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CHOMP GOES THE CHAMP: Jackson Makes First Street Stock League Championship Official After Hackney Wins Finale at Charlotte

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Team No Love finishes 1-2 in Feature, take home 2-3 in points standings

He was dubbed the “people’s champ” after winning three Chevy Performance Street Stock League races in DIRTcar eSports Season 2. Now, Tyler Jackson has made it official as the first-ever champion of the League in Season 3, locking it up after his third-place performance in the finale Wednesday night at The Dirt Track at Charlotte.

Three Feature wins this season propelled the Rockford, IL-native to a 43-point lead over Carl Kilgore coming into the finale, and he was able to hold it after battling it out with Kilgore and fellow Team No Love member Keith Hackney in the closing stages.

Jackson started on the pole for the 25-lap affair and led Laps 2-13 before a big effort on a restart from Hackney gave him the opening he needed to sneak on by. Jackson took a low-to-high approach into Turns 1-2 while Hackney stayed up top and crossed down underneath him at the exit of Turn 2 to take the lead into Turn 3.

“I timed it right there on that last restart, and I knew he was gonna throw it in there on a slider. I had already backed out of it once I got up in the corner, because I was going to drive underneath him,” Hackney said.

Kilgore had to wait for his turn to pass, and finally got that opportunity with two laps remaining as he cashed-in on a big slide job attempt as they dove into Turns 1-2. Kilgore planted it on Jackson’s nose and took the spot, but Jackson returned the favor in Turns 3-4.

Hackney won his second Feature of Season 3 (Hank Silver Photo)

Kilgore stayed persistent and crossed it back underneath Jackson as they crossed under the flag stand. This time, Jackson hung back with one thing on his mind.

“Tonight, I definitely could’ve slid Keith a couple of times, but I figured I’d just roll second. I saw Carl coming and he kinda used me up going into [Turn] 1 and then slid me, but I just figured I’d let both of them go and take home the big trophy,” Jackson said.

His championship points strategy had worked – Jackson made some conservative decisions coming into the final races and points raced his way to a first big trophy. One which he will likely carry into the fall DIRTcar eSports season and try to defend.

Back out front, Hackney had driven away with the W, wrapping up his second Feature win of the year against his two biggest pieces of competition.

Jackson (25) and Hackney (69) racing for position (Hank Silver Photo)

“Especially my teammate [Kilgore] and Tyler [Jackson] also – we were pretty much the class of the season, and it’s always fun racing with everybody,” Hackney said.

Chevy Performance Feature (25 Laps) – 1. 69-Keith Hackney [2]; 2. 21-Carl Kilgore [6]; 3. 25-Tyler Jackson3 [1]; 4. 48-Kyle Vaughn [5]; 5. 717-Bobby Rafferty [9]; 6. 71-Daniel Stiffler [11]; 7. 77-Holden English [14]; 8. 21-Jim Reavis [13]; 9. 26-Sage Luther [20]; 10. 546-Randy Axner [10]; 11. 225-Nathan Lemons [12];12. 84-Mike Watt5 [21]; 13. 38-Ryan Carlisi [16]; 14. 17-Brett Rowles [17]; 15. 18-Justin Henson3 [7]; 16. 2-Clifford Bellomy [19]; 17. 46-Jonathan Nause [24]; 18. 77-Joel Phillips [22]; 19. 76-Robert Palmer8 [23]; 20. 5-Isaac Salas [4]; 21. 73-Scott A Reid [18]; 22. 111-Jaron Valley [15];23. 8-Sean Stevens [8];24. 54-Larry Barber Jr2 [3]

HEATED WORDS, COOLER TROPHIES: Tucker Wins Second Straight Tour Championship from Pits After Bergeron, Matjoulis Collision

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Evan Seay leads all but two laps en route to third Feature win, Bergeron runner-up in points

After going eight consecutive weeks of notching nothing but wins and runner-up finishes on the DIRTcar eSports Tour, Kendal Tucker is now a two-time DIRTcar eSports Tour champion.

An incredible season for the driver from Mt. Airy, NC – notching three wins, eight top-fives, eight top-tens and all but the first event started.

“It feels good to go back-to-back in this deal,” Tucker said. “It’s the first time I’ve ever done that in a series on iRacing.”

But his podium streak was abruptly ended when some contact from an incident involving Alex Bergeron and Blake Matjoulis on Lap 5 spilled over into his path. Matjoulis and Bergeron came together at the exit of Turn 4, nearly sending Bergeron completely around in front of the field.

His spinning momentum caught the nose of Richard Murtaugh Jr. and then sent him through the Turn 1 grass, back up onto the track and right into the side of Tucker, who collected several other innocent bystanders in a wild flipping sequence in Turns 1-2. Tucker nursed his heavily damaged racecar back to the pits under the yellow but was met with terminal damage upon arrival at his pit stall, forcefully ending his night.

