Lightning struck twice for Daniel Buttafuoco on Wednesday night in eNASCAR College iRacing Series action, as the Rutgers University student scored his second win in the three-race spring semester with a checkered flag in the iFOLIO 75 from Watkins Glen. Coming from seventh on the starting grid, Buttafuoco took the lead for good with 13 laps remaining in the 30-lap race, holding off Thomas Twomey to make it two in a row after his win at Charlotte last month.

This win, however, came on the boldest of strategy calls. While most of the field pit around halfway, Buttafuoco elected to stay out the entire race, relying on fuel saving through the second half of the action to bring it home. What had been a lead of more than five seconds eroded to just over one at the checkered flag, and Buttafuoco coasted over the finish line on fumes.

A trio of eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series standouts completed the top five, as Logan Clampitt, Steven Wilson, and Garrett Lowe came home third through fifth; Wilson started from the pole and led the first 14 laps of the race, while Lowe led one of his own during the pit cycle. Had the race been a lap longer and Buttafuoco run out of gas, either Clampitt or Wilson might have been able to challenge Twomey for the win.

An impressive 33 of the race’s 39 starters would finish the race on the lead lap, while three others would come home just one lap down. Unfortunately, Daytona winner Colton Salek was among the three DNFs, joining Liam Sheen and Connor Okrzesik among those who wouldn’t make it to the end of the race.

eNASCAR College iRacing Series iFOLIO 75 results from Watkins Glen International were as follows:

Fin.

St.

No.

Name

Manufacturer

Laps

Interval

Led

Best

1 7 13 Daniel Buttafuoco Chevrolet 30 13 1:12.774
2 8 66 Thomas Twomey Chevrolet 30 -1.098 0 1:13.354
3 5 97 Logan Clampitt Chevrolet 30 -1.673 0 1:13.918
4 1 10 Steven  Wilson Ford 30 -3.075 14 1:12.194
5 2 49 Garrett Lowe Ford 30 -8.529 1 1:12.383
6 3 23 Oumar Diallo Chevrolet 30 -12.951 0 1:12.684
7 6 77 Ryan Doucette Ford 30 -16.312 0 1:12.925
8 4 52 Jack Coyne Chevrolet 30 -21.379 2 1:12.974
9 19 30 Yuanxi Lin Ford 30 -24.774 0 1:13.662
10 11 22 Alex Kolonics Ford 30 -28.932 0 1:13.004
11 10 3 John Hall3 Ford 30 -30.580 0 1:12.938
12 13 80 Kristina Ryan Chevrolet 30 -30.787 0 1:12.992
13 37 24 Jon Schwartz Chevrolet 30 -37.533 0 1:14.154
14 17 79 Austin Farr Toyota 30 -41.955 0 1:13.269
15 20 0 Blake Bottoms Chevrolet 30 -45.912 0 1:13.107
16 22 71 Nick Robinson Chevrolet 30 -47.675 0 1:12.948
17 24 5 Matt Kemp Chevrolet 30 -49.991 0 1:14.034
18 16 51 Ricky Springer Toyota 30 -51.407 0 1:13.247
19 29 70 Coleson Phelps Toyota 30 -55.819 0 1:13.472
20 12 4 Christopher Shella Toyota 30 -56.032 0 1:13.968
21 25 53 Brandon McKissic Chevrolet 30 -56.362 0 1:13.586
22 30 1 Reece Baham Chevrolet 30 -56.617 0 1:14.319
23 35 16 Chris A Fritz Chevrolet 30 -57.606 0 1:13.492
24 26 12 Ryan Gavel Chevrolet 30 -57.859 0 1:12.884
25 34 41 Trent Curtis Chevrolet 30 -1:03.018 0 1:13.862
26 32 2 Will Weiser Ford 30 -1:04.305 0 1:13.285
27 31 44 Henry Morse Ford 30 -1:04.868 0 1:13.304
28 14 33 Brett Suggs Chevrolet 30 -1:04.980 0 1:13.807
29 18 29 Shawn Jencsik Toyota 30 -1:06.930 0 1:13.492
30 21 85 Trey Normile Toyota 30 -1:07.884 0 1:13.705
31 33 7 Anthony Keyes Chevrolet 30 -1:08.814 0 1:13.483
32 38 72 Thomas Clawson Chevrolet 30 -1:09.972 0 1:13.755
33 27 95 Jake Cummings Ford 30 -1:14.986 0 1:14.076
34 28 11 Travis Barnes3 Chevrolet 29 -1 L 0 1:13.480
35 39 61 Athena Leclerc Toyota 29 -1 L 0 1:14.394
36 36 15 Derrick Jennings Chevrolet 29 -1 L 0 1:14.624
37 23 9 Colton Salek Chevrolet 15 -15 L 0 1:14.406
38 9 92 Liam D Sheen Chevrolet 13 -17 L 0 1:13.119
39 15 14 Connor Okrzesik Toyota 0 -30 L 0

 

The eNASCAR College iRacing Series powered by NACE Starleague is supported by SCW, Coca-Cola, Playseat, and Logitech G. For more information on the series and how to qualify, visit www.cslesports.com/enascar. For more information on iRacing and for special offers, visit www.iRacing.com.

 

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