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GOING TOPLESS: 360 Non-Wing Sprints Race Night Before the 500 at Kokomo

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Open setups, show-up points, broadcasted on DIRTVision and Twitch

The anticipation is building for DIRTcar eSports’ first-ever special event on iRacing.

The third annual Epperson Painting Night Before the 500 pres. by Wheeler Motorsports Consulting takes 360 Non-Wing Sprint Cars to the virtual Kokomo Speedway for the first time in DIRTcar eSports Tour history on Wednesday, Dec. 8, for a $250-to-win, $20-to-start special, broadcasted live on DIRTVision.

NIGHT BEFORE THE 500 REGISTRATION

Elbows Up Sim Sport has partnered with DIRTcar eSports to co-sanction the marquee event, run one night prior to the start of Elbows Up’s annual Fake 500 asphalt event at iRacing’s Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Contrary to traditional DIRTcar eSports events, the Night Before will feature open setups, allowing drivers to create a custom car setup that fits their driving style. The School of Sim Racing has created a recommended setup to get drivers in the right ballpark, which can be downloaded at the link below.

360 NON-WING SETUP FILES

While the race will pay out the normal DIRTcar eSports Tour purse, the open-setup stipulation makes it a show-up points event for all entrants. All drivers who attempt to qualify for the Night Before will receive 45 points toward the DIRTcar eSports Tour championship standings.

As an added twist, Tour championship chasers will have the opportunity to make up big gaps in the standings on their opponents in the final event of the season, when the Bicknell Racing Products Big Block Modifieds take to The Dirt Track at Charlotte on Jan. 19 for a double-points Feature event (1st – 150 pts, 2nd – 140 pts, 3rd – 130 pts, etc.)

The event format follows the traditional DIRTcar eSports format, which can consist of up to three separate rounds of racing. The exact race format used will depend on the number of entries, all of which is detailed in the link below.

DIRTCAR ESPORTS EVENT FORMAT

DIRTVision.tv will have live coverage of the Night Before with announcers Chase Raudman and Justin Prince. The all-new DIRTcar eSports Twitch channel will also stream the event; drivers with Twitch accounts are encouraged to watch, share and interact with the channel throughout the winter season.

The session will go live on iRacing servers at 7:40pm ET with a 20-minute (minimum) practice session. Qualifying will begin immediately following the conclusion of the preceding Chevy Performance Street Stock League race at Bristol Motor Speedway.

If Qualifying Rounds and/or Preliminary Rounds are necessary, they will all be held on Wednesday night in succession, as opposed to the Tuesday before (as specified in the DIRTcar eSports format).

11/24/21 – Street Stocks at Limaland Motorsports Park

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Chevy Performance Feature (25 Laps) 1. 717-Bobby Rafferty [12]; 2. 28-Bailey Hipp [7]; 3. 71-Daniel Stiffler [5]; 4. 17-Brett Rowles [17]; 5. 60-Kyle Householder [11]; 6. 57-Jim Reavis [18]; 7. 115-Eric Tupper [19]; 8. 5-Isaac Salas [1]; 9. 42-Matt Walter [20]; 10. 68-Ronald Pyles [14]; 11. 117-Preston Oberle [6]; 12. 026-Sean Stevens [10]; 13. 83-Brian Taft [16]; 14. 44-Chad Marshall [21]; 15. 93-Steve Miskolczi [3]; 16. 822-Tyler Jackson [4]; 17. 24-John Quill [22]; 18. 21-Charles Barnes [13]; 19. 23-Zachary Milano [15]; 20. 30-Stevin Goldner [8]; 21. 76-Robert Palmer [24]; 22. 58-Jason Welsh [9]; 23. 91-Blade Kearns [23]; 24. 26-Sage Luther [2]

Qualifying (2 Laps) 1. 5-Isaac Salas [14.996]; 2. 26-Sage Luther [15.04]; 3. 57-Jim Reavis [15.044]; 4. 822-Tyler Jackson [15.046]; 5. 026-Sean Stevens [15.059]; 6. 60-Kyle Householder [15.059]; 7. 717-Bobby Rafferty [15.066]; 8. 30-Stevin Goldner [15.081]; 9. 58-Jason Welsh [15.084]; 10. 71-Daniel Stiffler [15.118]; 11. 117-Preston Oberle [15.126]; 12. 28-Bailey Hipp [15.128]; 13. 93-Steve Miskolczi [15.129]; 14. 86-Jason Metoxen [15.142]; 15. 91-Blade Kearns [15.146]; 16. 79-Noah Blankenship [15.147]; 17. 17-Brett Rowles [15.153]; 18. 21-Charles Barnes [15.16]; 19. 32-Eli Shaffer [15.165]; 20. 002-Clifford Bellomy [15.17]; 21. 83-Brian Taft [15.173]; 22. 97-Butch Baker [15.21]; 23. 46-Jonathan Nause [15.232]; 24. 68-Ronald Pyles [15.256]; 25. 84-Mike Watt [15.257]; 26. 44-Chad Marshall [15.27]; 27. 24-John Quill [15.288]; 28. 11-Ron Wiley [15.305]; 29. 115-Eric Tupper [15.31]; 30. 23-Zachary Milano [15.319]; 31. 27-Joseph Driscoll [15.355]; 32. 77-Anthony Corini [15.396]; 33. 76-Robert Palmer [15.464]; 34. 777-Mike Arnold [15.493]; 35. 42-Matt Walter [15.522]; 36. 050-Steven Gaines [15.537]; 37. 50-Alex Bonsignore [15.544]; 38. 33-Mike Warren [15.549]; 39. 47-Owen Brown [15.747]; 40. 171-Claude Jr Fournier [15.871]; 41. 14-Jake Foradori [16.335]

Heat 1 (8 Laps, top-4 transfer) 1. 5-Isaac Salas [1]; 2. 117-Preston Oberle [3]; 3. 60-Kyle Householder [2]; 4. 83-Brian Taft [5]; 5. 44-Chad Marshall [6]; 6. 050-Steven Gaines [8]; 7. 14-Jake Foradori [9]; 8. 79-Noah Blankenship [4]; 9. 27-Joseph Driscoll [7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps, top-4 transfer) 1. 26-Sage Luther [1]; 2. 28-Bailey Hipp [3]; 3. 717-Bobby Rafferty [2]; 4. 17-Brett Rowles [4]; 5. 24-John Quill [6]; 6. 77-Anthony Corini [7]; 7. 97-Butch Baker [5]; 8. 50-Alex Bonsignore [8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps, top-4 transfer) 1. 93-Steve Miskolczi [3]; 2. 30-Stevin Goldner [2]; 3. 21-Charles Barnes [4]; 4. 57-Jim Reavis [1]; 5. 11-Ron Wiley [6]; 6. 76-Robert Palmer [7]; 7. 46-Jonathan Nause [5]; 8. 33-Mike Warren [8]

Heat 4 (8 Laps, top-4 transfer) 1. 822-Tyler Jackson [1]; 2. 58-Jason Welsh [2]; 3. 68-Ronald Pyles [5]; 4. 115-Eric Tupper [6]; 5. 47-Owen Brown [8]; 6. 32-Eli Shaffer [4]; 7. 777-Mike Arnold [7]; 8. 86-Jason Metoxen [3]

