It’s been over a year since Logan Clampitt last visited victory lane in the eNASCAR College iRacing Series powered by NACE Starleague. On Tuesday night at Nashville Superspeedway, Clampitt finally put Cal State Fullerton on top in dominant fashion. The defending series champion, who won three races last season while attending Saddleback College, was a threat to win in the previous seven races of the season, but just didn’t have things fall his way until the final race of the regular season, leading 63 of 90 laps en route to victory.
“Finally, a race went my way this year,” Clampitt said post-race. “To sit there, for 30, 40 laps, just sitting there, waiting for a caution… it never did, thankfully, and I got the job done.”
The only other driver to lead any laps was the pole sitter, UNC at Charlotte’s Garrett Lowe, a winner last month at Talladega. Clampitt started third behind the front row of Lowe and Detroit Mercy’s Andy Trupiano. All the way in 36th, Iowa’s Steven Wilson, the defending Nashville Superspeedway winner, would have a long drive to get in contention.
An early caution on Lap 2 reshuffled the field. Wilson was able to escape without injury, but both Reece Baham (Auburn) and Jack Coyne (Rensselaer Poly) would call it a night early on. Lowe took the field back to the restart, with other players such as Daniel Faulkingham (Maine at Machias), Matthew Zwack (Michigan), and Mario Merenda (Oklahoma) all still in striking distance.
On Lap 28, Clampitt took control from Lowe. The two battled fiercely, crossing over and leaning on one another, both knowing the clean air would be a huge advantage. Clampitt had managed the tires just a little more than Lowe, and began to drive away. Wilson, meanwhile, was still moving up through the field, managing to get to sixth before the second caution flew on Lap 37.
The break allowed for the entire field to come in for the only service they’d need to make it to the end. There were no special strategies or unexpected issues, and Clampitt returned to the lead for the ensuing restart with Lowe alongside.
Another quick caution right after the restart saw Zwack and Merenda come together in Turn 2, before Merenda and Hopkinsville CC’s Nate Stewart collided on the backstretch. Zwack and Stewart both continued on, but the impressive Merenda collected enough damage to take him out of the equation.
On the final restart, Clampitt pulled away once more as Faulkingham and Lowe played buffer in front of Wilson. The 2023 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series champion powered through and made his way up into the runner-up spot, but Clampitt’s lead was too great to overcome. With no cautions to the end, Clampitt was victorious.
eNASCAR College iRacing Series results from Nashville Superspeedway were as follows:
Fin.
St.
No.
Name
School
Laps
Interval
Led
Best
1
3
44
Logan Clampitt
Cal State Fullerton
90
0
63
30.169
2
36
10
Steven Wilson
Iowa
90
-3.517
0
30.278
3
1
49
Garrett Lowe
UNC at Charlotte
90
-3.734
27
30.247
4
4
54
Daniel Faulkingham
Maine at Machias
90
-4.433
0
30.268
5
7
40
Dylan Ault
Sacramento State
90
-4.569
0
30.294
6
11
75
Jose Solis Jr
Manchester CC
90
-4.969
0
30.329
7
10
79
Austin Farr
Liberty University
90
-5.108
0
30.316
8
9
31
Matthew L Morton
Ohio State Newark
90
-5.501
0
30.304
9
5
18
Matthew Zwack
Michigan
90
-6.239
0
30.299
10
25
62
Anthony Burroughs
St. Charles CC
90
-6.325
0
30.287
11
22
77
Ryan Doucette
Southern Maine
90
-6.388
0
30.37
12
2
34
Andy Trupiano
Detroit Mercy
90
-6.596
0
30.353
13
37
30
Daniel Nanney
Ball State
90
-6.911
0
30.252
14
17
24
Christian Charbonneau
Dallas Baptist
90
-7.016
0
30.369
15
38
22
Joe M Armstrong
Reynolds CC
90
-7.736
0
30.369
16
24
23
Chris H. Bryant
