2023 eNASCAR Contender iRacing Series

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2023 eCiS season
eNASCAR Contender iRacing Series
Season
Races 7
Start date October 10, 2023
End date November 28, 2023
Season champion
Vicente Salas

2022 2024

2024 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series 2023 eNASCAR Qualifying iRacing Series


The 2023 eNASCAR Contender iRacing Series was the middle rung of the year's eNASCAR Road to Pro Ladder. The top 22 drivers from the 2023 eNASCAR Qualifying iRacing Series competed against 18 of the bottom 20 drivers from the 2023 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series. At the conclusion of the series, the top 20 drivers in points were promoted to the 2024 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series.


Teams and Drivers

Team Manufacturer Driver
Number Name Starts
Altus Esports Chevrolet 57 Seth DeMerchant 7
Ford 77 Ryan Doucette 7
Toyota 11 Christopher M. Hill 7
Elite Performance Industries Chevrolet 47 James Holtzer R 6
Deadzone Racing Chevrolet 8 Kollin Keister 7
69 Collin Bowden 7
Ford 04 Darik Bourdeau 7
6 Timmy Holmes 7
Toyota 10 Kaden Honeycutt 7
27 Cody Byus 7
55 Vicente Salas 7
88 Kevin King 7
Legacy eSports Chevrolet 2 Ray Alfalla 7
32 Daniel Smallwood 7
41 Brian Mercurio 7
Toyota 66 Christopher Pfeffer 7
Lockdown Racing Chevrolet 5 Zack Novak 7
12 Jonathon Dulaney 7
74 Taylor Hurst 7
94 Agnel Philip R 7
Nexxus eSports Ford 9 Cayden Rush R 7
42 Dylan Ault 7
62 Anthony Burroughs 7
99 Quami Scott R 7
Norse Force Racing Chevrolet 13 Daniel Buttafuoco 7
17 Max R Brady R 7
39 Daniel Faulkingham 7
53 Brandon McKissic 7
76 Blaze Crawford 7
Ford 63 Logan Helton R 7
98 Eddie Kerner 6
Toyota 18 Matthew Zwack R 7
20 Wyatt Tinsley 7
31 Derek Justis 7
43 Femi Olatunbosun 7
58 Michael P Frisch R 7
Platinum Motorsports Toyota 44 Andrew Navarro 7
RYCO Performance Chevrolet 4 Ryan Luza 6
Ford 14 Joey Brown 2
Toyota 18 Briar LaPradd 7

R – First time participating in the eNASCAR Contender iRacing Series

Schedule

Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Richmond Raceway were added to the schedule in place of Auto Club Speedway and Nashville Superspeedway which had been on the schedule in each of the last 2 seasons. Texas Motor Speedway remained the site of the season finale.

Round Track Length Date
1 Las Vegas Motor Speedway 100 Laps October 10, 2023
2 Homestead Miami Speedway 100 Laps October 17, 2023
3 Phoenix Raceway 110 Laps October 24, 2023
4 Darlington Raceway 120 Laps October 31, 2023
5 Richmond Raceway 120 Laps November 7, 2023
6 Dover Motor Speedway 120 Laps November 14, 2023
7 Texas Motor Speedway 100 Laps November 28, 2023

Results and Standings

Race Results

Round Track Pole position Most laps led Race Winner Broadcast
Driver Team
1 Las Vegas Motor Speedway Kaden Honeycutt Kaden Honeycutt Kaden Honeycutt Deadzone Racing
2 Homestead Miami Speedway Vicente Salas Vicente Salas Vicente Salas Deadzone Racing
3 Phoenix Raceway Jonathon Dulaney Femi Olatunbosun Vicente Salas Deadzone Racing
4 Darlington Raceway Derek Justis Vicente Salas Vicente Salas Deadzone Racing
5 Richmond Raceway Dylan Ault Darik Bourdeau Darik Bourdeau Deadzone Racing
6 Dover Motor Speedway Cody Byus Agnel Philip R Zack Novak Lockdown Racing
7 Texas Motor Speedway Daniel Faulkingham Daniel Faulkingham Kaden Honeycutt 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 LAS HOM PHX DAR RIC DOV TEX Pts.
1 Vicente Salas 2 1* 1 1* (10) 7 7 215
2 Ryan Luza 3 2 2 6 2 5 202
3 Zack Novak 6 6 6 (37) 3 1 8 196
4 Kaden Honeycutt 1* 3 7 33 (39) 2 1 183
5 Taylor Hurst 7 7 5 8 20 17 (34) 158
6 Kollin Keister 13 16 10 18 4 (38) 6 155
7 Femi Olatunbosun 14 (33) 3* 20 7 29 3 146
8 Seth DeMerchant 18 13 (22) 2 16 15 13 145
9 Darik Bourdeau 23 22 9 5 1* (27) 25 141
9 Wyatt Tinsley 11 5 32 (32) 6 16 11 141
11 Daniel Faulkingham 4 10 27 10 (35) 33 2* 136
12 Dylan Ault (40) 15 4 25 5 35 4 134
13 Timmy Holmes 8 8 20 14 (29) 20 19 133
13 Jonathon Dulaney 15 9 8 23 9 25 (32) 133
15 Collin Bowden 34 11 13 7 8 (34) 18 131
16 Briar LaPradd 10 4 19 26 17 23 (26) 123
16 Ray Alfalla 20 21 21 (38) 12 3 22 123
18 Cody Byus 9 (36) 15 16 30 26 5 121
19 Matthew Zwack R 21 (24) 23 9 21 21 10 117
19 Quami Scott R 12 26 11 19 23 (30) 14 117
19 Ryan Doucette (38) 18 31 3 11 14 28 117
22 Derek Justis 29 (34) 18 12 22 18 9 114
23 Daniel Smallwood 33 12 14 (35) 13 6 33 111
24 Anhtony Burroughs 25 19 (28) 13 24 19 16 106
24 Agnel Philip R 22 (29) 25 15 26 4* 24 106
26 Max R Brady R 16 (31) 24 28 18 12 20 104
27 Michael P Frisch R 17 23 (33) 24 19 9 29 101
28 Brian Mercurio 19 20 12 (36) 28 32 12 99
28 Daniel Buttafuoco 30 30 37 4 14 10 35 99
30 Christopher M. Hill 5 35 30 17 25 13 (36) 97
31 Kevin King 26 27 16 11 17 (31) 21 94
32 Brandon McKissic 24 28 (35) 29 15 11 30 85
33 Blaze Crawford 31 14 29 22 32 (37) 15 79
34 Christopher Pfeffer 27 (39) 34 30 38 8 17 70
35 James Holtzer R 35 17 26 21 37 22 65
36 Logan Helton R 28 25 36 (39) 33 24 27 49
37 Andrew Navarro 39 32 (40) 27 36 36 23 32
38 Eddie Kerner 37 37 17 34 31 37 31
39 Cayden Rush R 32 38 (39) 31 34 28 31 30
40 Joey Brown 36 38 2
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 2024 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 the series and all races were broadcast across the iRacing and NASCAR channels on YouTube and Twitch. Rounds 2, 5, and 7 were covered in part during eNASCAR College iRacing Series broadcasts that were running in the same time slot.

iRacing eSports Network
Booth Announcers Additional Announcers

James Pike
Blake McCandless

Terry Radford

See Also

eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series
eNASCAR Qualifying iRacing Series