Jordan DeLucia

12/23/20 – 360 Sprint Cars at Knoxville Raceway

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Drydene Feature (30 Laps) – 1. 49-David Heileman [3]; 2. 02-Bryce Bailey [2]; 3. 00-Kendal Tucker [4]; 4. 12-Alex Bergeron [16]; 5. 24-Shaun Timmerman [5]; 6. 331-Dustin Hall [13]; 7. 25-Tyler Ducharme [6]; 8. 30-Stevin Goldner [7]; 9. 99-Gregory Lamey [11]; 10. 33-Evan Seay [1]; 11. 025-Richie Preston [8]; 12. 64-Dawson Cook [10]; 13. 1-Jesse Enterkin [18]; 14. 28-Jordan Poirier [9]; 15. 3-Cody Hillman [21]; 16. 787-Cody Zobrist [23]; 17. 15-Brett Punkari [17]; 18. 42-John Smith III [15]; 19. 69-Matthew Schelk [24]; 20. 72-Broc Lawrence [22]; 21. 77-Anthony Corini [20]; 22. 17-Billy Richardson [19]; 23. 35-Thomas Brandon [14]; 24. 13-Chris Papa [12]

Qualifying (2 Laps) – 1. 33-Evan Seay [16.798]; 2. 02-Bryce Bailey [16.828]; 3. 49-David Heileman [16.852]; 4. 00-Kendal Tucker [16.859]; 5. 24-Shaun Timmerman [16.906]; 6. 12-Alex Bergeron [16.911]; 7. 64-Dawson Cook [16.921]; 8. 99-Gregory Lamey [16.929]; 9. 25-Tyler Ducharme [16.933]; 10. 30-Stevin Goldner [16.937]; 11. 025-Richie Preston [16.954]; 12. 2-Dylan Houser [16.973]; 13. 331-Dustin Hall [17.049]; 14. 35-Thomas Brandon [17.08]; 15. 28-Jordan Poirier [17.09]; 16. 042-Tom Morano [17.131]; 17. 787-Cody Zobrist [17.176]; 18. 84-Mike Watt [17.186]; 19. 1-Jesse Enterkin [17.189]; 20. 77-Anthony Corini [17.191]; 21. 72-Broc Lawrence [17.192]; 22. 15-Brett Punkari [17.229]; 23. 42-John Smith III [17.246]; 24. 19-Seth Smyser [17.247]; 25. 17-Billy Richardson [17.295]; 26. 769-Steven Kreis [17.404]; 27. 3-Cody Hillman [17.465]; 28. 92-Jaxon Steele [17.475]; 29. 46-Jonathan Nause [17.615]; 30. 13-Chris Papa [17.709]; 31. 69-Matthew Schelk [17.936]

Heat 1 (10 Laps) (Top 4 transfer) – 1. 33-Evan Seay [1]; 2. 00-Kendal Tucker [2]; 3. 30-Stevin Goldner [4]; 4. 64-Dawson Cook [3]; 5. 331-Dustin Hall [5]; 6. 042-Tom Morano [6]; 7. 17-Billy Richardson [9]; 8. 1-Jesse Enterkin [7]; 9. 15-Brett Punkari [8]; 10. 69-Matthew Schelk [11]; 11. 92-Jaxon Steele [10]

Heat 2 (10 Laps) (Top 4 transfer) – 1. 2-Bryce Bailey [1]; 2. 24-Shaun Timmerman [2]; 3. 025-Richie Preston [4]; 4. 99-Gregory Lamey [3]; 5. 35-Thomas Brandon [5]; 6. 42-John Smith III [8]; 7. 77-Anthony Corini [7]; 8. 769-Steven Kreis [9]; 9. 46-Jonathan Nause [10]; 10. 787-Cody Zobrist [6]

Heat 3 (10 Laps) (Top 4 transfer) – 1. 49-David Heileman [1]; 2. 25-Tyler Ducharme [3]; 3. 28-Jordan Poirier [5]; 4. 13-Chris Papa [10]; 5. 3-Cody Hillman [9]; 6. 72-Broc Lawrence [7]; 7. 84-Mike Watt [6]; 8. 12-Alex Bergeron [2]; 9. 19-Seth Smyser [8]; 2-Dylan Houser [DQ]

B-main 1 (14 Laps) (Top 6 transfer) – 1. 35-Thomas Brandon [1]; 2. 12-Alex Bergeron [6]; 3. 1-Jesse Enterkin [5]; 4. 77-Anthony Corini [4]; 5. 72-Broc Lawrence [3]; 6. 69-Matthew Schelk [8]; 7. 19-Seth Smyser [9]; 8. 92-Jaxon Steele [10]; 9. 46-Jonathan Nause [7]; 10. 042-Tom Morano [2]

B-main 2 (14 Laps) (Top 6 transfer) – 1. 331-Dustin Hall [1]; 2. 42-John Smith III [3]; 3. 15-Brett Punkari [7]; 4. 17-Billy Richardson [4]; 5. 3-Cody Hillman [2]; 6. 787-Cody Zobrist [9]; 7. 84-Mike Watt [5]; 8. 769-Steven Kreis [6]

TWOFER TYLER: Jackson Goes Back-to-Back with Chevy Performance Street Stocks at Limaland

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Parr with back-to-back podiums, Jackson first two-time winner

LIMA, OH – Three races into the Chevy Performance Street Stock League as part of DIRTcar eSports Season 2 and Tyler Jackson has found himself right at home as the League’s first two-time winner.

Originally scheduled to start fifth, Jackson took off from the third spot on the grid after Chris Meyers was unable to make the call for the Feature, sliding the entire inside row up one spot. He dove into the first corner with no fear on the low side and snatched up the lead before the field even got into Turn 3. Put simply, this was the beginning of the end for his competition.