However, coming into the event a secure 75 points ahead of Bergeron in the Tour standings, the championship gold was not lost. Neither was the love between the drivers in the DIRTVision post-race interviews regarding the incident.

Bergeron (12) gets sideways on the fronstretch (Hank Silver Photo)

“Not much of a surprise coming from the 12 car,” Tucker said. “He has no regard for people around him on the track, it seems like. Goes into the infield when he had some bad luck and comes up in front of everybody else trying to compete for position on the track.”

Bergeron repaired his car, restarted from the rear of the field and went on an incredible passing spree over the next 45 circuits, crossing the stripe third by the drop of the checkered.

“We were definitely the fastest driver out here tonight,” Bergeron said. “It’s just sad that we get wrecked intentionally every week… We did everything we could and went from nearly dead last to up to the front.”

In the end, two spots ahead of Bergeron was the one true dominant force of the race – Evan Seay. The Chesnee, SC-driver led almost all 50 laps of the Bicknell Racing Products Big Block Modified Feature at The Dirt Track at Charlotte and scored his third $250 check of Season 3.

“It’s difficult to win these races with them being fixed [setup],” Seay said. “You’ve gotta figure out what line to run and be better at that line than everybody else.”

Seay won his third Tour Feature of the season (Hank Silver Photo)

While Tucker held the virtual championship trophy high in Victory Lane at the end of the night, he was only credited with a 23rd-place finish, much to his disappointment.

“I definitely thought we could have competed for another win,” Tucker said. “It’s probably one of my favorite tracks on here, so for the night to end pretty early, it definitely stings a little bit.”

Bicknell Racing Products Feature (50 Laps) – 1. 33-Evan Seay [2]; 2. 127-Blake Matjoulis [4]; 3. 12-Alex A Bergeron [1]; 4. 48-Dylan Yeager [3]; 5. 22-Mason Hannagan [7]; 6. 331-Dustin Hall3 [10]; 7. 33-Richard Murtaugh Jr. [8]; 8. 85-Tyler Schell [6]; 9. 1-Jesse Enterkin [9]; 10. 0-Kevin Dedmon [12]; 11. 115-Boddie Parker3 [13]; 12. 717-Bobby Rafferty [14]; 13. 17-Brett Rowles [11]; 14. 13-Matt Remick [17]; 15. 2-Chance Carr [15]; 16. 2-Bradley Steinruck [19]; 17. 114-Joe Garcia [18]; 18. 72-Joseph Grabianowski [21]; 19. 78-Justin Bishop3 [20]; 20. 29-William Richardson4 [16]; 21. 91-Jeffrey Eddy [23]; 22. 46-Jonathan Nause [24]; 23. 0-Kendal Tucker [5]; 24. 58-Ryder Sroufe [22]

5/26/21 – Street Stocks at The Dirt Track at Charlotte

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Chevy Performance Feature (25 laps) – 1. 69-Keith Hackney [2]; 2. 021-Carl Kilgore [6]; 3. 25-Tyler Jackson [1]; 4. 48-Kyle Vaughn [5]; 5. 717-Bobby Rafferty [9]; 6. 71-Daniel Stiffler [11]; 7. 077-Holden English [14]; 8. 21-Jim Reavis [13]; 9. 026-Sage Luther [20]; 10. 546-Randy Axner [10]; 11. 225-Nathan Lemons [12]; 12. 84-Mike Watt [21]; 13. 38-Ryan Carlisi [16]; 14. 17-Brett Rowles [17]; 15. 18-Justin Henson [7]; 16. 002-Clifford Bellomy [19]; 17. 46-Jonathan Nause [24]; 18. 77-Joel Phillips [22]; 19. 76-Robert Palmer [23]; 20. 05-Isaac Salas [4]; 21. 73-Scott Reid [18]; 22. 111-Jaron Valley [15]; 23. 26-Sean Stevens [8]; 24. 54-Larry Barber Jr. [3]

