Donning a Taco-themed design across his 358 Modified, Former iRacing World Champion Hayden Cardwell took advantage of a starting grid mishap ahead of him and made it count, leading all 40 laps en route to his fourth career DIRTcar eSports Tour victory Wednesday night.
Cardwell was originally scheduled to start third on the grid, but was permitted to fill the spot when polesitter Blake Matjoulis’ internet connection failed before the start of the race. He took off with the lead at the drop of the green and ran away with the race, crossing the finish line over four seconds ahead of second-place to win the VP Racing Fuels 358 Modified challenge at Cedar Lake Speedway.
ABBREVIATED RESULTS (view full results)
VP Racing Fuels Feature (40 laps) 1. 07-Hayden Cardwell [3]; 2. 74-Loic Bernier [2]; 3. 33-Evan Seay [6]; 4. 35-Nick Cooper [5]; 5. 98-Andrew Clark11 [8]; 6. 185-Hunter Heck [4]; 7. 23-Ethan C Toedter [17]; 8. 84-Michael Hackett3 [7]; 9. 85-Tyler Schell [23]; 10. 3-Dylan D Thomas [19]; 11. 12-Alex A Bergeron [24]; 12. 05-Isaac Salas [9]; 13. 48-Dylan Yeager [15]; 14. 15-Justin Sick [16]; 15. 13-Matt Remick [14]; 16. 8-Blair Kraus [10]; 17. 13-Lane Smith2 [13]; 18. 27-Robert Henderson3 [12]; 19. 50-Steven Gaines [21]; 20. 9-Tanner Tomasi [22]; 21. 282-Dalton DeWert [18]; 22. 15-Boddie Parker3 [11]; 23. 127-Blake Matjoulis [1]; 24. 331-Dustin Hall3 [20]