Even with the single restart early in the show, allowing those behind him another crack at a pass for the lead, Jackson held strong. Most notably, Jackson was able to avoid a lapped car that spun directly in front of him with just two laps remaining to help seal the victory.

“I was trying to figure out if I’d be better off getting a caution and having them bunch back up on me or just try and wiggle my way through some of those lapped guys,” Jackson told Street Stock League Announcer Rick Eshelman in the post-race interview on DIRTVision. “There were two-or-three really close calls of that; I jammed-up on the brakes.”

Grant Parr crossed the stripe in second after a solid run in the top-five all night. He passed for second in the latter half of the race and led a charge to Jackson’s rear bumper, but just flat-out ran out of time. After a third-place finish last week, Parr’s got the momentum he’ll be carrying into Volusia Speedway Park in one week’s time.

Round 3 of Street Stock League action hosted 30 cars; the second-highest total this season (Joe Grabianowski Photo)

“I noticed I was catching [Jackson], and was hoping maybe a lapped car would mess him up and give us a chance or a caution,” Parr said. “It didn’t happen tonight, but we had another good run.”

The DIRTcar eSports Chevy Performance Street Stock League action continues next Wednesday night, Dec. 23, with a visit to the Volusia Speedway Park. Catch all the action live on DIRTVision!

Chevy Performance Feature (30 Laps) – 1. 8-Tyler Jackson [5]; 2. 48-Grant Parr [7]; 3. 003-Thorne Zimmerman  [4]; 4. 45-Dane Loyd [1]; 5. 15-Michael Putnam [8]; 6. 880-Calvin Anderson [6]; 7. 2-Bradley Weaver [9]; 8. 66-Preston Dimsdale [15]; 9. 111-Lewis Clark [2]; 10. 10-Caleb Hudgeons [22]; 11. 26-Jack Brown [20]; 12. 04-Joshua Dennison [16]; 13. 69-Sage Luther [10]; 14. 7-Jaxon Steele [17]; 15. 47-Blaze Benedict [24]; 16. 7-Marko Mitchell [11]; 17. 29-Zak Williams [18]; 18. 78-Blake Pryor [12]; 19. 74-Garrett Updike [14]; 20. 77-Anthony Corini [21]; 21. 54-Cory McKay [19]; 22. 02-Bradley Steinruck [23]; 23. 122-Brian Dickens [13]; 24. 7-Chris Meyers [3]

PRO-STOPPER: Bailey Beats Giant Big-Block Field at Weedsport, Ends Pro Winner Reign

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Super DIRTcar Series stars shine in Feature, McLaughlin 22nd to 8th

WEEDSPORT, NY – The streak is over. Bryce Bailey has dethroned the iRacing Dirt Pro-license drivers and their 13-race reign over the DIRTcar eSports Tour with a victory in the Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modifieds’ debut on the Tour, making a stop to the Weedsport Speedway Wednesday night for race #3 of 8.

Not only did he beat iRacing’s very best on dirt, but Bailey also topped five real-life Super DIRTcar Series drivers that came out to take part – DIRTcar OktoberFAST finale winner Max McLaughlin, Jack Lehner, Chris Hile, Mike Mahaney and Demetrius Drellos.

Going all the way back to the beginning of Season 1, which kicked off in late April, each and every Tour Feature had been won by an iRacer with the “Pro” license class – a symbol of the driver’s hard work, simulation skill and dedication to bettering themselves and the rest of the motorsports simulation community. Thirteen consecutive events, with eight different winners, all donning the dark-shaded Pro license.

None of that seemed to matter to Bailey, a real-life DIRTcar Sportsman Modified driver from Waverly, NY. He never once flinched at the size or depth of the Season 2-high 53-car field, taking the lead on Lap 6 of the 50-lap Bicknell Racing Products Feature and bringing it all the way back home for the $250 victory.

“It definitely feels good to win in the cars you drive in real-life,” Bailey told DIRTcar eSports Announcer Chase Raudman in the post-race interview on DIRTVision. “It definitely makes you feel 100 percent better.”

And what a first race to win, against, by far, the toughest field the DIRTcar eSports Tour has seen all year long. With nine Pro-license drivers and five full-time Super DIRTcar Series competitors in the virtual field, this roster gave the word “competition” a whole new meaning when the green flag dropped.

Tucker (00) and Bailey (2) battling for the lead (Joe Grabianowski Photo)

Polesitter Hayden Cardwell, of Knoxville, TN, sped out to the early lead while Bailey and the rest of the field gave chase in the opening laps. But the former Tour winner only held strong for five laps before making contact with Bailey and some other cars in the top-five, spinning around in Turns 3-4 and bringing out the race’s first caution. Cardwell was sent to the rear in the exchange, and eventually called it quits five laps later, leaving him with a 24th-place finish in his first Season 2 start.

Bailey assumed the race lead for the restart and wasted zero time, widening the gap between he and a hungry Alex Bergeron, who hasn’t won a Tour race since late August, and most recent Tour Feature winner Kendal Tucker.

Several restarts came into play as the laps clicked off, but Bailey had the ice in his veins, surrendering the lead for only a mere corner after Tucker got a big run to his inside out of Turn 2 on Lap 38. Tucker slid way up high in Turns 3-4, allowing Bailey the lane to sneak back by out of Turn 4 and reclaim the lead.

“Kendal did what he had to do, I can’t diss it,” Bailey said. “I would have done the same thing. I missed the bottom and he just took it.”

That was Bailey’s only blemish the entire race. Even one final restart inside the final 10 laps couldn’t shake the young gun’s confidence, and he drove it all the way back home to seal it as the first non-Pro iRacer to win a DIRTcar eSports Tour event.

