Jordan DeLucia

KILLED IT, AGAIN: Kilgore Dominates Street Stock League at Eldora for Second Career Win

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The Extreme Savage Racing pilot has done it again.

Carl Kilgore took hold of the Chevy Performance Street Stock League field Wednesday night and flat-out dominated it, winning his Heat Race and leading all 20 laps of the Feature to score his second career DIRTcar eSports victory and first of the season.

“It’s a blast around this joint because I love bangin’ the boards,” Kilgore said.

And “bang the boards” he did, as Kilgore, of Greenville, MS, stuck to the high line throughout the Feature and held off some very tough customers behind him in last week’s winner (and teammate) Keith Hackney and Jesse Wall.

The high pressure from the competition behind him reached a fever pitch in the home stretch, as two attempts at a green-white-checkered finish were presented to the field. Wall and Hackney gave it all they had, but in the end, Kilgore prevailed.

“We made a mistake on that first one, but luckily we had a caution and was able to re-rack ‘em,” Kilgore said. “We hit our marks for the last two laps and that was all she wrote.”

The Chevy Performance Street Stock League is back in action next Wednesday night, April 14, at the Fairbury Speedway – catch all the action live on DIRTVision.

Feature (25 Laps) (2 Green-White-Checkered finishes) – 1. 021 – Carl Kilgore [1]; 2. 069 – Keith Hackney [3];  3. 026 – Blade Kearns [4]; 4. 2 – Jesse Wall [2]; 5. 8 – Tyler Jackson [7]; 6. 53 – Aidan Skraha [12]; 7. 077 – Holden English [8]; 8. 546 – Randy Axner [6]; 9. 39 – Jim Reavis [16]; 10. 30 – Justin Henson [21]; 11. 17 – Brett Rowles [10]; 12. 48 – Grant Parr [22]; 13. 18 – Chase Gilreath [9]; 14. 71 – Daniel Stiffler [17]; 15. 44 – Cody McElreath [20]; 16. 121 – Edward Farness [13]; 17. 6 – Mitch Erickson [24]; 18. 717 – Bobby Rafferty [15]; 19. 23 – Brayden McMahan [14]; 20. 46 – Jonathan Nause [23]; 21. 13 – Payton Gries [18]; 22. 93 – Steve Miskolczi [5]; 23. 260 – Sage Luther [11]; 24. 04 – Josh Dennison [19]

4/7/21 – Big Block Modifieds at Williams Grove Speedway

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Feature (50 Laps) – 1. 33 – Evan Seay [1]; 2. 00 – Kendal Tucker [4]; 3. 2 – Dylan Houser [5]; 4. 033 – Richard Murtaugh Jr. [12]; 5. 115 – Boddie Parker [14]; 6. 48 – Dylan Yeager [6]; 7. 12 – Alex Bergeron [3]; 8. 85 – Tyler Schell [9]; 9. 000 – Kevin Dedmon [7]; 10. 185 – Hunter Heck [16]; 11. 17 – Brett Rowles [15]; 12. 717 – Bobby Rafferty [18]; 13. 9 – Keith Hackney [22]; 14. 002 – Jamie Massey [17]; 15. 41 – Logan Rumsey [8]; 16. 35 – Thomas Brandon [24]; 17. 37 – Randall Carter [11]; 18. 29 – Billy Richardson [21]; 19. 331-Dustin Hall [10]; 20. 127 – Blake Matjoulis [2]; 21. 114 – Joe Garcia [20]; 22. 69 – Mason Hammel [19]; 23. 1 – Jesse Enterkin [13]; 24. 82 – Eric Schroeter [23]

Qualifying (2 Laps) – 1. 33 – Evan Seay – 20.936; 2. 127 – Blake Matjoulis – 20.976; 3. 48 – Dylan Yeager – 20.986; 4. 00 – Kendal Tucker – 21.029; 5. 2 – Dylan Houser – 21.047; 6. 033 – Richard Murtaugh Jr. – 21.050; 7. 000 – Kevin Dedmon – 21.059; 8. 41 – Logan Rumsey – 21.070; 9. 12 – Alex Bergeron – 21.085; 10. 331 – Dustin Hall – 21.108; 11. 37 – Randall Carter – 21.109; 12. 85 – Tyler Schell – 21.164; 13. 1 – Jesse Enterkin – 21.172; 14. 69 – Mason Hammel – 21.180; 15. 29 – Billy Richardson – 21.195; 16. 02 – Chance Carr – 21.206; 17. 115 – Boddie Parker – 21.239; 18. 17 – Brett Rowles – 21.244; 19. 35 – Thomas Brandon – 21.257; 20. 002 – Jamie Massey – 21.274; 21. 717 – Bobby Rafferty – 21.326; 22. 44 – Clint Sullivan – 21.346; 23. 185 – Hunter Heck – 21.348; 24. 114 – Joe Garcia – 21.415; 25. 10 – Matthew Balthazor – 21.419; 26. 9 – Keith Hackney – 21.432; 27. 46 – Jonathan Nause – 21.438; 28. 82 – Eric Schroeter – 21.488; 29. 58 – Ryder Sroufe – 21.675

Heat #1 – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 33 – Evan Seay [1]; 2. 00 – Kendal Tucker [2]; 3. 000 – Kevin Dedmon [3]; 4. 331 – Dustin Hall [4]; 5. 1 – Jesse Enterkin; 6. 02 – Chance Carr [6]; 7. 10 – Matthew Balthazor [9]; 8. 35 – Thomas Brandon [7]; 9. 82 – Eric Schroeter [10]; 10. 44 – Clint Sullivan [8]

