2025-26 eNASCAR College iRacing Series | Clash on the Beach | Week 2 Tournament Preview

The Clash on the Beach, the second eNASCAR College iRacing Series Tournament powered by the PlayVS College League, will conclude on Wednesday night at Daytona International Speedway. Week 2 of the Tournament includes the Semifinals, Semifinal Last Chance Qualifier, and the Final Round. $7,000 in scholarship prizes are on the line, with the winner in the Final Round collecting $3,000 and the maximum amount of points towards the overall championship, where another $10,000 in scholarships is reserved at the end of the 2025-26 collegiate season.

From September 30th to October 9th, nearly 250 eligible collegiate iRacers took to the official Time Attack in hopes of qualifying for the latest eNASCAR College iRacing Series Tournament. These students collectively put down more than 35,000 laps around the 2.5-mile superspeedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. 120 students qualified for the opening week, and were snake split into three groups of 40. Each group then ran the gauntlet in the opening week, with 13 drivers per group advancing after each First Round, First Round LCQ, and Second Round races concluded.

The second week of the second Tournament of the season will stream live on Wednesday night at 7:00 p.m. ET at eNASCAR.com/live and across all of iRacing’s social media channels.

CLASH ON THE BEACH - WEEK 1

In the opening week of the Tournament, three groups ran through respective First Round, First Round LCQ, and Second Round competition. Group 1 saw the Freshman students continue their control as Purdue University's Carson Bowers took his inaugural win in his first series start in the Second Round. In Group 2, it was Sacramento State's Dylan Ault taking the checkered flag. Group 3 saw another Purdue student, from the Indianapolis campus, however, in Jacob Bradley take the win.

MORE: CLASH ON THE BEACH WEEK 1 RECAP

DRIVERS ADVANCED TO SEMIFINAL

• Carson Bowers // Purdue University
• Edward Sanchez // Baruch College
• Daniel Faulkingham // University of Maine at Machias
• Zach Sprouse // George Mason University
• Jack Stoneman // University of Northwestern Ohio
• Jake Hall // Clemson University
• Isaac Shelley // University of Northwestern Ohio
• Nathan Scott // University of Nevada, Las Vegas
• Jose Solis Jr // University of Connecticut
• Logan Clampitt // California State University, Fullerton
• Julian O’Neil // University of Delaware
• Connor Birky // Illinois State University
• Daniel Nanney // Ball State University
• Dylan Ault // Sacramento State
• John Hagen // North Central Texas College
• Joseph Joseph // Rutgers University
• Ryan Andrew // Des Moines Area Community College
• Bridger Olson // Spokane Community College
• Matthew Zwack // University of Michigan
• Adam Garza // Triton College
• Sam Smith // Marshall University
• David Smith // University of Tennessee
• Malachi Drake // Liberty University
• John McClear // Rollins College
• Jeramiyah Taylor // Belmont Abbey College
• John Forbes Jr // Saddleback College
• Jacob Bradley // Purdue University in Indianapolis
• Timothy Holmes // Horry Georgetown Technical College
• Bradley Erickson // Arizona State University
• Abraham Vela // University of Houston
• Nicholas Sutton // Wayne State College
• Benjamin White // University of West Florida
• Connor Trifari // University of North Carolina at Charlotte
• Maverick Davis // Kettering University
• Ethan Shapiro // Babson College
• Jake Cummings // Converse University
• Connor Yeroschak // University of Calgary
• Matthew Morton // The Ohio State University
• Elijah Wells // Texas Tech University

TRACK INFO

Known as “The World Center of Racing”, Daytona International Speedway has a deep history in many facets of American motorsport, from NASCAR and their annual Daytona 500 to IMSA and their 24-hour battle for the Rolex 24. This track also hosts Bike Week’s Daytona 200, Daytona Supercross, Daytona KartWeek between Christmas and New Year’s Day, and a host of driving school, club, and other events. Earlier this year, the Rolex 24 at Daytona traversed the 3.56-mile road course that encompasses the infield and most of the oval. For NASCAR purposes, those multiple stock cars rip around 200 mph consistently on the oval’s 2.5-mile high banks.

ABOUT THE SERIES

The eNASCAR College iRacing Series powered by PlayVS College League gives college students from the United States and Canada the opportunity to compete for their share of $60,000 in scholarships. Using the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series vehicles, 120 drivers qualify for each Tournament by registering and posting their fastest lap times in the Time Attack through the iRacing UI. With hundreds of colleges and universities represented in each Time Attack, drivers are competing not only against the greater iRacing community, but also their own classmates, for a spot on the newly-minted bracket.

After the Clash on the Beach, the next Tournament on the 2025-26 eNASCAR College iRacing Series schedule is the Harvest Cup at Iowa Speedway. Time Attacks open on October 28th and run until November 6th.

2025-26 COLLEGE SERIES SCHEDULE
2025-26 COLLEGE SERIES FORMAT

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