2023 eNASCAR Contender iRacing Series

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2023 eNCiS season
eNASCAR Contender iRacing Series
ENASCAR Contender.png
Season
Races 7
Start date October 10, 2023
End date November 28, 2023
Season champion
Us.png Vicente Salas

2022 2024


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 – 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 Us.png Las Vegas Motor Speedway 100 Laps October 10, 2023
2 Us.png Homestead Miami Speedway 100 Laps October 17, 2023
3 Us.png Phoenix Raceway 110 Laps October 14, 2023
4 Us.png Darlington Raceway 120 Laps October 31, 2023
5 Us.png Richmond Raceway 120 Laps November 7, 2023
6 Us.png Dover Motor Speedway 120 Laps November 14, 2023
7 Us.png Texas Motor Speedway 100 Laps November 28, 2023

Results and Standings

Race Results

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 Us.png Vicente Salas 2 1* 1 1* (10) 7 7 215
2 Us.png Ryan Luza 3 2 2 6 2 5 202
3 Us.png Zack Novak 6 6 6 (37) 3 1 8 196
4 Us.png Kaden Honeycutt 1* 3 7 33 (39) 2 1 183
5 Us.png Taylor Hurst 7 7 5 8 20 17 (34) 158
6 Us.png Kollin Keister 13 16 10 18 4 (38) 6 155
7 Us.png Femi Olatunbosun 14 (33) 3* 20 7 29 3 146
8 Us.png Seth DeMerchant 18 13 (22) 2 16 15 13 145
9 Ca.png Darik Bourdeau 23 22 9 5 1* (27) 25 141
9 Us.png Wyatt Tinsley 11 5 32 (32) 6 16 11 141
11 Us.png Daniel Faulkingham 4 10 27 10 (35) 33 2* 136
12 Us.png Dylan Ault (40) 15 4 25 5 35 4 134
13 Us.png Timmy Holmes 8 8 20 14 (29) 20 19 133
13 Us.png Jonathon Dulaney 15 9 8 23 9 25 (32) 133
15 Us.png Collin Bowden 34 11 13 7 8 (34) 18 131
16 Us.png Briar LaPradd 10 4 19 26 17 23 (26) 123
16 Us.png Ray Alfalla 20 21 21 (38) 12 3 22 123
18 Us.png Cody Byus 9 (36) 15 16 30 26 5 121
19 Us.png Matthew Zwack R 21 (24) 23 9 21 21 10 117
19 Us.png Quami Scott R 12 26 11 19 23 (30) 14 117
19 Us.png Ryan Doucette (38) 18 31 3 11 14 28 117
22 Us.png Derek Justis 29 (34) 18 12 22 18 9 114
23 Us.png Daniel Smallwood 33 12 14 (35) 13 6 33 111
24 Us.png Anhtony Burroughs 25 19 (28) 13 24 19 16 106
24 Us.png Agnel Philip R 22 (29) 25 15 26 4* 24 106
26 Us.png Max R. Brady R 16 (31) 24 28 18 12 20 104
27 Us.png Michael P. Frisch R 17 23 (33) 24 19 9 29 101
28 Us.png Brian Mercurio 19 20 12 (36) 28 32 12 99
28 Us.png Daniel Buttafuoco 30 30 37 4 14 10 35 99
30 Us.png Christopher M. Hill 5 35 30 17 25 13 (36) 97
31 Us.png Kevin King 26 27 16 11 17 (31) 21 94
32 Us.png Brandon McKissic 24 28 (35) 29 15 11 30 85
33 Us.png Blaze Crawford 31 14 29 22 32 (37) 15 79
34 Us.png Christopher Pfeffer 27 (39) 34 30 38 8 17 70
35 Us.png James Holtzer R 35 17 26 21 37 22 65
36 Us.png Logan Helton R 28 25 36 (39) 33 24 27 49
37 Us.png Andrew Navarro 39 32 (40) 27 36 36 23 32
38 Us.png Eddie Kerner 37 37 17 34 31 37 31
39 Us.png Cayden Rush R 32 38 (39) 31 34 28 31 30
40 Us.png 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

Us.png James Pike
Us.png Blake McCandless

Us.png Terry Radford

See Also

eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series
eNASCAR Qualifying iRacing Series