Heat #2 – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 127 – Blake Matjoulis [1]; 2. 2 – Dylan Houser [2]; 3. 41 – Logan Rumsey [3]; 4. 37 – Randall Carter [4]; 5. 115 – Boddie Parker [6]; 6. 002 – Jamie Massey [7]; 7. 9 – Keith Hackney [9]; 8. 69 – Mason Hammel [5]; 9. 58 – Ryder Sroufe [10]; 10. 185 – Hunter Heck [8]

Heat #3 – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 12 – Alex Bergeron [3]; 2. 48 – Dylan Yeager [1]; 3. 85 – Tyler Schell [4]; 4. 033 – Richard Murtaugh Jr. [2]; 5. 17 – Brett Rowles [6]; 6. 717 – Bobby Rafferty [7]; 7. 29 – Billy Richardson [5]; 8. 114 – Joe Garcia [8]; 9. 46 – Jonathan Nause [9]

Last Chance Showdown #1 – Top 6 Transfer – 1. 1 – Jesse Enterkin [1]; 2. 17 – Brett Rowles [2]; 3. 002 – Jamie Massey [3]; 4. 69 – Mason Hammel [6]; 5. 29 – Billy Richardson [5]; 6. 82 – Eric Schroeter [7]; 7. 46 – Jonathan Nause; 8. 10 – Matthew Balthazor [4]

Last Chance Showdown #2 – Top 6 Transfer – 1. 115 – Boddie Parker [1]; 2. 185 – Hunter Heck [9]; 3. 717 – Bobby Rafferty [3]; 4. 114 – Joe Garcia [6]; 5. 9 – Keith Hackney [4]; 6. 35 – Thomas Brandon [5]; 7. 02 – Chance Carr [2]; 8. 44 – Clint Sullivan [8]; 9. 58 – Ryder Sroufe [7]

THUNDER VALLEY THROWDOWN: Seay Leads Flag-to-Flag in Tour UMP Modified Action at Bristol

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Seay’s fourth career Tour victory ties him with Alex Bergeron for most all-time

He’s been in Victory Lane with his Summit Racing Equipment UMP Modified on DIRTVision before, and now he’s done it again. With his fourth career victory aboard the DIRTcar eSports Tour Wednesday night at the virtual Bristol Motor Speedway, Evan Seay now sits tied for the most Feature wins in Tour history.

Grabbing the lead at the drop of the green, Seay, of Chesnee, SC, pulled out to a big advantage over his competition early, turning the fastest lap of the race on Lap 2. It wasn’t until the halfway mark passed before Seay received his first challenge from a hard-charging Dylan Yeager, who started on the front row but had fallen all the way back to ninth on the initial start.

Yeager, of Hamilton, NJ, immediately hit the high side and began making up spots rapidly, reaching the runner-up spot by Lap 12. He then used that momentum to track down leader Seay as he approached lapped traffic.

[From top] Dustin Hall (331), Randall Carter (37) and Bergeron (12) battling for position (Joe Grabianowski Photo)
“I told myself I was going to stick to the bottom the first few laps, and it ended up working out and getting me the lead. But all of a sudden, it just slowed way down a ton on the bottom about eight laps in. [Yeager] basically just caught me just running the top – the top was that much faster,” Seay said.

But a few costly mistakes on the treacherous high side of Bristol broke Yeager’s momentum on multiple occasions, giving Seay the edge he needed to pull away.

“As my dad always says, I race better when I’m pissed off, so I got up on the wheel and drove back up to P2,” Yeager said. “I was running down Evan at the end and then I started messing up and hitting the wall.”

Seay turned on the jets in the home stretch and brought home the $250 payday on cruise control.  With an eighth-place finish last week with the Big Block Modifieds at Weedsport, Seay now sits inside the top-five of the points standings.

Defending Tour champion Kendal Tucker, of Mount Airy, NC, made his first appearance of the season Wednesday night and had a solid run going, tracking down Yeager in the final laps and making the pass in traffic to clinch a runner-up finish.

Tucker (00) and Yeager (48) battling for second late in the race (Joe Grabianowski Photo)

With all of the back-and-forth, ups-and-downs Yeager had over the 40-lap contest, it’s no surprise he was almost relieved to see the checkered fly by race’s end.

“I think that’s the first time I’ve ever sweated in a sim race before,” Yeager said.

The DIRTcar eSports Tour action continues next Wednesday night, April 7, with Round 3 of action at the Williams Grove Speedway. The Super DIRTcar Series Big Block Modifieds will be the vehicle of choice – catch all of the action live in the iRacing server or on DIRTVision at 8pm ET.

Summit Racing Equipment Feature (40 Laps) – 1. 33 – Evan Seay (3), 2. 00 – Kendall Tucker (4), 3. 48 – Dylan Yeager (2), 4. 12 – Alex Bergeron (4), 5. 000 – Kevin Dedmon (11), 6. 331 – Dustin Hall (1), 7. 033 – Richard Murtaugh Jr. (17), 8. 37 – Randall Carter (7), 9. 115 – Boddie Parker (10), 10. 85 – Tyler Schell ((16), 11. 41 – Logan Rumsey (14), 12. 1 – Jesse Enterkin (13), 13. 30 – Tyler Jackson (15), 14. 17 – Brett Rowles (23), 15. 71 – Kevin Hebert (12), 16. 928 – Josh Vinci (20), 17. 29 – William Richardson (24), 18. 24 – Dominque Foster (22), 19. 19. 44 – Clint Sullivan (19), 20. 013 – Brent Feher (18), 21. 69 – Brent Carter (9), 22. 127 – Blake Matjoulis (5), 23 32 – Daniel Powell (21), 24. 2 – Dylan Houser (8)

PLAY DEFENSE: Hackney Protects Lead, Wins First Career Street Stock League Race at Limaland

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Jackson, Kilgore score more top-five finishes, now top points standings

Three laps remaining. Restart upcoming. Keith Hackney had one shot to clinch the win he worked so hard to defend all race long.

