2026 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Championship Series

2026 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Championship Series
Tournament information
SporteNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series
LocationRegular Season & Playoffs: Online
Championship: Charlotte, North Carolina, US
DatesMay 19–October 13
AdministratoreNASCAR
iRacing
VenueNASCAR Hall of Fame
Defending championsSteven Wilson (driver)
Spire Motorsports (team)
Purse$511,000 USD[1]

The 2026 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Championship Series is an ongoing iRacing sim racing esports competition for NASCAR and the 17th season of the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series. It will be the fifth season to have its season finale at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, North Carolina. Spire Motorsports and driver Steven Wilson enter the season as defending teams' and drivers' champions respectively.

Background

iRacing is an online sim racing video game developed and published by iRacing Studios in 2008. In 2010, iRacing and NASCAR formed a partnership to host what is now the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series.[2] 2026 is Coca-Cola's seventh season as the title sponsor of the series.[3]

Qualification

A new qualification procedure was introduced for the 2026 season. Instead of a year-long season of the Qualifying Series, the series has been shortened and will now use all three National series (Cup, O'Reilly, and Trucks) cars. The top 30 in series points, as well as the top two finishers in the eNASCAR College iRacing Series will enter free agency with the top 20 finishers from the 2025 season. The Qualifying Series season started on February 10 and ended on April 28.[4][5]

Entries

Icon Status
 C  Past champion
 R  Eligible for Rookie of the Year
 RY  Rookie of the Year
Manufacturer Team No. Driver Round(s)
Chevrolet Apex Racing Team 16 Ryan Doucette All
98 Cody Byus All
BS+COMPETITION 89 Jordy Lopez All
99 Garrett Lowe All
ERA eSports Team 22 Bobby Zalenski All
34 Michael Cosey Jr. All
Hyak Motorsports 47 Dylan Ault All
50 Quentin Warman All
JR Motorsports 8 Zack Novak  C  All
88 Malik Ray All
Kansas City Pioneers 20 Wyatt Tinsley All
24 Casey Kirwan  C  All
Letarte Esports 36 Thomas Lloyd  R  All
40 Connor Yeroschak All
Rick Ware Racing 51 Garrett Manes All
55 Daniel Faulkingham All
Spire Motorsports 7 Femi Olatunboson All
77 Steven Wilson  C  All
Team Dillon Esports 3 Blaze Crawford All
33 Kenny Brady  R  All
William Byron eSports 25 Christopher Hill All
97 Tucker Minter All
Williams F1 Team Gaming 4 Donovan Strauss All
95 Parker White  C  All
Ford Jim Beaver eSports 5 Nate Stewart All
15 Kollin Keister 1–8
Matthew Zwack 9[6]
RFK Racing 6 Dylan Basen  R  All
17 Shawn Conklin  R  All
Toyota Channel 199 Sim Racing 2 Blake Reynolds All
199 Dylan Duval All
eRacr 42 Logan Helton  R  All
69 Seth Noell  R  All
fgrACCEL eRacing 12 Ryan Luza  C  All
14 Seth DeMerchant All
Kanaan Esports 11 Vicente Salas All
66 Sebastian Marin  R  All
TC Esports 35 Matthew Morton  R  All
73 Jake Nichols All
Vegas Inferno 01 Tommy Gossett  R  All
21 Michael Guest All
Source:[7]

Calendar

The schedule for the 2026 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Championship Series was released on February 9.[4][8] The regular season is split into three segments with the highest points finisher in each segment receiving five playoff points and $3,000 USD.[1] On June 2, iRacing announced that the Qualcomm Circuit would be replacing Iowa Speedway as the third race of the season, with Iowa Speedway taking the place of Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.[9]

 O  Oval track
 S  Street course

No Track Date Setup Format Laps
Regular season
Segment 1
1  O  Charlotte Motor Speedway May 19 Open Standard 160
2  O  EchoPark Speedway June 2 Open Standard 100
3  S  Qualcomm Circuit June 16 Open Sprint 10/20
Segment 2
4  O  Dover Motor Speedway June 23 Open Standard 120
5  O  Iowa Speedway July 7 Fixed Heats 30/30/90
6  O  Indianapolis Motor Speedway July 14 Open Standard 60
Segment 3
7  O  Nashville Superspeedway July 28 Open Standard 100
8  O  Richmond Raceway August 4 Open Heats 25/25/70
9  O  Daytona International Speedway August 18 Open Standard 80
Playoffs
10  O  Michigan International Speedway September 1 Open Standard 70
11  O  Texas Motor Speedway September 15 Open Standard 100
12  O  Kansas Speedway September 22 Open Standard 100
Championship
13  O  Homestead-Miami Speedway October 13 Open Standard 100
Source:[4][10]

