2019 eNASCAR PEAK Antifreeze iRacing Series

2019 ePAiS season

eNASCAR PEAK Antifreeze iRacing Series
Season
Races	18
Start date	February 12, 2019
End date	October 8, 2019
Season champion
Zack Novak

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2018-19 NASCAR iRacing Pro Series ↓

The 2019 eNASCAR PEAK Antifreeze iRacing Series was the 10th season of the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series. It was the last season sponsored by PEAK Antifreeze, the title sponsor for the series from 2014 to 2019, and the first season using eNASCAR branding. The season started with an exhibition race at Daytona International Speedway on February 5 and concluded at Homestead Miami Speedway on October 8. Drivers competed for a then-record prize package of $116,000 (USD), a more than 500% increase from the previous year, with $40,000 going to the series champion and individual race payouts being added for the first time.

Teams and Drivers

Professional teams were introduced to represent the drivers for the first time in series history instead of their traditional iRacing teams. The Driver Draft was held on February 1, 2019, featuring the first 12 teams to join the series officially; Burton Kligerman Esports, Clint Bowyer Racing, FlipSid3 Tactics, G2 Esports, Joe Gibbs Racing, JR Motorsports, JTG Daugherty Racing, Renegades, Richmond Raceway eSports, Roush Fenway Racing, Williams Esports, and Wood Brothers Racing. The draft was split into 2 rounds with 12 picks available per round. The team that won the first pick in round 1 would be given the last pick in round 2. Ray Alfalla was selected first overall by Wood Brothers Racing. 8 of the 16 drivers who were not selected in the Driver Draft were selected by teams that joined later in the season. Mode Motorsports joined after round 2, LETARTE eSports and Team Dillon Esports joined after round 3, and Jim Beaver eSports joined after round 10. The remaining 8 drivers ran the entire season without a team affiliation. Blake Reynolds, who finished 25th in the 2018 standings, prequalified for the series by winning the 2018-19 NASCAR iRacing Pro Series championship.

Professional Teams

Manufacturer	Team	Driver
		Number	Name	Draft		Starts
				Round	Pick
Chevrolet	G2 Esports	62	Keegan Leahy	1	4	18
		68	Jarl Teien	2	9	18
	JR Motorsports	8	Michael Conti	1	3	18
		88	Brad Davies	2	10	18
	JTG Daugherty Racing	37	Christian Challiner	2	5	18
		47	Nick Ottinger	1	8	17
	LETARTE eSports	4	Nathan Lyon R	-	-	15
		36	Chris Shearburn	-	-	14
	Team Dillon Esports	30	Blake Reynolds	-	-	15
		33	Benjamin Nelson R	-	-	15
Ford	Clint Bowyer Racing	14	Nickolas Shelton	1	9	18
		79	Casey Kirwan	2	4	18
	Jim Beaver eSports	15	Michael Guariglia R	-	-	8
		51	Eric J. Smith R	-	-	8
	Mode Motorsports	24	Cody Byus	-	-	14
		75	Phil Diaz	-	-	16
	Roush Fenway Racing	6	Zack Novak	1	10	18
		17	Michael Guest	2	3	18
	Renegades	27	Corey Vincent	1	12	18
		28	Garrett Lowe R	2	1	18
	Wood Brothers Racing	16	Ray Alfalla	1	1	18
		21	Chris Overland	2	12	17
Toyota	Burton Kligerman Esports	77	Ashton Crowder R	2	6	18
		99	Logan Clampitt	1	7	16
	FlipSid3 Tactics	53	Ryan Michael Luza	1	2	17
		63	Timmy Hill	2	11	17
	Joe Gibbs Racing	18	Bobby Zalenski	1	5	18
		20	Jake Nichols R	2	8	18
	Richmond Raceway eSports	46	Jimmy Mullis	1	11	18
		90	Malik Ray R	2	2	17
	Williams Esports	5	Matt Bussa	1	6	17
		55	Brian Schoenburg	2	7	18

