2021 eNASCAR Contender iRacing Series

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2021 eCiS season
eNASCAR Contender iRacing Series
ENASCAR Contender.png
Season
Races 7
Start date November 2, 2021
End date December 21, 2021
Season champion
Us.png Kollin Keister

2020 2022

2022 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series 2021 eNASCAR Qualifying iRacing Series


The 2021 eNASCAR Contender iRacing Series was the middle rung of the year's newly rebranded eNASCAR Road to Pro Ladder. The top 23 drivers from the 2021 eNASCAR Qualifying iRacing Series competed against 17 of the bottom 21 drivers from the 2021 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series. At the conclusion of the series, the top 20 drivers in points were promoted to the 2022 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series.


Teams and Drivers

Team Manufacturer Driver
Number Name Starts
Charge Racing Ford 98 Us.png Ashton Crowder 7
Deadzone Racing Chevrolet 21 Us.png Allen Boes 7
27 Us.png Cody Byus 7
Ford 1 Us.png Malik Ray 7
4 Ca.png Darik Bourdeau 7
14 Us.png Justin Bolton 5
Toyota 18 Us.png Femi Olatunbosun 7
54 Ca.png Kyle Peddle 7
66 Us.png Blake Reynolds 7
Elliott Sadler eSports Chevrolet 19 Us.png Liam Brotherton 7
Independant Ford 52 Us.png Jake Matheson 6
JR Motorsports Chevrolet 88 Us.png Brad Davies 3
Kligerman Sport Chevrolet 15 Us.png Blake McCandless 6
62 Us.png Anthony Burroughs 7
Legacy Esports Chevrolet 10 Us.png Kaden Honeycutt 7
Ford 6 Us.png Garrett Lowe 7
24 Us.png Jake Nichols 7
28 Us.png Casey Tucker 7
Toyota 42 Us.png Parker Retzlaff 7
Letarte Esports Chevrolet 36 Us.png Chris Shearburn 6
LockDown Racing Chevrolet 74 Us.png Taylor Hurst 7
Ford 35 Us.png Briar LaPradd 7
Logitech G Altus Esports Chevrolet 23 Us.png Christian Pedersen 6
99 Us.png Michael Cosey Jr. 7
Ford 1 Us.png Jordy Lopez 7
Toyota 57 Us.png Seth DeMerchant 7
Lowline Racing Chevrolet 40 Us.png Dylan Ault 7
Ford 7 Us.png Blade Whitt 7
Toyota 41 Us.png Brian Mercurio 7
Nexxus eSports Chevrolet 53 Us.png Brandon McKissic 7
Ford 77 Us.png Ryan Doucette 7
Norse Force Racing Chevrolet 5 Us.png Nickolas Shelton 7
8 Us.png Kollin Keister 7
17 Us.png Santiago Tirres 6
55 Us.png Brian Schoenburg 3
Toyota 31 Us.png Derek Justis 7
44 Us.png Zack Nichols 6
Spacestation Racing Ford 46 Us.png Collin Bowden 7
51 Us.png Donovan Strauss 7
The TEAM Ford 90 Us.png Daniel E Eberhardt 7

R – First time participating in the eNASCAR Contender iRacing Series

Schedule

The series schedule was expanded from 6 races in 2020 to 7 races in 2021. Daytona International Speedway was removed from the schedule entirely in favor of Phoenix Raceway becoming the first race of the season. Homestead Miami Speedway was moved from its traditional spot as the season finale to Round 2 and Texas Motor Speedway became the final race.

Round Track Length Date
1 Us.png Phoenix Raceway 200 Laps November 2, 2021
2 Us.png Homestead Miami Speedway 134 Laps November 9, 2021
3 Us.png Auto Club Speedway 100 Laps November 16, 2021
4 Us.png Nashville Superspeedway 167 Laps November 30, 2021
5 Us.png Dover International Speedway 140 Laps December 7, 2021
6 Us.png Darlington Raceway 140 Laps December 14, 2021
7 Us.png Texas Motor Speedway 134 Laps December 21, 2021

Results and Standings

Race Results

Round Track Pole position Most laps led Race Winner Broadcast
Driver Team
1 Us.png Phoenix Raceway Us.png Nickolas Shelton Us.png Nickolas Shelton Us.png Parker Retzlaff Legacy Esports YoutubeButton.png
2 Us.png Homestead Miami Speedway Us.png Parker Retzlaff Us.png Kaden Honeycutt Us.png Kollin Keister Norse Force Racing YoutubeButton.png
3 Us.png Auto Club Speedway Ca.png Kyle Peddle Us.png Donovan Strauss Us.png Donovan Strauss Spacestation Racing YoutubeButton.png
4 Us.png Nashville Superspeedway Us.png Donovan Strauss Us.png Donovan Strauss Us.png Donovan Strauss Spacestation Racing YoutubeButton.png
5 Us.png Dover International Speedway Us.png Cody Byus Us.png Santiago Tirres Us.png Dylan Ault Lowline Racing YoutubeButton.png
6 Us.png Darlington Raceway Us.png Dylan Ault Us.png Dylan Ault Us.png Dylan Ault Lowline Racing YoutubeButton.png
7 Us.png Texas Motor Speedway Us.png Parker Retzlaff Us.png Garrett Lowe Us.png Garrett Lowe Legacy Esports YoutubeButton.png