Heat 5 (8 Laps, top-4 transfer) 1. 71-Daniel Stiffler [2]; 2. 026-Sean Stevens [1]; 3. 23-Zachary Milano [6]; 4. 42-Matt Walter [7]; 5. 91-Blade Kearns [3]; 6. 002-Clifford Bellomy [4]; 7. 84-Mike Watt [5]; 8. 171-Claude Jr Fournier [8]

B-Main 1 (10 Laps, top-2 transfer) 1. 24-John Quill [1]; 2. 76-Robert Palmer [4]; 3. 47-Owen Brown [2]; 4. 002-Clifford Bellomy [5]; 5. 97-Butch Baker [6]; 6. 777-Mike Arnold [7]; 7. 79-Noah Blankenship [8]; 8. 33-Mike Warren [9]; 9. 27-Joseph Driscoll [11]; 10. 050-Steven Gaines [3]; 11. 171-Claude Jr Fournier [10]

B-Main 2 (10 Laps, top-2 transfer) 1. 44-Chad Marshall [1]; 2. 91-Blade Kearns [3]; 3. 46-Jonathan Nause [7]; 4. 84-Mike Watt [8]; 5. 77-Anthony Corini [4]; 6. 86-Jason Metoxen [10]; 7. 32-Eli Shaffer [5]; 8. 50-Alex Bonsignore [9]; 9. 11-Ron Wiley [2]; 10. 14-Jake Foradori [6]

11/24/21 – Pro Late Models at The Dirt Track at Charlotte

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Drydene Feature (40 Laps) 1. 127-Blake Matjoulis [3]; 2. 41-Logan Rumsey [4]; 3. 00-Kendal Tucker [8]; 4. 48-Dylan Yeager [2]; 5. 09-Tanner Tomasi [5]; 6. 27-Josh Thoma [6]; 7. 33-Evan Seay [18]; 8. 08-Austin Hunter [11]; 9. 12-Alex Bergeron [9]; 10. 22-Mason Clark [10]; 11. 97-Tyler Kinsey [14]; 12. 85-Tyler Schell [20]; 13. 23-Ethan Toedter [15]; 14. 45-Hagen Sorensen [16]; 15. 35-Nick Cooper [22]; 16. 19-Mike Augustine [13]; 17. 331-Dustin Hall [21]; 18. 157-Drew Hopkins [7]; 19. 07-Hayden Cardwell [17]; 20. 21-Lyndon Whitfill [12]; 21. 4-Brandon Stuhler [19]; 22. 8-Blair Kraus [23]; 23. 28-Mason Lobb [1]

B-Main 2 (14 Laps, top-4 transfer) 1. 45-Hagen Sorensen [1]; 2. 33-Evan Seay [7]; 3. 85-Tyler Schell [4]; 4. 35-Nick Cooper [5]; 5. 2-Chance Carr [3]; 6. 77-Bobby Rafferty [6]; 7. 5-Ben Coutermarsh [11]; 8. 96-Gunnar Swanchara [8]; 9. 29-Billy Richardson [9]; 10. 94-Kevin Battering [12]; 11. 7-Zachary Fox [13]; 12. 15-Brett Punkari [14]

B-Main 1 (14 Laps, top-4 transfer) 1. 07-Hayden Cardwell [2]; 2. 4-Brandon Stuhler [1]; 3. 331-Dustin Hall [3]; 4. 8-Blair Kraus [5]; 5. 225-Matthew Logan [4]; 6. 26-Sage Luther [7]; 7. 13-Jayden Kraus [14]; 8. 50-Steven Gaines [16]; 9. 46-Jonathan Nause [13]; 10. 25-Matt Remick [11]; 11. 3-Aaron Sparks [12]; 12. 10-JB Craighead [6]

Heat 5 (10 Laps, top-3 transfer) 1. 09-Tanner Tomasi [1]; 2. 22-Mason Clark [2]; 3. 23-Ethan Toedter [4]; 4. 2-Chance Carr [5]; 5. 8-Blair Kraus [3]; 6. 96-Gunnar Swanchara [6]; 7. 500-Tyler Berry [8]; 8. 7-Zachary Fox [9]; 9. 185-Hunter Heck [7]

Heat 4 (10 Laps, top-3 transfer) 1. 41-Logan Rumsey [3]; 2. 12-Alex Bergeron [1]; 3. 97-Tyler Kinsey [4]; 4. 07-Hayden Cardwell [2]; 5. 35-Nick Cooper [5]; 6. 26-Sage Luther [7]; 7. 017-Robert Tucker [10]; 8. 3-Aaron Sparks [6]; 9. 008-Joey Hobbs [8]; 10. 38-Jacob Long [9]

Heat 3 (10 Laps, top-3 transfer) 1. 127-Blake Matjoulis [1]; 2. 00-Kendal Tucker [6]; 3. 19-Mike Augustine [2]; 4. 30-Stevin Goldner [8]; 5. 225-Matthew Logan [7]; 6. 33-Evan Seay [4]; 7. 022-Travis Kumpf [9]; 8. 94-Kevin Battering [5]; 9. 13-Jayden Kraus [3]; 10. 74-Loic Bernier [10]

Heat 2 (10 Laps, top-3 transfer) 1. 48-Dylan Yeager [2]; 2. 157-Drew Hopkins [3]; 3. 21-Lyndon Whitfill [5]; 4. 4-Brandon Stuhler [1]; 5. 85-Tyler Schell [8]; 6. 10-JB Craighead [4]; 7. 29-Billy Richardson [6]; 8. 25-Matt Remick [7]; 9. 15-Brett Punkari [9]; 10. 50-Steven Gaines [10]

Heat 1 (10 Laps, top-3 transfer) 1. 28-Mason Lobb [1]; 2. 27-Josh Thoma [2]; 3. 08-Austin Hunter [3]; 4. 45-Hagen Sorensen [9]; 5. 331-Dustin Hall [8]; 6. 77-Bobby Rafferty [4]; 7. 115-Boddie Parker [6]; 8. 5-Ben Coutermarsh [5]; 9. 46-Jonathan Nause [7]; 10. 71-Claude Jr Fournier [10]

Qualifying (2 Laps) 1. 28-Mason Lobb [15.39]; 2. 4-Brandon Stuhler [15.391]; 3. 127-Blake Matjoulis [15.41]; 4. 12-Alex Bergeron [15.412]; 5. 09-Tanner Tomasi [15.414]; 6. 27-Josh Thoma [15.418]; 7. 48-Dylan Yeager [15.422]; 8. 19-Mike Augustine [15.43]; 9. 07-Hayden Cardwell [15.434]; 10. 22-Mason Clark [15.435]; 11. 08-Austin Hunter [15.446]; 12. 157-Drew Hopkins [15.446]; 13. 13-Jayden Kraus [15.449]; 14. 41-Logan Rumsey [15.449]; 15. 8-Blair Kraus [15.47]; 16. 77-Bobby Rafferty [15.478]; 17. 10-JB Craighead [15.485]; 18. 33-Evan Seay [15.487]; 19. 97-Tyler Kinsey [15.489]; 20. 23-Ethan Toedter [15.491]; 21. 5-Ben Coutermarsh [15.508]; 22. 21-Lyndon Whitfill [15.518]; 23. 94-Kevin Battering [15.519]; 24. 35-Nick Cooper [15.525]; 25. 2-Chance Carr [15.532]; 26. 115-Boddie Parker [15.546]; 27. 29-Billy Richardson [15.557]; 28. 00-Kendal Tucker [15.565]; 29. 3-Aaron Sparks [15.574]; 30. 96-Gunnar Swanchara [15.578]; 31. 46-Jonathan Nause [15.578]; 32. 25-Matt Remick [15.587]; 33. 225-Matthew Logan [15.59]; 34. 26-Sage Luther [15.592]; 35. 185-Hunter Heck [15.608]; 36. 331-Dustin Hall [15.611]; 37. 85-Tyler Schell [15.612]; 38. 30-Stevin Goldner [15.631]; 39. 008-Joey Hobbs [15.653]; 40. 500-Tyler Berry [15.654]; 41. 45-Hagen Sorensen [15.675]; 42. 15-Brett Punkari [15.679]; 43. 022-Travis Kumpf [15.702]; 44. 38-Jacob Long [15.797]; 45. 7-Zachary Fox [15.868]; 46. 71-Claude Jr Fournier [15.883]; 47. 50-Steven Gaines [15.998]; DNQ. 74-Loic Bernier; 017-Robert Tucker

