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

April 17th, 2024 by

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:

Fin.

St.

No.

Name

School

Laps

Interval

Led

Best
1 3 44 Logan Clampitt Cal State Fullerton 90 0 63 30.169
2 36 10 Steven Wilson Iowa 90 -3.517 0 30.278
3 1 49 Garrett Lowe UNC at Charlotte 90 -3.734 27 30.247
4 4 54 Daniel Faulkingham Maine at Machias 90 -4.433 0 30.268
5 7 40 Dylan Ault Sacramento State 90 -4.569 0 30.294
6 11 75 Jose Solis Jr Manchester CC 90 -4.969 0 30.329
7 10 79 Austin Farr Liberty University 90 -5.108 0 30.316
8 9 31 Matthew L Morton Ohio State Newark 90 -5.501 0 30.304
9 5 18 Matthew Zwack Michigan 90 -6.239 0 30.299
10 25 62 Anthony Burroughs St. Charles CC 90 -6.325 0 30.287
11 22 77 Ryan Doucette Southern Maine 90 -6.388 0 30.37
12 2 34 Andy Trupiano Detroit Mercy 90 -6.596 0 30.353
13 37 30 Daniel Nanney Ball State 90 -6.911 0 30.252
14 17 24 Christian Charbonneau Dallas Baptist 90 -7.016 0 30.369
15 38 22 Joe M Armstrong Reynolds CC 90 -7.736 0 30.369
16 24 23 Chris H. Bryant Methodist 90 -8.072 0 30.254
17 14 11 John Forbes Jr Saddleback 90 -8.79 0 30.359
18 34 48 Alexander Heider St Johns River 90 -9.217 0 30.331
19 30 17 Sean Peleg Michigan 90 -9.589 0 30.294
20 31 72 Jeremy O. Burns Longwood 90 -9.824 0 30.404
21 28 2 Aaron Mulrooney Jr Kent State 90 -10.115 0 30.366
22 27 26 Jonathan W Evans Western Connecticut 90 -10.423 0 30.372
23 32 00 Kealoha Hankins UNC at Charlotte 90 -10.691 0 30.417
24 23 25 Jack A Clemons Virginia Tech 90 -10.862 0 30.35
25 39 27 Elliot White Maryland 90 -11.026 0 30.381
26 21 42 Garrett Viton Arizona State 90 -11.905 0 30.426
27 20 5 Brandon Shulenberger Wingate 90 -12.472 0 30.505
28 26 4 Nate S Stewart Hopkinsville CC 90 -12.586 0 30.379
29 35 65 Chris A Fritz Delaware 90 -13.071 0 30.442
30 33 13 C.L. Smith Auburn 90 -13.65 0 30.489
31 8 28 Kaleb Bryan Missouri S&T 90 -18.184 0 30.552
32 13 86 Zach Sprouse George Mason 90 -18.587 0 30.392
33 19 51 Arron Brown Eastern Shore CC 89 -1 L 0 31.043
34 6 99 Mario Merenda Oklahoma 78 -12 L 0 30.356
35 29 3 Elias Tollefson Eastern Oregon 61 -29 L 0 30.502
36 15 7 James Scioly Eastern Washington 26 -64 L 0 31.435
37 16 21 Layne Graves Wichita State 21 -69 L 0 30.903
38 12 52 Jack Coyne Rensselaer Poly. 3 -87 L 0
39 18 1 Reece Baham Auburn 2 -88 L 0

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:

Pos.

Name

School

Points
1 Daniel Faulkingham Maine at Machias 149
2 Steven Wilson Iowa 145
3 Logan Clampitt Cal State Fullerton 143
4 Garrett Lowe UNC at Charlotte 143
5 Austin Farr Liberty University 129
6 Jose Solis Jr Manchester CC 125
7 Nate S Stewart Hopkinsville CC 119
8 Matthew L Morton Ohio State Newark 115
9 Matthew Zwack Michigan 112
10 John Forbes Jr Saddleback 112
11 Anthony Burroughs St. Charles CC 111
12 Elliot White Maryland 110
13 Mario Merenda Oklahoma 110
14 Alexander Heider St Johns River 105
15 Garrett Viton Arizona State 100
16 Tyler Garey Palm Beach State 97
17 James Scioly Eastern Washington 95
18 Layne Graves Wichita State 95
19 Andy Trupiano Detroit Mercy 91
20 Dylan Ault Sacramento State 88
21 Charles Wimbley Guilford College 85
22 Brandon Shulenberger Wingate 84
23 Jack Coyne Rensselaer Poly. 82
24 Reece Baham Auburn 80
25 Joe M Armstrong Reynolds CC 74

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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