“The field was absolutely stacked. I’m not gonna lie, I was kinda peeing myself on the last restart, trying to keep my cool. I knew who I had behind me and I knew I had to get a good gap. I knew they were gonna be aggressive if they had a chance to win it at the end of the race,” Bailey said.

McLaughlin (32) and Bobby Hackel (97) battling for position (Joe Grabianowski)

Max McLaughlin led the Super DIRTcar Series driver field to the stripe with an eighth-place finish after winning Last Chance Showdown #1 earlier in the night. He started 22nd on the grid, right beside each of the other three SDS regulars in the Feature. Mike Mahaney came from 21st to finish 13th; Jack Lehner went 23rd-to-18th; Chris Hile finished 21st after a shotgun start on the grid.

The DIRTcar eSports Tour next takes the 360 Sprint Car division to The Sprint Car Capital of the World, Knoxville Raceway, next Wednesday night (Dec. 23) for a 30-lap, $250-to-win showdown presented by NOS Energy Drink. Catch all the action live on DIRTVision!

Bicknell Racing Products Feature (50 Laps) – 1. 002-Bryce Bailey [4]; 2. 00-Kendal Tucker [5]; 3. 80-Dylan Wilson [7]; 4. 02-Dylan Houser [11]; 5. 12-Alex Bergeron [3]; 6. 112-Devon Morgan [6]; 7. 33-Evan Seay [2]; 8. 32-Max McLaughlin [22]; 9. 10-Jesse Enterkin [15]; 10. 000-Kevin Dedmon [8]; 11. 3-William Racine [9]; 12. 171-Brandon Freeburg [19]; 13. 35-Mike Mahaney [21]; 14. 33-Richard Murtaugh Jr. [10]; 15. 97-Bobby Hackel [17]; 16. 85-Hunter Heck [20]; 17. 41-Matthew Logan [18]; 18. 2-Jack Lehner [23]; 19. 21-Devin Willis [13]; 20. 787-Cody Zobrist [14]; 21. 5-Chris Hile [24]; 22. 01-Shane James [16]; 23. 127-Blake Matjoulis [12]; 24. 07-Hayden Cardwell [1]

12/16/20 – Big-Block Modifieds at Weedsport

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Bicknell Racing Products Feature (50 Laps) – 1. 002-Bryce Bailey [4]; 2. 00-Kendal Tucker [5]; 3. 80-Dylan Wilson [7]; 4. 02-Dylan Houser [11]; 5. 12-Alex Bergeron [3]; 6. 112-Devon Morgan [6]; 7. 33-Evan Seay [2]; 8. 32-Max McLaughlin [22]; 9. 10-Jesse Enterkin [15]; 10. 000-Kevin Dedmon [8]; 11. 3-William Racine [9]; 12. 171-Brandon Freeburg [19]; 13. 35-Mike Mahaney [21]; 14. 33-Richard Murtaugh Jr. [10]; 15. 97-Bobby Hackel [17]; 16. 85-Hunter Heck [20]; 17. 41-Matthew Logan [18]; 18. 2-Jack Lehner [23]; 19. 21-Devin Willis [13]; 20. 787-Cody Zobrist [14]; 21. 5-Chris Hile [24]; 22. 01-Shane James [16]; 23. 127-Blake Matjoulis [12]; 24. 07-Hayden Cardwell [1]

Qualifying (2 Laps) – 1. 07-Hayden Cardwell [15.717] 2. 33-Evan Seay [15.73]; 3. 12-Alex Bergeron [15.825]; 4. 002-Bryce Bailey [15.854]; 5. 00-Kendal Tucker [15.862]; 6. 112-Devon Morgan [15.876]; 7. 80-Dylan Wilson [15.897]; 8. 46-Jonathan Nause [15.909]; 9. 3-William Racine [15.923]; 10. 33-Richard Murtaugh Jr. [15.944]; 11. 02-Dylan Houser [15.969]; 12. 127-Blake Matjoulis [15.996]; 13. 101-Brent Evans [15.996]; 14. 171-Brandon Freeburg [16.007]; 15. 331-Dustin Hall [16.009]; 16. 01-Shane James [16.014]; 17. 97-Bobby Hackel [16.022]; 18. 21-Devin Willis [16.034]; 19. 787-Cody Zobrist [16.035]; 20. 85-Hunter Heck [16.061]; 21. 92-Trent Hitchens [16.061]; 22. 1-Austin Carr [16.068]; 23. 000-Kevin Dedmon [16.078]; 24. 003-Carden Cochran [16.095]; 25. 115-Boddie Parker [16.099]; 26. 9-Hunter Bates [16.127]; 27. 50-Charles Day [16.155]; 28. 2-Jack Lehner [16.156]; 29. 76-Donovan Lussier [16.177]; 30. 242-Blake Stieb [16.2]; 31. 98-Michael Canady [16.208]; 32. 32-Max McLaughlin [16.215]; 33. 41-Matthew Logan [16.232]; 34. 012-Ross Wece [16.234]; 35. 10-Jesse Enterkin [16.253]; 36. 08-Jack Speshock [16.254]; 37. 111-Demetrios Drellos [16.305]; 38. 88-Blayne Nichols [16.322]; 39. 5-Chris Hile [16.339]; 40. 35-Mike Mahaney [16.378]; 41. 7-Connor Dudek [16.397]; 42. 75-Travis Creech [16.412]; 43. 20-Bradley Steinruck [16.497]; 44. 54-Even Racine [16.521]; 45. 234-Ej McAuliffe [16.593]; 46. 93-Steve Miskolczi [16.608]; 47. 200-David Emigh [16.688]; 48. 23-Joey Ladouceur [16.969]; 49. 77-Anthony Corini [16.99];50. 15-Donovan Long [DNQ]

