Jordan DeLucia

ONE START, ONE WIN: Cardwell Nets First Season 3 Tour Victory in First Start

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Tucker bags third runner-up finish and points lead, Matjoulis back-to-back podiums

Until Wednesday night, he hadn’t made a start with the DIRTcar eSports Tour since the final race of Season 2 in January. Turns out, Hayden Cardwell didn’t even need it to take down an entire field of iRacing’s best with the Big Block Modifieds.

Coming from eighth on the starting grid, Cardwell advanced his #07 seven positions in the first 15 laps around Lernerville Speedway to get his first taste at the lead, using the very bottom lane and sneaking underneath his opponents to get the spots.

“There was a lot of grip on the bottom early on,” Cardwell told Chase Raudman in the DIRTVision post-race interview. “If you could get down there and shoot off [Turns] 1 and 2, it was so much better than the top.”

Cardwell, the defending World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model iRacing World Champion from Knoxville, TN, made the pass for the lead on the Tour’s own defending champion Kendal Tucker with his left-side tires touching the grass as he slid through the corners.

“I got to second and then the bottom started to go away in [Turns] 3 and 4,” Cardwell said. “Kendal moved up, so I just tried to stay down there. By the time I got to the lead, the bottom was about gone, but all it took was him to get off the bottom in 3 and 4.”

Once Cardwell got to the lead, it was game over. He was followed in hot pursuit by Tucker, of Mt. Airy, NC, and Blake Matjoulis for the last several laps, which included a green-white-checkered restart. But in the end, they were unable to get close enough to try and make a pass, leaving Cardwell with the win and the $250 top prize after 50 laps with the Big Blocks presented by Hoosier Racing Tire.

“I kinda surprised myself because I haven’t really been in competition on here, probably since the [iRacing] Pro Series in Sprint Cars. It feels good to come out here after not being on here in a while and come out on top,” he said.

Tucker brought home yet another runner-up spot in only his fourth week of action on the Tour. With three second-place finishes and one win, he now has the points lead heading into one of the most unique car-track combos of the season next Tuesday: Dirt Midgets at Lanier National Speedway.

Matjoulis, the 127 Industries captain from Ashville, NY, followed-up his third-place run last week with another in Week 5. A solid climb from sixth on the starting grid saw him use the top side to his advantage as he finally reached the podium with less than 10 laps left on the board. The finish will bode well for him in the points standings as he chases his first Tour trophy.

The DIRTcar eSports Tour action continues next Tuesday night, April 27, with a featured presentation of NOS Energy Drink Dirt Midgets and their Tour debut at Lanier National Speedway.

Check out the entire race broadcast livestream for FREE on DIRTVision presented by Drydene or on the DIRTcar Facebook page at 7:50pm ET.

LOVE RESTORED: Kilgore Reunites with Teammate Hackney, Bags 1-2 Street Stock Finish at Cedar Lake

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Former Extreme Savage duo jumps to Team No Love after Week 4 incident

After their unfortunate falling out in last week’s showing at Fairbury Speedway, Carl Kilgore and Keith Hackney have reunited as teammates on a new team and worked their magic Wednesday night at Cedar Lake Speedway to get Kilgore his second Chevy Performance Street Stock League Feature win of the season.

“We’re feeling good, especially after what happened last week,” Kilgore told Chase Raudman in the DIRTVision post-race interview. “Glad to be back on teams with Hackney – he’s a good dude. We had some trouble last week, but without all of our teammates and us being together, I can’t do this right here.”

Hackney, of Calhoun, GA, was penalized to the tail of the lead lap after the checkered in last week’s Feature due to contact with Kilgore wile racing for the lead on the final lap. Kilgore spun and was left with a 16th-place result, Hackney in 21st, while Tyler Jackson ran off with the win and a nice lead in the point standings.

But that’s all behind them now. The two put their differences aside over the week and straight-up dominated Wednesday night, starting on the front row after back-to-back Heat Race wins.

At the drop of the green, Kilgore, of Greenville, MS, immediately took off and never looked back, leading all 25 laps en route to his $100 victory.

“We’ve got a little bit of a gap to make up, but I feel like as long as we keep doing what we’re doing, we’ll be there,” Kilgore said.

Hackey did a solid job for his teammate in fending off the pressure from the rest of the field behind him, crossing the stripe in second for another good points race.

While he was able to nurse the hurt car home to a third-place finish, Jackson, of Rockford, IL, almost found himself in deep trouble about halfway through the race.

A slower car had gone over the outside wall in Turns 1-2 and proceeded to re-enter the track right in front of the leaders under green, causing a multi-car crash down the backstretch that tagged Jackson. He was able to drive out of the situation with control, but the damage had already been done to his right-front wheel well.

With the right-front pushed in, Jackson switched to the high line for the remainder of the race and fought back to a third-place result, likely saving his points lead.

The Chevy Performance Street Stock League is back in action next Tuesday night, April 27, with race #6 and a visit to Lernerville Speedway. Check out the entire race broadcast livestream for FREE on DIRTVision presented by Drydene or on the DIRTcar Facebook page at 6:50pm ET.

