What had been unimaginable when the eNASCAR College iRacing Series was initially launched—a perfect record of four wins in four races—might be about to happen for the second time in three sesmsters. Following in the footsteps of Iowa University’s Steven Wilson, Saddleback University’s Logan Clampitt is now three for three in the first three races of the Spring 2023 campaign, holding off a hard-charging UNC-Charlotte’s Garrett Lowe in a dash to the finish during the DBOX 100 at Michigan International Speedway.

In a departure from last month’s round at Dover Motor Speedway, which featured seven yellow flags, Tuesday night’s Michigan event went caution-free over its 50 laps of action. As a result, the field would need to undertake green-flag pit stops, with most of the top racers pitting just after the halfway point of the race. After trading lead throughout the first half of the race, Lowe would pit first on Lap 26, with polesitter Daniel Buttafuoco of Rutgers following him down pit road one lap later and Clampitt coming in after that.

As drivers continued to cycle through their stops, College Glasgow’s Brandon Pipgrass, Lawrence Technical University’s Chris Treppa, and RPI’s Jack Coyne all led laps, with Coyne electing to pit last at Lap 41. That gave the lead back to Lowe, but Clampitt would continue making up ground by gaining nearly a tenth of a second per lap. He finally pulled almost even on Lap 47, with just .022 seconds separating them at the line, before making the winning pass on the next lap. Lowe made one more spirited effort to get past in the final corners, but would have to settle for second.

Now, it’s on to Daytona, where Clampitt can replicate Wilson’s feat from the fall. The series hasn’t visited Daytona since its inaugural race last February, where Embry-Riddle’s Colton Salek took the checkered flag ahead of Rhode Island’s Shawn Jencsik and Buttafuoco. But while the College Series currently uses NASCAR Xfinity Series car, that inaugural race took place in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series machinery, meaning there’s a good chance for a different result next time out. Salek, meanwhile, will look to Daytona for redemption after finishing off the lead lap in each of the past two races.

eNASCAR College iRacing Series results from the DBOX 100 at Michigan International Speedway were as follows:

Fin.

St.

No.

Name

Manufacturer

Laps

Interval

Led

Best

1 5 44 Logan Clampitt Chevrolet 50 4 39.172
2 3 49 Garrett Lowe Ford 50 -0.437 19 39.296
3 6 18 Matthew Zwack Toyota 50 -1.408 0 39.373
4 4 62 Anthony Burroughs Chevrolet 50 -1.562 0 39.336
5 19 54 Daniel Faulkingham Toyota 50 -1.919 0 39.353
6 7 79 Austin Farr Chevrolet 50 -3.007 0 39.433
7 1 13 Daniel Buttafuoco Chevrolet 50 -3.078 14 39.413
8 2 26 Tyler Garey Toyota 50 -4.125 0 39.275
9 14 29 Brandon Pipgrass Ford 50 -5.198 2 39.276
10 16 2 Tate Lightle Toyota 50 -6.011 0 39.544
11 24 31 Matthew L Morton Chevrolet 50 -7.107 0 39.477
12 22 7 James Scioly Chevrolet 50 -9.194 0 39.597
13 17 22 Alex Kolonics Ford 50 -9.480 0 39.404
14 25 97 Nicholas O Short Chevrolet 50 -9.550 0 39.430
15 27 5 John Forbes3 Chevrolet 50 -10.008 0 39.675
16 13 24 Francisco J Villarreal Toyota 50 -10.116 0 39.452
17 32 15 Michael Causey Chevrolet 50 -12.110 0 39.562
18 29 3 John Hall3 Ford 50 -12.845 0 39.437
19 15 95 Jake Cummings Ford 50 -13.431 0 39.701
20 20 1 Reece Baham Ford 50 -13.683 0 39.602
21 28 25 Cody Reed Toyota 50 -14.870 0 39.545
22 34 50 Chris Treppa Ford 50 -15.176 2 39.621
23 18 37 Charles Wimbley Chevrolet 50 -15.178 0 39.710
24 23 10 Caleb Weekley Chevrolet 50 -21.276 0 39.648
25 10 17 Cei Bowen Ford 50 -21.446 0 39.535
26 38 99 Mario Merenda Toyota 50 -22.614 0 39.607
27 8 30 Daniel Nanney Chevrolet 50 -23.652 0 39.383
28 21 42 Garrett Viton Chevrolet 50 -24.428 0 39.653
29 9 52 Jack Coyne Chevrolet 50 -27.789 9 39.477
30 37 77 Noah Joyce Chevrolet 50 -29.692 0 39.716
31 33 33 Matthew Burton6 Chevrolet 50 -31.907 0 39.898
32 35 88 Blake Kinkennon Chevrolet 50 -32.283 0 39.562
33 36 23 Caden Mobley-Kelly Toyota 50 -38.153 0 39.749
34 11 9 Colton Salek Chevrolet 48 -2 L 0 39.449
35 31 56 Ryan B Wilson Chevrolet 47 -3 L 0 39.818
36 30 16 Chris A Fritz Chevrolet 47 -3 L 0 39.824
37 26 68 Dustin Buck Chevrolet 46 -4 L 0 39.590
38 12 55 Wyatt Harvey2 Chevrolet 46 -4 L 0 39.583

 

The remaining event on the spring 2023 eNASCAR College iRacing Series schedule is as follows:

Round

Track

Time Attack

Race

4 Daytona International Speedway April 5-18 April 25

 

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