Steven Wilson won eNASCAR Race 4 at Dover Motor Speedway on Tuesday night, claiming his second victory of the 2026 season. The Spire Motorsports driver edged teammate Femi Olatunbosun in overtime. It was his 19th career eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Championship Series win. Wilson fought back from an early crash, a contorted left front fender, and multiple restarts to reach victory lane.
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🏁 Full race recap on iRacing.com
For most of the 120-lap event, Bobby Zalenski looked untouchable. The ERA eSports driver led 100 of the first 115 laps and put himself in position to win his third race of the 2026 season. However, Dover has a way of keeping races alive. A steady stream of cautions kept the field bunched up and gave every driver repeated chances to challenge.
Wilson’s night looked finished before it really started. He was involved in a crash before 25 laps were complete. The contact crumpled his left front fender. His car handled poorly for most of the night as a result. Despite that damage, Wilson refused to fade. He kept himself inside the top 10 through the caution-heavy middle portion of the race. With 45 laps remaining, he had worked back to second behind Zalenski.
The decisive sequence started on the penultimate restart. Wilson matched Zalenski’s pace for about a lap before the two made contact with four and a half laps to go while fighting for the lead. Additionally, Parker White of Williams F1 Team Gaming was in the mix heading into Turn 1. Wilson received contact from White and drifted through the corner. Coming out of Turn 2, Wilson caught Zalenski. The two made contact. As a result, Zalenski fell down the order and Wilson took the lead he would not relinquish.
On the final overtime restart, Wilson held on with a car that was even more damaged than before. Nevertheless, he kept Olatunbosun at bay to complete the Spire Motorsports 1-2 finish. Olatunbosun had started from pit road and fought through the field on his own. It was a strong result for the entire team, even if it came with a heavy dose of late-lap contact.
“It was just a lot going on, to be honest,” Wilson said after the race. “Heart rate’s going, adrenaline’s up.” He explained that Dover’s grip level shifts as rubber builds up during long green-flag runs. Cautions reset it each time, which changes the handling window at every restart. “You’ve just got to be on the bottom for the first couple of laps, and then it’s just all about clean air,” Wilson added. He also spoke about the late contact with Zalenski, calling it the kind of moment that defines a close race at this level.
Zalenski, for his part, was direct in his assessment. He had led 100 laps and believed the contact was intentional. Regardless of interpretation, his pace throughout the race was undeniable. Furthermore, he remains firmly in the championship picture with the second half of the 2026 season still ahead.
Wilson’s Dover win is his second of the 2026 campaign, joining his victory at EchoPark Speedway in Race 2. Meanwhile, Zalenski had won at Charlotte and Coronado. The eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Championship Series is now at its midpoint, with ten rounds still remaining. Therefore, every result carries added weight in the title fight heading into the back half of the year. Wilson’s overtime resilience at Dover has strengthened his championship position at exactly the right moment in the 2026 season.
