Cal State Fullerton’s Logan Clampitt dominates eNASCAR College iRacing Series at Nashville

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:

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:

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.

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