4/21/21 – Street Stocks at Cedar Lake Speedway

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Chevy Performance Feature (25 laps) 1. 021-Carl Kilgore [2]; 2. 69-Keith Hackney [1]; 3. 25-Tyler Jackson [3]; 4. 00-Bryar Zimmerman [6]; 5. 077-Holden English [4]; 6. 717-Bobby Rafferty [9]; 7. 225-Nathan  Lemons [24]; 8. 48-Kyle Vaughn [11]; 9. 111-Jaron Valley [19]; 10. 5-Devin Ramsey [5]; 11. 71-Daniel Stiffler [8]; 12. 18-Justin Henson [17]; 13. 121-Edward Farness [16]; 14. 10-Lon Franks [12]; 15. 21-Jim Reavis [14];16. 17-Brett Rowles [7]; 17. 29-Joshua Divine [18]; 18. 72-Tyler Raney [22]; 19. 92-Payton Gries [15]; 20. 76-Robert Palmer [21]; 21. 002-Clifford Bellomy [23]; 22. 26-Sean Stevens [13]; 23. 260-Sage Luther [10]; DQ. 7-Joseph Driscoll [20] 

Qualifying (2 laps) 1. 69-Keith Hackney [16.103]; 2. 021-Carl Kilgore [16.148]; 3. 00-Bryar Zimmerman [16.149]; 4. 077-Holden English [16.168]; 5. 5-Devin Ramsey [16.172]; 6. 25-Tyler Jackson [16.185]; 7. 260-Sage Luther [16.196]; 8. 71-Daniel Stiffler [16.196]; 9. 121-Edward Farness [16.197]; 10. 17-Brett Rowles [16.216]; 11. 21-Jim Reavis [16.245]; 12. 717-Bobby Rafferty [16.245]; 13. 53-Aidan Skraha [16.254]; 14. 111-Jaron Valley [16.254]; 15. 10-Lon Franks [16.269]; 16. 225-Nathan Lemons [16.323];17. 48-Kyle Vaughn [16.332];18. 93-Steve Miskolczi [16.333]; 19. 29-Joshua Divine [16.344]; 20. 18-Justin Henson [16.361]; 21. 72-Tyler Raney [16.362]; 22. 26-Sean Stevens [16.388]; 23. 46-Jonathan Nause [16.409]; 24. 546-Randy Axner [16.416]; 25. 5-Jason Metoxen [16.433]; 26. 069-Brian Smith [16.491]; 27. 92-Payton Gries [16.51]; 28. 73-Scott Reid [16.517]; 29. 84-Mike Watt [16.519]; 30. 6-Mitch Erickson [16.544]; 31. 7-Joseph Driscoll [16.554]; 32. 38-Ryan Carlisi [16.56]; 33. 002-Clifford Bellomy [16.573]; 34. 76-Robert Palmer [16.637]

Heat Race 1 (8 laps, top-4 transfer) 1. 69-Keith Hackney [1]; 2. 077-Holden English [2]; 3. 17-Brett Rowles [4]; 4. 260-Sage Luther [3]; 5. 26-Sean Stevens [8]; 6. 29-Joshua Divine [7]; 7. 5-Jason Metoxen [9]; 8. 7-Joseph Driscoll [11]; 9. 76-Robert Palmer [12]; 10. 53-Aidan Skraha [5]; 11. 73-Scott Reid [10]; 12. 225-Nathan Lemons [6]

Heat Race 2 (8 laps, top-4 transfer) 1. 021-Carl Kilgore [1]; 2. 5-Devin Ramsey [2]; 3. 71-Daniel Stiffler [3]; 4. 48-Kyle Vaughn [6]; 5. 21-Jim Reavis [4]; 6. 18-Justin Henson [7]; 7. 46-Jonathan Nause [8]; 8. 84-Mike Watt [10]; 9. 069-Brian Smith [9]; 10. 111-Jaron Valley [5]; 11. 38-Ryan Carlisi [11]

Heat Race 3 (8 laps, top-4 transfer) 1. 25-Tyler Jackson [2]; 2. 00-Bryar Zimmerman [1]; 3. 717-Bobby Rafferty [4]; 4. 10-Lon Franks [5]; 5. 92-Payton Gries [9]; 6. 72-Tyler Raney [7]; 7. 546-Randy Axner [8]; 8. 6-Mitch Erickson [10]; 9. 93-Steve Miskolczi [6]; 10. 121-Edward Farness [3]; 11. 002-Clifford Bellomy [11]

Last Chance Showdown 1 (10 laps, top-6 transfer) 1. 21-Jim Reavis [1]; 2. 121-Edward Farness [9]; 3. 29-Joshua Divine [2]; 4. 7-Joseph Driscoll [5]; 5. 72-Tyler Raney [3]; 6. 225-Nathan Lemons [11]; 7. 069-Brian Smith [7]; 8. 53-Aidan Skraha [8]; 9. 6-Mitch Erickson [6]; 10. 38-Ryan Carlisi [10]; 11. 46-Jonathan Nause [4]

Last Chance Showdown 2 (10 laps, top-6 transfer) 1. 26-Sean Stevens [1]; 2. 92-Payton Gries [2]; 3. 18-Justin Henson [3]; 4. 111-Jaron Valley [9]; 5. 76-Robert Palmer [7]; 6. 002-Clifford Bellomy [11]; 7. 546-Randy Axner [5]; 8. 5-Jason Metoxen [4]; 9. 93-Steve Miskolczi [8]; 10. 84-Mike Watt [6]; 11. 73-Scott Reid [10]