Heat 1 (10 Laps) (Top 4 transfer) – 1. 07-Hayden Cardwell [1]; 2. 112-Devon Morgan [2]; 3. 02-Dylan Houser [3]; 4. 01-Shane James [4]; 5. 92-Trent Hitchens [5]; 6. 93-Steve Miskolczi [10]; 7. 98-Michael Canady [7]; 8. 08-Jack Speshock [8]; 9. 7-Connor Dudek [9]; 10. 9-Hunter Bates [6]

Heat 2 (10 Laps) (Top 4 transfer) – 1. 33-Evan Seay [1]; 2. 80-Dylan Wilson [2]; 3. 127-Blake Matjoulis [3]; 4. 97-Bobby Hackel [4]; 5. 32-Max McLaughlin [7]; 6. 50-Charles Day [6]; 7. 111-Demetrios Drellos [8]; 8. 75-Travis Creech [9]; 9. 200-David Emigh [10]; 10. 1-Austin Carr [5] 

Heat 3 (10 Laps) (Top 4 transfer) – 1. 12-Alex Bergeron [1]; 2. 000-Kevin Dedmon [5]; 3. 21-Devin Willis [4]; 4. 41-Matthew Logan [7]; 5. 2-Jack Lehner [6]; 6. 46-Jonathan Nause [2]; 7. 88-Blayne Nichols [8]; 8. 20-Bradley Steinruck [9]; 9. 23-Joey Ladouceur [10]; 10. 101-Brent Evans [3]

Heat 4 (10 Laps) (Top 4 transfer) – 1. 002-Bryce Bailey [1]; 2. 3-William Racine [2]; 3. 787-Cody Zobrist [4]; 4. 171-Brandon Freeburg [3]; 5. 5-Chris Hile [8]; 6. 003-Carden Cochran [5]; 7. 76-Donovan Lussier [6]; 8. 012-Ross Wece [7]; 9. 77-Anthony Corini [10]; 10. 54-Even Racine [9]

Heat 5 (10 Laps) (Top 4 transfer) – 1. 00-Kendal Tucker [1]; 2. 33-Richard Murtaugh Jr. [2]; 3. 10-Jesse Enterkin [7]; 4. 85-Hunter Heck [4]; 5. 35-Mike Mahaney [8]; 6. 234-Ej McAuliffe [9]; 7. 242-Blake Stieb [6]; 8. 331-Dustin Hall [3]; 9. 115-Boddie Parker [5]; 10. 15-Donovan Long [10]

Last Chance Showdown 1 (14 Laps) (Top 2 transfer) – 1. 32-Max McLaughlin [1]; 2. 5-Chris Hile [2]; 3. 111-Demetrios Drellos [6]; 4. 331-Dustin Hall [10]; 5. 76-Donovan Lussier [7]; 6. 20-Bradley Steinruck [9]; 7. 9-Hunter Bates [13]; 8. 93-Steve Miskolczi [3]; 9. 200-David Emigh [11]; 10. 77-Anthony Corini [12]; 11. 101-Brent Evans [14]; 12. 234-Ej McAuliffe [5]; 13. 08-Jack Speshock [8]; 14. 46-Jonathan Nause [4]; 15. 15-Donovan Long [15]

Last Chance Showdown 2 (14 Laps) (Top 2 transfer) – 1. 35-Mike Mahaney [3]; 2. 2-Jack Lehner [2]; 3. 98-Michael Canady [6]; 4. 012-Ross Wece [10]; 5. 23-Joey Ladouceur [12]; 6. 115-Boddie Parker [13]; 7. 7-Connor Dudek [11]; 8. 92-Trent Hitchens [1]; 9. 75-Travis Creech [9]; 10. 88-Blayne Nichols [7]; 11. 50-Charles Day [4]; 12. 242-Blake Stieb [8]; 13. 003-Carden Cochran [5]; 14. 54-Even Racine [15]; 15. 1-Austin Carr [14]

12/16/20 – Street Stocks at Limaland

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Chevy Performance Feature (30 Laps) – 1. 8-Tyler Jackson [5]; 2. 48-Grant Parr [7]; 3. 003-Thorne Zimmerman  [4]; 4. 45-Dane Loyd [1]; 5. 15-Michael Putnam [8]; 6. 880-Calvin Anderson [6]; 7. 2-Bradley Weaver [9]; 8. 66-Preston Dimsdale [15]; 9. 111-Lewis Clark [2]; 10. 10-Caleb Hudgeons [22]; 11. 26-Jack Brown [20]; 12. 04-Joshua Dennison [16]; 13. 69-Sage Luther [10]; 14. 7-Jaxon Steele [17]; 15. 47-Blaze Benedict [24]; 16. 7-Marko Mitchell [11]; 17. 29-Zak Williams [18]; 18. 78-Blake Pryor [12]; 19. 74-Garrett Updike [14]; 20. 77-Anthony Corini [21]; 21. 54-Cory McKay [19]; 22. 02-Bradley Steinruck [23]; 23. 122-Brian Dickens [13]; 24. 7-Chris Meyers [3]

Qualifying (2 Laps) – 1. 45-Dane Loyd [15.436]; 2. 111-Lewis Clark [15.53]; 3. 7-Chris Meyers [15.538]; 4. 003-Thorne Zimmerman  [15.561]; 5. 8-Tyler Jackson [15.568]; 6. 880-Calvin Anderson [15.612]; 7. 69-Sage Luther [15.639]; 8. 47-Blaze Benedict [15.655]; 9. 2-Bradley Weaver [15.683]; 10. 48-Grant Parr [15.693]; 11. 54-Cory McKay [15.696]; 12. 77-Anthony Corini [15.7]; 13. 29-Zak Williams [15.701]; 14. 7-Marko Mitchell [15.705]; 15. 78-Blake Pryor [15.708]; 16. 10-Caleb Hudgeons [15.714]; 17. 15-Michael Putnam [15.723]; 18. 7-Jaxon Steele [15.729]; 19. 66-Preston Dimsdale [15.743]; 20. 04-Joshua Dennison [15.755]; 21. 42-Tom Morano [15.758]; 22. 26-Jack Brown [15.758]; 23. 122-Brian Dickens [15.776]; 24. 74-Garrett Updike [15.779]; 25. 02-Bradley Steinruck [15.78]; 26. 28-Brian Smith [15.816]; 27. 95-Brian Brunscheen [15.9]; 28. 5-Jason Rominger [15.919]; 29. 127-Mikey Wilson [16.02]

