Keegan Leahy Opens eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series With Win at Daytona

Denny Hamlin Racing’s Keegan Leahy became the 11th different winner in the history of the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series at Daytona International Speedway on Tuesday night, completing 100 caution-free laps in the season opener as the first driver across the finish line. The Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada native and 2019 season runner-up edged out William Byron eSports’ Nick Ottinger by just four one-thousandths of a second.

Tuesday’s event was a night of firsts: a new series title sponsor in Coca-Cola, new teams from Hamlin, Byron, and Kyle Larson (among others), and a newly expanded prize pool that totals more than $300,000 this season. Leahy staked the first claim to a share of that, earning $1,500 for the Daytona victory, with Ottinger securing $1,000 and polesitter Bobby Zalenski of Virtual Racing School earning $500.

Despite the expanded prize pool, the race improbably went caution-free, with relatively few moments where drivers had to worry about wrecking. The biggest came in the later stages of the race when the lead pack reached Clint Bowyer Racing’s Brian Schoenburg, diving down and making it four wide to pass the lapped car. The move hurt the handful of drivers that had been camping out in the high line, but contact between Schoenburg and Wood Brothers Racing’s Chris Overland didn’t lead to a major wreck.

But superspeedway racing has a way of causing trouble, and while the field made it through Turn 4 clean, contact heading into the tri-oval sent the field wrecking across the finish line. Most of the top 10 made it through clean, but a majority of the field crossed the finish line out of control—including series rookie Graham Bowlin, whose Joe Gibbs Racing car flipped dramatically.

Full results from eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series action at Daytona International Speedway were as follows:

Fin.

St.

No.

Name

Manufacturer

Laps

Led

Interval

Best Lap

Pts

1732Keegan LeahyToyota1002544.82945
21225Nick OttingerChevrolet1005-0.00444.56740
3183Bobby ZalenskiChevrolet1007-0.05744.80639
41999Logan ClampittToyota1000-0.06044.45937
5837Christian ChallinerChevrolet1003-0.11244.80637
62597John GorlinskyChevrolet1000-0.12544.50435
7102Ray AlfallaChevrolet1000-0.16644.30334
8577Ashton CrowderToyota1000-0.26644.82733
92914Brandon KettelleFord1001-0.27444.24433
102053Ryan Michael LuzaFord1000-0.34044.48131
113518Graham A. BowlinToyota1009-0.38744.47131
121188Brad DaviesChevrolet1000-0.38844.70229
131833Michael GuestChevrolet1001-0.40644.54129
143717Kollin KeisterFord1001-0.40944.43728
15436Chris ShearburnChevrolet10018-0.43044.57627
162247Jeremy R AllenChevrolet1000-0.45044.50125
17246Jimmy MullisToyota1000-0.46044.58724
18627Corey VincentFord1002-0.48244.45824
19269Eric J. SmithFord1000-0.48844.33522
20390Zack NovakToyota1005-0.52044.49822
21173Blake ReynoldsChevrolet1000-0.54344.32620
223623Casey KirwanToyota1000-0.57244.45719
23276Nathan LyonFord1000-0.61544.53818
24218Michael ContiChevrolet1000-0.64544.41817
253121Garrett LoweFord1000-0.65744.64316
261654Alex McCollumChevrolet1000-0.71144.41115
271516Chris OverlandFord1009-0.71944.38515
283015Michael GuarigliaFord1000-0.79144.44113
291424Jake NicholsFord1000-0.79844.38812
302410Justin BoltonFord1002-0.81444.41212
312366Jarl TeienChevrolet1000-0.85344.31510
323475Phillip DiazFord1000-1.03844.4149
3395Matt BussaFord1000-1.13944.4608
34284Santiago TirresChevrolet1000-1.40544.4077
353942Bob BryantChevrolet1000-19.40344.6806
36381Steve SheehanChevrolet1000-19.41044.4895
373351Malik RayToyota10012-19.81644.4145
381379Brian SchoenburgFord990-1 L44.9153
393241Dylan DuvalFord990-1 L44.7702
404055Caine CookFord990-1 L44.9121

 

The eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series season continues on February 25 at Auto Club Speedway. The race can be streamed live at 9PM ET/6PM PT on eNASCAR.com/live and iracing.com/live. For more information on iRacing and for special offers, visit www.iracing.com.