eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series | Power Rankings | Race 5 at Rockingham Speedway

These eNASCAR Power Rankings are going to get real stale, real quick if all we ever talk about are the top-two drivers, who have no intentions of stopping any time soon. This week, the focus is on the rest of the field outside of three-time winner on the season, Steven Wilson (Spire Motorsports), and the defending series champion, Parker White (Atlassian Williams Sim Racing).

If not for a bad internet connection, Steven Wilson might be 4-for-4 on race wins. Parker White, meanwhile, still has yet to finish outside the top-five since Pocono last season. That’s eight-straight races. It’s the same story week after week, and we’ve got 38 other drivers with compelling stories to talk about. So, let’s talk about some of them, and the teams they race for.

Here’s how the rest of the Power Rankings look as the series dives into the final race of the opening Segment on Tuesday night at Rockingham Speedway.

ROCKINGHAM DRIVER POWER RANKINGS | Novak poised to get back to victory lane

For a while, it looked as though Zack Novak (Channel 199 Sim Racing) was finally going to get back into eNASCAR Victory Lane at Richmond two weeks ago. Novak won his Heat race and started from the pole position, but the race ran just long enough under green flag conditions for his tires to give out on grip, handing the lead to the driver that keeps winning these races. Novak did hold on to second place, the meat in the Wilson-White sandwich, as White worked his way up to finish third.

Heading into Rockingham, Novak is among the top-three in the standings, with a shot at taking the Segment 1 title, only three points behind White and two points ahead of Wilson. It also helps that back in 2019, Novak won an exhibition at The Rock, which just may give him the confidence he needs to break the bubble and get back to his winning ways in the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series in 2025.

Vicente Salas (Kanaan Esports) is finally turning his season around. He’s been fast all year, including at Las Vegas, where he was the pole sitter. His finish didn’t reflect the speed, however, and he had to wait until Interlagos to finally get a top-10 finish. At Richmond, he backed that up with another Heat race victory, which puts him at two race wins that don’t actually count as race wins on the season. Nonetheless, Salas is the biggest mover in the Power Rankings this week, up nine spots and into the top-five.

One of the stats that Cisco pulled this week includes Chente as one of four drivers with an average start of 11th or better this season, joining Wilson, Novak, and Dylan Ault (HYAK Motorsports). Ault is quietly having a career season so far through four races. The move from Letarte Esports to HYAK Motorsports might be cosmetic, in terms of the fact that he’s still racing on the backend with Nexxus eSports. Regardless, Ault sits fifth in the standings, and if he can keep this up, he might be in the conversation for the playoffs if Wilson keeps winning all the races and it comes down to points.

Other movers this week included Donovan Strauss (Atlassian Williams Sim Racing) up seven spots in the Power Rankings, and both Tucker Minter (William Byron eSports) and Femi Olatunbosun (Spire Motorsports) picked up a spot or two as well.

There were many drivers that held serve, and a couple of drivers who lost a spot or two in the Power Rankings. Casey Kirwan (Kansas City Pioneers) and Bobby Zalenski (ERA eSports Team) both had solid days at Richmond upended by late race calamity. While their finishes were not indicative of their performances, they do both fall down the rankings entering The Rock.

I will admit, I was sorely disappointed by the showing from Michael Cosey Jr (ERA eSports Team) two weeks ago. Last season, Cosey won the pole, won his heat, and if not for poor strategy, could have won the race too. This season, he was mired in the back of the pack, having started 37th, only getting up to 18th after the same late race drama that dropped Zalenski and Kirwan down the order.

Finally, the rookies. Blaze Crawford (Team Dillon Esports), Quentin Warman (Hyak Motorsports), and Connor Yeroschak (Letarte Esports) seem to have distanced themselves from the rest of the group. Quentin’s race wasn’t great from start to finish, so he’ll need to find the right consistency if he wants to stay in the conversation. Connor was up there for a good chunk of the day, but was caught up in drama late. Blaze escaped the carnage, picking up a second top-10 on the season, which not only puts him back into the rankings this week, but moves him up to the highest of the group in 16th.