Hackney, a frequent racer with the Chevy Performance Street Stock League, had led 20 of the 21 laps completed before the restart, and was just three trips around the virtual Limaland Motorsports Park away from his first career Feature win under the DIRTcar eSports banner. He took off on the restart well, but Carl Kilgore hit it even better.

“Carl got a heck of a jump there, and that sort of worried me,” Hackney said. “I thought he was going to drive around me on the outside.”

[From top] Kilgore (21), Hackney (69k) and Jackson (8) going three-wide for the lead (Joe Grabianowski Photo)
Kilgore, of Greenville, MS, had been breathing down Hackney’s neck throughout the 25-lap affair and got a great run to Hackney’s outside at the drop of the green. He led the field across the stripe to complete Lap 22, but Hackney stayed with him on the inside.

With a big leap across all three lanes, Hackney, of Calhoun, GA, threw a big slide job on Kilgore in Turns 1-2 to defend the lead. A successful attempt, as Kilgore ran into Hackney’s rear bumper at the exit of Turn 2.

This move dampened Kilgore’s momentum enough to allow both Tyler Jackson and Jesse Wall to close the gap as the white flag was displayed. As Hackney sped away with the win, three-wide across the line came Kilgore, Jackson and Wall for the runner-up spot.

Wall ended up edging out Kilgore and Jackson by .014 seconds at the line for the runner-up spot with a great move through the middle, threading the needle between his opponents as they raced through Turns 3-4.

“I wish we would have had a few more laps up there to try and catch Keith, but man, that was fun,” Wall said.

Joe Grabianowski Photo

Kilgore stayed glued to the top side and made it work in the final corner, squeaking past Jackson at the line by just over one tenth of a second. He, like Jackson, has won with the League before and is now sitting inside the podium in the points standings.

The Chevy Performance Street Stock League action continues next Wednesday night, April 7, from the Eldora Speedway! Don’t miss a moment – watch all the action in the iRacing server at 7pm Eastern or on the DIRTVision live broadcast for free.

Chevy Performance Feature (25 Laps) – 1. 69 – Keith Hackney (1), 2. 2 – Jesse Wall (5), 3. 021 – Carl Kilgore (2), 4. 8 – Tyler Jackson (3), 5. 21 – Jim Reavis (4), 6. 029 – Lane Phillips (8), 7. 121 – Edward Farness (6), 8. 225 – Nathan Lemons (10), 9. 026 – Blade Kearns (7), 10. 92 – Payton Gries (15), 11. 17 – Brett Rowles (11), 12. 48 – Kyle Vaughn (18), 13. 15 – Grant Parr (14), 14. 717 – Bobby Rafferty (13), 15. 260 – Sage Luther (23), 16. 18 – Justin Henson (20), 17. 077 – Holden English (17), 18. 29 – Joshua Divine (19), 19. 71 – Daniel Stiffler (21), 20. 14 – Jaxon Steele (24), 21. 26 – Sean Stevens (16), 22. 93 – Steve Miskolczi (9), 23. 546 – Randy Axner (12), 24. 4 – Nicolas Adkins (22)

3/31/21 – Street Stocks at Limaland Motorsports Park

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Chevy Performance Feature (25 laps) – 1. 69-Keith Hackney [1]; 2. 2-Jesse Wall [5]; 3. 021-Carl Kilgore [2]; 4. 8-Tyler Jackson [3]; 5. 21-Jim Reavis [4]; 6. 29-Lane Phillips [8]; 7. 121-Edward Farness [6]; 8. 225-Nathan Lemons [10]; 9. 026-Blade Kearns [7]; 10. 92-Payton Gries [15]; 11. 17-Brett Rowles [11]; 12. 24-Kyle Vaughn [18]; 13. 48-Grant Parr [14]; 14. 717-Bobby Rafferty [13]; 15. 260-Sage Luther [23]; 16. 18-Justin Henson [20]; 17. 077-Holden English [17]; 18. 29-Joshua Divine [19]; 19. 71-Daniel Stiffler [21]; 20. 14-Jaxon Steele [24]; 21. 26-Sean Stevens [16]; 22. 93-Steve Miskolczi [9]; 23. 546-Randy Axner [12]; 24. 4-Nicholas Adkins [22]

Qualifying (2 Laps) – 1. 69-Keith Hackney [15.47]; 2. 021-Carl Kilgore [15.499]; 3. 29-Lane Phillips [15.509]; 4. 93-Steve Miskolczi [15.52]; 5. 2-Jesse Wall [15.525]; 6. 17-Brett Rowles [15.538]; 7. 026-Blade Kearns [15.542]; 8. 8-Tyler Jackson [15.546]; 9. 48-Grant Parr [15.561]; 10. 225-Nathan Lemons [15.574]; 11. 260-Sage Luther [15.577]; 12. 077-Holden English [15.59]; 13. 717-Bobby Rafferty [15.604]; 14. 29-Joshua Divine [15.623]; 15. 18-Justin Henson [15.623]; 16. 121-Edward Farness [15.657]; 17. 05-Aaron Russell [15.664]; 18. 91-Jeff Harper [15.666]; 19. 04-Joshua Dennison [15.687]; 20. 38-Ryan Carlisi [15.689]; 21. 11-Nick Graziano [15.69]; 22. 111-Jaron Valley [15.696]; 23. 24-Kyle Vaughn [15.698]; 24. 7-Joseph Driscoll [15.699]; 25. 92-Payton Gries [15.71]; 26. 55-Joe Grabianowski [15.715]; 27. 546-Randy Axner [15.718]; 28. 6-Mitch Erickson [15.771]; 29. 21-Jim Reavis [15.772]; 30. 71-Daniel Stiffler [15.785]; 31. 26-Sean Stevens [15.79]; 32. 36-Sterling Beard [15.798]; 33. 46-Jonathan Nause [15.811]; 34. 5-Jason Metoxen [15.82]; 35. 77-Anthony Corini [15.833]; 36. 13-Matt Remick [15.839]; 37. 069-Brian Smith [15.874]; 38. 002-Clifford Bellomy [15.965]; 39. 84-Mike Watt [16.011]; 40. 22-Jaron Spencer [16.011]; 41. 14-Jaxon Steele [16.119]; 42. 78-Justin Bishop [16.173]; 43. 35-Drake Hartzell [DNQ]; 44. 76-Robert Palmer [DNQ]; 45. 4-Nicholas Adkins [DNQ]; 46. 75-Kyle Vickers [DNQ]