4/21/21 – Big Block Modifieds at Lernerville Speedway

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Hoosier Racing Tire Feature (50 Laps) 1. 07-Hayden Cardwell [8]; 2. 00-Kendal Tucker [4]; 3. 127-Blake Matjoulis [6]; 4. 41-Logan Rumsey [2]; 5. 85-Tyler Schell [5]; 6. 44-John Ruggiero Jr. [16]; 7. 033-Richard Murtaugh Jr. [21]; 8. 33-Evan Seay [13]; 9. 48-Dylan Yeager [1]; 10. 80-Dylan Wilson [17]; 11. 000-Kevin Dedmon [7]; 12. 1-Jesse Enterkin [19]; 13. 2-Chance Carr [10]; 14. 71-Keven Hébert [11]; 15. 331-Dustin Hall [15]; 16. 12-Alex Bergeron [3]; 17. 717-Bobby Rafferty [14]; 18. 04-Michael Kaiser [12]; 19. 17-Brett Rowles [9]; 20. 9-Sean Krawcyk [22]; 21. 78-Justin Bishop [23]; 22. 126-Jeffrey Eddy [24]; 23. 06-Rylan Gray [18]; 24. 115-Boddie Parker [20]

Qualifying (2 laps) 1. 48-Dylan Yeager [15.503]; 2. 07-Hayden Cardwell [15.514]; 3. 12-Alex Bergeron [15.562]; 4. 00-Kendal Tucker [15.599]; 5. 41-Logan Rumsey [15.646]; 6. 127-Blake Matjoulis [15.681]; 7. 000-Kevin Dedmon [15.707]; 8. 37-Randall Carter [15.715]; 9. 033-Richard Murtaugh Jr. [15.729]; 10. 1-Jesse Enterkin [15.76]; 11. 06-Rylan Gray [15.777]; 12. 17-Brett Rowles [15.778]; 13. 2-Chance Carr [15.783]; 14. 85-Tyler Schell [15.793]; 15. 04-Michael Kaiser [15.807]; 16. 115-Boddie Parker [15.813]; 17. 331-Dustin Hall [15.813]; 18. 9-Sean Krawcyk [15.822]; 19. 44-John Ruggiero Jr. [15.84]; 20. 71-Keven Hébert [15.908]; 21. 80-Dylan Wilson [15.934]; 22. 717-Bobby Rafferty [15.95]; 23. 126-Jeffrey Eddy [15.959]; 24. 58-Ryder Sroufe [16.009]; 25. 42-John Smith III [16.04]; 26. 29-Billy Richardson [16.102]; 27. 19-Mark Lemay [16.122]; 28. 78-Justin Bishop [16.321]; 29. 82-Eric Schroeter [16.379]; 30. 46-Jonathan Nause [16.42]; 31. 33-Evan Seay [DNQ]

Heat Race 1 (10 laps, top-4 transfer) 1. 48-Dylan Yeager [1]; 2. 00-Kendal Tucker [2]; 3. 000-Kevin Dedmon [3]; 4. 2-Chance Carr [5]; 5. 33-Evan Seay [11]; 6. 717-Bobby Rafferty [8]; 7. 78-Justin Bishop [10]; 8. 115-Boddie Parker [6]; 9. 1-Jesse Enterkin [4]; 10. 44-John Ruggiero Jr. [7]; 11. 42-John Smith III [9]

Heat Race 2 (10 laps, top-4 transfer) 1. 41-Logan Rumsey [2]; 2. 85-Tyler Schell [5]; 3. 07-Hayden Cardwell [1]; 4. 71-Keven Hébert [7]; 5. 06-Rylan Gray [4]; 6. 331-Dustin Hall [6]; 7. 29-Billy Richardson [9]; 8. 37-Randall Carter [3]; 9. 126-Jeffrey Eddy [8]; 10. 82-Eric Schroeter [10]

Heat Race 3 (10 laps, top-4 transfer) 1. 12-Alex Bergeron [1]; 2. 127-Blake Matjoulis [2]; 3. 17-Brett Rowles [4]; 4. 04-Michael Kaiser [5]; 5. 80-Dylan Wilson [7]; 6. 9-Sean Krawcyk [6]; 7. 033-Richard Murtaugh Jr. [3]; 8. 19-Mark Lemay [9]; 9. 58-Ryder Sroufe [8]; 10. 46-Jonathan Nause [10]

Last Chance Showdown 1 (14 laps, top-6 transfer) 1. 717-Bobby Rafferty [2]; 2. 44-John Ruggiero Jr. [8]; 3. 06-Rylan Gray [1]; 4. 115-Boddie Parker [5]; 5. 9-Sean Krawcyk [3]; 6. 126-Jeffrey Eddy [7]; 7. 19-Mark Lemay [6]; 8. 29-Billy Richardson [4]; 9. 46-Jonathan Nause [9]; 10. 42-John Smith III [10]

Last Chance Showdown 2 (14 laps, top-6 transfer) 1. 33-Evan Seay [1]; 2. 331-Dustin Hall [3]; 3. 80-Dylan Wilson [2]; 4. 1-Jesse Enterkin [7]; 5. 033-Richard Murtaugh Jr. [5]; 6. 78-Justin Bishop [4]; 7. 37-Randall Carter [6]; 8. 58-Ryder Sroufe [8]; 9. 82-Eric Schroeter [9]

CHAMP DEFENDS TURF: Tucker Wins in Back-to-Back Seasons with Pro Late Models at Charlotte

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Houser leads most laps, finishes fifth, Matjoulis rebounds with second podium

Forty laps in Wednesday’s DIRTcar eSports Tour Feature at The Dirt Track at Charlotte. Kendal Tucker only needed one to steal the show.

