Geschrieben von For the second week in a row, the top three finishers of the eNASCAR Contender iRacing Series included Kaden Honeycutt, Vicente Salas and Ryan Luza. This time, however, it was Salas scoring the victory at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Tuesday night, adding to his runner-up effort at Las Vegas last week. Luza finished in second, while Las Vegas winner Honeycutt wound up third.
100 laps were scheduled at the 1.5-mile oval in Southern Florida, and it was Salas who took the pole position alongside Briar LaPradd. The first three quarters of the race were fairly straightforward, with the race staying green the majority of the way. Christopher Pfeffer wound up retiring early after contact with Blaze Crawford sent his Toyota Supra hard up into the wall, but the race stayed green.
A pit cycle would occur near halfway, with Salas leading Cody Byus on to pit road just before halfway while Luza led Honeycutt, Zack Novak and more in the next lap. Salas reemerged as the leader following the cycle, with the rest of the field still mostly in contention should anything crazy happen.
With 15 laps left to go, the first caution flew after Darik Bourdeau went around following contact with Femi Olatunbosun. The entire field came back down pit road for four fresh tires. Only 10 laps remained, but the possible two tire call was left off the table as the field saddled up for its first restart of the night.
On the restart, the big one happened on the backstretch, and more than half of the field was involved in one way or another. Byus was at the front of it, spinning up the track into Daniel Buttafuoco after contact with Novak. About five cars in total were heavily damaged in the fracas, including Byus, Olatunbosun, and Derek Justis. With five to go, there was another caution off the restart, this time involving Logan Helton, Kevin King and Max Brady.
In the eNASCAR Overtime restart, Salas had Honeycutt to his outside, but he was able to pull away. Luza squeaked by for second as Honeycutt held off LaPradd for the final step on the podium.
eNASCAR Contender iRacing Series results from Homestead-Miami Speedway were as follows:
Fin.
St.
No.
Name
Manufacturer
Laps
Interval
Led
Points
1
1
55
Vicente Salas
Toyota
102
92
40
2
4
4
Ryan Luza
Chevrolet
102
-0.264
2
35
3
7
10
Kaden Honeycutt
Toyota
102
-0.449
0
34
4
2
19
Briar LaPradd
Toyota
102
-0.598
0
33
5
20
20
Wyatt Tinsley
Toyota
102
-0.622
0
32
6
10
5
Zack Novak
Chevrolet
102
-0.712
0
31
7
14
74
Taylor Hurst
Chevrolet
102
-0.906
3
30
8
5
6
Timmy Holmes
Ford
102
-0.959
0
29
9
13
12
Jonathon Dulaney
Chevrolet
102
-1.04
0
28
10
22
39
Daniel Faulkingham
Chevrolet
102
-1.128
0
27
11
26
69
Collin Bowden
Chevrolet
102
-1.187
0
26
12
31
32
Daniel Smallwood
Chevrolet
102
-1.353
0
25
13
15
57
Seth DeMerchant
Chevrolet
102
-1.555
0
24
14
34
76
Blaze Crawford
Chevrolet
102
-1.609
0
23
15
6
42
Dylan Ault
Ford
102
-1.705
0
22
16
39
8
Kollin Keister
Chevrolet
102
-1.753
0
21
17
29
47
James Holtzer
Chevrolet
102
-1.818
0
20
18
37
77
Ryan Doucette
Ford
102
-1.856
0
19
19
19
62
Anthony Burroughs
Ford
102
-1.86
0
18
20
8
41
Brian Mercurio
Chevrolet
102
-2.155
0
17
21
16
2
Ray Alfalla
Chevrolet
102
-2.243
2
16
22
18
4
Darik Bourdeau
Ford
102
-2.32
0
15
23
24
58
Michael P Frisch
Toyota
102
-2.874
0
14
24
23
18
Matthew Zwack
Toyota
102
-2.963
0
13
25
27
63
Logan Helton
Ford
102
-3.184
0
12
26
11
99
Quami Scott
Ford
102
-3.292
2
11
27
33
88
Kevin King
Chevrolet
102
-3.3
0
10
28
36
53
Brandon McKissic
Chevrolet
102
-4.246
0
9
29
17
94
Agnel Philip
Chevrolet
102
-4.351
0
8
30
30
13
Daniel Buttafuoco
Chevrolet
102
-6.542
0
7
31
35
17
Max R Brady
Chevrolet
102
-6.737
1
6
32
12
44
Andrew Navarro
Toyota
102
-10.587
0
5
33
28
43
Femi Olatunbosun
Toyota
96
-6 L
0
4
34
9
31
Derek Justis
Toyota
93
-9 L
0
3
35
25
11
Christopher M. Hill
Toyota
91
-11 L
0
2
36
3
27
Cody Byus
Toyota
91
-11 L
0
1
37
21
98
Eddie Kerner
Ford
91
-11 L
0
1
38
32
9
Cayden Rush
Ford
81
-21 L
0
1
39
38
66
Christopher Pfeffer
Toyota
29
-73 L
0
1
2023 eNASCAR Contender iRacing Series points following Round 2 are as follows:
Vicente Salas, 75
Kaden Honeycutt, 74
Ryan Luza, 69
Zack Novak, 62
Daniel Faulkingham, 60
Briar LaPradd, 60
Taylor Hurst, 60
Wyatt Tinsley, 58
Timmy Holmes, 58
Jonathon Dulaney, 50
The next event on the 2023 eNASCAR Contender iRacing Series schedule will take place at Phoenix Raceway on Tuesday, October 24. Sure enough, last season’s Phoenix Contender battle went in favor of Salas, who won handedly over both Jordy Lopez and Tucker Minter. The Phoenix stream will go live at 8 p.m. ET on eNASCAR.com/live and across iRacing social media channels.
The eNASCAR Contender iRacing Series is the final step on the Road to Pro ladder before becoming eligible to race in the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series. For more information on this series, visit www.iracing.com/enascar/rtp/. For more information on iRacing and for special offers, visit www.iracing.com.