Tuesday night represents our first chance to see the stars of the 2020 eNASCAR iRacing World Championship in action, as this year’s 40-car field lines up at Daytona International Speedway for the non-points Clash. 50 laps are on the docket as a number of new teams make their first start, while drivers feel out their superspeedway setups in preparation for next week’s season opener at Daytona.
Last year’s Championship Four are back, but three of them (Zack Novak, Keegan Leahy, and Bobby Zalenski) will all be with new teams for 2020 after winter free agency reshaped the driver roster. All told, while only nine of this year’s drivers weren’t in the field last year, just under half of the 2019 driver-team combinations have returned intact for the new season. That’s in part due to a number of new additions to the team roster, including Denny Hamlin Racing, William Byron eSports, KLR eSports, and Stewart-Haas Gaming.
This year’s eNASCAR iRacing World Championship driver roster is as follows:
No. | Driver | Home | Team |
| 1 | Steve Sheehan | Huntersville, NC | KLR eSports |
| 2 | Ray Alfalla | Cape Coral, FL | Virtual Racing School |
| 3 | Blake Reynolds | Houston, TX | Team Dillon Esports |
| 4 | Santiago Tirres | Hickory, NC | Letarte eSports |
| 5 | Matt Bussa | Naperville, IL | Williams Esports |
| 6 | Nathan Lyon | St. Louis, MO | Roush Fenway Racing |
| 8 | Michael Conti | Charlotte, NC | JR Motorsports |
| 9 | Eric Smith | Charlotte, NC | Jim Beaver eSports |
| 10 | Justin Bolton | Greensburg, PA | Stewart-Haas eSports |
| 14 | Brandon Kettelle | Alva, FL | Clint Bowyer Racing |
| 15 | Michael Guariglia | Siler City, NC | Jim Beaver eSports |
| 16 | Chris Overland | San Antonio, TX | Wood Brothers Gaming |
| 17 | Kollin Keister | Frostburg, MD | Roush Fenway Racing |
| 18 | Graham Bowlin | Houston, TX | Gibbs Gaming |
| 21 | Garrett Lowe | Gastonia, NC | Wood Brothers Gaming |
| 23 | Casey Kirwan | Matthews, NC | Denny Hamlin Racing |
| 24 | Jake Nichols | Stella, NC | Mode Motorsports |
| 25 | Nick Ottinger | Claremont, NC | William Byron eSports |
| 27 | Corey Vincent | Louisville, KY | Renegades |
| 32 | Keegan Leahy | Halifax, NS | Denny Hamlin Racing |
| 33 | Michael Guest | Brownsburg, IN | Team Dillon Esports |
| 36 | Chris Shearburn | Springfield, IL | Letarte eSports |
| 37 | Christian Challiner | Stoke-on-Trent, GBR | JTG Daugherty Racing |
| 41 | Dylan Duval | Halifax, NS | Stewart-Haas eSports |
| 42 | Bob Bryant | Biloxi, MS | KLR eSports |
| 46 | Jimmy Mullis | Midland, NC | Richmond Raceway eSports |
| 47 | Jeremy Allen | Indianapolis, IN | JTG Daugherty Racing |
| 51 | Malik Ray | Greer, SC | Gibbs Gaming |
| 53 | Ryan Luza | Cypress, TX | Williams Esports |
| 54 | Alex McCollum | Phillipsburg, NJ | G2 Esports |
| 55 | Caine Cook | Blue Springs, MO | Renegades |
| 66 | Jarl Teien | Tonsberg, NOR | G2 Esports |
| 75 | Phillip Diaz | Brandon, FL | Mode Motorsports |
| 77 | Ashton Crowder | Charlotte, NC | Burton Kligerman eSports |
| 79 | Brian Schoenburg | Moorpark, CA | Clint Bowyer Racing |
| 83 | Bobby Zalenski | Fresno, CA | Virtual Racing School |
| 88 | Brad Davies | Charlotte, NC | JR Motorsports |
| 90 | Zack Novak | Clinton, CT | Richmond Raceway eSports |
| 97 | John Gorlinsky | Charlotte, NC | William Byron eSports |
| 99 | Logan Clampitt | Trabuco Canyon, CA | Burton Kligerman eSports |
Novak and John Gorlinsky were last year’s superspeedway race winners at Daytona and Talladega, as they’ll make their respective race debuts for Richmond Raceway eSports and William Byron eSports on Tuesday. Nine eNASCAR drivers qualified for Sunday’s Podium 500, with Ottinger and Blake Reynolds running in the top five at the finish.
The non-points eNASCAR iRacing World Championship Clash at Daytona International Speedway will kick off on Tuesday night at 9PM ET/6PM PT. The first points race of the season at Daytona will run on Tuesday, February 11.