In one of the most exciting finishes in DIRTcar eSports history, Tucker, the defending Tour champion and Pro Late Model race winner at Charlotte from Season 2, pulled a rabbit out of his hat in the closing laps of Wednesday’s Drydene Pro Late Model Feature and beat Alex Bergeron and Tyler Schell to the line to win his third career Tour Feature.

“That was a wild one right there, to say the least,” Tucker said.

Dylan Houser, of Ocala, FL, led the majority of the race on iRacing’s new dirt tire model – a total of 33 under his belt by race’s end – and maintained the lead as he came to three-to-go with Bergeron and Tucker right on his heels. Tucker, of Mt. Airy, NC, took the most advantage of Houser’s scrubbing of the outside Turn 2 wall by throwing a wicked slide job as the three dove into Turn 3.

He clipped the infield tractor tire, somehow stayed with it, and raced side-by-side with Bergeron for the lead as they crossed for two-to-go. Houser jumped underneath each of them and slid his way back to the lead while Bergeron and Tucker crossed it back underneath him on the backstretch.

Lead in-hand as they took the white flag, Bergeron rolled high coming out of Turn 2. Houser drifted up into him and made contact as Tucker re-entered the picture underneath them both, also banging off Houser as they entered Turn 3. A final slide job from Tucker in Turns 3-4 on them both sealed the deal as he crossed the stripe and collected $250 for the epic victory from the 10th starting spot.

“No matter how far back I start, it definitely makes it a lot harder,” Tucker said. “But with these longer-distance races, it kinda bails you out if you can keep the car clean coming up through the field.”

With all of the insanity between Tucker, Houser and Bergeron in the final three circuits, Tyler Schell and Blake Matjoulis had been on a mission to capitalize. Which, they did, taking advantage of further contact between Houser and Bergeron to grab third and fourth at the line.

Tucker (front) coming to the checkered with the ensuing melee for 2nd-5th behind him (Joe Grabianowski Photo)

Bergeron had also made significant contact with the outside Turn 4 wall coming to the checkers. It was later determined that he scrubbed the wall through the entire corner and was therefore penalized two spots post-race for wall-riding. This awarded Schell and Matjoulis the final two podium spots and a career-best finish for Schell.

The DIRTcar eSports Tour action continues next Wednesday night, April 21, with the Hoosier Racing Tire Big Block Modifieds at Lernerville Speedway. Catch all the action live and FREE on DIRTVision presented by Drydene.

Feature (40 Laps) – 1. 00-Kendal Tucker (10); 2. 85-Tyler Schell (16); 3. 127-Blake Matjoulis (7); 4. 12-Alex Bergeron (5); 5. 2-Dylan Houser (2); 6. 115-Boddie Parker (23); 7. 1-Jesse Enterkin (21); 8. 80-Dylan Wilson (3); 9. 17-Brett Rowles (15); 10. 48-Dylan Yeager (1); 11. 71-Keven Hebert (12); 12. 41-Logan Rumsey (18); 13. 09-Tanner Tomasi (8); 14. 717-Bobby Rafferty (20); 15. 37-Randall Carter (17); 16. 033-Richard Murtaugh (13); 17. 4-Huey Quillen (24); 18. 8-Tyler Jackson (9); 19. 13-Damian Kiefer (4); 20. 000-Kevin Dedmon (11); 21. 101-Brent Evans (22); 22. 331-Dustin Hall (14); 23. 33-Evan Seay (6); 24. 5-Nathan Waddell (19)

T-JACK IS BACK: Jackson Wins 4th Career Street Stock Race in FALS Thriller

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Kilgore, Hackney collide in closing laps, Bellomy Hard Charger in 24th-7th drive

DIRTcar eSports’ all-time winningest Dirt Street Stock driver is back.

Tyler Jackson, of Rockford, IL, put it in Fairbury Speedway Victory Lane Wednesday night, winning the fourth race of the Chevy Performance Street Stock League for his fourth career victory with the League in a very rough-and-tumble Feature event.

“I’m not gonna lie, it took a little longer than I would have liked it to in race #4,” Jackson told DIRTcar eSports announcer Chase Raudman in the DIRTVision post-race interview. “But the competition level is a lot higher than it was last year. It was a great race – I’m still catching my breath.”

While Jackson started inside Row 2, just ahead of him was last week’s Feature winner and Street Stock bigwig, Carl Kilgore. He and his #021 took off from the pole and appeared to have the car to beat until Jackson’s car came in and took the lead just slightly past the halfway point. The two played cat-and-mouse around the virtual quarter-mile before a dramatic ride to the finish presented itself on a restart with just three laps remaining.

Jackson took the inside lane for the restart and threw a big slide job on Kilgore in Turns 1-2. Kilgore, of Greenville, MS, turned it back underneath him and returned the favor in Turns 3-4, but only slightly. Jackson kept his foot in the accelerator on the very top side and retained the spot as they crossed the stripe.

“That’s what won me the race,” Jackson said. “I knew I had to get a good start with him.”

Two more slide jobs by Kilgore on the following lap were unsuccessful in stealing Jackson’s spot. But as he prepared for what was likely going to be a third, Kilgore received a rear bumper full of former Extreme Savage teammate, Keith Hackney.

Hackney’s and Kilgore’s bumpers met at the entrance to Turn 1, sending Kilgore around, collecting several other cars.

