Caruth Catches Bergeron to Score Final eNASCAR International Win of 2022 at Darlington; Lapcevich Claims Title

December 22nd, 2022 by

NASCAR Drive for Diversity racer and 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Rookie of the Year candidate Rajah Caruth led 20 laps, including the final three, to claim the last win of the DBOX eNASCAR International iRacing Series powered by Digital Motorsports season on Tuesday night at Darlington Raceway. Caruth, whose real-world racing career started after finding success on iRacing, tracked down Jean-Philippe Bergeron in the closing laps to take the checkered flag, his second across three seasons of action for NASCAR’s global driver contingent, while fourth place finisher Treyten Lapcevich of the NASCAR Pinty’s Series claimed the championship after five races.

Caruth’s victory came after he and Lapcevich were the two last drivers to pit, electing to come in on Lap 46 from first and second while much of the field chose to pit halfway through the 70-lap race. Even without a caution, that gave him plenty of time to catch Bergeron, who had inherited the lead, on tires that were 10 laps fresher. Caruth made up a 14-second deficit to the lead in just over 20 laps, making the winning pass with three laps to go and putting two seconds on Bergeron before the checkered flag. Bergeron would remain second after leading 38 laps.

Lapcevich wrapped up the International season with a 13-point advantage over NASCAR Mexico Series driver Victor Barrales. The Canadian became the first driver in series history to win on both an oval and a road course when he took a home race victory at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in November, and also represented the series live on stage at the ADAC SimRacing Expo earlier this month when he drove to a third place finish at Daytona. When all was said and done, Lapcevich had four top-five finishes in five starts, and never finished worse than sixth in a race.

DBOX eNASCAR International iRacing Series powered by Digital Motorsports results from Darlington Raceway were as follows:

Fin.

St.

No.

Name

Manufacturer

Laps

Interval

Led

Best

Pts
1 3 13 Rajah Caruth Chevrolet 70 20 30.237 40
2 4 7 Jean-Philippe Bergeron Ford 70 -2.020 38 30.179 35
3 5 21 Justin T Campbell Chevrolet 70 -3.544 4 30.591 34
4 2 20 Treyten Lapcevich Chevrolet 70 -5.204 0 30.333 33
5 6 46 Miguel Gomes Chevrolet 70 -8.718 0 30.263 32
6 1 88 Ruben Garcia Toyota 70 -8.898 8 30.333 31
7 8 39 Victor Barrales Chevrolet 70 -17.030 0 30.241 30
8 7 8 Giorgio Maggi Ford 70 -17.591 0 30.329 29
9 9 10 Ulysse Delsaux Chevrolet 70 -23.600 0 30.249 28
10 12 40 Néo Lambert Ford 70 -28.757 0 30.488 27
11 16 14 Alex de Alba Ford 69 -1 L 0 30.207 26
12 15 148 Gordon  Barnes Chevrolet 69 -1 L 0 30.472 25
13 13 9 Arthur  Gama Chevrolet 69 -1 L 0 30.444 24
14 11 51 Jake Cosio Ford 68 -2 L 0 30.307 23
15 10 18 Aaron Cosio Ford 67 -3 L 0 30.598 22
16 14 75 Giancarlo Vecchi Ford 67 -3 L 0 30.732 21
17 17 1 Andres Perez de Lara Ford 16 -54 L 0 30.595 20

 

DBOX eNASCAR International iRacing Series powered by Digital Motorsports points after five rounds are as follows:

  1. Treyten Lapcevich, 171
  2. Victor Barrales, 158
  3. Jean-Philippe Bergeron, 151
  4. Miguel Gomes, 148
  5. Ulysse Delsaux, 145
  6. Jake Cosio, 144
  7. Giorgio Maggi, 143
  8. Paul Jouffreau, 123
  9. Gordon Barnes, 123
  10. Alex de Alba, 121

For more information on the DBOX eNASCAR International iRacing Series powered by Digital Motorsports, visit www.enascar.com/international. For more information on iRacing and for special offers, visit www.iracing.com.

Images via Justin Melillo

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