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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.

Joe Grabianowski Photo

“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]

SEASON 3 IS HERE: Big Blocks Form Core of DIRTcar eSports Tour, Street Stocks Return

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Four DIRTcar-branded divisions plus Midgets also included in 10-race slate

The ground-pounding, earth-shaking, window-rattling Beasts of the Northeast Super DIRTcar Series Big Block Modifieds are back in all of iRacing’s virtual glory as the star attraction of DIRTcar eSports Season 3.

The virtual Big Blocks, which reached season-high car counts last season, are back as the focus of a 10-race Tour, every Wednesday from March 24 to May 26, for Season 3 – one that also includes the return of the Chevy Performance Street Stock League for its second season.

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Beginning with the first race at Weedsport Speedway on March 24, the Big Blocks will contest five races on the Season 3 Tour, alternating each Wednesday night with 360 Sprint Cars, Pro Late Models, UMP Modifieds, 358 Modifieds and the first-ever appearance by dirt Midgets. iRacing’s newest dirt track at Bristol Motor Speedway also has its spot on the docket, setting the stage for a Week 2 showdown with the UMP Modifieds.

All 10 races will be $250-to-win and pay back through the Feature field. Commemorative trophies will be awarded to the podium finishers in the final points standings after the Week 10 finale at The Dirt Track at Charlotte.

The Chevy Performance Street Stock League will also begin March 24, setting out on a 10-race championship chase of its own. Racing across eight different tracks, competitors will chase a $100 top prize each night as Feature winner.

New to the Street Stock campaign in Season 3 is the highly requested addition of a points championship system, mirroring that of the DIRTcar eSports Tour. Trophies will be awarded to the podium finishers in final points after 10 races.

Following the precedent set in Season 2, the Street Stock League will once again be held with the more causal sim racer in mind, and thus only be available for competitors with iRatings 4800 and below.

Every race will once again be broadcasted on DIRTVision presented by Drydene, free to all account holders. Street Stocks will kick each night off with practice at 6:50pm ET and Qualifying at 7pm. The Tour session will open with practice at 7:50pm ET and follow with Qualifying.

Registration for each race tentatively closes the Monday before each event and is now open for all 10 events in each league.

DIRTcar eSports Tour Season 3 Schedule

March 24 – Big Block Modifieds at Weedsport Speedway (50 Laps)
March 31 – UMP Modifieds at Bristol Motor Speedway (40 Laps)
April 7 – Big Block Modifieds at Williams Grove Speedway (50 Laps)
April 14 – Pro Late Models at The Dirt Track at Charlotte (40 Laps)
April 21 – Big Block Modifieds at Lernerville Speedway (50 Laps)
April 28 – Midgets at Lanier National Speedway (30 Laps)
May 5 – Big Block Modifieds at Cedar Lake Speedway (50 Laps)
May 12 – 360 Sprint Cars at Kokomo Speedway (30 Laps)
May 19 – 358 Small Block Modifieds at USA International Speedway (40 Laps)
May 26 – Big Block Modifieds at The Dirt Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway (50 Laps)

Chevy Performance Street Stock League Season 3 Schedule

March 24 – Knoxville Raceway (20 Laps)
March 31 – Limaland Motorsports Park (25 Laps)
April 7 – Eldora Speedway (20 Laps)
April 14 – Fairbury Speedway (25 Laps)
April 21 – Cedar Lake Speedway (25 Laps)
April 28 – Lernerville Speedway (25 Laps)
May 5 – Limaland Motorsports Park (25 Laps)
May 12 – Eldora Speedway (20 Laps)
May 19 – Williams Grove Speedway (20 Laps)
May 26 – The Dirt Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway (25 Laps)

RUN IT BACK: Seay Wins Feature, Tucker Wins Season 2 Tour Championship with Big-Blocks at Lernerville

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Eight consecutive top-fives for Tucker crown him Tour’s first-ever points champ while Seay starts, ends series with Victory Lane trip

Eight top-five finishes in eight weeks of racing. Now there’s a statistic worthy of a championship.

That’s exactly what iRacing Pro driver Kendal Tucker ended up with after the checkered fell in Wednesday night’s VP Racing Fuels Big-Block Modified Feature event at Lernerville Speedway. For his hard-fought efforts aboard the DIRTcar eSports Tour of Season 2, he now brings the first ever custom-made DIRTcar eSports Tour trophy home to his sim rig in Mt. Airy, NC.

Crossing the stripe right in front of him was the Feature winner, Evan Seay, who capped off his Season 2 campaign the same way he started it – in Victory Lane after leading green-to-checkered in the 50-lap contest.

“It’s definitely pretty cool to come out here and pick up the final win of the season,” Seay told announcer Chase Raudman in the DIRTVision post-race interview. “It’s a great cap to the second season of DIRTcar eSports.”

Over eight weeks of competition, Tucker never finished outside of the top-five. Not once. His worst finish came in Race #7, Pro Late Models at Eldora, where he placed fourth. Wednesday night marked his fourth runner-up finish of the season, just a few car-lengths back from Seay at the checkers.

“Season 2, it honestly couldn’t have gone any better, besides getting couple more wins,” Tucker said. “The ultimate goal at the end of the year, once we heard about this deal [DIRTcar eSports] was putting on, was just to be consistent.”

Tucker’s DIRTcar eSports Tour championship trophy

Seay led the points standings after Season 2’s opening round before Tucker took it over soon after his win with the Pro Late Models at The Dirt Track at Charlotte on December 9. He and Tucker kept it close at the top with their solid night-in and night-out finishes, but Seay sat out the fifth and sixth races on the Tour due to other non-sim commitments, forcing him to retire his horse in the points race.

“Congrats to Kendal [Tucker] on the championship. We had to miss a couple races, but I think we would have been pretty close in the points if I’d have been able to do those couple that we missed,” Seay said.

Regardless, Seay made up for it in the end by leading all 50 laps of Wednesday night’s Feature – his first-ever venture out with the Big-Blocks at Lernerville, which made it all that much more impressive.

“Honestly, I didn’t even know how this night was going to go. I hadn’t run this track with the Big-Blocks yet, so I was kinda winging everything,” he said.

Seay went largely unchallenged for the lead during most of the race. Except on the final lap, where Tucker dove low hard in Turn 1 and pulled a big slide job on the #33. But it didn’t stick, and Seay was easily able to cross back underneath him and take the lead back down the backstretch. Seay held strong in Turn 4 and brought it back home, collecting $250 for the Feature win as the only Tour driver in Season 2 to win more than one main event.

Tucker doing donuts on the front-straightaway after the checkered (Joe Grabianowski Photo)

Overall, both drivers had a terrific season as regulars of the DIRTcar eSports Tour and have plans to chase a points title again in Season 3.

“Hopefully, we’ll be back to defend the title and pick up a couple more wins along the way,” Tucker said.

Feature (50 Laps) – 1. Evan Seay, 2. Kendal Tucker, 3. Logan Rumsey, 4. Richard Murtaugh Jr, 5. Dustin Hall, 6. Chris Hile, 7. Blake Matjoulis, 8. Kevin Dedmon, 9. Jesse Enterkin, 10. Ross Wece, 11. William Racine, 12. Michael Canady, 13. Matt Yorker, 14. Alex Bergeron, 15. Matty Watkins, 16. CJ LaVair, 17. Joe Grabianowski, 18. Joshua Kunstbeck, 19. Chance Carr, 20. Tyler Ducharme, 21. Jonathan Nause, 22. Boddie Parker, 23. Cody Zobrist, 24. Hayden Cardwell