Results

No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Winning team Ref(s)
Regular season
1 Charlotte Motor Speedway Bobby Zalenski Bobby Zalenski Bobby Zalenski ERA eSports Team [11][12]
2 EchoPark Speedway Vicente Salas Garrett Manes Steven Wilson Spire Motorsports [9]
3 Qualcomm Circuit Bobby Zalenski Bobby Zalenski Bobby Zalenski ERA eSports Team [13]
4 Dover Motor Speedway Quentin Warman Bobby Zalenski Steven Wilson Spire Motorsports [14]
5 Iowa Speedway Sebastian Marin Garrett Lowe Garrett Lowe BS+COMPETITION [15][16]
6 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Parker White Parker White Parker White Williams F1 Team Gaming [17]
7 Nashville Superspeedway Casey Kirwan Dylan Basen Bobby Zalenski ERA eSports Team [18]
8 Richmond Raceway Vicente Salas Vicente Salas Vicente Salas Kanaan Esports [19]
9 Daytona International Speedway Malik Ray Steven Wilson Garrett Manes Rick Ware Racing [20]
Playoffs
10 Michigan International Speedway
11 Texas Motor Speedway
12 Kansas Speedway
Championship
13 Homestead-Miami Speedway

Points standings

Scoring system

Position12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940
Feature 4035343332313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543211111
Heat 10987654321
Sprint 87654321
Source:[1]

Drivers' championship

(Key) Bold – Pole position. Italics – Most laps led. 1–10 – Heat finish position. 1–8 – Sprint qualifying position.

. – Advanced to Championship round . – Relegated to 2027 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Qualifying Series . – Reserve driver

Pos. Driver CLT ATL COR DOV IOW IND NSS RCH DAY MCH TXS KAN HOM Pts.
1 Bobby Zalenski 1 22 17 31 318 28 1 1810 9 2015
= Steven Wilson 3 1 25 1 35 23 29 35 19 2015
3 Parker White 38 17 92 22 93 1 8 42 4 2010
= Garrett Lowe 12 35 12 9 11 17 17 288 39 2010
5 Vicente Salas 11 6 2 10 45 34 22 11 33 2005
6 Tucker Minter 4 33 41 3 267 2 4 57 16 2000
= Casey Kirwan 25 19 53 24 23 3 2 16 12 2000
= Connor Yeroschak 9 3 38 4 810 7 26 64 10 2000
= Shawn Conklin  R  15 14 23 8 107 15 3 155 6 2000
= Wyatt Tinsley 5 16 18 7 13 14 11 22 18 2000
Playoffs cut-off
Pos. Driver CLT ATL COR DOV IOW IND NSS RCH DAY MCH TXS KAN HOM Pts.
11 Zack Novak 13 5 8 27 224 35 13 76 8 207
12 Quentin Warman 17 39 15 36 5 4 12 21 25 193
13 Jordy Lopez 33 30 16 5 73 22 7 96 32 185
= Donovan Strauss 6 13 19 33 122 13 32 12 17 185
15 Christopher Hill 2 11 29 14 37 5 21 14 22 179
16 Daniel Faulkingham 30 2 10 16 35 36 16 184 7 178
17 Femi Olatunbosun 16 20 26 2 19 12 6 31 28 172
18 Matthew Morton  R  23 18 24 17 152 18 18 11 27 171
19 Dylan Duval 18 31 74 6 11 38 23 83 38 170
20 Seth DeMerchant 7 10 22 38 28 21 5 397 21 157
21 Sebastian Marin  R  14 23 256 25 21 25 40 179 30 151
22 Thomas Lloyd  R  35 7 36 20 17 9 24 29 13 143
23 Kenny Brady  R  28 8 31 21 27 16 19 19 23 141
24 Garrett Manes 40 27 40 28 14 19 20 2110 1 134
25 Blaze Crawford 36 15 34 37 32 8 9 25 5 133
26 Blake Reynolds 10 12 17 40 29 33 35 27 3 131
27 Malik Ray 19 4 39 29 258 6 38 30 20 130
28 Michael Cosey Jr. 8 25 30 11 3310 31 34 20 15 127
29 Jake Nichols 26 26 28 34 24 11 28 329 2 123
30 Cody Byus 27 9 20 23 18 24 27 34 34 116
31 Dylan Basen  R  24 37 11 12 346 26 33 23 29 110
32 Nate Stewart 21 32 14 15 36 30 31 36 11 107
33 Seth Noell  R  31 28 27 35 16 39 14 133 36 105
34 Ryan Luza 20 27 68 39 39 29 25 332 26 104
35 Dylan Ault 39 36 13 13 40 10 39 40 14 103
36 Michael Guest 32 40 33 18 31 20 10 248 35 97
37 Ryan Doucette 37 24 32 32 214 27 30 35 24 78
38 Tommy Gossett  R  29 21 21 26 20 40 37 37 31 77
39 Kollin Keister 22 34 37 19 66 37 36 26 75
40 Logan Helton  R  34 38 35 30 30 32 15 38 37 49
41 Matthew Zwack 40 1
Source:[21]
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver Finished 2nd–5th
Bronze Finished 6th–10th
Green Finished 11th–20th
Dark Blue Finished 21st or worse
Purple Did not finish (DNF)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Brown Withdrew (Wth)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did Not Start (DNS)
Race abandoned (C)
Blank Did not participate