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

Unaffiliated Drivers

Manufacturer	Driver
	Number	Name	Starts
Chevrolet	2	Caine Cook R	16
	3	Michael Guariglia R	10
	7	Ryan Lowe	3
	24	Cody Byus	2
	30	Logan Kress R	17
	36	Chris Shearburn	3
	42	Dylan Duval	18
	48	Benjamin Nelson R	3
	51	Eric J. Smith R	10
	74	Taylor Hurst	16
	80	Brandon Hayse Kettelle	18
	83	Adam Benefiel R	18
Ford	1	Blake Reynolds	3
	9	Phillip Diaz	2
	19	Casey Tucker	18

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

Schedule

The 2019 schedule was released on December 18, 2018. Two All-Star races were added to the schedule at Iowa Speedway and Rockingham Speedway and were broadcast on special Thursday night editions of NASCAR America on NBCSN, the first live television broadcasts of sim races in the United States. Kansas Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway returned to being regular season races and were replaced by Darlington Raceway and Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the Round of 8 which was reduced from 4 races to 3 for the first time. Homestead Miami Speedway was the site of the championship race for a 9th straight season and was hosted on a Thursday night to facilitate a live NBCSN broadcast.

Round	Track	Length	Date
	Daytona International Speedway	50 Laps	February 5, 2019
Regular Season
1	Daytona International Speedway	100 Laps	February 12, 2019
2	Las Vegas Motor Speedway	134 Laps	February 26, 2019
3	Auto Club Speedway	100 Laps	March 12, 2019
4	Texas Motor Speedway	167 Laps	March 26, 2019
5	Richmond Raceway	200 Laps	April 9, 2019
6	Talladega Superspeedway	94 Laps	April 23, 2019
7	Kansas Speedway	134 Laps	May 7, 2019
8	Charlotte Motor Speedway	200 Laps	May 21, 2019
9	Sonoma Raceway	55 Laps	June 11, 2019
10	Chicagoland Speedway	134 Laps	June 25, 2019
11	Kentucky Speedway	134 Laps	July 9, 2019
12	Pocono Raceway	80 Laps	July 23, 2019
	Iowa Speedway	70 Laps	July 25, 2019
13	Michigan International Speedway	100 Laps	August 6, 2019
14	Bristol Motor Speedway	250 Laps	August 20, 2019
Playoffs - Round of 8
15	Darlington Raceway	183 Laps	August 27, 2019
	Rockingham Speedway	90 Laps	August 29, 2019
16	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	80 Laps	September 10, 2019
17	Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval	65 Laps	September 24, 2019
Playoffs - Championship 4
18	Homestead Miami Speedway	140 Laps	October 10, 2019

Prize Package

The total prize package of $116,000 (USD) was comprised of $100,000 in driver winnings ($83,800 in season standings and $16,200 in race winnings), $12,000 in draft bonuses, and $4,000 in bonus iRacing credits that were divided evenly amongst all 40 drivers ($100 per driver) for qualifying for the series. Driver weekly winnings were increased to $1,000 for 1st, $500 for 2nd, and $250 for 3rd in the Round 1 race at Daytona International Speedway.

Driver Season Pos. Earnings Pos. Earnings Pos. Earnings 1 $40,000 11 $1,250 21 $500 2 $12,000 12 $1,000 22 $450 3 $6,000 13 $900 23 $400 4 $3,000 14 $850 24 $350 5 $2,750 15 $800 25 $300 6 $2,500 16 $750 7 $2,250 17 $700 8 $2,000 18 $650 9 $1,750 19 $600 10 $1,500 20 $550