Heat 1 (10 Laps) (Top 4 transfer) – 1. 45-Dane Loyd [1]; 2. 003-Thorne Zimmerman [2]; 3. 48-Grant Parr [4]; 4. 69-Sage Luther [3]; 5. 66-Preston Dimsdale [7]; 6. 26-Jack Brown [8]; 7. 02-Bradley Steinruck [9]; 8. 10-Caleb Hudgeons [6]; 9. 5-Jason Rominger [10]; 10. 29-Zak Williams [5]

Heat 2 (10 Laps) (Top 4 transfer) – 1. 111-Lewis Clark [1]; 2. 8-Tyler Jackson [2]; 3. 15-Michael Putnam [6]; 4. 7-Marko Mitchell [5]; 5. 47-Blaze Benedict [3]; 6. 122-Brian Dickens [8]; 7. 28-Brian Smith [9]; 8. 54-Cory McKay [4]; 9. 04-Joshua Dennison [7]; 10. 127-Mikey Wilson [10]

Heat 3 (10 Laps) (Top 4 transfer) – 1. 7-Chris Meyers [1]; 2. 880-Calvin Anderson [2]; 3. 2-Bradley Weaver [3]; 4. 78-Blake Pryor [5]; 5. 7-Jaxon Steele [6]; 6. 74-Garrett Updike [8]; 7. 77-Anthony Corini [4]; 8. 95-Brian Brunscheen [9]; 9. 42-Tom Morano [7]

Last Chance Showdown 1 (14 Laps) (Top 6 transfer) – 1. 74-Garrett Updike [3]; 2. 04-Joshua Dennison [7]; 3. 29-Zak Williams [8]; 4. 26-Jack Brown [2]; 5. 10-Caleb Hudgeons [5]; 6. 47-Blaze Benedict [1]; 7. 28-Brian Smith [4]; 8. 95-Brian Brunscheen [6]; 9. 127-Mikey Wilson [9]

Last Chance Showdown 2 (14 Laps) (Top 6 transfer) – 1. 122-Brian Dickens [3]; 2. 66-Preston Dimsdale [1]; 3. 7-Jaxon Steele [2]; 4. 54-Cory McKay [6]; 5. 77-Anthony Corini [5]; 6. 02-Bradley Steinruck [4]; 7. 5-Jason Rominger [7]; 8. 42-Tom Morano [8]

MARATHON MAN: Jackson Holds Off Yost in Demanding Street Stock Feature at USA Int’l

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Relentless pressure, numerous restarts couldn’t shake Illinoisan’s concentration

LAKELAND, FL – He may have been beat by Yost & Co. last week, but Tyler Jackson was not going to be denied in week #2.

Jackson, of Rockford, IL, hung tough in Wednesday night’s Chevy Performance Street Stock League Feature, going 30 long laps around the virtual 3/4-mile of USA International Speedway. A plethora of caution flags scattered throughout the race made it seem marathon-like, but the race was completed under green in the waning seconds of the time limit.

Numerous restarts were required of Jackson to pick up the checkers, and not a single one of them was easy, as previous Feature winner Richie Yost, of Griffith, IN, was all over his rear bumper for the duration of the race.

“These restarts here with these long straightaways, they’re tough,” Jackson told League announcer Chase Raudman on the DIRTVision broadcast. “You almost have to do a bit of mirror driving here with the run they can get off the top [groove] on you.”

Despite the challenges in his rearview, Jackson found a way to keep composed, leading every lap for the $100 victory – the first of his DIRTcar eSports career.

Last week’s winner at Lanier, Richie Yost, put pressure on Jackson the entire distance but could not find a way to make a move for the lead. He gave it everything he had in the final laps and was still satisfied with a runner-up finish.

“At a big track like this, it’s easy to mess-up,” Yost noted. “At the end, I had to go for hero or zero… I had to try to do something.”

Grant Parr, a newcomer to DIRTcar eSports, brought it home in third to wrap-up a very solid League debut. Coming from seventh on the starting grid, Parr battled it out with Richie Yost’s brother Zane for much of the race and came out on top for a $50 prize check.

“On one of the restarts, I got shuffled up high and was able to make it work, came up through the field and ended up with a solid top-three,” Parr said.

The Chevy Performance Street Stock League action continues next Wednesday night, Dec. 16, from the Limaland Motorsports Park – don’t miss a moment of the action LIVE on DIRTVision! Head to DIRTcar.com/eSports to register for an event today.

ABBREVIATED RESULTS (click for full results)

Chevy Performance Feature (30 Laps) – 1. 8-Tyler Jackson [1]; 2. 29-Richie Yost [4]; 3. 48-Grant Parr [7]; 4. 03-Brandon Steele [10]; 5. 93-Zane Yost [2]; 6. 2-Jesse Wall [13]; 7. 18-Kyle Sirratt [3]; 8. 07-Chris Meyers [6]; 9. 66-Preston Dimsdale [5]; 10. 17-Mike Arnold [19]; 11. 95-Brian Brunscheen [9]; 12. 02-Bradley Steinruck [14]; 13. 77-Anthony Corini [20]; 14. 24-Tyler Fister [15]; 15. 52-Marty Czekala [18]; 16. 002-Clifford Bellomy [12]; 17. 15-Brian Walker [11]; 18. 10-Caleb Hudgeons [8]; DQ 7-Jaxon Steele [17]; DQ 127-Mikey Wilson [16]

PRO POWER: Tucker Wins Second Career Tour Pro Late Model Race at Charlotte

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North Carolinian scores second career eSports Tour victory, again in Pro Late Models

CONCORD, NC – If there’s one area of iRacing Dirt that Kendal Tucker really excels in on the DIRTcar eSports Tour, it’s surely with the Pro Late Models.

