQ DNQ 33 Dawson Hess R DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 34 Crystal Rosales R DNQ DNQ 35 Ryan Joyner R DNQ DNQ 36 Branden Ulm R DNQ DNQ DNQ 37 Joseph Braun R DNQ 38 Lucas Cram R DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 39 Tyler Marble R DNQ DNQ DNQ 40 Ethan Agan R DNQ DNQ DNQ 41 Jake Waltman R DNQ DNQ 42 Evan Black R DNQ DNQ DNQ 43 Andreas Eik R DNQ DNQ 44 Vincent Arthur R DNQ DNQ DNQ 45 Yousuf Ghaly R DNQ 46 Howie Briss R DNQ DNQ DNQ 47 James Seeright R DNQ 48 Alex Karpowicz R 49 Benjamin Morton R DNQ DNQ 50 Camden Weast R DNQ DNQ DNQ

Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th – 10th place Dark Blue Finished Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify Black Disqualified / Excluded White Did not start Blank Did not participate In-line notation Bold Pole position * Lead most laps

R – First time participating in the eNASCAR IGNITE Series Playoffs

Broadcasting

RaceSpot TV was the exclusive broadcast home of all playoff races. All races were broadcast on the iRacing eSports Network YouTube channel and NASCAR.com.

RaceSpot TV
Booth Announcers
Evan Posocco Justin Prince Tim Terry Dillon Welch

See Also

eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series
eNASCAR Contender iRacing Series
eNASCAR Qualifying iRacing Series