Qualifying (2 laps) – 1. 25-Tyler Jackson [18.594]; 2. 69-Keith Hackney [18.623]; 3. 54-Larry Barber Jr. [18.691]; 4. 05-Isaac Salas [18.703]; 5. 26-Sean Stevens [18.727]; 6. 717-Bobby Rafferty [18.732]; 7. 546-Randy Axner [18.765]; 8. 077-Holden English [18.79]; 9. 002-Clifford Bellomy [18.797]; 10. 18-Justin Henson [18.829]; 11. 48-Kyle Vaughn [18.832]; 12. 97-Butch Baker [18.851]; 13. 7-Jaxon Steele [18.853]; 14. 17-Brett Rowles [18.859]; 15. 021-Carl Kilgore [18.863]; 16. 73-Scott Reid [18.874]; 17. 38-Ryan Carlisi [18.883]; 18. 225-Nathan Lemons [18.887]; 19. 45-Zachary Austin [18.887]; 20. 76-Robert Palmer [18.891]; 21. 84-Mike Watt [18.896]; 22. 111-Jaron Valley [18.897]; 23. 71-Daniel Stiffler [18.908]; 24. 026-Sage Luther [18.908]; 25. 81-Garrett Austin [18.915]; 26. 5-Jason Metoxen [18.925]; 27. 46-Jonathan Nause [18.934]; 28. 21-Jim Reavis [18.954]; 29. 77-Joel Phillips [19.019]; 30. 27-Christopher Reckner [19.553]

Heat Race 1 (8 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 25-Tyler Jackson [1]; 2. 05-Isaac Salas [2]; 3. 18-Justin Henson [4]; 4. 546-Randy Axner [3]; 5. 111-Jaron Valley [8]; 6. 73-Scott Reid [6]; 7. 21-Jim Reavis [10]; 8. 7-Jaxon Steele [5]; 9. 45-Zachary Austin [7]; 10. 81-Garrett Austin [9]

Heat Race 2 (8 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 69-Keith Hackney [1]; 2. 48-Kyle Vaughn [4]; 3. 26-Sean Stevens [2]; 4. 71-Daniel Stiffler [8]; 5. 077-Holden English [3]; 6. 17-Brett Rowles [5]; 7. 38-Ryan Carlisi [6]; 8. 76-Robert Palmer [7]; 9. 77-Joel Phillips [10]; 10. 5-Jason Metoxen [9]

Heat Race 3 (8 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 54-Larry Barber Jr. [1]; 2. 021-Carl Kilgore [5]; 3. 717-Bobby Rafferty [2]; 4. 225-Nathan Lemons [6]; 5. 002-Clifford Bellomy [3]; 6. 026-Sage Luther [8]; 7. 84-Mike Watt [7]; 8. 46-Jonathan Nause [9]; 9. 27-Christopher Reckner [10]; 10. 97-Butch Baker [4]

Last Chance Showdown 1 (10 laps, top-6 transfer) – 1. 21-Jim Reavis [4]; 2. 111-Jaron Valley [1]; 3. 17-Brett Rowles [3]; 4. 002-Clifford Bellomy [2]; 5. 84-Mike Watt [5]; 6. 76-Robert Palmer [6]; 7. 45-Zachary Austin [7]; 8. 27-Christopher Reckner [8]; 9. 5-Jason Metoxen [9]

Last Chance Showdown 2 (10 laps, top-6 transfer) – 1. 077-Holden English [1]; 2. 38-Ryan Carlisi [4]; 3. 73-Scott Reid [2]; 4. 026-Sage Luther [3]; 5. 77-Joel Phillips [7]; 6. 46-Jonathan Nause [6]; 7. 97-Butch Baker [9]; 8. 7-Jaxon Steele [5]; 9. 81-Garrett Austin [8]

5/26/21 – Big Block Modifieds at The Dirt Track at Charlotte

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Bicknell Racing Products Feature (50 laps) – 1. 33-Evan Seay [2]; 2. 127-Blake Matjoulis [4]; 3. 12-Alex Bergeron [1]; 4. 48-Dylan Yeager [3]; 5. 22-Mason Hannagan [7]; 6. 331-Dustin Hall [10]; 7. 033-Richard Murtaugh Jr. [8]; 8. 85-Tyler Schell [6]; 9. 1-Jesse Enterkin [9]; 10. 000-Kevin Dedmon [12]; 11. 115-Boddie Parker [13]; 12. 717-Bobby Rafferty [14]; 13. 17-Brett Rowles [11]; 14. 13-Matt Remick [17]; 15. 2-Chance Carr [15]; 16. 02-Bradley Steinruck [19]; 17. 114-Joe Garcia [18]; 18. 72-Joseph Grabianowski [21]; 19. 78-Justin Bishop [20]; 20. 29-Billy Richardson [16]; 21. 91-Jeffrey Eddy [23]; 22. 46-Jonathan Nause [24]; 23. 00-Kendal Tucker [5]; 24. 58-Ryder Sroufe [22];