Heat Race 1 (8 laps, top 4 transfer) – 1. 69-Keith Hackney [1]; 2. 121-Edward Farness [4]; 3. 17-Brett Rowles [2]; 4. 26-Sean Stevens [7]; 5. 13-Matt Remick [8]; 6. 11-Nick Graziano [5]; 7. 55-Joe Grabianowski [6]; 8. 14-Jaxon Steele [9]; 9. 260-Sage Luther [3]; 10. 75-Kyle Vickers [10]

Heat Race 2 (8 laps, top 4 transfer) – 1. 021-Carl Kilgore [1]; 2. 026-Blade Kearns [2]; 3. 546-Randy Axner [6]; 4. 077-Holden English [3]; 5. 069-Brian Smith [8]; 6. 36-Sterling Beard [7]; 7. 78-Justin Bishop [9]; 8. 05-Aaron Russell [4]; 9. 111-Jaron Valley [5]

Heat Race 3 (8 laps, top 4 transfer) – 1. 8-Tyler Jackson [2]; 2. 29-Lane Phillips [1]; 3. 717-Bobby Rafferty [3]; 4. 24-Kyle Vaughn [5]; 5. 91-Jeff Harper [4]; 6. 002-Clifford Bellomy [8]; 7. 35-Drake Hartzell [9]; 8. 46-Jonathan Nause [7]; 9. 6-Mitch Erickson [6]

Heat Race 4 (8 laps, top 4 transfer) – 1. 21-Jim Reavis [6]; 2. 93-Steve Miskolczi [1]; 3. 48-Grant Parr [2]; 4. 29-Joshua Divine [3]; 5. 7-Joseph Driscoll [5]; 6. 76-Robert Palmer [9]; 7. 84-Mike Watt [8]; 8. 5-Jason Metoxen [7]; 9. 04-Joshua Dennison [4]

Heat Race 5 (8 laps, top 4 transfer) – 1. 2-Jesse Wall [1]; 2. 225-Nathan Lemons [2]; 3. 92-Payton Gries [5]; 4. 18-Justin Henson [3]; 5. 71-Daniel Stiffler [6]; 6. 4-Nicholas Adkins [9]; 7. 22-Jaron Spencer [8]; 8. 38-Ryan Carlisi [4]; 9. 77-Anthony Corini [7]

Last Chance Showdown 1 (10 laps, top 2 transfer) – 1. 4-Nicholas Adkins [5]; 2. 14-Jaxon Steele [8]; 3. 04-Joshua Dennison [12]; 4. 84-Mike Watt [7]; 5. 111-Jaron Valley [11]; 6. 11-Nick Graziano [3]; 7. 46-Jonathan Nause [9]; 8. 7-Joseph Driscoll [2]; 9. 069-Brian Smith [1]; 10. 002-Clifford Bellomy [4]; 11. 38-Ryan Carlisi [10]; 12. 75-Kyle Vickers [13]; 13. 78-Justin Bishop [6]

Last Chance Showdown 2 (10 laps, top 2 transfer) – 1. 71-Daniel Stiffler [3]; 2. 260-Sage Luther [11]; 3. 91-Jeff Harper [2]; 4. 6-Mitch Erickson [12]; 5. 05-Aaron Russell [9]; 6. 77-Anthony Corini [13]; 7. 55-Joe Grabianowski [6]; 8. 5-Jason Metoxen [10]; 9. 76-Robert Palmer [5]; 10. 13-Matt Remick [1]; 11. 22-Jaron Spencer [8]; 12. 35-Drake Hartzell [7]; 13. 36-Sterling Beard [4]

3/31/21 – UMP Modifieds at Bristol Motor Speedway

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Summit Racing Equipment Feature (40 Laps) – 1. 33-Evan Seay [3]; 2. 00-Kendal Tucker [4]; 3. 48-Dylan Yeager [2]; 4. 12-Alex Bergeron [6]; 5. 000-Kevin Dedmon [11]; 6. 331-Dustin Hall [1]; 7. 033-Richard Murtaugh Jr. [17]; 8. 37-Randall Carter [7]; 9. 115-Boddie Parker [10]; 10. 85-Tyler Schell [16]; 11. 41-Logan Rumsey [14]; 12. 1-Jesse Enterkin [13]; 13. 24-Tyler Jackson [15]; 14. 17-Brett Rowles [23]; 15. 71-Keven Hèbert [12]; 16. 928-Josh Vinci [20]; 17. 29-Billy Richardson [24]; 18. 001-Dominique Foster [22]; 19. 44-Clint Sullivan [19]; 20. 13-Brent Feher [18]; 21. 69-Brent Carter [9]; 22. 127-Blake Matjoulis [5]; 23. 32-Daniel Powell [21]; 24. 2-Dylan Houser [8]