Methodist
90
-8.072
0
30.254
17
14
11
John Forbes Jr
Saddleback
90
-8.79
0
30.359
18
34
48
Alexander Heider
St Johns River
90
-9.217
0
30.331
19
30
17
Sean Peleg
Michigan
90
-9.589
0
30.294
20
31
72
Jeremy O. Burns
Longwood
90
-9.824
0
30.404
21
28
2
Aaron Mulrooney Jr
Kent State
90
-10.115
0
30.366
22
27
26
Jonathan W Evans
Western Connecticut
90
-10.423
0
30.372
23
32
00
Kealoha Hankins
UNC at Charlotte
90
-10.691
0
30.417
24
23
25
Jack A Clemons
Virginia Tech
90
-10.862
0
30.35
25
39
27
Elliot White
Maryland
90
-11.026
0
30.381
26
21
42
Garrett Viton
Arizona State
90
-11.905
0
30.426
27
20
5
Brandon Shulenberger
Wingate
90
-12.472
0
30.505
28
26
4
Nate S Stewart
Hopkinsville CC
90
-12.586
0
30.379
29
35
65
Chris A Fritz
Delaware
90
-13.071
0
30.442
30
33
13
C.L. Smith
Auburn
90
-13.65
0
30.489
31
8
28
Kaleb Bryan
Missouri S&T
90
-18.184
0
30.552
32
13
86
Zach Sprouse
George Mason
90
-18.587
0
30.392
33
19
51
Arron Brown
Eastern Shore CC
89
-1 L
0
31.043
34
6
99
Mario Merenda
Oklahoma
78
-12 L
0
30.356
35
29
3
Elias Tollefson
Eastern Oregon
61
-29 L
0
30.502
36
15
7
James Scioly
Eastern Washington
26
-64 L
0
31.435
37
16
21
Layne Graves
Wichita State
21
-69 L
0
30.903
38
12
52
Jack Coyne
Rensselaer Poly.
3
-87 L
0
39
18
1
Reece Baham
Auburn
2
-88 L
0
Factoring four drop weeks into the eight-race season, Daniel Faulkingham takes the Regular Season title ahead of Steven Wilson by four points. Clampitt jumps to third, while Garrett Lowe and Austin Farr (Liberty University) round out the top five.
eNASCAR College iRacing Series standings through Round 8 are as follows:
Pos.
Name
School
Points
1
Daniel Faulkingham
Maine at Machias
149
2
Steven Wilson
Iowa
145
3
Logan Clampitt
Cal State Fullerton
143
4
Garrett Lowe
UNC at Charlotte
143
5
Austin Farr
Liberty University
129
6
Jose Solis Jr
Manchester CC
125
7
Nate S Stewart
Hopkinsville CC
119
8
Matthew L Morton
Ohio State Newark
115
9
Matthew Zwack
Michigan
112
10
John Forbes Jr
Saddleback
112
11
Anthony Burroughs
St. Charles CC
111
12
Elliot White
Maryland
110
13
Mario Merenda
Oklahoma
110
14
Alexander Heider
St Johns River
105
15
Garrett Viton
Arizona State
100
16
Tyler Garey
Palm Beach State
97
17
James Scioly
Eastern Washington
95
18
Layne Graves
Wichita State
95
19
Andy Trupiano
Detroit Mercy
91
20
Dylan Ault
Sacramento State
88
21
Charles Wimbley
Guilford College
85
22
Brandon Shulenberger
Wingate
84
23
Jack Coyne
Rensselaer Poly.
82
24
Reece Baham
Auburn
80
25
Joe M Armstrong
Reynolds CC
74
The top 25 drivers in the 2023-24 eNASCAR College iRacing Series regular season points will race in the finale in two weeks at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The action takes place on Friday, May 3rd, live at 8 p.m. ET on eNASCAR.com/live and across iRacing social media channels.
The eNASCAR College iRacing Series Powered by NACE Starleague is supported by Coca-Cola, Logitech G, and DBOX. For more information on the series, visit https://playfly.com/enascar-college-iracing-series/. For more information on iRacing and for special offers, visit www.iracing.com.
About the Series: The eNASCAR College iRacing Series gives college students from the United States and Canada the opportunity to compete for their share of $60,000 in scholarships. Using machines from the NASCAR Xfinity Series or NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, 40 drivers qualify for each event by posting their fastest lap times in a two-week Time Attack through the iRacing UI. With hundreds of colleges and universities represented in each Time Attack and only one representative per school, drivers are competing not only against the greater iRacing community, but also their own classmates, for a spot on the prestigious grid.