11/17/21 – Street Stocks at Lanier National Speedway

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Chevy Performance Feature (25 Laps) 1. 822-Tyler Jackson [2]; 2. 21-Charles Barnes [1]; 3. 115-Eric Tupper [4]; 4. 002-Clifford Bellomy [10]; 5. 60-Kyle Householder [3]; 6. 93-Zane Yost [7]; 7. 71-Daniel Stiffler [5]; 8. 26-Sage Luther [8]; 9. 57-Jim Reavis [13]; 10. 68-Ronald Pyles [11]; 11. 29-Richie Yost [24]; 12. 17-Brett Rowles [18]; 13. 5-Isaac Salas [16]; 14. 30-Stevin Goldner [17]; 15. 14-Jake Foradori [14]; 16. 96-Ricky LaDuke [6]; 17. 79-Noah Blankenship [12]; 18. 97-Butch Baker [19]; 19. 83-Brian Taft [21]; 20. 99-Mitch Erickson [9]; 21. 84-Mike Watt [20]; 22. 117-Preston Oberle [15]; 23. 76-Robert Palmer [23]; 24. 46-Jonathan Nause [22]

Qualifying (2 Laps) 1. 21-Charles Barnes [16.242]; 2. 822-Tyler Jackson [16.247]; 3. 60-Kyle Householder [16.277]; 4. 76-Robert Palmer [16.279]; 5. 71-Daniel Stiffler [16.302]; 6. 99-Mitch Erickson [16.307]; 7. 115-Eric Tupper [16.309]; 8. 26-Sage Luther [16.317]; 9. 96-Ricky LaDuke [16.342]; 10. 93-Zane Yost [16.349]; 11. 68-Ronald Pyles [16.352]; 12. 84-Mike Watt [16.353]; 13. 002-Clifford Bellomy [16.355]; 14. 5-Isaac Salas [16.362]; 15. 79-Noah Blankenship [16.375]; 16. 57-Jim Reavis [16.384]; 17. 14-Jake Foradori [16.384]; 18. 17-Brett Rowles [16.388]; 19. 58-Jason Welsh [16.397]; 20. 117-Preston Oberle [16.411]; 21. 97-Butch Baker [16.411]; 22. 31-Falcon Smith [16.414]; 23. 83-Brian Taft [16.422]; 24. 30-Stevin Goldner [16.435]; 25. 069-Brian Smith [16.437]; 26. 34-Brian Lawson [16.46]; 27. 47-Owen Brown [16.476]; 28. 86-Jason Metoxen [16.531]; 29. 46-Jonathan Nause [16.567]; 30. 50-Alex Bonsignore [16.613]; 31. 00-Kelly Miller [16.88]; 32. 171-Claude Fournier [16.979]; 33. 33-Mike Warren [17.099]; DNQ. 29-Richie Yost, 27-Joseph Driscoll

Heat 1 (8 Laps, top-4 transfer) 1. 21-Charles Barnes [1]; 2. 115-Eric Tupper [3]; 3. 93-Zane Yost [4]; 4. 002-Clifford Bellomy [5]; 5. 57-Jim Reavis [6]; 6. 29-Richie Yost [12]; 7. 58-Jason Welsh [7]; 8. 31-Falcon Smith [8]; 9. 76-Robert Palmer [2]; 10. 069-Brian Smith [9]; 11. 86-Jason Metoxen [10]; 12. 00-Kelly Miller [11]

Heat 2 (8 Laps, top-4 transfer) 1. 822-Tyler Jackson [1]; 2. 71-Daniel Stiffler [2]; 3. 26-Sage Luther [3]; 4. 68-Ronald Pyles [4]; 5. 14-Jake Foradori [6]; 6. 117-Preston Oberle [7]; 7. 5-Isaac Salas [5]; 8. 83-Brian Taft [8]; 9. 34-Brian Lawson [9]; 10. 27-Joseph Driscoll [12]; 11. 171-Claude Fournier [11]; 12. 46-Jonathan Nause [10]

Heat 3 (8 Laps, top-4 transfer) 1. 60-Kyle Householder [1]; 2. 96-Ricky LaDuke [3]; 3. 99-Mitch Erickson [2]; 4. 79-Noah Blankenship [5]; 5. 30-Stevin Goldner [8]; 6. 17-Brett Rowles [6]; 7. 97-Butch Baker [7]; 8. 47-Owen Brown [9]; 9. 33-Mike Warren [11]; 10. 84-Mike Watt [4]; 11. 50-Alex Bonsignore [10]

B-Main 1 (10 Laps, top-6 transfer) 1. 57-Jim Reavis [1]; 2. 117-Preston Oberle [3]; 3. 30-Stevin Goldner [2]; 4. 97-Butch Baker [5]; 5. 83-Brian Taft [6]; 6. 76-Robert Palmer [7]; 7. 27-Joseph Driscoll [9]; 8. 50-Alex Bonsignore [11]; 9. 58-Jason Welsh [4]; 10. 33-Mike Warren [8]; 11. 86-Jason Metoxen [10]

B-Main 2 (10 Laps, top-6 transfer) 1. 14-Jake Foradori [1]; 2. 5-Isaac Salas [4]; 3. 17-Brett Rowles [3]; 4. 84-Mike Watt [9]; 5. 46-Jonathan Nause [12]; 6. 29-Richie Yost [2]; 7. 47-Owen Brown [6]; 8. 34-Brian Lawson [7]; 9. 00-Kelly Miller [11]; 10. 31-Falcon Smith [5]; 11. 069-Brian Smith [8]; 12. 171-Claude Fournier [10]

SEAY NO EVIL: Evan Seay and Tyler Jackson are DIRTcar eSports Winners in Week Two Action

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CONCORD, NC – The cream of the DIRTcar eSports crop rose to the top once again in another thrilling Wednesday night of iRacing dirt track action. Evan Seay fended off Blake Matjoulis to win his first Tour race of 2021 while Tyler Jackson won again in the Chevy Performance Street Stock. 

The points tightened up at the top of the Tour after 40-laps of hard-fought Summit Racing Equipment UMP Modified Feature racing with the top 5 shuffling up. Meanwhile, Tyler Jackson continued to be the man to beat in the full-fendered Street Stocks adding win number two to his 2021 season total. 