R – First time participating in the eNASCAR Contender 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 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17
Position 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th 37th 38th 39th 40th
Points 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1

Driver Standings

Only the best six results counted towards each driver's championship total; discarded results are displayed within parentheses.

Pos. Driver PHX HOM FON NAS DOV DAR TEX Pts.
1 Us.png Kollin Keister 4 1 7 7 2 3 (31) 202
2 Us.png Donovan Strauss (34) 3 1* 1* 4 20 2 199
3 Us.png Dylan Ault 6 8 (35) 12 1 1* 10 192
4 Us.png Kaden Honeycutt 3 6* 11 2 (34) 4 16 180
5 Us.png Blake Reynolds 5 (19) 2 5 6 18 9 177
6 Us.png Parker Retzlaff 1 4 31 13 7 (31) 4 166
7 Us.png Cody Byus 9 2 10 (32) 12 21 5 163
8 Us.png Garrett Lowe 2 23 5 26 (37) 11 1* 158
9 Us.png Briar LaPradd 20 9 16 3 17 2 (29) 155
10 Ca.png Kyle Peddle (38) 7 8 4 5 28 17 153
11 Us.png Femi Olatunbosun 7 18 3 8 29 (30) 7 150
12 Us.png Allen Boes (36) 5 4 31 24 8 6 144
13 Us.png Taylor Hurst 8 13 14 (28) 16 15 15 141
14 Us.png Nickolas Shelton 12* 16 19 23 (30) 7 8 137
15 Us.png Collin Bowden (30) 12 13 21 14 12 18 132
16 Ca.png Darik Bourdeau 11 17 21 10 9 25 (30) 129
17 Us.png Brian Mercurio (31) 25 12 15 13 17 12 128
18 Us.png Blade Whitt (39) 32 9 9 15 6 24 127
19 Us.png Derek Justis 21 (29) 20 17 11 19 13 121
20 Us.png Malik Ray 15 11 18 16 22 22 (23) 118
20 Us.png Liam Brotherton 28 (28) 23 19 3 9 22 118
22 Us.png Jake Nichols 23 20 6 (30) 18 24 14 117
23 Us.png Anthony Burroughs 19 22 27 25 (28) 10 3 116
24 Us.png Jordy Lopez (35) 14 28 6 21 16 21 116
25 Us.png Chris Shearburn 13 36 14 19 13 19 108
26 Us.png Brandon McKissic 18 26 15 27 (35) 26 11 99
27 Us.png Santiago Tirres 29 10 22 34 26* 14 87
28 Us.png Michael Cosey Jr. (37) 30 29 20 8 27 26 82
29 Us.png Blake McCandless 26 15 39 11 20 34 80
30 Us.png Zack Nichols 14 24 17 24 32 36 75
31 Us.png Justin Bolton 10 27 37 10 29 73
32 Us.png Ryan Doucette 17 21 (36) 33 23 35 27 66
33 Us.png Casey Tucker 22 35 (38) 22 25 33 20 65
34 Us.png Seth DeMerchant 32 (37) 33 18 27 23 32 57
35 Us.png Ashton Crowder 33 (38) 34 37 36 5 25 53
36 Us.png Christian Pedersen 27 33 26 29 38 28 43
36 Us.png Daniel E Eberhardt 24 31 25 (36) 33 32 34 43
38 Us.png Jake Matheson 16 34 32 35 31 33 41
39 Us.png Brian Schoenburg 25 40 30 20
40 Us.png Brad Davies 39 24 38 14
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

. – Promoted to 2022 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series

R – First time participating in the eNASCAR Contender iRacing Series

Broadcasting

Podium eSports was the exclusive broadcast home of the series and all races were broadcast across the iRacing and NASCAR channels on YouTube and Twitch using iRacing eSports Network branding. Rounds 5 and 7 featured a special guest driver analyst in the booth.

Podium eSports
Booth Announcers Driver Analysts Pit Reporters

Us.png James Pike
Us.png Joshua Lee
Ca.png Justin Prince
Us.png Devon Henry

Ca.png Keegan Leahy

Ca.png Justin Prince

See Also

eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series
eNASCAR Qualifying iRacing Series