Qualifying (2 laps) – 1. 12-Alex Bergeron [16.083]; 2. 33-Evan Seay [16.09]; 3. 48-Dylan Yeager [16.122]; 4. 22-Mason Hannagan [16.138]; 5. 033-Richard Murtaugh Jr. [16.144]; 6. 85-Tyler Schell [16.15]; 7. 127-Blake Matjoulis [16.154]; 8. 00-Kendal Tucker [16.165]; 9. 000-Kevin Dedmon [16.175]; 10. 331-Dustin Hall [16.218]; 11. 17-Brett Rowles [16.273]; 12. 1-Jesse Enterkin [16.3]; 13. 2-Chance Carr [16.302]; 14. 91-Jeffrey Eddy [16.313]; 15. 717-Bobby Rafferty [16.317]; 16. 02-Bradley Steinruck [16.394]; 17. 29-Billy Richardson [16.456]; 18. 13-Matt Remick [16.474]; 19. 114-Joe Garcia [16.489]; 20. 78-Justin Bishop [16.497]; 21. 15-Joshua Dahling [16.51]; 22. 72-Joseph Grabianowski [16.531]; 23. 46-Jonathan Nause [16.575]; 24. 58-Ryder Sroufe [16.615]; 25. 115-Boddie Parker [16.619]; 26. 71-Claude Fournier Jr. [16.642]; 27. 01-Michael Lewis [16.674]; 28. 82-Eric Schroeter [16.823]

Heat Race 1 (10 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 12-Alex Bergeron [1]; 2. 127-Blake Matjoulis [3]; 3. 22-Mason Hannagan [2]; 4. 331-Dustin Hall [4]; 5. 115-Boddie Parker [9]; 6. 2-Chance Carr [5]; 7. 02-Bradley Steinruck [6]; 8. 72-Joseph Grabianowski [8]; 9. 114-Joe Garcia [7]; 10. 82-Eric Schroeter [10];

Heat Race 2 (10 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 33-Evan Seay [1]; 2. 00-Kendal Tucker [3]; 3. 033-Richard Murtaugh Jr. [2]; 4. 17-Brett Rowles [4]; 5. 29-Billy Richardson [6]; 6. 46-Jonathan Nause [8]; 7. 78-Justin Bishop [7]; 8. 91-Jeffrey Eddy [5]; 9. 71-Claude Fournier Jr. [9];

Heat Race 3 (10 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 48-Dylan Yeager [1]; 2. 85-Tyler Schell [2]; 3. 1-Jesse Enterkin [4]; 4. 000-Kevin Dedmon [3]; 5. 717-Bobby Rafferty [5]; 6. 13-Matt Remick [6]; 7. 15-Joshua Dahling [7]; 8. 58-Ryder Sroufe [8]; 9. 01-Michael Lewis [9];

Last Chance Showdown (14 laps, top-12 transfer) – 1. 115-Boddie Parker [1]; 2. 717-Bobby Rafferty [3]; 3. 2-Chance Carr [4]; 4. 29-Billy Richardson [2]; 5. 13-Matt Remick [6]; 6. 114-Joe Garcia [13]; 7. 02-Bradley Steinruck [7]; 8. 78-Justin Bishop [8]; 9. 72-Joseph Grabianowski [10]; 10. 58-Ryder Sroufe [12]; 11. 91-Jeffrey Eddy [11]; 12. 46-Jonathan Nause [5]; 13. 15-Joshua Dahling [9]; 14. 01-Michael Lewis [15]; 15. 82-Eric Schroeter [16]; 16. 71-Claude Fournier Jr. [14]

BERGERON’S BACK: Pro Series Sprint Car Champ Gets 358 Modified Victory at USA Int’l

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Points difference now at 75, Tucker will clinch championship next week at Charlotte

He’s a multi-time World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Series Sprint Car iRacing World champion, and now the winner of the first-ever DIRTcar 358 Modified race contested on the DIRTcar eSports Tour.

Alex Bergeron showed an impressive display of resiliency Wednesday night at USA International Speedway, holding off defending Tour champion Kendal Tucker for over half the race to pick up his first Tour victory of the season with the VP Racing Fuels 358 Modifieds.

“We did what we had to do – protect the line there in [Turns] 3-4 and got the win. Pretty happy about this,” Bergeron said.

This win comes as a bit of redemption for the Team ABR leader after a costly penalty nixed his win in the 360 Sprint Car race last week, handing the victory over to Tucker. But this week was a different story – both drivers battled hard, but clean, and put on a show for the DIRTVision presented by Drydene audience.

While Richard Murtaugh Jr. led the field around the big 3/4-mile for the first 18 circuits, Bergeron was forced to wrestle the lead away from him in a big slide job-fest that lasted several laps and involved most of the top-five.

Once Bergeron grabbed the lead, his competition was in trouble. Tucker was his biggest thorn-in-the-side through the rest of the race, clinging right to his rear bumper, just waiting for a mistake to be made by the leader.