Jackson (left) and Kilgore (right) battling for the lead (Joe Grabianowski Photo)

“I got into him a little bit. I apologize for that, majorly. I didn’t want to have second that way, by no means,” Hackney said after the race.

As Hackney, of Calhoun, GA, drove away with the spot, several other wrecks unfolded around the track, and Kilgore was left with a 17th-place finish. Hackney was later penalized to the tail of the lead lap (21st) by League admins in post-race examination for the incident.

This moved Nathan Lemons up into second and Jamie Massey into third, marking the best finishes of their DIRTcar eSports careers.

The Chevy Performance Street Stock League action continues next Wednesday night, April 21, at the Cedar Lake Speedway. Catch all the action live and FREE on DIRTVision presented by Drydene.

Feature (25 Laps) – 1. 25-Tyler Jackson (3); 2. 225-Nathan Lemons (6); 3. 2-Jamie Massey (9); 4. 54-Larry Barber Jr. (7); 5. 26-Sean Stevens (13); 6. 003-Thorne Zimmerman (15); 7. 002-Clifford Bellomy (24); 8. 029-Lane Phillips (17); 9. 546-Randy Axner (16); 10. 260-Sage Luther (10); 11. 717-Bobby Rafferty (12); 12. 48-Kyle Vaughn (19); 13. 23-Brayden McMahan (18); 14. 29-Joshua Divine (23); 15. 21-Jim Reavis (14); 16. 021-Carl Kilgore (1); 17. 18-Justin Henson (21); 18. 04-Joshua Dennison (20); 19. 111-Jaron Valley (8); 20. 121-Eddie Farness (5); 21. 69-Keith Hackney (4); 22. 53-Aidan Skraha (22); 23. 077-Holden English (2); DQ. 005-Devin Ramsey (11) Hard Charger: 002-Clifford Bellomy (+17)

4/14/21 – Street Stocks at Fairbury Speedway

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Chevy Performance Feature (25 laps) – 1. 25-Tyler Jackson [3]; 2. 225-Nathan Lemons [6]; 3. 2-Jamie Massey [9]; 4. 54-Larry Barber Jr [7]; 5. 26-Sean Stevens [13]; 6. 003-Thorne Zimmerman [15]; 7. 002-Clifford Bellomy [24]; 8. 29-Lane Phillips [17]; 9. 546-Randy Axner [16]; 10. 260-Sage Luther [10]; 11. 717-Bobby Rafferty [12]; 12. 48-Kyle Vaughn [19]; 13. 23-Brayden McMahan [18]; 14. 29-Joshua Divine [23]; 15. 21-Jim Reavis [14]; 16. 021-Carl Kilgore [1]; 17. 18-Justin Henson [21]; 18. 04-Joshua Dennison [20]; 19. 111-Jaron Valley [8]; 20. 121-Edward Farness [5]; 21. 69-Keith Hackney [4]; 22. 53-Aidan Skraha [22]; 23. 077-Holden English [2]; DQ. 05-Devin Ramsey [11]

Qualifying (2 laps)­ – 1. 021-Carl Kilgore [14.674]; 2. 077-Holden English [14.736]; 3. 25-Tyler Jackson [14.767]; 4. 717-Bobby Rafferty [14.767]; 5. 121-Edward Farness [14.787]; 6. 225-Nathan Lemons [14.815]; 7. 54-Larry Barber Jr [14.834]; 8. 69-Keith Hackney [14.845]; 9. 29-Lane Phillips [14.85]; 10. 260-Sage Luther [14.859]; 11. 05-Devin Ramsey [14.86]; 12. 53-Aidan Skraha [14.882]; 13. 2-Jamie Massey [14.908]; 14. 21-Jim Reavis [14.909]; 15. 48-Kyle Vaughn [14.913]; 16. 111-Jaron Valley [14.919]; 17. 46-Jonathan Nause [14.936]; 18. 04-Joshua Dennison [14.936]; 19. 003-Thorne Zimmerman [14.941]; 20. 546-Randy Axner [14.943]; 21. 84-Mike Watt [14.96]; 22. 93-Steve Miskolczi [14.98]; 23. 17-Brett Rowles [15.006]; 24. 38-Ryan Carlisi [15.037]; 25. 26-Sean Stevens [15.053]; 26. 73-Scott Reid [15.053]; 27. 29-Joshua Divine [15.106]; 28. 002-Clifford Bellomy [15.155]; 29. 18-Justin Henson [15.212]; 30. 018-Alan Gilreath [15.232]; 31. 5-Jason Metoxen [15.254]; 32. 88-Levi Tate [15.364]; 33. 72-Tyler Raney [15.368]; 34. 23-Brayden McMahan [15.393]; 35. 210-Joe Grabianowski [15.509]; 36. 00-Bryar Zimmerman [DNQ]; 37. 77-Anthony Corini [DNQ]

Heat Race 1 (8 laps, top 4 transfer) – 1. 021-Carl Kilgore [1]; 2. 121-Edward Farness [2]; 3. 2-Jamie Massey [4]; 4. 26-Sean Stevens [7]; 5. 29-Lane Phillips [3]; 6. 18-Justin Henson [8]; 7. 46-Jonathan Nause [5]; 8. 72-Tyler Raney [9]; 9. 84-Mike Watt [6]; 10. 77-Anthony Corini [10]

