Round 5 of the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series means another short track — this time, it’s Richmond Raceway, where 40 drivers will inch closer toward the six-figure check at the end of the year.
Logan Clampitt, Burton Kligerman Esports
Rank: 11 (–)
Last time, we gave Logan Clampitt an honorary, break-all-the-rules 11th-place rank — and we have to do it again this week. Bristol wasn’t a banner showing for Clampitt, but it feels like he’s on the cusp of going on a tear.
Jimmy Mullis, Richmond Raceway eSports
Rank: 10 (-5)
Sure, Richmond Raceway is his team’s home base, but performance-wise, it hasn’t been a bright spot for Jimmy Mullis — he’s never finished in the top 10 and has an average finish of 23rd. Combined with a rough outing at Bristol, he’ll probably be happy to get off the short tracks.
Zack Novak, Richmond Raceway eSports
Rank: 9 (–)
Finally, a solid finish for the defending champ. A third-place finish at Bristol was just what Zack Novak needed to get his season back on track, though he’ll need a few more of those to dig out of 18th in points — a 24.7 average finish at Richmond Raceway doesn’t necessarily bode well, howver.
Brad Davies, JR Motorsports
Rank: 8 (previously not ranked)
Brad Davies is putting together a sneaky-solid season so far, ranked sixth in points so far. At Bristol, he made some noise, leading 117 laps — his most in a single race in his 163-start career. To put it into perspective, he led 120 laps in the previous 129 starts combined.
Ashton Crowder, Burton Kligerman Esports
Rank: 7 (-5)
Ashton Crowder’s hot start to 2020 took a hit at Bristol, where he posted a 29th-place finish despite a speedy qualifying run. He now heads to Richmond, where he finished dead-last in his lone start last year.
Nick Ottinger, William Byron eSports
Rank: 6 (–)
Two-time Richmond race winner couldn’t race in last year’s event at Richmond, and it arguably cost him a shot at the playoffs. He’ll return with a vengeance this year.
Ray Alfalla, Team VRS
Rank: 5 (previously not ranked)
Don’t sleep on four-time at Richmond. After all, he’s won there three times and logged seven top-fives in 10 starts. Prior to last year’s high-downforce race, he scored two of those Richmond wins in a row.
Bobby Zalenski, Team VRS
Rank: 4 (-3)
It feels weird to drop Bobby Zalenski down our rankings considering he’s the series points leader and hasn’t finished worse than eighth all year. He doesn’t need to change a thing if making the playoffs is the goal, though he might not wish for a repeat of last year’s Richmond race where he found himself caught up in multiple issues, finishing 19th.
Keegan Leahy, Denny Hamlin Racing
Rank: 3 (–)
Keegan Leahy’s finished third in both his races at Richmond. That means clearly he’ll finish third in his third race there. Or maybe better than third — he led 60 laps in last year’s running.
Garrett Lowe, Wood Brothers Racing
Rank: 2 (+5)
Talk about going on a tear. With finishes of second, fourth and second in the past three races, we expect a notch in the wins column soon for the No. 21.
Ryan Luza, Williams Esports
Rank: 1 (+2)
Coming off two consecutive wins and heading to a track where he won from the pole last year and never finished worse than third, who else could top our list right now?
Catch the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series race from Richmond Raceway Tuesday, April 14, at eNASCAR.com/live.