Ottinger Scores Second Straight eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series Win at Dover

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The last time the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series visited Dover Motor Speedway, William Byron eSports driver Nick Ottinger scored the victory on the way to his first series title. After Tuesday night, 39 other drivers are hoping that isn’t an omen.

Ottinger scored his second straight win, both in the 2022 season and at “The Monster Mile,” with an impressive performance on Tuesday night. After surviving a flurry of late-race restarts, including a spectacular jump on Team Dillon Esports’ Corey Vincent going into eNASCAR Overtime, he continued a dominant early season that has either seen him start or finish first in all but one race in the first year of the Next Gen car.

Ottinger and fellow former series champion Michael Conti of JR Motorsports led a vast majority of the action, with each spending more than 50 laps up front, but Conti would be trapped a lap down briefly after a yellow flag came out just after he pit from the lead. Things wouldn’t work out much better in the long run for Joe Gibbs Racing’s Bobby Zalenski, who took it from him at that point; Zalenski would be the centerpiece of the final caution, dropping him from a certain top five to a disappointing 29th.

Instead, Stewart-Haas eSports’ Steven Wilson would jump to third at the finish, with Daytona winner Femi Olatunbosun of Clint Bowyer Racing in fourth and 2019 series champion Zack Novak of Rise eSports completing the top five. Despite eight cautions for 31 laps, amplified by Dover’s tight quarters that often sent wrecking drivers back up the track and into harm’s way, 25 of the 40 starters still managed to earn lead-lap finishes.

eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series results from Dover Motor Speedway were as follows:

Fin.

St.

No.

Name

Team

Laps

Interval

Led

Best

Pts

1125Nick OttingerWilliam Byron eSports12205622.49740
2123Corey VincentTeam Dillon Esports122-0.4022.48835
3510Steven WilsonStewart Haas Racing122-0.524022.50734
41079Femi OlatunbosunClint Bowyer Racing122-0.621022.50433
5165Zack NovakRise eSports122-0.729022.4832
6275Matt BussaMode Motorsports122-1.13022.65131
7741Dylan DuvalStewart Haas Racing122-1.244022.67630
8633Taylor HurstTeam Dillon Esports122-1.255022.72729
92295Casey KirwanXSET122-1.319022.69628
102615Blake ReynoldsJim Beaver eSports122-1.427022.70327
11209Michael GuestJim Beaver eSports122-1.619022.79626
122321Garrett LoweWood Brothers Racing122-1.68022.73925
131120Donovan StraussWilliams eSports122-1.772022.71124
141855Allen BoesSpace Station Gaming122-2.156022.85223
15326Parker RetzlaffRoush Fenway Keselowski122-2.321022.81822
163442Darik BourdeaueRacr122-2.395022.78421
1798Michael ContiJR Motorsports122-2.4755322.59820
183136Brian MercurioLetarte Esports122-2.568022.82219
192419Vicente SalasWilliams eSports122-2.792022.78218
204017Kaden HoneycuttRoush Fenway Keselowski122-2.871022.76917
212731Garrett ManesElliot Sadler eSports122-3.08022.75116
22197Malik RayiRacing Motorsports122-3.116322.89515
23302Liam BrothertonElliot Sadler eSports122-3.12022.81314
243648Graham A. BowlinCharlotte Phoenix122-4.791022.74513
251751Ray AlfallaJoe Gibbs Racing122-6.686022.87512
262569Collin BowdeneRacr121-1L022.91411
271524Cody ByusMode Motorsports120Disqualified022.92110
283545Keegan Leahy23XI120Disqualified022.9059
29818Bobby ZalenskiJoe Gibbs Racing120Disqualified1022.5438
302916Blade WhittWood Brothers Racing117-5L022.8017
311323Mitchell deJong23XI114-8L022.6556
323912Derek JustisiRacing Motorsports112-10L022.9165
33446Jimmy MullisRise eSports112-10L022.6024
342840Dylan AultLetarte Esports110-12L022.943
351488Briar LaPraddJR Motorsports106-16L022.8112
36214Ryan LuzaXSET84-38L022.9241
373714Nickolas SheltonClint Bowyer Racing28DNF022.881
383343Kollin KeisterCharlotte Phoenix22-100L022.8991
39397Logan ClampittWilliam Byron eSports21DNF022.8651
403854Kyle PeddleSpace Station Gaming13DNF022.9991

 

eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series points after six rounds are as follows:

  1. Nick Ottinger, 192
  2. Steven Wilson, 184
  3. Femi Olatunbosun, 168
  4. Matt Bussa, 158
  5. Graham Bowlin, 153
  6. Blake Reynolds, 153
  7. Casey Kirwan, 144
  8. Corey Vincent, 140
  9. Taylor Hurst, 138
  10. Michael Conti, 137

The eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series season continues in two weeks’ time at Kansas Speedway, the halfway point of the 14-race regular season. Broadcast coverage begins on Tuesday, May 10 at 8:30PM ET with Countdown to Green before the 9PM ET green flag, and can be seen at enascar.com/live.

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