But a mistake never showed from the ABR #12. Bergeron led the final 22 laps to pick up his first $250 check of the season and first since January 6 of Season 2.

“I always had great restarts, and made the most out of it,” Bergeron said. “We just had to stay really patient and try not to make any mistakes out front – it’s always easy to make mistakes when you’re leading.”

Hank Silver Photo

Tucker crossed the stripe in second, extending his streak of top-two finishes to a whopping eight in his eight starts this season. Now sitting an even 75 points ahead of Bergeron in the standings, Tucker will hoist his second consecutive DIRTcar eSports Tour trophy next week after the Big Block Modifieds wrap up the season in the 10th and final race of Season 3 at The Dirt Track at Charlotte.

VP Racing Fuels Feature (40 Laps) – 1. 12-Alex Bergeron [1]; 2. 00-Kendal Tucker [2]; 3. 33-Evan Seay [6]; 4. 000-Kevin Dedmon [13]; 5. 85-Tyler Schell [8]; 6. 22-Mason Hannagan [9]; 7. 48-Dylan Yeager [4]; 8. 17-Brett Rowles [16]; 9. 717-Bobby Rafferty [17]; 10. 13-Matt Remick [18]; 11. 10-Ryan Gregoric [19]; 12. 033-Richard Murtaugh Jr. [3]; 13. 018-Tyler Jackson [14]; 14. 013-Shane Andrews [21]; 15. 46-Jonathan Nause [24]; 16. 115-Boddie Parker [15]; 17. 78-Justin Bishop [22]; 18. 26-Sage Luther [12]; 19. 71-Claude Jr Fournier [23]; 20. 2-Chance Carr [11]; 21. 1-Jesse Enterkin [10]; 22. 72-Joseph Grabianowski [20]; 23. 127-Blake Matjoulis [5]; 24. 44-John Ruggiero Jr. [7]

STREET STOCK LIMBO: Kilgore Bests Jackson in Low-Groove Battle at Williams Grove

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Jackson takes 43-point lead into final race next Wednesday at The Dirt Track at Charlotte

The two biggest forces in the Chevy Performance Street Stock League have battled neck-and-neck all season long, and it came to a boiling point on Wednesday night at Williams Grove Speedway – just one week out from their epic championship finale.

With points, pride and money on the line, Carl Kilgore hung tough out front of points leader Tyler Jackson through 20 defensive laps on the very bottom of the track, enduring relentless pressure from behind to win his fourth Feature of the season.

“I love it when this place gets around the bottom,” Kilgore said. “It’s a hit-your-mark kind of place and we just hit ‘em every lap.”

With both drivers making up the front row for the initial start, Kilgore, of Greenville, MS, had to get a great start to get the jump on Jackson and win the battle heading into Turn 1. Which, he did, setting him right up for a non-stop defensive battle on the bottom over the next 20 circuits.

Jackson, of Rockford, IL, did all he could to try and pry the top spot from Kilgore’s hands, but could only muster a few thwarted pass attempts by the checkered flag. Digging harder every lap, Jackson tried and tried to get even lower than Kilgore on the track but could not do so without hitting the inside wall.

In the final laps, Jackson knew he had to try something quick. He drove his Osman Racing #25 in deep and gave Kilgore a few taps on the quarter-panel to try and break the defending race winner loose, but was unsuccessful in the end.

“He left a little crack open down there and I figured I’d shove it in there and see what happened, but he did a good job of cutting back down,” Jackson said.

Kilgore was able to hold it together and drive back around to the stripe to collect another $100 prize check.

Coming into Wednesday night, Jackson sat a comfortable 48 points ahead of Kilgore in the standings, on the back of three Feature wins since the start of the season. With Kilgore’s fourth win of DIRTcar eSports Season 3 Wednesday, he shaves five points off Jackson’s lead heading into the final race at Charlotte.

Joe Grabianowski Photo

And while 43 points in one race is a lot to make up, considering Jackson’s finishes this season, Kilgore’s not out yet. A big wreck, technical difficulties or one bad miscue somewhere in the qualifying events does have the potential to ruin Jackson’s lead.

Kilgore has the scenario in the back of his mind, but isn’t going to let that distract him from getting a fifth win next Wednesday night on DIRTVision presented by Drydene.

“We’re gonna give it our all, but we’re here for the $100-to-win though,” Kilgore said.

UP NEXT

The Chevy Performance Street Stock League puts a cap on its second season of action next Wednesday night, May 26, with a final stop at The Dirt Track at Charlotte. Catch all the action live on DIRTVision with a FAST PASS subscription.

