University of Calgary’s Connor Yeroschak earns first eNASCAR College Series victory in photo finish at Charlotte

Yeroschak wins, Championship roster for Homestead-Miami confirmed

The final eNASCAR College iRacing Series race in the 2024-25 Regular Season came down to a three-wide, last lap pass, resulting in another first-time winner.

The University of Calgary’s Connor Yeroschak had a roller coaster of a race. The Dino started 15th, worked his way into the top-five for a good chunk of the race. On Lap 62, contact with UCONN’s Jose Solis Jr sent Yeroschak outside the top-25. After some careful maneuvering around a slew of ensuing cautions, with five laps to go, he was back inside the top-five with the freshest tires.

As the laps ticked away, another spot Connor would gain. He was four with three to go, third with two to go, and as they took the white flag, Yeroschak was up to second, chasing the dominant Iowa Hawkeye, Steven Wilson. Up to this point, Wilson had led 87 of the prior 89 laps, only missing out on two earlier laps led by Solis Jr under yellow.

Into Turn 3 for the final time, and Yeroschak sent it in on Wilson. Wilson, aware of the situation, moved up to get a run, but the new tires were too powerful. Add in the University of Maine at Augusta’s Parker White, a three-time winner this season, also on new tires into the mix, and off of Turn 4 they come barreling towards the checkered flag, three-wide until the line.

WHERE DID HE COME FROM?!?

The University of Calgary’s @ConnorYeroschak comes out of nowhere on the final lap and wins in a THREE-WIDE FINISH at the line in the middle of Iowa’s Steven Wilson and Maine at Augusta’s Parker White!@ENASCARGG | @Playflygg pic.twitter.com/SuxdMDvNuI

— iRacing (@iRacing) April 2, 2025

The race was met with seven caution periods for 21 laps of pacing in the 90-lap event. Peter Irons (Winona State University) earned the pole for the race, but failed to lead a lap as Wilson took control right away. Daniel Faulkingham (University of Maine at Machias) was damaged on Lap 2 after contact with Eastern Shore’s Arron Brown. After spending the entire race fixing his truck, Faulkingham was able to recover for a seventh place finish.

Yeroschak, in only his fifth-career start in the series, becomes the 12th different A-Main winner in series history, a history that only spans 28 races-to-date since its inception in the Spring of 2022. Yeroschak easily qualifies for the 2024-25 eNASCAR College iRacing Series championship round in two weeks at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Wilson will be looking for another College Series title, as will Cal State Fullerton’s Logan Clampitt, the Spring 2023 champion.

Parker White, who won three of these races this season, will be looking to add a College Series trophy next to his Dale Earnhardt Jr Cup that he won back in October. In total, 25 drivers will all be in contention for the title, as their points all reset to zero for the final round.

eNASCAR College iRacing Series results from Charlotte Motor Speedway were as follows:

eNASCAR College iRacing Series standings through Round 8 at Charlotte Motor Speedway are as follows (includes four drops):

1. Parker White | University of Maine at Augusta, 154
2. Steven Wilson | University of Iowa, 145
3. Logan Clampitt | California State Fullerton, 141
4. Daniel Faulkingham | University of Maine at Machias, 132
5. Connor Yeroschak | University of Calgary, 129
6. Zach Sprouse | George Mason University, 125
7. John Forbes Jr | Saddleback College, 122
8. Matthew Zwack | University of Michigan, 121
9. Jonathan W Evans | Western Connecticut State University, 117
10. Nick Luetje | Purdue University in Indianapolis, 110
11. Adam Garza | Triton College, 109
12. Daniel Nanney | Ball State University, 106
13. Drew Jewah | Chattahoochee TC, 105
14. AJ Heider | St. Johns River State, 105
15. Jose Solis Jr | University of Connecticut, 105
16. Mario Merenda | University of Oklahoma, 103
17. Jacob Bradley | Purdue University in Indianapolis, 98
18. Dylan Ault | California State Sacramento, 97
19. Arron Brown | Eastern Shore CC, 96
20. James Scioly | Eastern Washington University, 93
21. Jake Cummings | Converse University, 92
22. Peter Irons | Winona State University, 92
23. Abraham E Vela | San Jacinto College, 91
24. Jeremy O. Burns | Longwood University, 90
25. Connor Trifari | USC – Beaufort, 83

With only the best four results being counted for each College Series driver, many inside the top-25 did not need to make every start. Triton College’s Adam Garza, for example, only made four starts, all in the second half of the year, and was able to get four solid results, placing him 11th. Many of the top names did not even improve on their points situations, already having better or similar results in the previous seven races, such as White and Wilson.

One driver below the top-25 did make all eight A-Main races—Missouri S&T’s Kaleb Bryan. Bryan, who finished 24th at Charlotte, would have needed an 11-point swing between him and USC- Beaufort’s Connor Trifari, who finished 11th at Charlotte. Other big colleges that missed out on having a driver in the final include Ohio State, with Matthew L Morton finishing 27th in points, and Clemson, with Jake Hall falling down to 34th at season’s end.

The final race on the College calendar is in the NASCAR Xfinity Series machines, the championship race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. There are no more time attacks. This roster of drivers is made up of the top-25 finishing drivers in the final Regular Season standings. Schedules and formats for the next season of the eNASCAR College iRacing Series will be announced at a later date.

The championship race broadcast, with $10,000 on the line for the champion, is scheduled for Tuesday, April 15th, and will be live at 8:00 pm ET on eNASCAR.com/live and across iRacing social media channels. 

The eNASCAR College iRacing Series is presented by Playfly College Esports and Logitech G. For more information on the series, visit eNASCAR.com. For more information on iRacing and for special offers, visit www.iracing.com.

About the Series: The eNASCAR College iRacing Series presented by Playfly College Esports and Logitech G 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 qualified for each event by posting their fastest lap times in a two-week Time Attack through the iRacing UI. With hundreds of schools represented in each Time Attack, and only a maximum of three representatives 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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