Holding off fellow iRacing Pros Dylan Houser and Evan Seay in the final laps, Tucker, of Mt. Airy, NC, scored his second career DIRTcar eSports Tour victory Wednesday night with the Drydene Pro Late Models at The Dirt Track at Charlotte after leading all but one lap en route to his $250 victory.

His previous Pro Late Model finishes with the Tour are impressive; three starts in three races and three podium finishes with a lone victory. Tucker experienced bad luck several times over the course of the Season 1 schedule, racking up a few “so close” moments that left him hungry for another trip to Victory Lane.

But to do it, he had to defend the top spot from one driver in particular, on a mission to finally put his name in the win column after several starts – Dylan Houser.

Tucker grabbed the lead from polesitter and Cometic Gasket Quick Time Award winner Sheldon Oberle on Lap 2 and rode the high line for the opening laps, until a caution came out with five laps complete. Tucker and his Swindell SpeedLab #00 then chose the bottom lane for the restart, and never strayed from it all race long.

“Probably one of the hardest things to do on here, in my opinion, is to stick that bottom,” Tucker told Tour announcer Chase Raudman after the race on the DIRTVision. “There’s a lot of guys that can go up there and bounce it off the fence, have their right-rear off the wall and pick up some speed. I’m just not one of those guys that can make it work. I’m more of a finesse-type of guy. I like to put the car in the middle-bottom area.”

With a 40-lap distance, the rest of the field behind Tucker had plenty of chances to make up the ground. Houser, of Ocala, FL, applied the pressure all race long from two grooves higher than Tucker, scraping his car right off the wall each lap, but could not reel the leader in. He made one final scramble for the lead on the final lap in Turns 3-4, rim-riding the cushion in search of a quick burst of speed, but came up just one spot short.

“I thought I was going to get [Tucker]; With about five-to-go, I threw everything out the window,” Houser said of his last-lap mentality. “Just started entering on the fence and threw it wide-open. I was closing in on it, just ran out of laps on that one.”

Two lanes to choose from on Charlotte’s dirt surface made for some spectacular inside-outside racing, and Houser chose the more grueling of the two, in search of the momentum to carry him through the turns.

“It was really, really crazy up there,” Houser said. “I wasn’t going to go down there and run the bottom; I’m not one to get down there and run by the yuke tires, so I went up [high] and scraped every bit of paint that was on that wall off.”

Rounding out the podium was inaugural Tour Feature winner Evan Seay. Largely a top-five car for most the race, Seay, of Chesnee, SC, said the stipulation of the fixed car setup makes it challenging to overcome large deficits, and thus he was unable to catch the leaders in the end.

“Kendal, [Dylan] Houser, these guys are all Pro [iRacing license] guys, they’re fast and they don’t make a whole lot of mistakes,” Seay said. “It’s just very difficult to make that much ground up, even though it wasn’t a whole lot. But I’m still happy with third-place; did better than I thought I was going to do.”

The DIRTcar eSports Tour action continues next Wednesday night, Dec. 16, when the Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modifieds make their long-awaited debut on the Tour schedule at Weedsport Speedway. Catch all the action live on DIRTVision, or sign up to compete at DIRTcar.com/eSports.

ABBREVIATED RESULTS (click for full results)

Drydene Feature (40 Laps) – 1. 00-Kendal Tucker [3]; 2. 2-Dylan Houser [2]; 3. 33-Evan Seay [4]; 4. 033-Richard Murtaugh Jr. [13]; 5. 13-Ryder Cantillo [6]; 6. 12-Alex Bergeron [12]; 7. 112-Devon Morgan [9]; 8. 3-Carden Cochran [8]; 9. 157-Drew Hopkins [17]; 10. 10-Jesse Enterkin [11]; 11. 171-Brandon Freeburg [14]; 12. 787-Cody Zobrist [19]; 13. 000-Kevin Dedmon [20]; 14. 1-Austin Carr [7]; 15. 77-Robert Fletcher [15]; 16. 41-Matthew Logan [24]; 17. 22-James Miller [5]; 18. 30-Maxime Plante [21]; 19. 101-Brent Evans [10]; 20. 85-Hunter Heck [16]; 21. 98-Michael Canady [22]; 22. 105-Sheldon Oberle [1]; 23. 71-Keven HÈbert [23]; 24. 8-Tyler Jackson [18]

12/9/20 – Street Stocks at USA International Speedway

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Chevy Performance Feature (30 Laps) – 1. 8-Tyler Jackson [1]; 2. 29-Richie Yost [4]; 3. 48-Grant Parr [7]; 4. 03-Brandon Steele [10]; 5. 93-Zane Yost [2]; 6. 2-Jesse Wall [13]; 7. 18-Kyle Sirratt [3]; 8. 07-Chris Meyers [6]; 9. 66-Preston Dimsdale [5]; 10. 17-Mike Arnold [19]; 11. 95-Brian Brunscheen [9]; 12. 02-Bradley Steinruck [14]; 13. 77-Anthony Corini [20]; 14. 24-Tyler Fister [15]; 15. 52-Marty Czekala [18]; 16. 002-Clifford Bellomy [12]; 17. 15-Brian Walker [11]; 18. 10-Caleb Hudgeons [8]; DQ 7-Jaxon Steele [17]; DQ 127-Mikey Wilson [16]