Chevy Performance Feature (20 Laps) – 1. 021-Carl Kilgore [1]; 2. 25-Tyler Jackson [2]; 3. 69-Keith Hackney [9]; 4. 003-Thorne Zimmerman [3]; 5. 17-Brett Rowles [8]; 6. 225-Nathan Lemons [7]; 7. 077-Holden English [5]; 8. 71-Daniel Stiffler [13]; 9. 26-Sean Stevens [10]; 10. 48-Kyle Vaughn [4]; 11. 21-Jim Reavis [14]; 12. 546-Randy Axner [15]; 13. 111-Jaron Valley [21]; 14. 73-Scott Reid [17]; 15. 46-Jonathan Nause [11]; 16. 5-Jason Metoxen [20]; 17. 002-Clifford Bellomy [12]; 18. 92-Payton Gries [18]; 19. 717-Bobby Rafferty [6]; 20. 79-Dean Reynolds [22]; 21. 38-Ryan Carlisi [24]; 22. 84-Mike Watt [16]; 23. 27-Christopher Reckner [23]; 24. 11-Trevor Depriest [19]

5/19/21 – Street Stocks at Williams Grove Speedway

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Chevy Performance Feature (20 laps) – 1. 021-Carl Kilgore [1]; 2. 25-Tyler Jackson [2]; 3. 69-Keith Hackney [9]; 4. 003-Thorne Zimmerman [3]; 5. 17-Brett Rowles [8]; 6. 225-Nathan Lemons [7]; 7. 077-Holden English [5]; 8. 71-Daniel Stiffler [13]; 9. 26-Sean Stevens [10]; 10. 48-Kyle Vaughn [4]; 11. 21-Jim Reavis [14]; 12. 546-Randy Axner [15]; 13. 111-Jaron Valley [21]; 14. 73-Scott Reid [17]; 15. 46-Jonathan Nause [11]; 16. 5-Jason Metoxen [20]; 17. 002-Clifford Bellomy [12]; 18. 92-Payton Gries [18]; 19. 717-Bobby Rafferty [6]; 20. 79-Dean Reynolds [22]; 21. 38-Ryan Carlisi [24]; 22. 84-Mike Watt [16]; 23. 27-Christopher Reckner [23]; 24. 11-Trevor Depriest [19]

Qualifying (2 laps) – 1. 48-Kyle Vaughn [24.584]; 2. 25-Tyler Jackson [24.586]; 3. 003-Thorne Zimmerman [24.587]; 4. 021-Carl Kilgore [24.598]; 5. 077-Holden English [24.622]; 6. 717-Bobby Rafferty [24.63]; 7. 26-Sean Stevens [24.632]; 8. 17-Brett Rowles [24.64]; 9. 69-Keith Hackney [24.642]; 10. 225-Nathan Lemons [24.665]; 11. 5-Jason Metoxen [24.668]; 12. 002-Clifford Bellomy [24.673]; 13. 71-Daniel Stiffler [24.69]; 14. 111-Jaron Valley [24.715]; 15. 38-Ryan Carlisi [24.718]; 16. 546-Randy Axner [24.741]; 17. 46-Jonathan Nause [24.75]; 18. 75-Kyle Vickers [24.773]; 19. 73-Scott Reid [24.794]; 20. 21-Jim Reavis [24.806]; 21. 84-Mike Watt [24.826]; 22. 79-Dean Reynolds [24.842]; 23. 11-Trevor Depriest [24.898]; 24. 27-Christopher Reckner [25.008]; DNQ. 93-Steve Miskolczi [NT]; 92-Payton Gries [NT]

Heat Race 1 (8 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 021-Carl Kilgore [2]; 2. 48-Kyle Vaughn [1]; 3. 225-Nathan Lemons [4]; 4. 26-Sean Stevens [3]; 5. 71-Daniel Stiffler [5]; 6. 546-Randy Axner [6]; 7. 73-Scott Reid [7]; 8. 79-Dean Reynolds [8]; 9. 93-Steve Miskolczi [9]

Heat Race 2 (8 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 25-Tyler Jackson [1]; 2. 077-Holden English [2]; 3. 17-Brett Rowles [3]; 4. 46-Jonathan Nause [6]; 5. 21-Jim Reavis [7]; 6. 111-Jaron Valley [5]; 7. 11-Trevor Depriest [8]; 8. 92-Payton Gries [9]; 9. 5-Jason Metoxen [4]

Heat Race 3 (8 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 003-Thorne Zimmerman [1]; 2. 717-Bobby Rafferty [2]; 3. 69-Keith Hackney [3]; 4. 002-Clifford Bellomy [4]; 5. 38-Ryan Carlisi [5]; 6. 84-Mike Watt [7]; 7. 75-Kyle Vickers [6]; 8. 27-Christopher Reckner [8]