Summit Racing Equipment UMP Modifieds

Evan Seay, from Chesnee, SC, traded slide jobs with fellow DIRTcar eSports partner Blake Matjoulis for the Feature win in the Summit Racing Equipment UMP Modified Tour stop at Fairbury Speedway. Seay survived Matjoulis’s challenges plus several late-race restarts for the big win live on DIRTVision presented by Drydene. 

Seay has found success behind the wheel of the UMP Modifieds over the last few seasons on the Tour and looks forward to seeing them on the schedule. 

“We won Bristol last season and Kokomo the year before in one of these UMP Modifieds,” Seay said. “When it gets slick, it suits my driving style just keeping them straight and not making any mistakes. With these open front tires it’s easy to get into the wall. Getting into other cars on the track can definitely mess you up. We kept it smooth tonight controlling the restarts.”

The Summit Racing Equipment UMP Modifieds are one of the most challenging and fun dirt cars on the iRacing simulator, especially on a slick bullring like Fairbury. 

“It is easy to overdrive these cars on a track that slick,” Seay noted. “Not making any mistakes was the key tonight. If I didn’t make any mistakes, I felt like it was hard for anyone to get up there and try anything. Any time you throw a slide job on this slick of a track you kill all momentum so I knew to just watch out for those sliders and stay out of the wall.”

Seay’s teammate Blake Matjoulis finished close behind in second. 

“I had the bottom rolling in one and two early,” Matjoulis said. “I got up to second there and we weren’t as good as Evan [Seay] on the top. The bottom kind of went away. My only shot was getting even with him off of two and sliding him into three. The bottom just seemed to go away there in the end. Overall it was a good run and a good race.”

Seay and Matjoulis went head-to-head for several late-race restarts. 

“He got a gap on us on those restarts,” Matjoulis noted. “We just didn’t get the restarts now. But going one and two for our team is as good as it gets for us.”

Third place runner Alex Bergeron, coming off a second-place effort in the iRacing World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series, found himself on the DIRTcar eSports podium.

“We had a good night,” Bergeron said. “Qualifying wasn’t too good for us but we gained a few spots in the Heat Race. Started the Feature in eighth and made our way up to the front. On those types of tracks, it goes to the top early and it’s tough to pass.”

NEXT UP: The Tour takes on The Dirt Track at Charlotte in the DIRTcar eSports Drydene Pro Late Models next Wednesday, November 24. Catch all the action on DIRTVision presented by Drydene or join in for yourself with on iRacing.

FEATURE: 1. 33-Evan Seay [1]; 2. 127-Blake Matjoulis [5]; 3. 12-Alex A Bergeron [8]; 4. 41-Logan Rumsey [3]; 5. 9-Tanner Tomasi [2]; 6. 8-Austin Hunter7 [11]; 7. 2-Dylan R. Houser [14]; 8. 35-Nick Cooper [4]; 9. 4-Brandon Stuhler [7]; 10. 28-Ricky LaDuke [10]; 11. 331-Dustin Hall3 [16]; 12. 144-Mavrick Davidson [19]; 13. 0-Damian Kiefer [18]; 14. 48-Dylan Yeager [6]; 15. 9-Brad Almond [21]; 16. 96-Gunnar G Swanchara [13]; 17. 7-Cole Rhodes [17]; 18. 77-Blaise Baker [22]; 19. 2-Chance Carr [12]; 20. 14-Chris M Olson [24]; 21. 22-Travis Kumpf [23]; 22. 26-Sage Luther [15]; 23. 30-Stevin Goldner [9]; 24. 74-Loic Bernier [20]

Chevy Performance DIRTcar Street Stocks 

Tyler Jackson makes it two-for-two in DIRTcar eSports Chevy Performance Street Stock Features in 2021. It’s hard to deny the dominance of Jackson as he has not lost a Heat Race or a Feature yet so far this season. He’s also been fast in qualifying with a third and second overall fastest time in the first two races. 

There’s no surprise that Jackson has come out of the box fast but the early wins came as a surprise to the defending DIRTcar eSports champion. 

“These are my two worst tracks on the circuit,” Jackson said. “I don’t know if I got better from last year or I am getting lucky. I’m not sure.”

Jackson followed pole-sitter Charles Barnes until the halfway point when the race winner knew it was go-time.

“When I was following him [Barnes] I think I showed him the apron line so he chopped the corner really hard there I knew he was going to stay down there and make his car really wide,” Jackson said. “I knew my only shot was to run that second groove.”

The racing was ferocious throughout the field and Jackson was glad to have stayed out in front of the incidents. 

“Happy that we were able to come out with the win,” Jackson noted. “I was happy running second tonight but when you get the opportunity you gotta go for the win. Charles ran me clean.”

NEXT UP: The big bad DIRTcar eSports Chevy Performance Street Stocks are set to battle next on Wednesday, November 24 at the virtual Limaland Motorsports Park live on DIRTvision presented by Drydene. 

FEATURE: 1. 822-Tyler Jackson [2]; 2. 21-Charles C Barnes [1]; 3. 115-Eric Tupper [4]; 4. 2-Clifford Bellomy [10]; 5. 60-Kyle Householder [3]; 6. 93-Zane Yost [7]; 7. 71-Daniel Stiffler [5]; 8. 26-Sage Luther [8]; 9. 57-Jim Reavis [13]; 10. 68-Ronald Pyles [11]; 11. 29-Richie Yost [24]; 12. 17-Brett Rowles [18]; 13. 5-Isaac Salas [16]; 14. 30-Stevin Goldner [17]; 15. 14-Jake Foradori [14]; 16. 96-Ricky LaDuke [6]; 17. 79-Noah Blankenship [12]; 18. 97-Butch Baker [19]; 19. 83-Brian Taft [21]; 20. 99-Mitch Erickson3 [9]; 21. 84-Mike Watt5 [20]; 22. 117-Preston Oberle2 [15]; 23. 76-Robert Palmer8 [23]; 24. 46-Jonathan Nause [22]

PHOTOS: Hank Silver

11/17/21 – UMP Modifieds at Fairbury Speedway

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Summit Racing Equipment Feature (40 Laps) 1. 33-Evan Seay [1]; 2. 127-Blake Matjoulis [5]; 3. 12-Alex Bergeron [8]; 4. 41-Logan Rumsey [3]; 5. 09-Tanner Tomasi [2]; 6. 8-Austin Hunter [11]; 7. 2-Dylan Houser [14]; 8. 35-Nick Cooper [4]; 9. 4-Brandon Stuhler [7]; 10. 196-Ricky LaDuke [10]; 11. 331-Dustin Hall [16]; 12. 15-Mavrick Davidson [19]; 13. 000-Damian Kiefer [18]; 14. 48-Dylan Yeager [6]; 15. 9-Brad Almond [21]; 16. 96-Gunnar Swanchara [13]; 17. 7-Cole Rhodes [17]; 18. 77-Blaise Baker [22]; 19. 02-Chance Carr [12]; 20. 14-Chris Olson [24]; 21. 22-Travis Kumpf [23]; 22. 26-Sage Luther [15]; 23. 30-Stevin Goldner [9]; 24. 74-Loic Bernier [20]

