2022 eNASCAR Contender iRacing Series

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2022 eCiS season
eNASCAR Contender iRacing Series
Season
Races 7
Start date November 1, 2022
End date December 20, 2022
Season champion
Joey Brown

2021 2023

2023 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series 2022 eNASCAR Qualifying iRacing Series


The 2022 eNASCAR Contender iRacing Series was the middle rung of the year's eNASCAR Road to Pro Ladder. 25 of the top 26 drivers from the 2022 eNASCAR Qualifying iRacing Series competed against the 15 of the bottom 20 drivers from the 2022 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series. At the conclusion of the series, the top 22 drivers in points were promoted to the 2023 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series.


Teams and Drivers

Team Manufacturer Driver
Number Name Starts
Altus Esports Chevrolet 10 Tucker Minter 7
43 James Wenzel 7
99 Michael Cosey Jr. 7
Ford 4 Jordy Lopez 7
77 Ryan Doucette 7
Toyota 11 Christopher M. Hill 7
57 Seth DeMerchant 7
Deadzone Racing Chevrolet 8 Kollin Keister 7
Ford 04 Darik Bourdeau 7
1 Malik Ray 7
Toyota 21 Allen Boes 7
27 Cody Byus 7
Elliott Sadler eSports Chevrolet 36 Brenden Koehler 7
43 Dylan Ault 7
75 Blaze Crawford 7
Ford 7 Blade Whitt 6
eRacr Chevrolet 69 Collin Bowden 7
Legacy Esports Chevrolet 41 Brian Mercurio 7
53 Brandon McKissic 7
Ford 28 Casey Tucker 7
Toyota 30 Kaden Honeycutt 7
51 Ray Alfalla 7
66 Christopher Pfeffer 7
81 Kyle Meyers 2
96 Boyd Hoggan 7
LockDown Racing Chevrolet 12 Jonathon Dulaney 7
33 Taylor Hurst 7
88 Briar LaPradd 7
Norse Force Racing Chevrolet 13 Daniel Buttafuoco 7
39 Daniel Faulkingham 7
Toyota 20 Wyatt Tinsley 7
26 Tyler Garey 7
31 Derek Justis 7
95 Parker White 7
The TEAM Chevrolet 29 Kevin King 7
32 Daniel Smallwood 7
67 Timmy Holmes 7
Tranquility eSports Ford 6 Andrew Navarro 7
Victory1 Chevrolet 14 Joey Brown 7
Williams Esports Toyota 55 Vicente Salas 7

R – First time participating in the eNASCAR Contender iRacing Series

Schedule

The series schedule remained untouched from the 2021 season. Race lengths were reduced for all rounds, a change that was made at all rungs of the eNASCAR Road to Pro ladder that year. Texas Motor Speedway was the final race of the season for a second-straight year.

Round Track Length Date
1 Phoenix Raceway 110 Laps November 1, 2022
2 Homestead Miami Speedway 100 Laps November 8, 2022
3 Auto Club Speedway 60 Laps November 15, 2022
4 Nashville Superspeedway 100 Laps November 29, 2022
5 Dover Motor Speedway 120 Laps December 6, 2022
6 Darlington Raceway 120 Laps December 13, 2022
7 Texas Motor Speedway 100 Laps December 20, 2022

Results and Standings

Race Results

Round Track Pole position Most laps led Race Winner Broadcast
Driver Team
1 Phoenix Raceway Jordy Lopez Vicente Salas Vicente Salas Williams Esports
2 Homestead Miami Speedway Vicente Salas Vicente Salas Kollin Keister Norse Force Racing
3 Auto Club Speedway Vicente Salas Allen Boes Allen Boes Deadzone Racing
4 Nashville Superspeedway Parker White Joey Brown Joey Brown Victory1
5 Dover Motor Speedway Kollin Keister Kollin Keister Kollin Keister Deadzone Racing
6 Darlington Raceway Cody Byus Cody Byus Tucker Minter Altus Esports
7 Texas Motor Speedway Vicente Salas Cody Byus Cody Byus Deadzone Racing

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 Joey Brown 4 1 21 1* 2 2 (35) 199
2 Jordy Lopez 2 (39) 6 9 4 10 5 186
3 Allen Boes 12 12 1* 2 11 5 (36) 183
4 Cody Byus 8 17 10 7 (25) 6* 1* 177
4 Kollin Keister 15 5 5 17 1* (32) 6 177
6 Tucker Minter 3 28 3 (38) 3 1 12 176
7 Vicente Salas 1* 3* (39) 32 7 7 2 174
8 Kaden Honeycutt (21) 4 16 4 16 8 4 170
9 Wyatt Tinsley 7 10 13 6 17 (25) 19 150
9 Derek Justis (29) 6 28 5 12 11 10 150
11 Darik Bourdeau 5 7 9 3 34 (34) 24 140
11 Collin Bowden (40) 14 8 25 13 15 7 140
13 Parker White 17 8 2 (37) 19 4 34 138
13 Dylan Ault 13 13 7 (31) 6 20 25 138
15 Timmy Holmes 11 2 (38) 18 26 13 16 136
15 Tyler Garey 10 11 11 16 20 (22) 18 136
17 Ryan Doucette 6 19 23 19 (35) 3 20 132
18 Brandon McKissic (25) 22 12 15 9 23 11 130
19 Malik Ray (36) 18 4 34 5 21 15 125
19 Kevin King 26 16 14 10 (33) 17 14 125
21 Michael Cosey Jr. 23 17 (32) 8 18 9 13 124
22 Daniel Faulkingham 16 (33) 19 23 14 12 17 121
23 Daniel Buttafuoco 14 30 31 (33) 8 16 9 114
24 Casey Tucker 22 (34) 15 28 10 14 21 112
25 Briar LaPradd 18 21 17 21 15 19 (22) 111
26 Seth DeMerchant 9 24 22 24 (39) 37 3 104
27 Boyd Hoggan 19 (29) 18 26 24 18 26 91
28 Blaze Crawford (39) 25 20 12 23 29 23 90
29 Brian Mercurio 20 23 (37) 20 36 31 8 84
30 Andrew Navarro 24 9 34 14 (38) 30 32 79
31 Brenden John Koehler 34 20 33 11 (37) 36 28 60
32 Christopher Pfeffer 31 (35) 30 27 21 26 30 57
33 Blade Whitt 27 15 26 35 28 35 56
33 James Wenzel 35 36 (36) 13 22 33 27 56
35 Ray Alfalla 28 26 24 29 27 (39) 37 52
36 Christopher M. Hill 32 37 27 22 30 (38) 29 46
37 Taylor Hurst 33 38 25 (39) 29 27 31 41
38 Jonathon Dulaney 38 31 29 36 31 24 (38) 35
39 Daniel Smallwood (37) 32 35 30 32 28 33 32
40 Kyle Meyers 30 40 8
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 2023 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series

R – First time participating in the eNASCAR Contender iRacing Series

Broadcasting

The iRacing eSports Network was the exclusive broadcast home of Rounds 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 while Podium eSports broadcasted Round 2. Round 4 was covered as part of a split coverage broadcast featuring Round 4 of the Fall 2022 eNASCAR College iRacing Series running in the same time slot. All races were broadcast across the iRacing and NASCAR channels on YouTube and Twitch with iRacing eSports Network branding.

iRacing eSports Network
Booth Announcers Pit Reporters

James Pike
Kenneth Bueno
Joshua Lee
Devon Henry
Joe Peak
Blake McCandless
Taylor Burris

Justin Prince

See Also

eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series
eNASCAR Qualifying iRacing Series