TOP 20 DRIVERS POWER RANKINGS (ENTERING ROCKINGHAM)

1. Steven Wilson
2. Parker White
3. Zack Novak (+1)
4. Tucker Minter (+1)
5. Vicente Salas (+9)
6. Dylan Ault (+5)
7. Casey Kirwan (-4)
8. Femi Olatunbosun (+2)
9. Donovan Strauss (+7)
10. Kollin Keister (-2)
11. Michael Cosey Jr (-4)
12. Bobby Zalenski (-3)
13. Daniel Faulkingham
14. Malik Ray (-2)
15. Jordy Lopez (-9)
16. Blaze Crawford (NEW)
17. Jimmy Mullis (-2)
18. Dylan Duval
19. Matt Bussa (NEW)
20. Quentin Warman (tie, -3)
    Connor Yeroschak (tie, -1)

Fell out: Tyler Garey

ROCKINGHAM TEAM POWER RANKINGS | Spire vs Williams at top, Kanaan Esports enters conversation

The teams have established themselves pretty well through these opening four races, so a lot hasn’t changed on this ranking sheet entering Rockingham this week. With Vicente Salas finally getting the results he has the speed to get, Kanaan Esports is the biggest mover this week, moving to fifth after not even existing on the rankings two weeks ago.

That does come at the expense of Hyak Motorsports, but again, Dylan Ault and Quentin Warman are both having really good runs so far this year. The veteran-rookie combination of Salas and Alexander Russell, however, is just a little more powerful. Russell sits 27th in the standings, which is not too shabby for a rookie driver. He’s 10 points behind Warman, and funny enough, Salas is also 10 points behind Ault. The difference in this ranking choice comes from the visuals of seeing Salas contending for wins every week, while Ault is contending for top-10s.

BS+COMPETITION had a ROUGH week at Richmond. Jordy Lopez looked to have everyone’s number off the bat, scoring his second-straight pole award. However, a black flag on the start of the Heat race mired him in the back for the Feature race. Another early black flag resulted in a disqualification for not serving whatever penalty he got, which resulted in a last place effort. His teammate, Garrett Lowe, was having a good day, until he wasn’t. Lowe finished 34th.

It wasn’t bad enough to drop them outside of the top-10, but also it is a bit fringe as they sit tied with the Vegas Inferno for that final spot in the rankings. Malik Ray had a rough go at Interlagos two races ago, but solidly rebounded for a 12th place finish at Richmond. It’s close enough where the points have Vegas ahead of BS+, but BS+ has had more flair in their drivers competing near the front more often, more recently.

Spire leads Atlassian Williams by only six points after four races. They stay the same leaving Richmond at the top of the Power Rankings. Novak’s team, Channel 199 Sim Racing, is the third of three teams to have more than 200 combined points, with Dylan Duval contributing 71 of those points down in 19th in the standings. While the narrative of the top-two is loud at the moment, I’m not ruling out a “Big Three” with Novak and the Channel 199 group if he can string together a win or two over the next few weeks.

TOP 10 TEAMS POWER RANKINGS (ENTERING ROCKINGHAM)

1. Spire Motorsports
2. Atlassian Williams Sim Racing
3. Channel 199 Sim Racing
4. ERA eSports Team
5. Kanaan Esports (NEW)
6. HYAK Motorsports (-1)
7. William Byron eSports
8. Kansas City Pioneers
9. Kevin Harvick Inc.
10. Vegas Inferno (tie, no change)
    BS+COMPETITION (tie, -4)

Fell out: NONE

Agree with these rankings? Disagree? Let me know on X (formerly Twitter) or BlueSky.

The quest for the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series championship, and the road to $500,000, continues on Tuesday night at 8:00 pm ET, live on eNASCAR.com/live. Tune in to the pre-race Countdown to Green starting at 7:30 pm ET.

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