Qualifying (2 Laps) 1. 33-Evan Seay [12.728]; 2. 127-Blake Matjoulis [12.83]; 3. 74-Loic Bernier [12.843]; 4. 93-Zane Yost [12.869]; 5. 115-Boddie Parker [12.869]; 6. 48-Dylan Yeager [12.873]; 7. 105-Sheldon Oberle [12.875]; 8. 8-Austin Hunter [12.876]; 9. 41-Logan Rumsey [12.877]; 10. 4-Brandon Stuhler [12.878]; 11. 09-Tanner Tomasi [12.9]; 12. 02-Chance Carr [12.902]; 13. 196-Ricky LaDuke [12.902]; 14. 12-Alex Bergeron [12.903]; 15. 29-Richie Yost [12.923]; 16. 96-Gunnar Swanchara [12.945]; 17. 2-Dylan Houser [12.948]; 18. 7-Cole Rhodes [13.003]; 19. 35-Nick Cooper [13.01]; 20. 331-Dustin Hall [13.023]; 21. 15-Mavrick Davidson [13.023]; 22. 94-Kevin Battering [13.036]; 23. 85-Tyler Schell [13.078]; 24. 29-Billy Richardson [13.155]; 25. 9-Brad Almond [13.158]; 26. 8-Blair Kraus [13.165]; 27. 26-Sage Luther [13.249]; 28. 00-Kaden Folkerts [13.28]; 29. 22-Travis Kumpf [13.377]; 30. 30-Stevin Goldner [13.392]; 31. 77-Blaise Baker [13.479]; 32. 14-Chris Olson [13.65]; 33. 46-Jonathan Nause [13.677]; 34. 000-Damian Kiefer [NT]

Heat 1 (10 Laps, top-4 transfer) 1. 33-Evan Seay [1]; 2. 35-Nick Cooper [7]; 3. 4-Brandon Stuhler [4]; 4. 196-Ricky LaDuke [5]; 5. 96-Gunnar Swanchara [6]; 6. 77-Blaise Baker [11]; 7. 00-Kaden Folkerts [10]; 8. 94-Kevin Battering [8]; 9. 9-Brad Almond [9]; 10. 105-Sheldon Oberle [3]; 11. 93-Zane Yost [2]; 12. 000-Damian Kiefer [12]

Heat 2 (10 Laps, top-4 transfer) 1. 09-Tanner Tomasi [4]; 2. 127-Blake Matjoulis [1]; 3. 12-Alex Bergeron [5]; 4. 8-Austin Hunter [3]; 5. 2-Dylan Houser [6]; 6. 115-Boddie Parker [2]; 7. 331-Dustin Hall [7]; 8. 8-Blair Kraus [9]; 9. 85-Tyler Schell [8]; 10. 22-Travis Kumpf [10]; 11. 14-Chris Olson [11]

Heat 3 (10 Laps, top-4 transfer) 1. 41-Logan Rumsey [3]; 2. 48-Dylan Yeager [2]; 3. 30-Stevin Goldner [10]; 4. 02-Chance Carr [4]; 5. 26-Sage Luther [9]; 6. 74-Loic Bernier [1]; 7. 46-Jonathan Nause [11]; 8. 29-Billy Richardson [8]; 9. 7-Cole Rhodes [6]; 10. 29-Richie Yost [5]; 11. 15-Mavrick Davidson [7]

B-Main 1 (14 Laps, top-6 transfer) 1. 96-Gunnar Swanchara [1]; 2. 26-Sage Luther [2]; 3. 7-Cole Rhodes [8]; 4. 15-Mavrick Davidson [11]; 5. 9-Brad Almond [7]; 6. 22-Travis Kumpf [9]; 7. 8-Blair Kraus [6]; 8. 46-Jonathan Nause [5]; 9. 00-Kaden Folkerts [4]; 10. 115-Boddie Parker [3]; 11. 93-Zane Yost [10]

B-Main 2 (14 Laps, top-6 transfer) 1. 2-Dylan Houser [1]; 2. 331-Dustin Hall [4]; 3. 000-Damian Kiefer [11]; 4. 74-Loic Bernier [3]; 5. 77-Blaise Baker [2]; 6. 14-Chris Olson [10]; 7. 29-Billy Richardson [6]; 8. 85-Tyler Schell [7]; 9. 94-Kevin Battering [5]; 10. 29-Richie Yost [9]; 11. 105-Sheldon Oberle [8]

11/10/21 – Street Stocks at Volusia Speedway Park

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Feature (20 Laps) 1. 822-Tyler Jackson [3]; 2. 21-Charles Barnes [4]; 3. 29-Richie Yost [5]; 4. 93-Zane Yost [1]; 5. 1-Alex Breuer [8]; 6. 26-Sage Luther [9]; 7. 57-Jim Reavis [10]; 8. 28-Bailey Hipp [11]; 9. 002-Clifford Bellomy [14]; 10. 83-Brian Taft [15]; 11. 60-Kyle Householder [16]; 12. 17-Brett Rowles [22]; 13. 30-Stevin Goldner [19]; 14. 5-Isaac Salas [21]; 15. 021-Carl Kilgore [2]; 16. 70-Davin Cardwell [12]; 17. 717-Bobby Rafferty [13]; 18. 48-Kyle Vaughn [17]; 19. 999-Tim Taylor [24]; 20. 97-Butch Baker [20]; 21. 69-Keith Hackney [6]; 22. 46-Jonathan Nause [18]; 23. 045-Kyle Jared [7]; 24. 68-Ronald Pyles [23]

Qualifying (2 Laps) 1. 93-Zane Yost [19.576];2. 021-Carl Kilgore [19.594];3. 822-Tyler Jackson [19.613];4. 21-Charles Barnes [19.632];5. 29-Richie Yost [19.636];6. 70-Davin Cardwell [19.637];7. 045-Kyle Jared [19.641];8. 002-Clifford Bellomy [19.654];9. 26-Sage Luther [19.654];10. 57-Jim Reavis [19.657];11. 28-Bailey Hipp [19.671];12. 69-Keith Hackney [19.672];13. 30-Stevin Goldner [19.68];14. 97-Butch Baker [19.685];15. 83-Brian Taft [19.689];16. 60-Kyle Householder [19.691];17. 48-Kyle Vaughn [19.694];18. 999-Tim Taylor [19.697];19. 717-Bobby Rafferty [19.697];20. 91-Blade Kearns [19.699];21. 79-Noah Blankenship [19.701];22. 17-Brett Rowles [19.704];23. 5-Isaac Salas [19.724];24. 07-Jaxon Steele [19.728];25. 68-Ronald Pyles [19.737];26. 1-Alex Breuer [19.741];27. 43-Jeff Stinnett [19.745];28. 44-Chad Marshall [19.751];29. 58-Jason Welsh [19.764];30. 86-Jason Metoxen [19.781];31. 23-Zachary Milano [19.817];32. 99-Mitch Erickson [19.822];33. 14-Jake Foradori [19.83];34. 77-Anthony Corini [19.834];35. 85-Hank Silver [19.835];36. 78-Joel Phillips [19.84];37. 117-Preston Oberle [19.856];38. 76-Robert Palmer [19.874];39. 34-Garrett Austin [19.889];40. 73-Scott Reid [19.895];41. 71-Daniel Stiffler [19.925];42. 46-Jonathan Nause [19.927];43. 50-Alex Bonsignore [19.942];44. 38-Ryan Carlisi [19.949];45. 84-Mike Watt [20.005];46. 27-Joseph Driscoll [20.145];47. 04-Tyler Davis [20.364];48. 75-Paul Phillips [20.393];49. 00-Kelly Miller [20.41];50. 171-Claude Fournier [20.502];51. 33-Mike Warren[20.76]

