2025-26 eNASCAR College iRacing Series | Queen City Crown | Week 2 Tournament Preview

The Queen City Crown, the first eNASCAR College iRacing Series Tournament powered by the PlayVS College League, will conclude on Wednesday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Week 2 of the Tournament includes the Semifinals, Semifinal Last Chance Qualifier, and the Final Round. $7,000 in scholarship prizes are on the line, with the winner in the Final Round collecting $3,000 and the maximum amount of points towards the overall championship, where another $10,000 in scholarships is reserved at the end of the 2025-26 collegiate season.

From August 26th to September 4th, over 300 eligible collegiate iRacers took to the Charlotte Motor Speedway Time Attack in hopes of qualifying for the inaugural eNASCAR College iRacing Series Tournament. These students collectively put down more than 45,000 laps around the 1.5-mile quad oval in Concord, North Carolina. 120 students qualified for the opening week, and were snake split into three groups of 40. Each group then ran the gauntlet in the opening week, with 13 drivers per group advancing after each First Round, First Round LCQ, and Second Round races concluded.

The second week of the first Tournament of the season will stream live 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, three groups ran through respective First Round, First Round LCQ, and Second Round competition. Group 1 saw the defending series champion, California State University, Fullerton’s Logan Clampitt take the Second Round victory. In Group 2, it was The Ohio State University’s Matthew Morton taking the checkered flag. Group 3 saw the defending Charlotte winner, the University of Calgary’s Connor Yeroschak, back in victory lane.

2025-26 eNASCAR College iRacing Series | Queen City Crown | Week 1 Tournament Recap

DRIVERS ADVANCED TO SEMIFINAL

• Abraham Vela | University of Houston, Group 1
• Bradley Erickson | Arizona State University, Group 1
• Daniel Faulkingham | University of Maine at Machias, Group 1
• Daniel Nanney | Ball State University, Group 1
• Douglas Newbigging | King’s College, Group 1
• Dylan Ault | Sacramento State, Group 1
• Isaac Shelley | University of Northwestern Ohio, Group 1
• Jake Innes | Belmont Abbey College, Group 1
• Joey Priebe | Virginia Tech, Group 1
• John Forbes Jr | Saddleback College, Group 1
• Logan Clampitt | California State University, Fullerton, Group 1
• Matthew Zwack | University of Michigan, Group 1
• Nathan Scott | University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Group 1
• AJ Heider | St. Johns River State College, Group 2
• Alexander Russell | University of Wisconsin–Madison, Group 2
• Andy Trupiano | University of Detroit Mercy, Group 2
• Austin Johnson | Fresno State, Group 2
• Chris Bryant | Methodist University, Group 2
• Jake Hall | Clemson University, Group 2
• James Bowman | University of Kentucky, Group 2
• Jaxen Anderson | Oklahoma State University, Group 2
• John Hagen | North Central Texas College, Group 2
• Lily Fraser | University of Vermont, Group 2
• Matthew Morton | The Ohio State University, Group 2
• Maverick Davis | Kettering University, Group 2
• Zach Sprouse | George Mason University, Group 2
• Adam Garza | Triton College, Group 3
• Blake Wynn | University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Group 3
• Connor Yeroschak | University of Calgary, Group 3
• Dylan Basen | Pasco–Hernando State College, Group 3
• Jacob Bradley | Purdue University in Indianapolis, Group 3
• Jonathan Evans | Western Connecticut State University, Group 3
• Jose Solis | University of Connecticut, Group 3
• Mario Merenda | University of Oklahoma, Group 3
• Nick Miller | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, Group 3
• Ryan Andrew | Des Moines Area Community College, Group 3
• Ryan Arnold | Motlow State Community College, Group 3
• Timothy Holmes | Horry Georgetown Technical College, Group 3
• Tyler Skoczen | University of Northwestern Ohio, Group 3

TRACK INFO

Charlotte Motor Speedway is dubbed “America’s Home For Racing.” The famed 1.5-mile D-shaped oval based in Concord, NC opened in 1960 and has managed a lot of firsts in the NASCAR community over the years, including the installation of night lighting and the opening and utilization of the infield Roval. It all stems from the fact that the track is located right around the majority of NASCAR teams and their race shops in the state.

ABOUT THE SERIES

The eNASCAR College iRacing Series powered by PlayVS College League 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, 120 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.

After the Queen City Crown, the next Tournament on the 2025-26 eNASCAR College iRacing Series schedule is the Clash on the Beach at Daytona International Speedway. Time Attacks open on September 30th and run until October 9th.

2025-26 COLLEGE SERIES SCHEDULE
2025-26 COLLEGE SERIES FORMAT

For more information on the eNASCAR College iRacing Series, visit https://pcl.gg/pages/enascar.
For more information on iRacing and for special offers, visit www.iracing.com.

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