Yeroschak wins Kansas, secures eNASCAR Championship 4 Finale spot

The 2026 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Championship Series Championship 4 Finale field is now complete. Connor Yeroschak of Letarte eSports won the Kansas Speedway round on Tuesday night, earning his first series victory in his 30th start and securing the final transfer spot to the title race. He joins defending two-time champion Steven Wilson (Spire Motorsports), Bobby Zalenski (ERA eSports Team), and Wyatt Tinsley (Kansas City Pioneers) in the battle for $100,000 and the Dale Earnhardt Jr Cup at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Uptown Charlotte on October 13th.

Yeroschak entered Kansas two points below the cut line for the Championship 4 Finale. After 100 laps, the defending eNASCAR College iRacing Series Champion executed a flawless late-race strategy, taking two tires on a final pit stop with six laps remaining. He cleared into the lead on the restart and held off Sebastian Marin and a late charge from Zack Novak to claim the win. "I've worked years for this," an emotional Yeroschak said post-race. "All the way up through the ladder, to not only have a chance to win a race and make the final four, but to get both done in one night when it really mattered. It was a perfect night, probably the best drive of my life."

With the victory, Yeroschak becomes the 72nd different winner in series history and the third new winner this season alongside Garrett Manes and Quentin Warman. His win moved him to second in the postseason standings with 2,097 points, just 21 behind Wilson.

Zalenski secured his Championship 4 spot by finishing tenth, guaranteeing advancement regardless of other results. Tinsley finished ninth, accumulating enough points to edge out Tucker Minter, who finished 24th and fell one point short of the cut line. Both Yeroschak and Tinsley will compete on stage in front of a live crowd at the NASCAR Hall of Fame for the first time, while Zalenski makes his seventh Championship 4 Finale appearance in search of his first title.

Yeroschak dominated qualifying, setting the quick time ahead of Nexxus backend teammates Marin and Matthew Morton. The race featured multiple cautions and position changes, with Casey Kirwan briefly taking the lead before Yeroschak's decisive late-race moves secured the victory. Marin finished second, 0.389 seconds behind, with Novak rounding out the podium in third.