Heat 1 (8 Laps, top-3 transfer) 1. 93-Zane Yost [1]; 2. 045-Kyle Jared [2]; 3. 717-Bobby Rafferty [4]; 4. 30-Stevin Goldner [3]; 5. 68-Ronald Pyles [5]; 6. 117-Preston Oberle [7]; 7. 23-Zachary Milano [6]; 8. 50-Alex Bonsignore [8]; 9. 00-Kelly Miller [9]

Heat 2 (8 Laps, top-3 transfer) 1. 021-Carl Kilgore [1]; 2. 1-Alex Breuer [5]; 3. 002-Clifford Bellomy [2]; 4. 97-Butch Baker [3]; 5. 76-Robert Palmer [7]; 6. 91-Blade Kearns [4]; 7. 38-Ryan Carlisi [8]; 8. 171-Claude Fournier [9]; 9. 99-Mitch Erickson [6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps, top-3 transfer) 1. 822-Tyler Jackson [1]; 2. 26-Sage Luther [2]; 3. 83-Brian Taft [3]; 4. 43-Jeff Stinnett [5]; 5. 84-Mike Watt [8]; 6. 34-Garrett Austin [7]; 7. 33-Mike Warren[9]; 8. 79-Noah Blankenship [4]; 9. 14-Jake Foradori [6]

Heat 4 (8 Laps, top-3 transfer) 1. 21-Charles Barnes [1]; 2. 57-Jim Reavis [2]; 3. 60-Kyle Householder [3]; 4. 17-Brett Rowles [4]; 5. 44-Chad Marshall [5]; 6. 73-Scott Reid [7]; 7. 27-Joseph Driscoll [8]; 8. 77-Anthony Corini [6]

Heat 5 (8 Laps, top-3 transfer) 1. 29-Richie Yost [1]; 2. 28-Bailey Hipp [2]; 3. 48-Kyle Vaughn [3]; 4. 5-Isaac Salas [4]; 5. 58-Jason Welsh [5]; 6. 71-Daniel Stiffler [7]; 7. 04-Tyler Davis [8]; 8. 85-Hank Silver [6]

Heat 6 (8 Laps, top-3 transfer) 1. 69-Keith Hackney [2]; 2. 70-Davin Cardwell [1]; 3. 46-Jonathan Nause [7]; 4. 999-Tim Taylor [3]; 5. 86-Jason Metoxen [5]; 6. 78-Joel Phillips [6]; 7. 75-Paul Phillips [8]; 8. 07-Jaxon Steele [4]

B-Main 1 (10 Laps, top-3 transfer) 1. 30-Stevin Goldner [1]; 2. 5-Isaac Salas [3]; 3. 68-Ronald Pyles [4]; 4. 117-Preston Oberle [7]; 5. 71-Daniel Stiffler [9]; 6. 58-Jason Welsh [6]; 7. 79-Noah Blankenship [14]; 8. 85-Hank Silver [15]; 9. 50-Alex Bonsignore [13]; 10. 34-Garrett Austin [8]; 11. 23-Zachary Milano [10]; 12. 84-Mike Watt [5]; 13. 00-Kelly Miller [16]; 14. 04-Tyler Davis [12]; 15. 33-Mike Warren [11]; 16. 43-Jeff Stinnett [2]

B-Main 2 (10 Laps, top-3 transfer) 1. 97-Butch Baker [1]; 2. 17-Brett Rowles [2]; 3. 999-Tim Taylor [3]; 4. 27-Joseph Driscoll [11]; 5. 78-Joel Phillips [9]; 6. 38-Ryan Carlisi [10]; 7. 86-Jason Metoxen [6]; 8. 07-Jaxon Steele [15]; 9. 99-Mitch Erickson [16]; 10. 44-Chad Marshall [5]; 11. 77-Anthony Corini [14]; 12. 171-Claude Fournier [13]; 13. 14-Jake Foradori [17]; 14. 75-Paul Phillips [12]; 15. 76-Robert Palmer [4]; 16. 91-Blade Kearns [7]; 17. 73-Scott Reid [8]

TOP GUNS: Bergeron and Jackson win DIRTcar eSports season openers

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Alex Bergeron and Tyler Jackson are not unaccustomed to parking their digital dirt cars in virtual Victory Lanes across the iRacing simulator-verse. Bergeron won the 50-lap Bicknell Racing Products Big Block Modified Feature at Weedsport Speedway while the defending DIRTcar eSports Chevrolet Performance Street Stock champion Tyler Jackson picked up where he left off last season by winning at Volusia Speedway Park. 

DIRTcar eSports Bicknell Racing Products Big Block Modifieds

Alex Bergeron’s name is synonymous with success in iRacing. He’s won everything including the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car iRacing Series and even dabbles in other disciplines like Rallycross on iRacing as well. Despite all of that versatility and success, Bergeron has yet to put it all together and win a DIRTcar eSports championship.

His quest for a first Tour title started off strong Wednesday night, when Bergeron found the fast way around Weedsport Speedway in a Bicknell Racing Products Big Block Modified, leading flag-to-flag to pick up the win.

Bergeron led the entire race but not without real-life drivers Nick Cooper and Bryce Bailey shadowing his every move. Cooper was ready for any slight mistake or bobble by Bergeron. 

Over the course of the 50-lap Feature, the surface of Weedsport Speedway changed and so did the racing line. Cooper made up ground running the bottom in Turns 1 and 2 but lost ground in Turns 3-4 as Bergeron was able to keep a lot of speed and momentum around the top. Bergeron rode that wave all the way across the finish line. 

Bergeron crossed the line first with Nick Cooper and Bryce Bailey filling out the podium. 

“I am kind of mad at myself,” DIRTcar Sportsman Modified driver Nick Cooper said. “I hit the wall pretty hard halfway through that. I broke the suspension a little bit nevertheless I finished second to Bergeron and I’ll take it.”

If not for one mistake, it could have been another story for Cooper and Bergeron. 

Feature (40 Laps) 1. 12-Alex Bergeron [1]; 2. 35-Nick Cooper [2]; 3. 002-Bryce Bailey [10]; 4. 33-Evan Seay [5]; 5. 48-Dylan Yeager [3]; 6. 22-Mason Hannagan [6]; 7. 096-Gunnar Swanchara [4]; 8. 41-Logan Rumsey [13]; 9. 2-Dylan Houser [9]; 10. 14-Payton Talbot [8]; 11. 21-Quinn Wallis [12]; 12. 09-Tanner Tomasi [17]; 13. 8-Austin Hunter [21]; 14. 029-Leo McGurrin [20]; 15. 331-Dustin Hall [23]; 16. 9-Brad Almond 11]; 17. 74-Loic Bernier [7]; 18. 29-Richie Yost [15]; 19. 51-Clayton Tilley [18]; 20. 85-Tyler Schell [16]; 21. 4-Brandon Stuhler [22]; 22. 72-AJay Potrzebowski [19]; 23. 00-Kendal Tucker [14]

DIRTcar eSports Chevrolet Performance Street Stocks 

Six Heat Races of Chevrolet Performance Street Stocks assembled at the virtual Volusia Speedway Park in an effort to make the first DIRTcar eSports Street Stock race of season four.

Qualifying is always important with the talent at the front of DIRTcar eSports events. Feature winner Tyler Jackson had to be at the top of his game all night. 