Qualifying (2 Laps) – 1. 00-Kendal Tucker [17.007]; 2. 48-Dylan Yeager [17.036]; 3. 33-Evan Seay [17.053]; 4. 32-Daniel Powell [17.089]; 5. 000-Kevin Dedmon [17.114]; 6. 69-Brent Carter [17.129]; 7. 331-Dustin Hall [17.129]; 8. 127-Blake Matjoulis [17.137]; 9. 71-Keven Hèbert [17.154]; 10. 37-Randall Carter [17.177]; 11. 24-Tyler Jackson [17.179]; 12. 12-Alex Bergeron [17.196]; 13. 115-Boddie Parker [17.197]; 14. 2-Dylan Houser [17.207]; 15. 033-Richard Murtaugh Jr. [17.237]; 16. 1-Jesse Enterkin [17.244]; 17. 13-Brent Feher [17.265]; 18. 44-Clint Sullivan [17.272]; 19. 928-Josh Vinci [17.276]; 20. 717-Bobby Rafferty [17.29]; 21. 82-Eric Schroeter [17.337]; 22. 41-Logan Rumsey [17.338]; 23. 29-Billy Richardson [17.385]; 24. 85-Tyler Schell [17.43]; 25. 17-Brett Rowles [17.457]; 26. 10-Matthew Balthazor [17.562]; 27. 03-Justin Ziemiecki [17.577]; 28. 58-Ryder Sroufe [17.631]; 29. 46-Jonathan Nause [17.806]; 30. 001-Dominique Foster [17.982]

Heat Race 1 (10 Laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 331-Dustin Hall [3]; 2. 00-Kendal Tucker [1]; 3. 37-Randall Carter [4]; 4. 115-Boddie Parker [5]; 5. 32-Daniel Powell [2]; 6. 928-Josh Vinci [7]; 7. 1-Jesse Enterkin [6]; 8. 41-Logan Rumsey [8]; 9. 17-Brett Rowles [9]; 10. 58-Ryder Sroufe [10]

Heat Race 2 (10 Laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 48-Dylan Yeager [1]; 2. 127-Blake Matjoulis [3]; 3. 2-Dylan Houser [5]; 4. 000-Kevin Dedmon [2]; 5. 13-Brent Feher [6]; 6. 24-Tyler Jackson [4]; 7. 717-Bobby Rafferty [7]; 8. 46-Jonathan Nause [10]; 9. 29-Billy Richardson [8]; 10. 10-Matthew Balthazor [9]

Heat Race 3 (10 Laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 33-Evan Seay [1]; 2. 12-Alex Bergeron [4]; 3. 69-Brent Carter [2]; 4. 71-Keven Hèbert [3]; 5. 033-Richard Murtaugh Jr. [5]; 6. 85-Tyler Schell [8]; 7. 44-Clint Sullivan [6]; 8. 001-Dominique Foster [10]; 9. 003-Justin Ziemiecki [9]; 10. 82-Eric Schroeter [7]

Last Chance Showdown 1 (14 Laps, top-6 transfer) – 1. 41-Logan Rumsey [5]; 2. 85-Tyler Schell [3]; 3. 13-Brent Feher [1]; 4. 928-Josh Vinci [2]; 5. 001-Dominique Foster [6]; 6. 29-Billy Richardson [7]; 7. 58-Ryder Sroufe [8]; 8. 82-Eric Schroeter [9]; 9. 717-Bobby Rafferty [4]

Last Chance Showdown 2 (14 Laps, top-6 transfer) – 1. 1-Jesse Enterkin [4]; 2. 24-Tyler Jackson [3]; 3. 033-Richard Murtaugh Jr. [2]; 4. 44-Clint Sullivan [5]; 5. 32-Daniel Powell [1]; 6. 17-Brett Rowles [7]; 7. 10-Matthew Balthazor [9]; 8. 46-Jonathan Nause [6]; 9. 03-Justin Ziemiecki [8]

BIG BLOCK BLAKE: 127 Industries Captain Matjoulis Wins Season 3 Tour Opener at Weedsport

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Yeager impressive in Tour debut, Ducharme notches career best finish

Blake Matjoulis got his goal of competing for a DIRTcar eSports Tour championship started off right with a win in the season opener Wednesday night on DIRTVision.

“We got a couple wins last season, and to start off like this, it’s definitely some good momentum for Week #2,” Matjoulis said.

A 50-lap contest stood before the Bicknell Racing Products Big Block Modified field of 38 strong at Weedsport Speedway. Matjoulis, of Ashville, NY, had yet to win with the Big Blocks on the DIRTcar eSports Tour, but looked as good as ever, backed by his newest iRacing team at 127 Industries.

Starting fourth on the grid, Matjoulis chased down early leader Tyler Ducharme, of Bomoseen, VT, in the opening laps with fellow frontrunners Alex Bergeron, Evan Seay and Dylan Yeager. Matjoulis found his first opportunity at the lead directly after a restart on Lap 18, where he rode the high side of the slicked-off track surface and gained enough speed out of Turn 4 to nip Ducharme at the line for the lead.

“I found something in [Turns] 1-2 that was about a tenth faster every lap and was pounding the fence in 3-4. That’s how I ended up getting the lead,” Matjoulis said.

That move proved to be all the #127 needed to get the lead. But, holding it was a different story. While the top side got him the lead, the bottom carried him to victory. Matjoulis quickly swapped lanes to the bottom in an effort to hold off Ducharme and wisely held the line through the remainder of the race.

Ducharme hits the infield jersey barrier in Turn 1 (Joe Grabianowski Photo)

Bergeron, of Drummondville, QC, was riding solidly in third with just under 15 circuits remaining when a bit of contact with his competition sent him in a near-spin through Turns 3-4, losing several spots. He impressively rebounded before the checkers, though, climbing back up to a fifth-place finish.

This incident inadvertently allowed the resurgence of Yeager and his charge back up to third, which he completed on the final lap.

“Alex [Bergeron] and Tyler [Schell] got together and I was able to capitalize on that and finally get around Richard [Murtaugh] for third-place, so we’ll take it,” Yeager said.

