iRacing eNASCAR COTA: Canapino dominates

Score one for Agustin Canapino in the three-race eNASCAR International iRacing Series after Wednesday’s race from Circuit of the Americas.

The native of Argentina made his iRacing series debut, qualified on the pole, and in a similar performance to Simon Pilate’s dominance of Brands Hatch Circuit the week before, led almost every lap on the way to taking the checkered flag on one of NASCAR’s newest road courses.

Leonel Pernia was second to make it a 1-2 finish for Argentine drivers, while Mexico’s Victor Barrales Jr. completed the podium. Like Paul Jouffreau at Brands Hatch, Pernia was able to briefly inherit the lead during the pit cycle, but would give it right back to Canapino after making his own stop on Lap 15.

Paul Jourdain would improve upon a sixth place finish in the opener to finish fourth, while Pilate would complete the top five to join Barrales as the only two drivers to make it onto the podium in both of the first two races.

Of the 19 drivers to start the race, 13 would complete all 25 laps, an increase of five drivers from last week. NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series driver Jake Cosio was the biggest position gainer of the race, climbing from 13^th place to sixth over the course of the race.

For the second week in a row, Justin Campbell would pace the NASCAR Drive for Diversity entrants and Treyten Lapcevich best the NASCAR Pinty’s Series drivers, running eighth and ninth respectively.

Full results from the eNASCAR International iRacing Series race at Circuit of the Americas were as follows:

Fin.	St.	No.	Name	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Led	Best	Pts
1	1	86	Agustin Canapino	Chevrolet	25		21	2:17.255	40
2	2	75	Leonel Pernia	Ford	25	-17.718	2		35
3	8	39	Victor Barrales	Ford	25	-47.052	0		34
4	7	8	Paul Jourdain	Toyota	25	-1:01.047	0		33
5	4	66	Simon Pilate	Chevrolet	25	-1:01.873	0	2:18.074	32
6	13	51	Jake Cosio	Toyota	25	-1:05.998	0		31
7	3	64	Paul Jouffreau	Ford	25	-1:10.357	2	2:21.250	30
8	14	18	Justin T Campbell	Chevrolet	25	-1:11.146	0	2:22.034	29
9	11	20	Treyten Lapcevich	Chevrolet	25	-1:15.182	0		28
10	6	88	Ruben Garcia	Toyota	25	-1:15.680	0		27
11	10	13	Rajah Caruth	Chevrolet	25	-1:25.145	0		26
12	9	14	Giorgio Maggi	Ford	25	-1:34.076	0	2:23.413	25
13	15	2	Abraham Calderon	Chevrolet	25	-1:41.476	0		24
14	19	22	Andres Perez de Lara	Ford	24	-1 L	0		23
15	18	10	Regina Sirvent	Chevrolet	22	-3 L	0		22
16	12	12	Nicholas Sanchez	Chevrolet	17	-8 L	0		21
17	5	89	Davide Dallara	Chevrolet	10	-15 L	0	2:21.075	20
18	16	19	Jaiden Reyna	Chevrolet	10	-15 L	0		19
19	17	21	Alex de Alba	Ford	4	-21 L	0	2:26.789	18

 

The eNASCAR International iRacing Series season will conclude on the Daytona International Speedway Road Course on July 7. All races will stream live at 6PM ET on eNASCAR.com/live. For more information on iRacing and for special offers, visit www.iracing.com.