Teams' championship

Pos. Team Pts.
1 Spire Motorsports 445
2 Williams F1 Team Gaming 436
3 William Byron eSports 431
4 Kansas City Pioneers 421
5 Kanaan Esports 380
6 Letarte Esports 375
7 BS+COMPETITION 368
8 RFK Racing 344
9 JR Motorsports 337
10 ERA eSports Team 331
11 Rick Ware Racing 312
12 Channel 199 Sim Racing 301
13 Hyak Motorsports 296
14 TC Esports 294
15 Team Dillon Esports 274
16 fgrACCEL eRacing 261
17 Apex Racing Team 194
= Jim Beaver Esports 194
19 Vegas Inferno 174
20 eRacr 154
Source:[21]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "2026 Season Official Rules" (PDF). iRacing. Retrieved April 14, 2026.
  2. ↑ P, David (February 10, 2010). "An Online Racing Dream Come True". iRacing. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
  3. ↑ Nicholson, Jonno (February 5, 2020). "Coca-Cola named entitlement sponsor of eNASCAR iRacing Series". Esports Insider. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 Fudge, James (February 11, 2026). "eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series 2026 Season Detailed". The Esports Advocate. Retrieved April 14, 2026.
  5. ↑ Nicholson, Jonno (February 10, 2026). "eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series returns with $500,000 prize pool". Esports Insider. Retrieved April 14, 2026.
  6. ↑ @MJZwack_ (August 18, 2026). "Filling in for @JBeavereSports at @ENASCARGG Daytona tonight" (Tweet). Retrieved August 18, 2026 – via X (formerly Twitter).
  7. ↑ Melillo, Justin (May 15, 2026). "2026 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Championship Series begins May 19th; 40 drivers signed in Free Agency". iRacing. Retrieved May 25, 2026.
  8. ↑ Leone, Chris (February 9, 2026). "eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series Readies for Refreshed 2026 Season". iRacing. Retrieved April 14, 2026.
  9. 1 2 Melillo, Justin (June 3, 2026). "Steven Wilson takes sole possession of fourth on All-Time eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Championship Series wins list with No. 18 at EchoPark". iRacing. Retrieved June 3, 2026.
  10. ↑ "2026 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series Media Guide | Series History Book" (PDF). iRacing. p. 3. Retrieved July 10, 2026.
  11. ↑ Melillo, Justin (May 20, 2026). "Bobby Zalenski claims 19th career eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Championship Series win in Coca-Cola 160 at Charlotte". iRacing. Retrieved May 25, 2026.
  12. ↑ Owens, Daniel (May 20, 2026). "Bobby Zalenski Wins Wild eNASCAR Coca-Cola 160 at Charlotte to Open 2026 Season". Sports Gamers Online. Retrieved May 25, 2026.
  13. ↑ Melillo, Justin (June 17, 2026). "Bobby Zalenski earns inaugural eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Championship Series victory at Naval Base Coronado". iRacing. Retrieved June 18, 2026.
  14. ↑ Melillo, Justin (June 24, 2026). "Steven Wilson adds 19th career eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Championship Series win at Dover". iRacing. Retrieved June 24, 2026.
  15. ↑ Melillo, Justin (July 8, 2026). "Garrett Lowe returns to eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Championship Series victory lane at Iowa". iRacing. Retrieved July 8, 2026.
  16. ↑ Bebeau, Cameron (July 7, 2026). "Lowe Earns 6th Career eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series Victory at Iowa". Kickin' the Tires. Retrieved July 9, 2026.
  17. ↑ Melillo, Justin (July 15, 2026). "Parker White dominates, scores eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Championship Series win in Indianapolis". iRacing. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
  18. ↑ Melillo, Justin. "Bobby Zalenski bags 21st career eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Championship Series victory at Nashville". iRacing. Retrieved July 29, 2026.
  19. ↑ Melillo, Justin. "Vicente Salas returns to eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Championship Series winner's circle at Richmond". iRacing. Retrieved August 7, 2026.
  20. ↑ Melillo, Justin. "Garrett Manes breaks through for elusive eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Championship Series victory at Daytona". iRacing. Retrieved August 19, 2026.
  21. 1 2 "2026 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series Standings". iRacing. Retrieved May 25, 2026.
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