Back out front, the caution-sprinkled race allowed those behind Matjoulis multiple chances to make a move for the lead, but he was too good in the slick. The 2019 World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model iRacing World Champion got a great final restart after the final caution in the closing laps and drove off to his third career victory with the Tour and the $250 check.

Ducharme was able to hang on for a runner-up finish, the best of his few DIRTcar eSports Tour starts since his debut last season.

Joe Grabianowski Photo

“Congrats to Blake, he ran a great race,” Ducharme said. “Once he got in front of me, I got back under him a couple of times. I’m not going to driver through him for a win, I wouldn’t do that to anybody.”

The DIRTcar eSports Tour next heads to the high, dirt-covered banks of Bristol Motor Speedway next Wednesday night, March 31, for a UMP Modified showdown in race #2 of 10. Catch all the action live on DIRTVision!

Bicknell Racing Products Feature (50 Laps) – 1. 127-Blake Matjoulis [4]; 2. 25-Tyler Ducharme [1]; 3. 48-Tyler Yeager [2]; 4. 033-Richard Murtaugh [7]; 5. 12-Alex Bergeron [3]; 6. 32-Tyler Schell [10]; 7. 96-Gunnar Swanchara [9]; 8. 33-Evan Seay [5]; 9. 71-Keven Hebert [19]; 10. 213-James Boniface [14]; 11. 81-Bobby Sweeney [6]; 12. 0-Kevin Dedmon [15]; 13. 77-Brandon Planck [17]; 14. 1-Jesse Enterkin [23]; 15. 331-Dustin Hall [16]; 16. 17-Brett Rowles [22]; 17. 91-Felix Roy [11]; 18. 79-Maxime Plante [12]; 19. 114-Joe Garcia [24]; 20. 77-Blaise Baker [20]; 21. 2-Chance Carr [21]; 22. 41-Logan Rumsey [8]; 23. 115-Boddie Parker [18]; 24. 44-Mason Hammel [13]

LOW ‘N SLOW: Gage Scores First Career Street Stock League Win in Season 3 Opener at Knoxville

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Jackson continues dominance with podium effort; Axner charges 17th-to-5th

One of the most difficult lines to take around a glass-smooth Knoxville Raceway in a DIRTcar Street Stock on iRacing is right around the bottom. Fittingly, it was the very line Jordan Gage took en route to his first career DIRTcar eSports Chevy Performance Street Stock League Feature win Wednesday night on DIRTVision.

“I usually run the slider line here, but it was kind of wearing out faster than I liked,” Gage said. “These [races] are awesome when they come onto the table, especially when you can run them.”

Starting P1, Gage, of Whiting, IA, jumped out to the early lead and began fending off a hungry field of 23 other competitors behind him. Applying the most pressure early on was none other than the winningest driver in League history, Tyler Jackson.

Jackson, from Rockford, IL, started fifth and tried both the high and low lines to make the move on Gage, but was unsuccessful. After a late-race caution that brought a green-white-checkered finish at 22 laps, Thorne Zimmerman, of Sanderson, FL, was continuing his charge up from the seventh starting spot and got a great restart as the field came to two-to-go.

Zimmerman took the low line right behind Gage while Jackson followed suit, fending off a high-flying Carl Kilgore to his outside. The field rounded Turns 1-2, breeding a big run for Zimmerman down the backstretch. He tried the middle of the track in the final turns but came up just one spot short in the end.

“That white flag – I tried going in a little higher, so that maybe I could swing it under him, but I think [Gage] saw it coming and blocked the bottom to me,” Zimmerman said.

Jackson, a three-time winner in Season 2, crossed the line in third, continuing his stretch of success in the League that he began last December.

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“Kinda got locked down there on the bottom at the end, but all-in-all for 12 green-flag laps, I guess we did all we could,” Jackson said.

The Chevy Performance Street Stocks are back in action next Wednesday night, March 31, at Limaland Motorsports Park for Round #2 of 10 in DIRTcar eSports Season 3. Catch all the action live on DIRTVision presented by Drydene!

Chevy Performance Feature (20 Laps) – 1. 0-Jordan Gage [1]; 2. 003-Thorne Zimmerman [7]; 3. 8-Tyler Jackson [5]; 4. 021-Carl Kilgore [11]; 5. 546-Randy Axner [17]; 6. 7-Chris Davis [13]; 7. 17-Brett Rowles [15]; 8. 44-Mason Hammel [8]; 9. 29-Lane Phillips [21]; 10. 71-Daniel Stiffler [9]; 11. 04-Joshua Dennison [14]; 12. 14-Kyle Vaughn [10]; 13. 48-Grant Parr [20]; 14. 93-Steve Miskolczi [24]; 15. 077-Holden English [18]; 16. 225-Nathan Lemons [12]; 17. 6-Mitch Erickson [19]; 18. 53-Aidan Skraha [3]; 19. 717-Bobby Rafferty [6]; 20. 69-Keith Hackney [2]; 21. 21-Jim Reavis [22]; 22. 1-Alex Breuer [4]; 23. 26-Sage Luther [16]; 24. 111-Jaron Valley [23]

3/24/21 – Big Block Modifieds at Weedsport Speedway

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Bicknell Racing Products Feature (50 Laps) – 1. 127-Blake Matjoulis [4]; 2. 25-Tyler Ducharme [1]; 3. 48-Dylan Yeager [2]; 4. 33-Richard Murtaugh Jr. [7]; 5. 12-Alex Bergeron [3]; 6. 85-Tyler Schell [10]; 7. 96-Gunnar Swanchara [9]; 8. 33-Evan Seay [5]; 9. 71-Keven Hèbert [19]; 10. 213-James Boniface [14]; 11. 81-Bobby Sweeney [6]; 12. 0-Kevin Dedmon [15]; 13. 077-Brandon Planck [17]; 14. 1-Jesse Enterkin [23]; 15. 331-Dustin Hall [16]; 16. 17-Brett Rowles [22]; 17. 91-Fèlix Roy [11]; 18. 79-Maxime Plante [12]; 19. 114-Joe Garcia [24]; 20. 77-Blaise Baker [20]; 21. 2-Chance Carr [21]; 22. 41-Logan Rumsey [8]; 23. 115-Boddie Parker [18]; 24. 69-Mason Hammel [13]