Heat Race 2 (8 laps, top 4 transfer) – 1. 077-Holden English [1];2. 225-Nathan Lemons [2]; 3. 260-Sage Luther [3]; 4. 21-Jim Reavis [4]; 5. 23-Brayden McMahan [9]; 6. 04-Joshua Dennison [5]; 7. 73-Scott Reid [7]; 8. 93-Steve Miskolczi [6]; 9. 018-Alan Gilreath [8]

Heat Race 3 (8 laps, top 4 transfer) – 1. 25-Tyler Jackson [1]; 2. 54-Larry Barber Jr [2]; 3. 05-Devin Ramsey [3]; 4. 003-Thorne Zimmerman [5]; 5. 48-Kyle Vaughn [4]; 6. 29-Joshua Divine [7]; 7. 17-Brett Rowles [6]; 8. 210-Joe Grabianowski [9]; 9. 5-Jason Metoxen [8]

Heat Race 4 (8 laps, top 4 transfer) – 1. 69-Keith Hackney [2]; 2. 111-Jaron Valley [4]; 3. 717-Bobby Rafferty [1]; 4. 546-Randy Axner [5]; 5. 38-Ryan Carlisi [6]; 6. 002-Clifford Bellomy [7]; 7. 53-Aidan Skraha [3]; 8. 00-Bryar Zimmerman [9]; 9. 88-Levi Tate [8]

Last Chance Showdown 1 (10 laps, top 4 transfer) – 1. 23-Brayden McMahan [1]; 2. 04-Joshua Dennison [3]; 3. 53-Aidan Skraha [6]; 4. 002-Clifford Bellomy [4]; 5. 00-Bryar Zimmerman [8]; 6. 93-Steve Miskolczi [7]; 7. 77-Anthony Corini [11]; 8. 73-Scott Reid [5]; 9. 38-Ryan Carlisi [2]; 10. 88-Levi Tate [10]; 11. 018-Alan Gilreath [9]

Last Chance Showdown 2 (10 laps, top 4 transfer) – 1. 29-Lane Phillips [1]; 2. 48-Kyle Vaughn [2]; 3. 18-Justin Henson [3]; 4. 29-Joshua Divine [4]; 5. 17-Brett Rowles [6]; 6. 46-Jonathan Nause [5]; 7. 210-Joe Grabianowski [8]; 8. 84-Mike Watt [9]; 9. 5-Jason Metoxen [10]; 10. 72-Tyler Raney [7]

4/14/21 – Pro Late Models at The Dirt Track at Charlotte

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Drydene Feature (40 Laps) – 1. 00-Kendal Tucker [10]; 2. 85-Tyler Schell [16]; 3. 127-Blake Matjoulis [7]; 4. 12-Alex Bergeron [5]; 5. 2-Dylan Houser [2]; 6. 115-Boddie Parker [23]; 7. 1-Jesse Enterkin [21]; 8. 80-Dylan Wilson [3]; 9. 17-Brett Rowles [15]; 10. 48-Dylan Yeager [1]; 11. 71-Keven Hèbert [12]; 12. 41-Logan Rumsey [18]; 13. 09-Tanner Tomasi [8]; 14. 717-Bobby Rafferty [20]; 15. 37-Randall Carter [17]; 16. 033-Richard Murtaugh Jr. [13]; 17. 4-Huey Quillen [24]; 18. 8-Tyler Jackson [9]; 19. 13-Damian Kiefer [4]; 20. 000-Kevin Dedmon [11]; 21. 101-Brent Evans [22]; 22. 331-Dustin Hall [14]; 23. 33-Evan Seay [6]; 24. 5-Nathan Waddell [19]

Qualifying (2 Laps) – 1. 48-Dylan Yeager [15.616]; 2. 2-Dylan Houser [15.648]; 3. 80-Dylan Wilson [15.686]; 4. 13-Damian Kiefer [15.692]; 5. 12-Alex Bergeron [15.698]; 6. 33-Evan Seay [15.699]; 7. 5-Nathan Waddell [15.732]; 8. 4-Huey Quillen [15.77]; 9. 033-Richard Murtaugh Jr. [15.835]; 10. 00-Kendal Tucker [15.845]; 11. 127-Blake Matjoulis [15.846]; 12. 71-Keven Hèbert [15.859]; 13. 8-Tyler Jackson [15.866]; 14. 331-Dustin Hall [15.881]; 15. 17-Brett Rowles [15.883]; 16. 85-Tyler Schell [15.892]; 17. 37-Randall Carter [15.897]; 18. 75-Jesse Johnsrud [15.904]; 19. 55-Matthew Logan [15.916]; 20. 09-Tanner Tomasi [15.962]; 21. 22-James Miller [15.975]; 22. 101-Brent Evans [16.011]; 23. 000-Kevin Dedmon [16.014]; 24. 26-Sage Luther [16.02]; 25. 1-Jesse Enterkin [16.036]; 26. 001-Dominique Foster [16.086]; 27. 46-Jonathan Nause [16.096]; 28. 41-Logan Rumsey [16.098]; 29. 115-Boddie Parker [16.117]; 30. 717-Bobby Rafferty [16.138]; 31. 58-Ryder Sroufe [16.205]; 32. 72-Joseph Grabianowski [16.306]; 33. 28-William Hedgpath [16.545]; 34. 43-Jarred Campos [16.545]; 35. 82-Eric Schroeter [16.552]; 36. 29-Billy Richardson [16.561]; 37. 483-Cole Edwards [16.864]; 38. 7-Aaron Sparks [DNQ]

