Two wins in three starts for the DIRTcar eSports Street Stock League’s newest Feature winner, Jaycee Floyd.
The Iowa driver led the first 34 laps of the 35-lap main event at Fairbury Speedway before getting a strong challenge from defending League champion Tyler Jackson on the final lap. Floyd had been strong all race on the top side of the high-banked 1/4-mile, but suddenly swung his car down into the low/middle groove through Turns 3-4 to keep Jackson’s challenge at bay.
After getting a great run down the backstretch, Jackson drove hard into Turn 3 on the bottom and slid up the track, making contact with Floyd through Turn 4. The two drag raced down the frontstretch to the stripe; Jackson edging Floyd at the line by .055 seconds to steal the win on the final lap.
However, Jackson was later penalized in post-race review when it was discovered he had failed to drop to the tail of the field after entering the pits for a quick repair under yellow on Lap 9. Race officials assessed a two-spot penalty for each car Jackson started in front of on the restart following the Lap 9 caution, placing him 15th in the official results, and awarding Floyd with the victory.
ABBREVIATED RESULTS (view full results)
Feature (35 laps) – 1. 18-Jaycee Floyd [2]; 2. 157-Drew Hopkins [17]; 3. 45-Kyle Jared [22]; 4. 1-Kaden Reynolds [11]; 5. 64-Logan Koteles [6]; 6. 84-Bryce Dickenson [10]; 7. 71-Daniel Stiffler [8]; 8. 2-Ty Dickenson [5]; 9. 11-Dustin Fryer [24]; 10. 8-Cam Campbell [1]; 11. 5-Ian Goode [13]; 12. 43-Grady Ehrman [18]; 13. 3-Dylan D Thomas [21]; 14. 77-John Quill [20]; 15. 822-Tyler Jackson3 [12]; 16. 7-Evin Hinkle [19]; 17. 23-Branden Schirpke [23]; 18. 100-Christopher Hill9 [3]; 19. 27-Brady Thompson2 [4]; 20. 76-Robert Palmer8 [16]; 21. 121-Kevin M Davis [15]; 22. 20-Colt Currie [7]; 23. 52-Billy Northcutt [14]; 24. 5-Isaac Salas [9]