eNASCAR College iRacing Series Race Preview: Visit Myrtle Beach 120 at Charlotte

The eNASCAR College iRacing Series returns to action on Thursday night for its second event of 2022 with a visit to Charlotte Motor Speedway for the Visit Myrtle Beach 120. The action kicks off at 8PM ET, with live streaming coverage as drivers battle in NASCAR Camping World Truck Series trucks for their share of $50,000 in scholarship money at eNASCAR.com/live.

The season opened in Daytona with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Colton Salek leading just one lap—the last one—to score the first checkered flag of the year in the Playfly Sports 60. Salek utilized a push from the University of Rhode Island’s Shawn Jencsik to pass Rutgers representative Daniel Buttafuoco in the third turn, and held off Jencsik’s charge to the checkers.

Once again, this week’s entry list features multiple drivers with eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series experience, headlined by that series’ most recent winner, Steven Wilson. The Stewart-Haas eSports driver will be representing the University of Iowa in this event, though, where he’ll be joined by 2021 championship runner-up Logan Clampitt (Saddleback CC) and former eNASCAR drivers Santiago Tirres (UNC-Charlotte) and Ryan Doucette (University of Southern Maine). Tirres and Wilson posted the top two qualifying times in this month’s Time Attack qualifier at 30.4615 and 30.4657 seconds, respectively. All told, 374 students from over 250 different colleges and universities have registered for their shot to compete in the series.

The full eNASCAR College iRacing Series entry list for the Visit Myrtle Beach 120 at Charlotte, sorted by car number, is as follows:

No.

Name

School

Time

00Blake BottomsStanly Community College30.5404
1Reece BahamAuburn University30.551
3Hagan JohnsonClemson University30.5388
3John HallMassachusetts Maritime Academy30.5498
4Christopher ShellaVanderbilt University30.5327
5Matt KempSiena Heights University30.5142
7Anthony KeyesUniversity of Toronto Scarborough30.5599
8Connor ShongLansing Community College30.5533
9Colton SalekEmbry Riddle Aeronautical University30.5135
10Steven WilsonUniversity of Iowa30.4657
12Francisco VillarrealUniversity of Texas Rio Grande Valley30.5704
13Daniel ButtafuocoRutgers University30.5297
14Connor OkrzesikUniversity of Colorado Boulder30.4896
15Derrick JenningsGrand Canyon University30.5509
16Chris FritzUniversity of Delaware30.5698
17Santiago TirresUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte30.4615
22Alex KolonicsSUNY Rockland Community College30.5284
23Oumar DialloUniversity of Wisconsin – Milwaukee30.5457
24Aidan DoyleGrand Valley State30.5586
29Michael CauseyUniversity of Mississippi30.5369
33Brett SuggsHigh Point University30.5498
51Tyler GlassPurdue University30.5595
52Jack CoyneRensselaer Polytechnic Institute30.5393
53Brandon MckissicFlorida Atlantic University30.5244
55Wyatt HarveyButler University30.5563
57Alex HalinarBinghamton University30.5702
65Coleson PhelpsIowa State University30.5539
66Thomas TwomeyUniversity of Virginia30.5403
71Nick RobinsonEast Carolina University30.5593
77Ryan DoucetteUniversity of Southern Maine30.5361
79Austin FarrUniversity of Tennessee30.5359
80Kristina RyanOhio University Lancaster30.5503
85Trey NormileNorthern Arizona University30.5656
90Andre CastroUniversity of Chicago30.5544
91Dallas FruehUniversity of Northwestern Ohio30.5652
92Liam SheenUniversity of Wisconsin – Stevens Point30.4797
94Nicholas ShortFolsom Lake College30.551
95Will FarmerMiddlesex County College30.5098
97Logan ClampittSaddleback Community College30.4995
99Mario MerendaOklahoma University30.5461

 

The eNASCAR College iRacing Series powered by NACE Starleague is supported by SCW, Coca-Cola, Playseat, and Logitech G. For more information on the series and how to qualify, visit www.cslesports.com/enascar. For more information on iRacing and for special offers, visit www.iRacing.com.