Heat Race 1 (10 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 48-Dylan Yeager [1]; 2. 12-Alex Bergeron [2]; 3. 8-Tyler Jackson [4]; 4. 033-Richard Murtaugh Jr. [3]; 5. 37-Randall Carter [5]; 6. 1-Jesse Enterkin [7]; 7. 22-James Miller [6]; 8. 115-Boddie Parker [8]; 9. 28-William Hedgpath [9]; 10. 483-Cole Edwards [10]

Heat Race 2 (10 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 2-Dylan Houser [1]; 2. 33-Evan Seay [2]; 3. 00-Kendal Tucker [3]; 4. 331-Dustin Hall [4]; 5. 75-Jesse Johnsrud [5]; 6. 717-Bobby Rafferty [8]; 7. 101-Brent Evans [6]; 8. 7-Aaron Sparks [10]; 9. 43-Jarred Campos [9]; 10. 001-Dominique Foster [7]

Heat Race 3 (10 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 80-Dylan Wilson [1]; 2. 127-Blake Matjoulis [3]; 3. 000-Kevin Dedmon [6]; 4. 17-Brett Rowles [4]; 5. 5-Nathan Waddell [2]; 6. 55-Matthew Logan [5]; 7. 46-Jonathan Nause [7]; 8. 58-Ryder Sroufe [8]; 9. 82-Eric Schroeter [9]

Heat Race 4 (10 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 13-Damian Kiefer [1]; 2. 09-Tanner Tomasi [5]; 3. 71-Keven Hèbert [3]; 4. 85-Tyler Schell [4]; 5. 41-Logan Rumsey [7]; 6. 26-Sage Luther [6]; 7. 72-Joseph Grabianowski [8]; 8. 29-Billy Richardson [9]; 9. 4-Huey Quillen [2]

Last Chance Showdown 1 (14 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 41-Logan Rumsey [2]; 2. 717-Bobby Rafferty [3]; 3. 101-Brent Evans [5]; 4. 4-Huey Quillen [10]; 5. 7-Aaron Sparks [7]; 6. 75-Jesse Johnsrud [1]; 7. 26-Sage Luther [4]; 8. 72-Joseph Grabianowski [6]; 9. 29-Billy Richardson [8]; 10. 001-Dominique Foster [11]; 11. 43-Jarred Campos [9]

Last Chance Showdown 2 (10 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 37-Randall Carter [1]; 2. 5-Nathan Waddell [2]; 3. 1-Jesse Enterkin [3]; 4. 115-Boddie Parker [7]; 5. 55-Matthew Logan [4]; 6. 22-James Miller [5]; 7. 28-William Hedgpath [9]; 8. 46-Jonathan Nause [6]; 9. 483-Cole Edwards [11]; 10. 58-Ryder Sroufe [8]; 11. 82-Eric Schroeter [10]

4/7/21 – Street Stocks at Eldora Speedway

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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. 21 – Jim Reavis [16]; 10. 18 – Justin Henson [21]; 11. 17 – Brett Rowles [10]; 12. 48 – Grant Parr [22]; 13. 018 – Alan 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]

Qualifying (2 Laps) – 1. 48 – Kyle Vaughn – 20.118; 2 – Jesse Wall – 20.170; 3. 8 – Tyler Jackson – 20.177; 4. 026 – Blade Kearns – 20.206; 5. 93 – Steve Miskolczi – 20.207; 6. 48 – Grant Parr – 20.211 7. 69 – Keith Hackney – 20.212; 8. 53 – Aiden Skraha – 20.228; 9. 18 – Justin Henson – 20.239; 10. 44 – Cody McElreath – 20.242; 11. 260 – Sage Luther – 20.242; 12. 077 – Holden English – 20.246; 13. 021 – Carl Kilgore – 20.246; 14. 546 – Randy Axner – 20.247; 15. 77 – Anthony Corini – 20.250; 16. 28 – William Hedgpath – 20.254; 17. 121 – Edward Farness – 20.255; 18. 23 – Brayden McMahan – 20.261; 19. 04 – Joshua Dennison – 20.263; 20. 21 – Jim Reavis – 20.268; 21. 225 – Nathan Lemons – 20.282; 22. 17 – Brett Rowles – 20.283; 23. 005 – Christopher Hill – 20.283; 24. 13 – Payton Gries – 20.288; 25. 71 – Daniel Stiffler – 20.288; 26. 6 – Mitch Erickson – 20.290; 27. 05 – Aaron Russell – 20.322; 28. 26 – Sean Stevens – 20.324; 29. 017 – Joseph Driscoll – 20.342; 30. 78 – Justin Bishop – 20.366; 31. 7 – Jaxon Steele – 20.376; 32. 22 – Will McElreath – 20.379; 33. 018 – Alan Gilreath – 20.381; 34. 76 – Robert Palmer – 20.385; 35. 717 – Bobby Rafferty – 20.390; 36. 75 – Kyle Vickers – 20.430; 37. 46 – Jonathan Nause – 20.435; 38. 84 – Mike Watt – 20.451; 39. 002 – Clifford Bellomy – 20.463; 40. 5 – Jason Metoxen – 20.465; 41. 38 – Ryan Carlisi – 20.467; 42. 044 – Mason Hammel – 21.566

