In a career-defining last lap move, Parker White emerged from an epic championship battle to add his name to the list of eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series champions. White also won the season finale race at the virtual Homestead-Miami Speedway for his second career eNCCiS victory.
White outlasted defending series champion Steven Wilson, who finished second to come up just one spot short in his title defense. Graham Bowlin rallied from a poor qualifying effort to finish third, while Bobby Zalenski fell to 14th after spinning on the final lap while racing for the championship.
Non-playoff drivers Wyatt Tinsley and Tucker Minter completed the top five in fourth and fifth, respectively.
White’s championship victory helped spearhead Williams eSports to the team title as White and teammate Donovan Strauss combined for 884 points, 27 points ahead of Joe Gibbs Racing.
TONIGHT’S ACTION
Vicente Salas edged out Wilson for the pole position, leading the field to green. Salas maintained the top spot throughout the opening green-flag run, while Wilson and White drove right in his tire tracks in second and third, respectively.
Bowlin, meanwhile, was the biggest mover through the field in the opening run, rallying from his 26th starting spot to sixth when the first caution came out on lap 30. The field went under yellow due to a three-car incident on the backstretch involving Zack Novak, Jimmy Mullis, and Kollin Keister.
The yellow flag brought the entire field down pit road for tires and fuel, and Wilson won the race off of pit road to assume the lead, with White hot on his heels in second.
On the lap 34 restart, Wilson got a good jump to easily clear White for the lead. Ten laps later, Keister spun on the backstretch to put the race back under the yellow flag. This led to a split in strategy, with the majority of drivers coming down for fresh tires and to top off on fuel while others stayed out for track position.
As a result of strategy, Salas was back out front when the race went back green on lap 49. It did not take long for playoff drivers to move back up through the grid, with Wilson, White and Zalenski maneuvering their way to second, third, and fifth, respectively. Bowlin stayed within striking distance at eighth on track.
The race stayed green until 27 laps to go when Keister crashed on the backstretch, this time hitting the inside wall for the third caution of the evening. This set the stage for another…
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