Last Chance Showdown (10 laps, top-12 transfer) – 1. 71-Daniel Stiffler [1]; 2. 21-Jim Reavis [2]; 3. 546-Randy Axner [4]; 4. 84-Mike Watt [6]; 5. 73-Scott Reid [7]; 6. 92-Payton Gries [11]; 7. 11-Trevor Depriest [8]; 8. 5-Jason Metoxen [14]; 9. 111-Jaron Valley [5]; 10. 79-Dean Reynolds [10]; 11. 27-Christopher Reckner [12]; 12. 38-Ryan Carlisi [3]; 13. 75-Kyle Vickers [9]; 14. 93-Steve Miskolczi [13]

CONTACT AT KOKOMO: Tucker Wins Third Tour Feature of Season 3 After Bergeron Penalty

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Tucker pads large points lead, looks to seal second straight title in two weeks’ time

White flag. Big slide job in Turns 1-2 by Alex Bergeron. Kendal Tucker crosses underneath him with the lead as they exit Turn 2. Then, big contact.

Both drivers dove for the inside of Turn 3 at Kokomo Speedway, neither willing to give an inch as they rounded the final corners before the finish line. Some contact was made, then some more, and even more still as they crossed underneath the checkered flag in Wednesday night’s NOS Energy Drink 360 Sprint Car Feature.

The iRacing simulation showed Bergeron as the winner, but DIRTcar eSports officials determined, in post-race review, that Bergeron was at fault in the incident for initiating the contact with Tucker. Therefore, Bergeron was handed a two-spot post-race penalty, and officially scored in third place.

This handed the $250 Feature win over to Tucker and moved original third-place Dylan Houser into second.

The last-lap fireworks succeeded a very entertaining 30 laps around the virtual quarter-mile, filled with several clean slide jobs for the lead as Houser and Bergeron tried to wrestle the lead from polesitter Tucker, who led all but the final lap.

Houser was the first to do so on Lap 25, launching a big slider in Turns 3-4 that Tucker quickly turned underneath to regain the position. Bergeron threw one the very next corner, which Tucker answered immediately, driving right back by him on the inside to take the spot back.

Tucker led the race through the white flag before Bergeron threw the slide job at him again in Turn 1 before the final-corner melee that decided the race, ultimately handing Tucker his second Tour Feature victory of Season 3.

The DIRTcar eSports Tour is back in action next Wednesday night, May 19, for Round #9, featuring the 358 Small-Block Modifieds at USA International Speedway. Catch all the action live on DIRTVision presented by Drydene.

NOS Energy Drink Feature (30 Laps) – 1. 00-Kendal Tucker [1]; 2. 2-Dylan Houser [10]; 3. 12-Alex Bergeron [2]; 4. 33-Evan Seay [3]; 5. 85-Tyler Schell [4]; 6. 115-Boddie Parker [11]; 7. 48-Dylan Yeager [20]; 8. 1-Jesse Enterkin [8]; 9. 17-Brett Rowles [13]; 10. 331-Dustin Hall [9]; 11. 461-Cole Dewease [15]; 12. 46-Jonathan Nause [18]; 13. 43-Terrell Wheeler [17]; 14. 033-Richard Murtaugh Jr. [5]; 15. 29-Billy Richardson [7]; 16. 14-Brett Wright [19]; 17. 17-Sam Reakes [6]; 18. 5-Jacob Karklin [16]; 19. 13-Matt Remick [21]; 20. 38-Ryan Carlisi [12]; 21. 82-Eric Schroeter [14]

CLAP BACK: Kilgore Breaks Jackson’s Street Stock Hot Streak with Win at Eldora

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Another chapter in the growing book of Carl Kilgore vs. Tyler Jackson has just been scribed.

After a sour finish last Wednesday night at Limaland, Kilgore, of Greenville, MS, stepped back up to the plate at Eldora Speedway and made sure he wouldn’t be denied two weeks in-a-row, leading all 20 laps en route to his third Chevy Performance Street Stock victory of the season over Keith Hackney and Tyler Jackson.

A track reset before the warmup session had several drivers rethinking their strategy, but overall made for a great race in the end and allowed drivers multiple grooves to race.

“That was a hell of a race,” Kilgore said. “I was skeptical about the reset, but it turned out well. It really worked into a great racetrack.”

While Kilgore led the entire distance, he did encounter several slide job attempts for the top spot, but denied them quickly.

“We were trying to keep our nose clean for the first half, then when we had that caution at Lap 15, it was go-time,” Kilgore said.

A late caution flag restacked the field and put a hard-charging points leader in Tyler Jackson, of Rockford, IL, right on Kilgore’s rear bumper for the restart. Both got a great launch, but Kilgore maintained the spot out front as fellow Team No Love member Hackney made the move under Jackson for second as they scrambled into Turns 1-2.

