2023 eNASCAR Qualifying iRacing Series

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2023 eQiS season
eNASCAR Qualifying iRacing Series
Season
Races 15
Start date February 16, 2023
End date September 28, 2023
Season champion
Daniel Buttafuoco
← 2022 2024 →
↑ 2023 eNASCAR Contender iRacing Series


The 2023 eNASCAR Qualifying iRacing Series was the entry rung of the year's eNASCAR Road to Pro Ladder. iRacing members with an Oval-A license (or Oval-B license with a 4.0 Safety Rating) competed in multiple splits ranked by iRating through the 8-race Round 1. The top 70 drivers from Round 1 advanced to Round 2. In the 7-race Round 2, the field was split into 2 races each week with snake splits ranked by iRating determining the fields. At the conclusion of Round 2, the top 22 drivers in points were promoted to the 2023 eNASCAR Contender iRacing Series.


Schedule

The 2023 schedule was released on February 15, 2023. In Round 1, Texas Motor Speedway replaced Richmond Raceway after serving as the Round 2 final race last season, and Darlington Raceway replaced Kansas Speedway compared to the 2022 schedule. In Round 2, Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park and Michigan International Speedway swapped dates on the calendar, while The Milwaukee Mile replaced Darlington which had hosted Round 5 in 2022 and Homestead Miami Speedway was chosen to host the final race for the first time in the eNASCAR era.

Round 1

Round Track Length Date
1 Daytona International Speedway 80 Laps February 16, 2023
2 Las Vegas Motor Speedway 100 Laps March 2, 2023
3 Atlanta Motor Speedway 100 Laps March 16, 2023
4 Texas Motor Speedway 100 Laps March 30, 2023
5 Bristol Motor Speedway 175 Laps April 13, 2023
6 Dover Motor Speedway 120 Laps April 27, 2023
7 Darlington Raceway 120 Laps May 11, 2023
8 Charlotte Motor Speedway 100 Laps May 25, 2023

Round 2

Round Track Length Date
1 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 45 Laps July 6, 2023
2 Pocono Raceway 60 Laps July 20, 2023
3 Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park 120 Laps August 3, 2023
4 Michigan International Speedway 70 Laps August 17, 2023
5 The Milwaukee Mile 100 Laps August 31, 2023
6 Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt 110 Laps September 14, 2023
7 Homestead Miami Speedway 100 Laps September 28, 2023

Round 2 Results and Standings

Race Results

Round Track Split Pole position Most laps led Race Winner Broadcast
Driver Team
1 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 1 Spencer Kostewicz Spencer Kostewicz Daniel Buttafuoco Norse Force Racing
2 Taylor Hurst Taylor Hurst Taylor Hurst LockDown Racing
2 Pocono Raceway 1 Taylor Hurst Taylor Hurst Andrew Navarro Tranquility eSports
2 Agnel Philip Briar LaPradd Briar LaPradd RYCO Performance
3 Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park 1 Anthony Burroughs Anthony Burroughs Andrew Navarro Tranquility eSports
2 Christopher Pfeffer Christopher Pfeffer Christopher Pfeffer Legacy Esports
4 Michigan International Speedway 1 Agnel Philip Daniel Buttafuoco Daniel Buttafuoco Norse Force Racing
2 Logan Helton Blaze Crawford Blaze Crawford Norse Force Racing
5 The Milwaukee Mile 1 Taylor Hurst Taylor Hurst Taylor Hurst LockDown Racing
2 Spencer Kostewicz Spencer Kostewicz Spencer Kostewicz RYCO Performance
6 Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt 1 James Holtzer James Holtzer Seth DeMerchant Altus Esports
2 Jake Nichols Michael P Frisch Michael P Frisch Norse Force Racing
7 Homestead Miami Speedway 1 Taylor Hurst Daniel Buttafuoco Daniel Buttafuoco Norse Force Racing
2 Daniel Smallwood Eddie Kerner Eddie Kerner Norse Force Racing