“That was an interesting night,” Jackson said. “I qualified third, which is great because I didn’t think I’d qualify that well. In the Heat I was just missing something. Sage was catching me and he threw a slider. He didn’t quite clear me but luckily he missed me off enough that I was able to keep the hammer down on the bottom. We were able to find a new lane that no one else had.”

In the Feature, star iRacers Zane Yost and Carl Kilgore battled for the lead early but with 20 laps to go Kilgore was sent spinning into the infield off of Turn 4 resulting in a massive pile up. 

“In the Feature there, Carl got sideways and by the time I realized and checked up I think four or five guys got me,” Tyler Jackson said of the melee. “My right front was so bent in it handled so bad I think it made it good.

Yost brought the field back to green with Tyler Jackson close behind looking to strike on the bottom. Jackson dove under Yost with 15 laps remaining, sliding under him only to give the position back on the over-under. 

Jackson continued working on Yost and finally completed the pass only to be turned completely sideways down the backstretch. Jackson somehow hung on for the lead. 

The defending eSports champ survived one final restart to hang on for the Feature win.

Chevy Performance Feature (20 Laps) 1. 822-Tyler Jackson [3]; 2. 21-Charles Barnes [4]; 3. 29-Richie Yost [5]; 4. 93-Zane Yost [1]; 5. 1-Alex Breuer [8]; 6. 26-Sage Luther [9]; 7. 57-Jim Reavis [10]; 8. 28-Bailey Hipp [11]; 9. 002-Clifford Bellomy [14]; 10. 83-Brian Taft [15]; 11. 60-Kyle Householder [16]; 12. 17-Brett Rowles [22]; 13. 30-Stevin Goldner [19]; 14. 5-Isaac Salas [21]; 15. 021-Carl Kilgore [2]; 16. 70-Davin Cardwell [12]; 17. 717-Bobby Rafferty [13]; 18. 48-Kyle Vaughn [17]; 19. 999-Tim Taylor [24]; 20. 97-Butch Baker [20]; 21. 69-Keith Hackney [6]; 22. 46-Jonathan Nause [18]; 23. 045-Kyle Jared [7]; 24. 68-Ronald Pyles [23]

NEXT UP: DIRTcar eSports season four, race two, is next Wednesday, November 17. The Tour visits Fairbury in the UMP Modifieds while the Chevrolet Performance Street Stocks pick up the fight at Lanier. Join the fun by signing up now on iRacing or watch the racing live every Wednesday night on DIRTvision presented by Drydene. 

11/10/21 – Big Block Modifieds at Weedsport Speedway

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Feature (40 Laps) 1. 12-Alex Bergeron [1]; 2. 35-Nick Cooper [2]; 3. 002-Bryce Bailey [10]; 4. 33-Evan Seay [5]; 5. 48-Dylan Yeager [3]; 6. 22-Mason Hannagan [6]; 7. 096-Gunnar Swanchara [4]; 8. 41-Logan Rumsey [13]; 9. 2-Dylan Houser [9]; 10. 14-Payton Talbot [8]; 11. 21-Quinn Wallis [12]; 12. 09-Tanner Tomasi [17]; 13. 8-Austin Hunter [21]; 14. 029-Leo McGurrin [20]; 15. 331-Dustin Hall [23]; 16. 9-Brad Almond 11]; 17. 74-Loic Bernier [7]; 18. 29-Richie Yost [15]; 19. 51-Clayton Tilley [18]; 20. 85-Tyler Schell [16]; 21. 4-Brandon Stuhler [22]; 22. 72-AJay Potrzebowski [19]; 23. 00-Kendal Tucker [14]

Qual (2 Laps) 1. 12-Alex Bergeron [15.126];2. 35-Nick Cooper [15.155];3. 48-Dylan Yeager [15.159];4. 096-Gunnar Swanchara [15.167];5. 33-Evan Seay [15.168];6. 22-Mason Hannagan [15.171];7. 74-Loic Bernier [15.171];8. 14-Payton Talbot [15.185];9. 127-Blake Matjoulis [15.192];10. 002-Bryce Bailey [15.194];11. 9-Brad Almond [15.215];12. 21-Quinn Wallis [15.22];13. 41-Logan Rumsey [15.22];14. 1-Jesse Enterkin [15.222];15. 29-Richie Yost [15.226];16. 029-Leo McGurrin [15.232];17. 91-David Cologgi [15.238];18. 69-Keith Hackney [15.239];19. 2-Dylan Houser [15.241];20. 51-Clayton Tilley [15.242];21. 7-James Batzer [15.245];22. 55-Vicente Salas [15.247];23. 85-Tyler Schell [15.259];24. 09-Tanner Tomasi [15.264];25. 8-Austin Hunter [15.267];26. 42-Parker Retzlaff [15.268];27. 101-Brent Evans [15.271];28. 085-Hank Silver [15.271];29. 00-Kendal Tucker [15.272];30. 290-Tyler Moffett [15.293];31. 115-Boddie Parker [15.303];32. 4-Brandon Stuhler [15.31];33. 510-Bradley Steinruck [15.316];34. 3-RJ Smykla [15.321];35. 89-Eric Tupper [15.358];36. 72-AJay Potrzebowski [15.365];37. 331-Dustin Hall [15.366];38. 13-Matt Remick [15.391];39. 30-Stevin Goldner [15.395];40. 072-Joe Grabianowski [15.395];41. 04-CJ LaVair [15.418];42. 71-Claude Fournier [15.461];43. 46-Jonathan Nause [15.507];44. 29-Billy Richardson [15.51];45. 96-Matt Hancock [15.543];46. 963-David Reip [15.63];47. 20-Allen Burgan [15.635];48. 73-Scott Reid [15.67];49. 77-Blaise Baker [NT]

Heat 1 (10 Laps, top-3 transfer) 1. 12-Alex Bergeron [1]; 2. 22-Mason Hannagan [2]; 3. 9-Brad Almond [3]; 4. 029-Leo McGurrin [4]; 5. 72-AJay Potrzebowski [8]; 6. 42-Parker Retzlaff [6]; 7. 115-Boddie Parker [7]; 8. 7-James Batzer [5]; 9. 963-David Reip [10]; 10. 04-CJ LaVair [9]

Heat 2 (10 Laps, top-3 transfer) 1. 35-Nick Cooper [1]; 2. 74-Loic Bernier [2]; 3. 21-Quinn Wallis [3]; 4. 91-David Cologgi [4]; 5. 4-Brandon Stuhler [7]; 6. 331-Dustin Hall [8]; 7. 101-Brent Evans [6]; 8. 20-Allen Burgan [10]; 9. 71-Claude Fournier [9]; 10. 55-Vicente Salas [5]

Heat 3 (10 Laps, top-3 transfer) 1. 48-Dylan Yeager [1]; 2. 14-Payton Talbot [2]; 3. 41-Logan Rumsey [3]; 4. 85-Tyler Schell [5]; 5. 13-Matt Remick [8]; 6. 510-Bradley Steinruck [7]; 7. 085-Hank Silver [6]; 8. 46-Jonathan Nause [9]; 9. 69-Keith Hackney [4]; 10. 73-Scott Reid [10]

