Barrales Wins DBOX eNASCAR International iRacing Series powered by Digital Motorsports Opener at Las Vegas

November 16th, 2022 by

NASCAR Mexico Series driver Victor Barrales Jr. scored the opening win in the DBOX eNASCAR International iRacing Series powered by Digital Motorsports season on Tuesday night, taking the checkered flag at Las Vegas Motor Speedway after catching Rajah Caruth in the closing laps of the race. The race was the first of five in the third season of the series, which brings together drivers from NASCAR series in Europe, Canada, and Mexico, as well as top names from the Drive for Diversity program, in NASCAR Xfinity Series cars.

Three-time NASCAR Mexico Series champion Ruben Garcia Jr. qualified on the pole and led the early stages of the race, but he spun entering the pits during green flag stops. Caruth, who had been pressuring Garcia for the lead early on, had to pit a few laps before the rest of the field after catching the wall early on, but that early stop initially came in his favor as it allowed him to inherit the lead in the pit cycle.

But with fresher tires on a heavily charging Barrales and a caution-free race, Caruth was only able to hold the lead for so long. Barrales would seize the top spot for good with 15 laps to go, stretching out an advantage of more than a second by race’s end. Caruth would hold a comfortable gap in second on Jake Cosio, while Miguel Gomes and JP Bergeron would complete the top five. Garcia led a race-high 31 laps, but would settle for 10th after his spin in the pits.

DBOX eNASCAR International iRacing Series powered by Digital Motorsports results from Las Vegas Motor Speedway were as follows:

Fin.

St.

No.

Name

Manufacturer

Laps

Interval

Led

Best

Pts
1 6 39 Victor Barrales Chevrolet 60 15 31.091 40
2 2 13 Rajah Caruth Chevrolet 60 -1.113 10 30.759 35
3 7 51 Jake Cosio Ford 60 -2.810 0 31.097 34
4 3 46 Miguel Gomes Chevrolet 60 -3.086 1 30.862 33
5 9 7 Jean-Philippe Bergeron Ford 60 -6.133 0 30.998 32
6 19 20 Treyten Lapcevich Chevrolet 60 -7.185 0 30.838 31
7 12 56 Gil Linster Chevrolet 60 -10.180 0 31.175 30
8 8 14 Alex de Alba Ford 60 -11.109 0 30.963 29
9 16 10 Ulysse Delsaux Chevrolet 60 -13.799 0 30.991 28
10 1 88 Ruben Garcia Toyota 60 -14.348 31 30.770 27
11 10 8 Giorgio Maggi Ford 60 -15.150 0 30.864 26
12 17 18 Aaron Cosio Ford 60 -24.913 0 31.275 25
13 15 49 Romain IANNETTA Chevrolet 59 -1 L 0 31.049 24
14 18 24 Luli Del Castello Chevrolet 59 -1 L 0 31.185 23
15 4 33 Paul Jouffreau Ford 59 -1 L 0 30.822 22
16 13 37 Maximiliano Gutierrez Chevrolet 58 -2 L 0 31.457 21
17 5 54 Alberto Naska Chevrolet 58 -2 L 0 31.002 20
18 11 148 Gordon  Barnes Chevrolet 57 -3 L 3 31.331 19
19 14 75 Giancarlo Vecchi Ford 55 -5 L 0 30.954 18

 

DBOX eNASCAR International iRacing Series powered by Digital Motorsports points through one round are as follows:

  1. Victor Barrales Jr., 40
  2. Rajah Caruth, 35
  3. Jake Cosio, 34
  4. Miguel Gomes, 33
  5. JP Bergeron, 32
  6. Treyten Lapcevich, 31
  7. Gil Linster, 30
  8. Alex de Alba, 29
  9. Ulysse Delsaux, 28
  10. Ruben Garcia Jr., 27

The DBOX eNASCAR International iRacing Series powered by Digital Motorsports continues next Tuesday with a visit to Canadian Tire Motorsports Park. Coverage kicks off at 6PM ET on eNASCAR.com/live and across iRacing social media channels.

For more information on the DBOX eNASCAR International iRacing Series powered by Digital Motorsports, visit www.enascar.com/international. For more information on iRacing and for special offers, including the 2022 Black Friday sale, visit www.iracing.com.

Image via Justin Melillo

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