Qualifying (2 laps) – 1. 25-Tyler Ducharme [15.029]; 2. 48-Dylan Yeager [15.034]; 3. 12-Alex Bergeron [15.061]; 4. 127-Blake Matjoulis [15.066]; 5. 96-Gunnar Swanchara [15.067]; 6. 81-Bobby Sweeney [15.127]; 7. 33-Richard Murtaugh Jr. [15.143]; 8. 41-Logan Rumsey [15.167]; 9. 33-Evan Seay [15.168]; 10. 85-Tyler Schell [15.171]; 11. 0-Kevin Dedmon [15.179]; 12. 79-Maxime Plante [15.212]; 13. 2-Chance Carr [15.23]; 14. 17-Brett Rowles [15.231]; 15. 91-Fèlix Roy [15.243]; 16. 77-Blaise Baker [15.256]; 17. 69-Mason Hammel [15.262]; 18. 213-James Boniface [15.266]; 19. 71-Keven Hèbert [15.266]; 20. 331-Dustin Hall [15.294]; 21. 077-Brandon Planck [15.326]; 22. 115-Boddie Parker [15.329]; 23. 1-Jesse Enterkin [15.341]; 24. 114-Joe Garcia [15.377]; 25. 717-Bobby Rafferty [15.39]; 26. 72-Joseph Grabianowski [15.398]; 27. 42-John Smith17 [15.406]; 28. 99-Matty Watkins [15.416]; 29. 29-Billy Richardson [15.457]; 30. 47-Blaze Benedict [15.546]; 31. 7-Jaxon Steele [15.554]; 32. 82-Eric Schroeter [15.565]; 33. 24-Chuck Mancabelli [15.619]; 34. 58-Ryder Sroufe [15.673]; 35. 4-John Bragman [15.702]; 36. 3-Justin Ziemiecki [15.847]; 37. 46-Jonathan Nause [15.882]; 38. 37-Randall Carter [DNQ]

Heat Race 1 (10 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 25-Tyler Ducharme [1]; 2. 33-Evan Seay [3]; 3. 96-Gunnar Swanchara [2]; 4. 69-Mason Hammel [5]; 5. 077-Brandon Planck [6]; 6. 2-Chance Carr [4]; 7. 29-Billy Richardson [8]; 8. 24-Chuck Mancabelli [9]; 9. 46-Jonathan Nause [10]; 10. 717-Bobby Rafferty [7]

Heat Race 2 (10 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 48-Dylan Yeager [1]; 2. 81-Bobby Sweeney [2]; 3. 85-Tyler Schell [3]; 4. 213-James Boniface [5]; 5. 17-Brett Rowles [4]; 6. 115-Boddie Parker [6]; 7. 37-Randall Carter [10]; 8. 72-Joseph Grabianowski [7]; 9. 58-Ryder Sroufe [9]; 10. 47-Blaze Benedict [8]

Heat Race 3 (10 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 12-Alex Bergeron [1]; 2. 33-Richard Murtaugh Jr. [2]; 3. 91-Fèlix Roy [4]; 4. 0-Kevin Dedmon [3]; 5. 71-Keven Hèbert [5]; 6. 1-Jesse Enterkin [6]; 7. 42-John Smith17 [7]; 8. 4-John Bragman [9]; 9. 7-Jaxon Steele [8]

Heat Race 4 (10 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 127-Blake Matjoulis [1]; 2. 41-Logan Rumsey [2]; 3. 79-Maxime Plante [3]; 4. 331-Dustin Hall [5]; 5. 77-Blaise Baker [4]; 6. 99-Matty Watkins [7]; 7. 114-Joe Garcia [6]; 8. 82-Eric Schroeter [8]; 9. 3-Justin Ziemiecki [9]

Last Chance Showdown 1 (14 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 115-Boddie Parker [3]; 2. 77-Blaise Baker [2]; 3. 17-Brett Rowles [1]; 4. 114-Joe Garcia [6]; 5. 37-Randall Carter [5]; 6. 47-Blaze Benedict [11]; 7. 99-Matty Watkins [4]; 8. 58-Ryder Sroufe [9]; 9. 3-Justin Ziemiecki [10]; 10. 72-Joseph Grabianowski [7]; 11. 82-Eric Schroeter [8]

Last Chance Showdown 2 (14 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 077-Brandon Planck [1]; 2. 71-Keven Hèbert [2]; 3. 2-Chance Carr [3]; 4. 1-Jesse Enterkin [4]; 5. 4-John Bragman [8]; 6. 42-John Smith17 [6]; 7. 7-Jaxon Steele [10]; 8. 29-Billy Richardson [5]; 9. 717-Bobby Rafferty [11]; 10. 46-Jonathan Nause [9]; 11. 24-Chuck Mancabelli [7]