Driver Weekly Pos. Earnings 1 $500 2 $250 3 $100

Driver Qualification Pos. Earnings 1-40 $100

Results and Standings

Race Results

Round	Track	Pole position	Most laps led	Race Winner		Broadcast
				Driver	Team
	Daytona International Speedway	Chris Overland		Taylor Hurst	Unaffiliated
Regular Season
1	Daytona International Speedway	Chris Overland	Keegan Leahy	Zack Novak	Roush Fenway Racing
2	Las Vegas Motor Speedway	Brad Davies	Ryan Michael Luza	Ryan Michael Luza	FlipSid3 Tactics
3	Auto Club Speedway	Michael Conti	Corey Vincent	Eric J. Smith R	Unaffiliated
4	Texas Motor Speedway	Michael Conti	Ryan Michael Luza	Ryan Michael Luza	FlipSid3 Tactics
5	Richmond Raceway	Ryan Michael Luza	Ryan Michael Luza	Ryan Michael Luza	FlipSid3 Tactics
6	Talladega Superspeedway	Bobby Zalenski	Chris Overland	Nick Ottinger	JTG Daugherty Racing
7	Kansas Speedway	Keegan Leahy	Zack Novak	Zack Novak	Roush Fenway Racing
8	Charlotte Motor Speedway	Chris Shearburn	Chris Shearburn	Keegan Leahy	G2 Esports
9	Sonoma Raceway	Bobby Zalenski	Bobby Zalenski	Bobby Zalenski	Joe Gibbs Racing
10	Chicagoland Speedway	Bobby Zalenski	Keegan Leahy	Keegan Leahy	G2 Esports
11	Kentucky Speedway	Bobby Zalenski	Bobby Zalenski	Zack Novak	Roush Fenway Racing
12	Pocono Raceway	Keegan Leahy	Zack Novak	Jimmy Mullis	Richmond Raceway eSports
	Iowa Speedway	Parker Kligerman N		Nick Ottinger	JTG Daugherty Racing
13	Michigan International Speedway	Keegan Leahy	Ray Alfalla	Garrett Lowe R	Renegades
14	Bristol Motor Speedway	Corey Vincent	Nathan Lyon R	Casey Kirwan	Clint Bowyer Racing
Playoffs - Round of 8
15	Darlington Raceway	Michael Conti	Keegan Leahy	Ashton Crowder R	Burton Kligerman Esports
	Rockingham Speedway	Ashton Crowder R		Zack Novak	Roush Fenway Racing
16	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Jimmy Mullis	Keegan Leahy	Corey Vincent	Renegades
17	Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval	Bobby Zalenski	Bobby Zalenski	Bobby Zalenski	Joe Gibbs Racing
Playoffs - Championship 4
18	Homestead Miami Speedway	Keegan Leahy	Keegan Leahy	Zack Novak	Roush Fenway Racing