Qualifying (2 Laps) – 1. 8-Tyler Jackson [27.342]; 2. 66-Preston Dimsdale [27.391]; 3. 07-Chris Meyers [27.408]; 4. 48-Grant Parr [27.455]; 5. 93-Zane Yost [27.475]; 6. 18-Kyle Sirratt [27.479]; 7. 29-Richie Yost [27.492]; 8. 15-Brian Walker [27.538]; 9. 24-Tyler Fister [27.541]; 10. 03-Brandon Steele [27.609]; 11. 10-Caleb Hudgeons [27.614]; 12. 52-Marty Czekala [27.614]; 13. 2-Jesse Wall [27.681]; 14. 77-Anthony Corini [27.71]; 15. 95-Brian Brunscheen [27.74]; 16. 17-Mike Arnold [27.753]; 17. 7-Jaxon Steele [27.884]; 18. 002-Clifford Bellomy [27.891]; 19. 127-Mikey Wilson [27.961]; 20. 02-Bradley Steinruck [28.292]

Heat 1 (10 Laps) (All transfer) – 1. 8-Tyler Jackson [1]; 2. 29-Richie Yost [3]; 3. 48-Grant Parr [2]; 4. 03-Brandon Steele [4]; 5. 2-Jesse Wall [5]; 6. 127-Mikey Wilson [7]; 7. 17-Mike Arnold [6]

Heat 2 (10 Laps) (All transfer) – 1. 93-Zane Yost [2]; 2. 66-Preston Dimsdale [1]; 3. 10-Caleb Hudgeons [4]; 4. 15-Brian Walker [3]; 5. 02-Bradley Steinruck [7]; 6. 7-Jaxon Steele [6]; 7. 77-Anthony Corini [5]

Heat 3 (10 Laps) (All transfer) – 1. 18-Kyle Sirratt [2]; 2. 7-Chris Meyers [1]; 3. 95-Brian Brunscheen [5]; 4. 2-Clifford Bellomy [6]; 5. 24-Tyler Fister [3]; 6. 52-Marty Czekala [4]

12/9/20 – Pro Late Models at The Dirt Track at Charlotte

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Drydene Feature (40 Laps) – 1. 00-Kendal Tucker [3]; 2. 2-Dylan Houser [2]; 3. 33-Evan Seay [4]; 4. 033-Richard Murtaugh Jr. [13]; 5. 13-Ryder Cantillo [6]; 6. 12-Alex Bergeron [12]; 7. 112-Devon Morgan [9]; 8. 3-Carden Cochran [8]; 9. 157-Drew Hopkins [17]; 10. 10-Jesse Enterkin [11]; 11. 171-Brandon Freeburg [14]; 12. 787-Cody Zobrist [19]; 13. 000-Kevin Dedmon [20]; 14. 1-Austin Carr [7]; 15. 77-Robert Fletcher [15]; 16. 41-Matthew Logan [24]; 17. 22-James Miller [5]; 18. 30-Maxime Plante [21]; 19. 101-Brent Evans [10]; 20. 85-Hunter Heck [16]; 21. 98-Michael Canady [22]; 22. 105-Sheldon Oberle [1]; 23. 71-Keven HÈbert [23]; 24. 8-Tyler Jackson [18]

Qualifying (2 Laps) – 1. 105-Sheldon Oberle [15.876]; 2. 2-Dylan Houser [15.893]; 3. 00-Kendal Tucker [15.901]; 4. 12-Alex Bergeron [15.904]; 5. 22-James Miller [15.907]; 6. 13-Ryder Cantillo [15.914]; 7. 77-Robert Fletcher [15.947]; 8. 33-Evan Seay [15.992]; 9. 112-Devon Morgan [16.006]; 10. 98-Michael Canady [16.008]; 11. 1-Austin Carr [16.015]; 12. 3-Carden Cochran [16.051]; 13. 033-Richard Murtaugh Jr. [16.054]; 14. 8-Tyler Jackson [16.081]; 15. 07-Allen Holbert [16.121]; 16. 15-Brett Punkari [16.125]; 17. 30-Maxime Plante [16.133]; 18. 101-Brent Evans [16.136]; 19. 10-Jesse Enterkin [16.139]; 20. 000-Kevin Dedmon [16.141]; 21. 34-Corey Mullinax [16.148]; 22. 32-Brad Bauer [16.177]; 23. 923-Alex Rakers [16.196]; 24. 20-Joe Reuter [16.2]; 25. 787-Cody Zobrist [16.201]; 26. 242-Blake Stieb [16.214]; 27. 54-Larry Barber Jr [16.22]; 28. 85-Hunter Heck [16.234]; 29. 26-Sage Luther [16.245]; 30. 171-Brandon Freeburg [16.262]; 31. 92-Trent Hitchens [16.274]; 32. 79-Tyler Bowman [16.277]; 33. 71-Keven HÈbert [16.322]; 34. 46-Jonathan Nause [16.326]; 35. 157-Drew Hopkins [16.382]; 36. 029-Jacob Cook [16.43]

Heat 1 (10 Laps) (Top 4 transfer) – 1. 105-Sheldon Oberle [1]; 2. 22-James Miller [2]; 3. 112-Devon Morgan [3]; 4. 033-Richard Murtaugh Jr. [4]; 5. 71-Keven HÈbert [9]; 6. 787-Cody Zobrist [7]; 7. 30-Maxime Plante [5]; 8. 55-Justin Ratermann [10]; 9. 34-Corey Mullinax [6]; 10. 26-Sage Luther [8]

