2023 eNASCAR Contender iRacing Series

2023 eNCiS season

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

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← 2022

2024 →

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↑ 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 20 drivers from the 2023 eNASCAR Qualifying iRacing Series competed against 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

(R) – Denotes first time participating in the eNASCAR Contender iRacing Series

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

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 was the final race of the season for a 3rd-straight year.

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 14, 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

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

( ) – Drop week not counted toward season standings

. – Promoted to 2024 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series

(R) – Denotes first time participating in the eNASCAR Contender iRacing Series

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

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