Heat #1 – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 021 – Carl Kilgore [4]; 2. 93 – Steve Miskolczi [2]; 3. 018 – Alan Gilreath [9]; 4. 121 – Edward Farness [5]; 5. 46 – Jonathan Nause [10]; 6. 71 – Daniel Stiffler [7]; 7. 18 – Justin Henson [3]; 8. 017 – Joseph Driscoll [8]; 9. 48 – Kyle Vaughn [1]; 10. 38 – Ryan Carlisi [11]; 11. 225 – Nathan Lemons [6]

Heat #2 – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 2 – Jesse Wall [1];  2. 546 – Randy Axner [4]; 3. 17 – Brett Rowles [6]; 4. 23 – Brayden McMahan [5]; 5. 44 – Cody McElreath [3]; 6. 6 – Mitch Erickson [7]; 7. 84 – Mike Watt [10]; 8. 42 – Mason Hammel [11]; 9. 76 – Robert Palmer [8]; 10. 48 – Grant Parr [2]; 11. 78 – Justin Bishop [8]

Heat #3 – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 69 – Keith Hackney [2]; 2. 8 – Tyler Jackson [1]; 3. 260 – Sage Luther [3]; 4. 717 – Bobby Rafferty [9]; 5. 77 – Anthony Corini [4]; 6. 04 – Joshua Dennisan [5]; 7. 002 – Clifford Bellomy [10]; 8. 05 – Aaron Russell [7]; 9. 7 – Jaxon Steele [8]; 10. 005 – Christopher Hill [6]

Heat #4 – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 026 – Blade Kearns [1]; 2. 077 – Holden English [3]; 3. 53 – Aiden Skraha [2]; 4. 21 – Jim Reavis [5]; 5. 13 – Payton Gries [6]; 6. 26 – Sean Stevens [7]; 8. 22 – Will McElreath [8]; 9. 28 – William Hedgpath [4]; 10. 75 – Kyle Vickers [9]; 11. 5 – Jason Metoxen [10]

Last Chance Showdown #1 – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 71 – Daniel Stiffler [3]; 2. 04 – Josh Dennison [4]; 3. 18 – Justin Henson [5]; 4. 46 – Jonathan Nause [1]; 5. 48 – Kyle Vaughn [9]; 6. 77 – Anthony Corini [2]; 7. 225 – Nathan Lemons [13]; 8. 7 – Jaxon Steele [10]; 9. 017 – Joseph Driscoll [7]; 10. 005 – Christopher Hill [12]; 11. 05 – Aaron Russell [8]; 12. 002 – Clifford Bellomy [6]; 13. 38 – Ryan Carlisi [12]

Last Chance Showdown #2 – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 13 – Payton Gries [2]; 2. 44 – Cody McElreath [1]; 3. 48 – Grant Parr [11]; 4. 6 – Mitch Erickson [3]; 5. 22 – Will McElreath [6]; 6. 26 – Sean Stevens [4]; 7. 75 – Kyle Vickers [10]; 8. 5 – Jason Metoxen [12]; 9. 78 – Justin Bishop [13]; 10. 28 – William Hedgpath [8]; 11. 84 – Mike Watt [5]; 12. 76 – Robert Palmer [9]; 13. 42 – Mason Hammel [7]

BIG BLOCK KING: Seay Nets Fifth Career Tour Victory, Second with Big Blocks in Marathon at Williams Grove

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With his fifth career Feature victory Wednesday night, Evan Seay is now the all-time winningest driver in DIRTcar eSports Tour history.

Seay, of Chesnee, SC, took the lead on Lap 1 of the Feature and never looked back, leading all 50 laps en route to his second Tour win in-a-row – this time, with the VP Racing Fuels Big Block Modifieds.

“Coming out on top will definitely help us gain back some of those points we lost with that okay finish at Weedsport,” Seay said. “Hopefully, we can make all the races and get this points title.”

Indeed, Seay had an “okay” 8th-place finish in the season opener with the Big Blocks at Weedsport Speedway on March 24 after an early-race incident knocked him to the back of the field. But he completed the charge back to the top-10 and salvaged the evening before losing too many points in the standings.

The next week, he put it all together and won from the second row in the Summit Racing Equipment UMP Modified Feature at Bristol Motor Speedway. This week, in a similar fashion, Seay held off all chargers from behind to win yet another $250 top prize.

Several caution flags turned the race into quite the marathon event, running just a few minutes shy of the time limit by checkered fall. This forced Seay to be on top of his restart game.

DIRTcar eSports Tour Season 2 champion Kendal Tucker, of Mt. Airy, NC, ran up front throughout the race and was able to slip underneath Dylan Houser, of Ocala, FL, on the final restart in the closing laps to claim another runner-up finish. While they aren’t chasing points titles in Season 3, both drivers looked hungrier than ever for good points finishes with their relentless chase of each other in the back half of the race.

The DIRTcar eSports Tour resumes racing next Wednesday night, April 14, with a stop at The Dirt Track at Charlotte, racing the Drydene Pro Late Models – catch all the action live on DIRTVision.

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. 32 – Tyler Schell [9]; 9. 000 – Kevin Dedmon [7]; 10. 85 – Hunter Heck [16]; 11. 17 – Brett Rowles [15]; 12. 717 – Bobby Rafferty [18]; 13. 30 – Keith Hackney [22]; 14. 28 – Jamie Massey [17]; 15. 41 – Logan Rumsey [8]; 16. 35 – Thomas Brandon [24]; 17 – Randall Carter [11]; 18. 29 – Billy Richardson [21]; 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]