3/24/21 – Street Stocks at Knoxville Raceway

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Chevy Performance Feature (20 Laps) – 1. 0-Jordan Gage [1]; 2. 003-Thorne Zimmerman [7]; 3. 8-Tyler Jackson [5]; 4. 021-Carl Kilgore [11]; 5. 546-Randy Axner [17]; 6. 7-Chris Davis [13]; 7. 17-Brett Rowles [15]; 8. 44-Mason Hammel [8]; 9. 29-Lane Phillips [21]; 10. 71-Daniel Stiffler [9]; 11. 04-Joshua Dennison [14]; 12. 24-Kyle Vaughn [10]; 13. 48-Grant Parr [20]; 14. 93-Steve Miskolczi [24]; 15. 077-Holden English [18]; 16. 225-Nathan Lemons [12]; 17. 6-Mitch Erickson [19]; 18. 53-Aidan Skraha [3]; 19. 717-Bobby Rafferty [6]; 20. 69-Keith Hackney [2]; 21. 21-Jim Reavis [22]; 22. 1-Alex Breuer [4]; 23. 26-Sage Luther [16]; 24. 111-Jaron Valley [23]

Qualifying (2 Laps) – 1. 78-Justin Bishop [23.586]; 2. 717-Bobby Rafferty [23.619]; 3. 53-Aidan Skraha [23.643]; 4. 44-Mason Hammel [23.646]; 5. 00-Bryar Zimmerman [23.685]; 6. 24-Kyle Vaughn [23.690]; 7. 021-Carl Kilgore [23.703]; 8. 055-Mike Effner [23.703]; 9. 8-Tyler Jackson [23.712]; 10. 35-Drake Hartzell [23.714]; 11. 003-Thorne Zimmerman [23.719]; 12. 225-Nathan Lemons [23.721]; 13. 0-Jordan Gage [23.724]; 14. 69-Keith Hackney [23.726]; 15. 17-Brett Rowles [23.737]; 16. 26-Sage Luther [23.746]; 17. 7-Chris Davis [23.760]; 18. 84-Mike Watt [23.769]; 19. 36-Sterling Beard [23.772] 20. 1-Alex Breuer [23.772]; 21. 71-Daniel Stiffler [23.775]; 22. 5-Jason Metoxen [23.780]; 23. 29-Lane Phillips [23.792]; 24. 48-Grant Parr [23.798]; 25. 07-Randolph Freundt Jr. [23.800]; 26. 04-Joshua Dennison [23.804]; 27. 546-Randy Axner [23.809]; 28. 21-Jim Reavis [23.820] 29. 128-Jacob Folds [23.827]; 30. 93-Steve Miskolczi [23.852]; 31. 111-Jaron Valley [23.857] 32. 46-Jonathan Nause [23.858]; 33. 6-Mitch Erickson [23.866]; 34. 077-Holden English [23.873]; 35. 99-Tim Taylor [23.899]; 36. 18-Justin Henson [23.908]; 37. 76-Robert Palmer [23.930]; 38. 002-Clifford Bellomy [23.931]; 39. 55-Jerek Evans [24.102]; 40. 38-Ryan Carlisi [24.251]

Heat Race 1 (8 laps, top 4 transfer) – 1. 0-Jordan Gage [4]; 2. 8-Tyler Jackson [3]; 3. 71-Daniel Stiffler [6]; 4. 7-Chris Davis [5]; 5. 07-Randolph Freundt Jr. [7]; 6. 6-Mitch Erickson [9]; 7. 00-Bryar Zimmerman [2]; 8. 128-Jacob Folds [8]; 9. 78-Justin Bishop [1]; 10. 76-Robert Palmer [10]

Heat Race 2 (8 laps, top 4 transfer) – 1. 69-Keith Hackney [4]; 2. 717-Bobby Rafferty [1]; 3. 24-Kyle Vaughn [2]; 4. 04-Joshua Dennison [7]; 5. 93-Steve Miskolczi [8]; 6. 077-Holden English [9]; 7. 35-Drake Hartzell [3]; 8. 84-Mike Watt [5]; 9. 002-Clifford Bellomy [10]; 10. 5-Jason Metoxen

Heat Race 3 (8 laps, top 4 transfer) – 1. 53-Aidan Skraha [1]; 2. 003-Thorne Zimmerman [3]; 3. 021-Carl Kilgore [2]; 4. 17-Brett Rowles [4]; 5. 29-Lane Phillips [6]; 6. 546-Randy Axner [7]; 7. 36-Sterling Beard [5]; 8. 99-Tim Taylor [9]; 9. 111-Jaron Valley [8]; 10. 55-Jerek Evans [10]

Heat Race 4 (8 laps, top 4 transfer) – 1. 1-Alex Breuer [5]; 2. 44-Mason Hammel [1]; 3. 225-Nathan Lemons [3]; 4. 26-Sage Luther [4]; 5. 21-Jim Reavis [7]; 6. 48-Grant Parr [6]; 7. 055-Mike Effner [2]; 8. 18-Justin Henson [9]; 9. 46-Jonathan Nause [8]; 10. 38-Ryan Carlisi [10]

Last Chance Showdown 1 (10 laps, top 4 transfer) – 1. 546-Randy Axner [4]; 2. 6-Mitch Erickson [3]; 3. 29-Lane Phillips [2]; 4. 111-Jaron Valley [10]; 5. 36-Sterling Beard [6]; 6. 00-Bryar Zimmerman [5]; 7. 99-Tim Taylor [8]; 8. 128-Jacob Folds [7]; 9. 07-Randolph Freundt Jr. [1]; 10. 76-Robert Palmer [11]; 11. 55-Jerek Evans [12]; 12. 78-Justin Bishop [9]

Last Chance Showdown 2 (10 laps, top 4 transfer) – 1. 077-Holden English [3]; 2. 48-Grant Parr [4]; 3. 21-Jim Reavis [2]; 4. 93-Steve Miskolczi [1]; 5. 35-Drake Hartzell [1]; 6. 002-Clifford Bellomy [9]; 7. 18-Justin Henson [8]; 8. 46-Jonathan Nause [10]; 9. 5-Jason Metoxen [11]; 10. 055-Mike Effner [6]; 11. 38-Ryan Carlisi [12]; 12. 84-Mike Watt [7]