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

N – Celebrity driver participating in non-points races only

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 lead: 1 point

Driver Standings

Pos. Driver DAY LAS CAL TEX RIC TAL KAN CLT SON CHI KTY POC MIS BRI DAR IND ROV HOM Pts. 1 Zack Novak 1 2 6 34 27 14 1* 33 13 13 1 35* 21 2 2 17 15 1 3044 2 Keegan Leahy 3* 5 2 2 3 34 29 1 4 1* 20 27 34 16 5* 3* 5 2* 3041 3 Bobby Zalenski 9 4 4 35 19 7 17 37 1* 3 7* 4 10 14 21 36 1* 4 3037 4 Blake Reynolds 28 21 13 12 2 6 3 2 9 9 5 24 3 4 24 2 9 9 3032 Payoffs - Championship 4 Pos. Driver DAY LAS CAL TEX RIC TAL KAN CLT SON CHI KTY POC MIS BRI DAR IND ROV HOM Pts. 5 Jimmy Mullis 2 9 9 9 14 13 35 28 8 16 2 1 33 11 26 26 6 3 2107 6 Ryan Michael Luza 6 1* 3 1* 1* 2 36 4 33 4 24 6 8 23 24 20 5 2103 7 Michael Conti 7 8 8 5 12 29 24 24 2 5 10 17 7 10 11 30 2 21 2100 8 Garrett Lowe R 10 16 17 4 35 3 2 6 17 7 12 5 1 32 20 8 11 35 2094 Payoffs - Round of 8 Pos. Driver DAY LAS CAL TEX RIC TAL KAN CLT SON CHI KTY POC MIS BRI DAR IND ROV HOM Pts. 9 Nick Ottinger 4 11 22 10 EX 1 5 36 3 6 6 22 29 7 13 21 3 20 485 10 Casey Kirwan 15 18 23 28 17 22 21 10 7 25 19 2 13 1 14 5 7 30 467 11 Corey Vincent 36 14 33* 3 24 18 39 32 10 2 9 8 4 36 7 1 16 6 447 12 Christian Challiner 5 10 35 37 11 25 16 11 6 11 4 34 16 12 16 33 8 15 433 13 Jake Nichols R 11 13 12 17 13 19 14 21 28 29 35 10 17 31 4 23 23 11 408 14 Jarl Teien 23 37 16 21 22 9 7 25 36 26 23 9 6 15 22 10 14 28 393 15 Logan Clampitt EX 3 14 32 5 28 12 5 5 37 11 29 EX 23 9 28 4 25 391 16 Brad Davies 8 33 38 14 7 4 15 12 11 17 13 40 32 19 30 22 12 32 385 17 Dylan Duval 25 39 24 27 21 10 18 15 16 14 27 21 11 25 27 7 21 8 384 18 Malik Ray R 14 40 15 22 10 12 10 31 8 18 3 23 17 39 11 31 12 381 19 Matt Bussa 16 7 5 13 8 33 27 30 39 35 EX 20 20 9 8 14 13 27 375 20 Phillip Diaz 17 17 36 29 6 20 19 29 12 24 25 30 19 24 12 12 18 17 374 21 Ray Alfalla 19 34 7 11 20 32 9 34 38 15 38 12 5* 6 36 15 33 7 372 22 Ashton Crowder R 22 12 19 36 38 40 13 18 14 12 29 39 18 8 1 32 10 14 367 22 Michael Guest 38 6 34 6 9 39 4 7 23 10 14 31 35 3 32 31 29 22 367 24 Michael Guariglia R 33 31 32 19 23 11 20 9 21 18 16 13 26 34 29 9 19 13 362 25 Chris Overland 13 29 37 18 16 30* 22 26 19 27 32 7 2 EX 6 16 30 18 355 26 Chris Shearburn 24 26 29 30 15 23 8 3* 18 26 28 9 21 35 25 22 10 349 27 Ryan Lowe 37 22 21 7 25 26 25 13 31 20 22 14 27 18 18 4 38 37 339 28 Benjamin W. Nelson R 27 19 20 15 32 38 34 23 35 32 8 26 15 33 3 19 17 34 310 28 Caine Cook R 21 27 10 38 27 32 14 24 30 15 16 12 13 15 29 24 310 30 Brian Schoenburg 12 38 27 20 4 16 11 22 34 22 31 19 14 22 37 39 36 29 307 31 Eric J. Smith R 20 24 1 33 34 31 40 EX 22 31 28 25 25 26 10 34 25 16 277 32 Taylor Hurst 31 32 26 EX 37 36 38 16 15 23 3 15 38 5 28 27 24 264 33 Adam Benefiel R 34 23 31 26 31 35 28 8 32 34 34 11 28 29 19 18 26 31 261 34 Casey Tucker 39 15 30 8 29 24 26 39 26 21 30 32 37 27 17 35 28 23 253 35 Nathan Lyon R 29 30 18 31 18 8 37 38 25 39 36 38 36 20* 25 13 27 33 240 36 Cody Byus 26 20 39 24 28 5 23 19 27 33 21 33 37 31 EX 32 19 239 37 Nickolas Shelton 35 28 11 16 36 37 6 20 20 28 37 23 31 28 34 38 37 38 238 38 Logan Kress R 32 25 25 23 30 21 30 35 30 19 33 18 30 35 33 20 26 234 39 Brandon Hayse Kettelle 30 36 40 25 26 17 33 17 29 36 17 36 24 38 38 6 35 36 225 40 Timmy Hill 18 35 28 39 33 15 31 27 37 38 39 37 22 30 40 37 34 160

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 2019 NASCAR iRacing Pro Series

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

Broadcasting

RaceSpot TV and NBC Sports were the broadcast homes of the series. The majority of races were broadcast across the RaceSpot TV and iRacing eSports Network channels on YouTube. The All-Star races at Iowa Speedway and Rockingham Speedway were exclusively shown live on NBCSN. The series finale at Homestead Miami Speedway had an NBCSN broadcast for United States viewers and a RaceSpot TV broadcast for international viewers.

RaceSpot TV	NBC Sports
Booth Announcers	Studio Hosts	In-Race Reporter	Booth Announcers
Evan Posocco Randy Chenowth Tim Terry Francisco Scaramuzza	Krista Voda Steve Letarte Jeff Burton AJ Allmendinger Parker Kligerman	Parker Kligerman	Evan Posocco Steve Letarte Parker Kligerman

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