Heat 2 (10 Laps) (Top 4 transfer) – 1. 2-Dylan Houser [1]; 2. 13-Ryder Cantillo [2]; 3. 101-Brent Evans [5]; 4. 171-Brandon Freeburg [8]; 5. 8-Tyler Jackson [4]; 6. 98-Michael Canady [3]; 7. 32-Brad Bauer [6]; 8. 46-Jonathan Nause [9]; 9. 242-Blake Stieb [7]; 10. 41-Matthew Logan [10]

Heat 3 (10 Laps) (Top 4 transfer) – 1. 0-Kendal Tucker [1]; 2. 1-Austin Carr [3]; 3. 10-Jesse Enterkin [5]; 4. 77-Robert Fletcher [2]; 5. 923-Alex Rakers [6]; 6. 29-Richie Yost [10]; 7. 157-Drew Hopkins [9]; 8. 07-Allen Holbert [4]; 9. 92-Trent Hitchens [8]; 10. 54-Larry Barber Jr [7]

Heat 4 (10 Laps) (Top 4 transfer) – 1. 33-Evan Seay [2]; 2. 3-Carden Cochran [3]; 3. 12-Alex Bergeron [1]; 4. 85-Hunter Heck [7]; 5. 79-Tyler Bowman [8]; 6. 000-Kevin Dedmon [5]; 7. 029-Jacob Cook [9]; 8. 20-Joe Reuter [6]; 9. 15-Brett Punkari [4]

Last Chance Showdown 1 (14 Laps) (Top 4 transfer) – 1. 157-Drew Hopkins [6]; 2. 787-Cody Zobrist [3]; 3. 30-Maxime Plante [5]; 4. 71-Keven HÈbert [1]; 5. 07-Allen Holbert [8]; 6. 92-Trent Hitchens [10]; 7. 923-Alex Rakers [2]; 8. 26-Sage Luther [11]; 9. 34-Corey Mullinax [9]; 10. 55-Justin Ratermann [7]; 11. 29-Richie Yost [4]

Last Chance Showdown 2 (14 Laps) (Top 4 transfer) – 1. 8-Tyler Jackson [1]; 2. 000-Kevin Dedmon [4]; 3. 98-Michael Canady [3]; 4. 41-Matthew Logan [11]; 5. 79-Tyler Bowman [2]; 6. 32-Bradley Bauer [5]; 7. 20-Joe Reuter [8]; 8. 242-Blake Stieb [9]; 9. 15-Brett Punkari [10]; 10. 46-Jonathan Nause [7]; 11. 54-Larry Barber Jr [12]; 12. 029-Jacob Cook [6]

DOUBLE VISION: Seay Wins Second Career Tour Race in UMP Modified Battle at Kokomo

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KOKOMO, IN – He won the inaugural DIRTcar eSports Tour event back in April. And just like that, Evan Seay is now the Tour’s third multi-time Feature winner.

Forced to climb back up to the top after slipping back from his pole starting spot early in the Summit Racing Equipment UMP Modified Feature at the virtual Kokomo Speedway, Seay ran a strong yet patient race en route to the $250 victory, holding off a late-race charge from fellow iRacing Pro Kendal Tucker.

At the drop of the green, Seay, of Chesnee, SC, dropped back to second and proceeded to mix it up with the top-five through the first half of the race, trailing the likes of Alex Bergeron, of Drummondville, QC, and Blake Matjoulis as the race progressed.

A few caution flags bunched the field up for several restarts before halfway, setting the stage for a ferocious battle between leaders Bergeron and Matjoulis, of Ashville, NY. The two traded slide jobs several times before coming together out of Turn 2 on Lap 24, sending Matjoulis around into the wall and Bergeron around with contact from passing cars.

Both drivers restarted from much further back in the field from where they were as the leaders. Back to green the field went, Seay back to the lead now after assuming the spot after the incident.

Tucker, now back to the runner-up spot, gave Seay all he could handle as the laps wound down, chasing him on the high side. It seemed as though Seay was going to walk it on back to the checkers as he came to the stripe to take the white flag, but a yellow was suddenly thrown.

Seay was on top of his game, though, using that high-side momentum to carry himself through the green-white-checkered restart. After taking the white, Seay threw it to the bottom in the final two corners to protect the spot from Tucker trying to get by underneath. Some slight contact was made coming out of Turn 4, but Seay prevailed as he drove across the stripe first to collect $250 and 75 points toward the overall Tour championship.

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This was Seay’s second career DIRTcar eSports Feature victory and first with the UMP Modifieds. Coming home in third was the first non-Pro driver finish in the field – Magnolia, TX’s own Karter Battarbee, after a great run inside the top-six all night long.

The DIRTcar eSports Tour action continues next Wednesday night, Dec. 9, with the Drydene Pro Late Models from The Dirt Track at Charlotte. Catch all the action LIVE on DIRTVision!

Summit Racing Equipment Feature (40 Laps) – 1. 33-Evan Seay (1); 2. 00-Kendal Tucker (8); 3. 110-Karter Battarbee (4); 4. 105-Sheldon Oberle (11); 5. 2-Dylan Houser (16); 6. 10-Jesse Enterkin (19); 7. 127-Blake Matjoulis (6); 8. 1-Austin Carr (7); 9. 157-Drew Hopkins (9); 10. 171-Brandon Freeburg (21); 11. 0-Kevin Dedmon (14); 12. 787-Cody Zobrist (15); 13. 41-Matthew Logan (23); 14. 331-Dustin Hall (18); 15. 2-Craig Swartz (2); 16. 112-Devon Morgan (10); 17. 92-Cory Austin (24); 18. 242-Blake Stieb (17); 19. 99-Patrick Solari (20); 20. 3-Carden Cochran (12); 21. 12-Alex Bergeron (3); 22. 71-Keven Hebert (22); 23. 29-Richie Yost (5); 24. 93-Zane Yost (13)