Heat 4 (10 Laps, top-3 transfer) 1. 096-Gunnar Swanchara [1]; 2. 2-Dylan Houser [4]; 3. 00-Kendal Tucker [6]; 4. 09-Tanner Tomasi [5]; 5. 3-RJ Smykla [7]; 6. 30-Stevin Goldner [8]; 7. 1-Jesse Enterkin [3]; 8. 29-Billy Richardson [9]; 9. 127-Blake Matjoulis [2]; 10. 77-Blaise Baker [10]

Heat 5 (10 Laps, top-3 transfer) 1. 33-Evan Seay [1]; 2. 002-Bryce Bailey [2]; 3. 29-Richie Yost [3]; 4. 51-Clayton Tilley [4]; 5. 8-Austin Hunter [5]; 6. 290-Tyler Moffett [6]; 7. 89-Eric Tupper [7]; 8. 072-Joe Grabianowski [8]; 9. 96-Matt Hancock [9]

B-Main 1 (14 Laps, top-4 transfer) 1. 85-Tyler Schell [85]; 2. 51-Clayton Tilley [51]; 3. 029-Leo McGurrin [14]; 4. 4-Brandon Stuhler [4]; 5. 42-Parker Retzlaff [42]; 6. 1-Jesse Enterkin [1]; 7. 290-Tyler Moffett [36]; 8. 3-RJ Smykla [3]; 9. 127-Blake Matjoulis [127]; 10. 510-Bradley Steinruck [510]; 11. 04-CJ LaVair [4]; 12. 71-Claude Fournier [71]; 13. 7-James Batzer [7]; 14. 072-Joe Grabianowski [72]; 15. 46-Jonathan Nause [46]; 16. 101-Brent Evans [101]; 17. 73-Scott Reid [73]

B-Main 2 (14 Laps, top-4 transfer) 1. 09-Tanner Tomasi [2]; 2. 72-AJay Potrzebowski [3]; 3. 8-Austin Hunter [5]; 4. 331-Dustin Hall [6]; 5. 91-David Cologgi [1]; 6. 89-Eric Tupper [10]; 7. 69-Keith Hackney [14]; 8. 085-Hank Silver [9]; 9. 30-Stevin Goldner [7]; 10. 29-Billy Richardson [12]; 11. 13-Matt Remick [4]; 12. 963-David Reip [13] 13. 96-Matt Hancock [15]; 14. 20-Allen Burgan [11]; 15. 115-Boddie Parker [8]; 16. 55-Vicente Salas [16]; 17. 77-Blaise Baker [17]

SEASON 4 SCHEDULES: Night Before the Fake 500 Coming to Season 4 Tour

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10-race Tour, Street Stock schedules begin Nov. 10

The fastest growing Dirt Oval racing league on iRacing returns to the virtual track this winter with its fourth season-long installment and the biggest event ever on its flagship series.

Season 4 of the DIRTcar eSports Tour kicks off Nov. 10 with a 10-race, Wednesday night series, featuring its first-ever special event on Dec. 8. Elbows Up TV has partnered with DIRTcar eSports to co-sanction the Night Before the Fake 500 – a 360 Non-Wing Sprint Car race at Kokomo Speedway as part of Elbows Up’s annual Fake 500 asphalt extravaganza.

The Chevy Performance Street Stock League also returns for a third campaign, beginning on Nov. 10 with its second-ever appearance at Volusia Speedway Park, featuring its traditional $100-to-win, $10-to-start events and a significant rule change to open up the competition.

Both series will run through Jan. 19, concluding with a championship finale at The Dirt Track at Charlotte, where custom trophies will be awarded to each of the points championship podium finishers.

TOUR REGISTRATION
STREET STOCK REGISTRATION

Night Before the Fake 500
For the first time ever, a 360 Non-Wing Sprint Car race will have a slot on the DIRTcar eSports Tour schedule. Co-sanctioned by sim racing group Elbows Up TV and their marquee Fake 500 event, the third annual Night Before the Fake 500 hits the virtual quarter-mile oval of Kokomo Speedway on Dec. 8.

This special event will mostly follow the format and specifics of every DIRTcar eSports Tour race, with a few twists. The exact race format used will depend on the number of entries, which is detailed at the link below.

DIRTCAR ESPORTS EVENT FORMAT

Customary to the Night Before, open setups will be permitted, allowing drivers to get creative and run a custom car setup personalized to their driving style.

Since all Tour events are fixed-setup, points-paying races, the Night Before will be a show-up points event, awarding 45 points toward the Tour championship standings to every driver who attempts to qualify for the event. Championship chasers will also be given a special make-or-break opportunity in the season finale at Charlotte on Jan. 19, where double-point values will be awarded to each of the Feature starters (1st – 150 pts, 2nd – 140 pts, 3rd – 130 pts, etc.)

As with every Tour event, participants will pay a $20 entry fee and compete for a spot in the 24-car Night Before the Fake 500 Feature, which pays $250 to the winner and $20 to all starters. Registration for this special event, and each of the other Tour events, is now open at the link above.

DIRTcar eSports Tour
Each DIRTcar eSports Tour race will pay $250 to the winner and $20 to start the Feature, rotating between a Tour-record eight different car-types – the DIRTcar-branded Pro Late Models, UMP Modifieds, 305/360 Sprint Cars, 358 Modifieds, Super DIRTcar Series Big Block Modifieds, Dirt Midgets and 360 Non-Winged Sprint Cars. Nine different tracks dot the 10-week slate, with only The Dirt Track at Charlotte appearing twice.

Chevy Performance Street Stock League
Street Stock competitors will also see a shakeup in the competition this season. The maximum iRating cap of 4,800 that has been in effect for the previous two seasons will be raised to 5,500, allowing more Street Stock drivers the chance to compete with the League. While this change does permit higher-ranked drivers to race, it does not enable Pro-license drivers to compete. They are instead invited to race with the Tour, which does not have a license or iRating cap.

While the racing program will begin with Street Stock Qualifying promptly at 7pm ET, competitors will now be given an extra 10 minutes to join the iRacing lobbies prior to showtime. Street Stocks will kick each night off with practice at 6:40pm ET and Qualifying at 7pm. The Tour session will open with practice at 7:40pm ET and follow with Qualifying.

DIRTcar eSports Tour Season 4 Schedule
Nov. 10 – Big Block Modifieds at Weedsport Speedway
Nov. 17 – UMP Modifieds at Fairbury Speedway
Nov. 24 – Pro Late Models at The Dirt Track at Charlotte
Dec. 8 – 360 Non-Wing Sprint Cars at Kokomo Speedway “Night Before the Fake 500”
Dec. 15 – 360 Sprint Cars at Williams Grove Speedway
Dec. 22 – 305 Sprint Cars at Tulsa Expo Center (Chili Bowl)
Dec. 29 – 358 Modifieds at Cedar Lake Speedway
Jan. 5 – Pro Late Models at Limaland Motorsports Park
Jan. 12 – Midgets at Eldora Speedway
Jan. 19 – Big Block Modifieds at The Dirt Track at Charlotte

Chevy Performance Street Stock League Season 4 Schedule
Nov. 10 – Volusia Speedway Park
Nov. 17 – Lanier National Speedway
Nov. 24 – Limaland Motorsports Park
Dec. 8 – Bristol Motor Speedway
Dec. 15 – Kokomo Speedway
Dec. 22 – Knoxville Raceway
Dec. 29 – Eldora Speedway
Jan. 5 – Williams Grove Speedway
Jan. 12 – Cedar Lake Speedway
Jan. 19 – The Dirt Track at Charlotte