R – First time participating in Round 2 of the eNASCAR Qualifying 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 MID POC IRP MIS MIL BRI HOM Pts.
1 Daniel Buttafuoco 1 2 (4) 1* 3 3 1* 223
2 Taylor Hurst 1* 3* 2 17 1* (20) 8 198
3 Brian Mercurio 2 7 7 3 (9) 7 4 192
4 Seth DeMerchant 10 (28) 9 6 4 1 6 190
5 Michael P Frisch 11 5 (15) 7 14 1* 3 185
5 Andrew Navarro 10 1 1 12 19 (28) 2 185
7 Anthony Burroughs 5 14 6* 6 3 5 (15) 183
7 Briar LaPradd 7 1* 2 (28) 11 8 14 183
9 Blaze Crawford 16 (24) 7 1* 10 3 10 179
9 Cayden Rush 18 3 11 2 (25) 2 7 179
11 Matthew Zwack (13) 9 12 4 7 6 6 178
11 Max R Brady (30) 4 14 2 11 11 2 178
13 Christopher Pfeffer 9 12 1* 13 (18) 9 8 174
14 Daniel Smallwood 6 (30) 9 3 2 24 5 173
15 Jonathon Dulaney 15 (19) 5 5 5 10 11 171
16 Logan Helton 3 4 8 15 (19) 12 10 170
17 Ray Alfalla (25) 5 6 9 20 9 4 169
18 James Holtzer (29) 15 4 7 6 13* 9 168
19 Quami Scott 8 6 15 10 (18) 7 9 167
20 Eddie Kerner 6 (22) 21 5 7 22 1* 164
20 Agnel Philip 3 19 3 (27) 5 23 5 164
22 Christopher M. Hill (20) 10 5 4 16 6 18 163
23 Brad Wright 16 18 10 (18) 2 8 7 161
23 Zack Nichols 17 (30) 17 14 8 2 3 161
25 Spencer Kostewicz 2* (27) 21 21 1* 12 13 156
26 Jackson Crowder 19 21 3 (30) 6 11 11 151
27 Michael Venable 9 8 20 (25) 9 16 12 148
28 Cody A. Harris 4 13 18 (23) 22 4 16 145
29 Cole Hooper 11 9 (30) 10 21 18 17 136
30 Phillip Groner (25) 14 24 11 13 15 12 133
30 Noah Bitz 12 (32) 29 8 10 5 25 133
32 Johnny Avila 23 2 19 13 13 21 (24) 131
32 James Wenzel 14 6 13 (28) 12 27 19 131
34 Timmy L Pacchioli 20 12 23 (31) 12 13 14 128
34 Boyd Hoggan (33) 21 13 29 4 10 17 128
36 Jake Nichols 13 16 12 18 17 19 (21) 127
36 Kevin Champagne (26) 17 14 8 24 14 18 127
38 Jack Coyne 8 16 22 16 25 15 120
39 Matt Kemp (32) 17 19 19 16 17 15 119
40 Brendan T Hmiel 28 8 (28) 12 21 16 20 117
40 Kyler Wynn 7 10 16 15 20 117
42 Austin G Johnson 12 20 27 8 25 16 114
43 James R Houghton 19 13 18 14 28 21 109
44 Kenny Brady 5 11 20 4 108
45 Tanner Love (32) 15 16 17 23 26 20 105
45 Kenny Humpe 4 20 24 20 31 18 105
47 Yousuf Ghaly 28 11 20 9 24 29 101
48 Brandon Pipgrass 23 18 17 24 (28) 24 25 91
49 Tommy Gossett 18 28 26 11 30 (30) 19 90
50 Thomas Hazard 31 (31) 10 26 30 17 22 86
51 Blake Near 25 11 31 14 23 81
51 Hunter O Johnson 30 31 22 14 15 29 81
53 Matthew Bare (31) 27 28 23 17 23 26 78
53 Alex Kolonics 22 32 (33) 24 22 21 23 78
55 Treyten Lapcevich 21 35 8 15 31 75
56 Jesse Kaplan 22 22 32 19 28 25 74
57 Ryan A. Hill (33) 26 26 25 27 19 26 73
58 John Jenkins 26 33 30 22 29 13 69
59 Brandon Hanna 27 7 25 22 67
60 Spencer E Burns 34 26 27 20 27 22 66
61 Mitchell Hunt 14 23 31 27 26 64
62 Luke Knupp 24 24 31 16 27 63
63 Dominik Lukomski 15 23 25 26 59
64 Chris Wetz 27 34 34 26 22 24 55
65 Dalton Collins 29 29 23 26 27 51
66 Charles Grant Jr. 21 25 32 21 49
67 Hunter Geoghegan 24 33 23 30 29 46
68 Daniel Eberhardt III 17 29 28
69 Joseph Causey 29 33 29 20
70 Kyle Peddle 34 3
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 2023 eNASCAR Contender iRacing Series

R – First time participating in Round 2 of the eNASCAR Qualifying iRacing Series

Broadcasting

FTF.gg covered the Split 1 races while FTN Broadcasting and LSRTV teamed up to cover the Split 2 races all season long on their respective YouTube channels.

FTF.gg FTN/LSRTV
Pre-Race Hosts Booth Announcers

James Pike
Caleb Hoffman
Joshua Mendoza

Terry Radford
Jason Rockafellow
Daniel Faulkingham

See Also

eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series
eNASCAR Contender iRacing Series

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