2026-27 eNASCAR College iRacing Series | Queen City Crown at Charlotte | Week 2 Tournament Preview
October 14th, 2026 by Justin Melillo
The second Tournament of the 2026-27 season for the eNASCAR College iRacing Series presented by Logitech G concludes on Wednesday night at America’s Home For Racing, Charlotte Motor Speedway. Titled the Queen City Crown, 100 collegiate competitors ran the gauntlet last week, with the Quarterfinal and Semifinal rounds of the Tournament showcasing all 100 qualified students and their schools. Only 40 have advanced on to Week 2 and the Final round.
These remaining 40 students will take on Charlotte in one Final round race, a 100 lap race featuring cautions for the first time all Tournament. The winner of the festivities by the end of the night will collect $3,000 and a good chunk of points towards the overall Student Championship. The School Championship will also be on display on Wednesday night with 13 eligible schools and their students partaking.
Coverage starts on Wednesday night at 7:00 p.m. ET at eNASCAR.com/live and across all of iRacing’s social media channels.
QUEEN CITY CROWN – WEEK 1
In the opening week of the Tournament, two groups ran the Quarterfinal round, the Quarterfinal LCQ, and the Semifinal round. Group 1 had the winner of the first Tournament of the season—Jacob Wilkerson from Tarrant County, winner of the Peachtree Pursuit—pad his points lead with a Semifinal win. In Group 2, DeSales’ Brian Mercurio managed to put it in virtual victory lane. Points were awarded to the top-10 finishers.
Connor Yeroschak from the University of Calgary, the defending series champion, will be in the field as well on Wednesday night. On Tuesday, Yeroschak competed for the Dale Earnhardt Jr Cup at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Championship Series season finale, finishing second in the title fight to another former College Series champion, the University of Iowa’s Steven Wilson.
2026-27 eNASCAR College iRacing Series | Queen City Crown at Charlotte | Week 1 Recap
DRIVERS, SCHOOLS ADVANCED TO FINAL ROUND
| STUDENT | SCHOOL | TA SEED | GROUP # | SEMIS FIN. | PTS. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradley Erickson | Arizona State University | 15 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| Justin Johnson | Augusta University | 80 | 2 | 19 | 0 |
| Van Drugmand | Austin Peay State University | 17 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Daniel Nanney | Ball State University | 18 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Kelton Quick | Ball State University | 79 | 1 | 18 | 0 |
| Jalen Atkins | Belmont Abbey College | 4 | 2 | 17 | 0 |
| Jake Innes | Belmont Abbey College | 7 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Dylan Bahm | Bismarck State College | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
| Griffin Salyer | Bowling Green State University | 21 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Joseph Peterson | Bowling Green State University | 61 | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| Dylan Ault | California State University, Sacramento | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| Kyle Martin | Central Connecticut State University | 69 | 1 | 16 | 0 |
| Brian Mercurio | DeSales University | 8 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Arron Brown | Eastern Shore Community College | 13 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| Zach Sprouse | George Mason University | 88 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Evan Adams | High Point University | 66 | 2 | 20 | 0 |
| Timothy Holmes | Horry-Georgetown Technical College | 34 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| Maverick Davis | Kettering University | 14 | 2 | 16 | 0 |
| Jayden Browder | Liberty University | 16 | 2 | 13 | 0 |
| Kasen White | Merrimack College | 97 | 1 | 17 | 0 |
| Nick Luetje | Purdue University in Indianapolis | 5 | 1 | 19 | 0 |
| Davian Tobin | Richard Bland College | 98 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| John McClear | Rollins College | 86 | 2 | 18 | 0 |
| Jacob Malone | Saint Leo University | 12 | 2 | 8 | 3 |
| AJ Heider | St. Johns River State College | 24 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Jacob Wilkerson | Tarrant County College District | 9 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Adam Garza | Triton College | 11 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Connor Yeroschak | University of Calgary | 6 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Abraham Vela | University of Houston | 10 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| James Bowman | University of Kentucky | 46 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| Joonsuh Lim | University of Michigan | 33 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| Aidan McFarland | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 27 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
| Hector Nevares | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 28 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| John Babineau | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 38 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
| Connor Trifari | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 43 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
| Bryan Holland | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 71 | 1 | 20 | 0 |
| Caleb Johnson | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 77 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| Tyler Skoczen | University of Northwestern Ohio | 42 | 2 | 15 | 0 |
| Jake Cummings | Western Carolina University | 29 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| Wyatt Thompson | Wilson Community College | 23 | 1 | 14 | 0 |
TRACK INFO – CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY
Opened in 1960 by Bruton Smith and NASCAR driving legend Curtis Turner with the running of the longest stock car race in history, the World 600, the Charlotte Motor Speedway closed before it would ultimately become the home track of so many NASCAR teams. Just a year after the first race the 1.5-mile the oval track was in bankruptcy, done in by a huge infield rock formation that ballooned construction costs far beyond what its two founders had forecast.
Almost 60 years later nearly everything is different. More than 89,000 seats ring the race track, which was the first superspeedway to install lights for night racing; the first race track to incorporate a condominium apartment complex overlooking the racing surface; the first to build an office complex with the same view; the first race track to sell naming rights; and the first to open a year-round club where members can spectate during races and socialize with fellow club members at other times. Everything is very different from 1960 except for one thing: Charlotte Motor Speedway is still owned by Bruton Smith.
These days Charlotte Motor Speedway is the queen of a publicly-traded motorsports empire controlled by Smith. Ousted from the track in 1962, Smith went on to a successful career in automotive retailing and by 1975 was able to buy back control. With the legendary H.A. “Humpy” Wheeler managing the day-to-day operations and promoting the races with flair and imagination, the track was soon among the most successful in the world.
ABOUT THE SERIES
The eNASCAR College iRacing Series presented by Logitech G gives college students from the United States and Canada the opportunity to compete for their share of $60,000 in scholarships. Using the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series vehicles, 100 drivers qualify for each Tournament by registering and posting their fastest lap times in the Time Attack through the iRacing UI. With hundreds of colleges and universities represented in each Time Attack, drivers are competing not only against the greater iRacing community, but also their own classmates, for a spot on the newly-minted bracket.
Week 2 of the Queen City Crown concludes on Wednesday, October 14th, at 7:00 p.m. ET. The next Tournament is the Big Apple Battle at Watkins Glen International, the first of two IMSA-backed College events utilizing the Ford Mustang GT4. Time Attacks open on October 20th and run until October 25th.
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