While Jackson was able to take the spot back on the high side by the time they crossed under the white flag, his successful slide job in Turns 1-2 was countered by Kilgore down low as he retook the lead.

Hackney, of Calhoun, GA, threw a slide job of his own from third on Jackson in Turn 3 and was able to cut Jackson off as they reached Turn 4, swiping the runner-up spot away at the line as teammate Kilgore drove away with the $100 Feature win.

The win is one of importance for Kilgore, having come into the race 58 points back of Jackson in the championship standings. The win will cut into Jackson’s lead by 10 points as the season begins the final stretch next week.

The Chevy Performance Street Stock League is back in action next Wednesday night, May 19, for Round #9 of competition at Williams Grove Speedway. Catch all the action live on DIRTVision presented by Drydene.

Chevy Performance Feature (20 Laps) – 1. 021-Carl Kilgore [1]; 2. 69-Keith Hackney [3]; 3. 25-Tyler Jackson [4]; 4. 121-Edward Farness [5]; 5. 17-Brett Rowles [8]; 6. 546-Randy Axner [10]; 7. 077-Holden English [11]; 8. 73-Scott Reid [12]; 9. 93-Steve Miskolczi [21]; 10. 026-Sage Luther [18]; 11. 002-Clifford Bellomy [19]; 12. 26-Sean Stevens [14]; 13. 21-Jim Reavis [9]; 14. 23-Brayden McMahan [13]; 15. 71-Daniel Stiffler [16]; 16. 260-Blade Kearns [7]; 17. 46-Jonathan Nause [22]; 18. 53-Aidan Skraha [2]; 19. 18-Justin Henson [23]; 20. 0-Jordan Gage [6]; 21. 97-Butch Baker [20]; 22. 111-Jaron Valley [24]; 23. 225-Nathan Lemons [15]; 24. 92-Payton Gries [17]

5/12/21 – Street Stocks at Eldora Speedway

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Chevy Performance Feature (20 laps) – 1. 021-Carl Kilgore [1]; 2. 69-Keith Hackney [3]; 3. 25-Tyler Jackson [4]; 4. 121-Edward Farness [5]; 5. 17-Brett Rowles [8]; 6. 546-Randy Axner [10]; 7. 077-Holden English [11]; 8. 73-Scott Reid [12]; 9. 93-Steve Miskolczi [21]; 10. 026-Sage Luther [18]; 11. 002-Clifford Bellomy [19]; 12. 26-Sean Stevens [14]; 13. 21-Jim Reavis [9]; 14. 23-Brayden McMahan [13]; 15. 71-Daniel Stiffler [16]; 16. 260-Blade Kearns [7]; 17. 46-Jonathan Nause [22]; 18. 53-Aidan Skraha [2]; 19. 18-Justin Henson [23]; 20. 0-Jordan Gage [6]; 21. 97-Butch Baker [20]; 22. 111-Jaron Valley [24]; 23. 225-Nathan Lemons [15]; 24. 92-Payton Gries [17]

Qualifying (2 laps) – 1. 260-Blade Kearns [19.292]; 2. 53-Aidan Skraha [19.298]; 3. 69-Keith Hackney [19.315]; 4. 021-Carl Kilgore [19.374]; 5. 121-Edward Farness [19.375]; 6. 0-Jordan Gage [19.431]; 7. 25-Tyler Jackson [19.445]; 8. 17-Brett Rowles [19.452]; 9. 21-Jim Reavis [19.457]; 10. 546-Randy Axner [19.458]; 11. 26-Sean Stevens [19.472]; 12. 73-Scott Reid [19.487]; 13. 23-Brayden McMahan [19.498]; 14. 20-Elijah Frame [19.518]; 15. 002-Clifford Bellomy [19.535]; 16. 18-Justin Henson [19.538]; 17. 077-Holden English [19.549]; 18. 111-Jaron Valley [19.559]; 19. 71-Daniel Stiffler [19.574]; 20. 84-Mike Watt [19.595]; 21. 46-Jonathan Nause [19.611]; 22. 5-Jason Metoxen [19.624]; 23. 75-Kyle Vickers [19.627]; 24. 38-Ryan Carlisi [19.671]; 25. 210-Joseph Grabianowski [19.682]; 26. 93-Steve Miskolczi [19.71]; 27. 13-Bryan Hayward [19.711]; 28. 76-Robert Palmer [19.72]; 29. 97-Butch Baker [19.789]; 30. 24-John Quill [19.803]; 31. 9-Kurt Burns [19.841]; 32. 27-Christopher Reckner [20.177]; 33. 7-Joseph Driscoll [21.952]; DNQ. 026-Sage Luther [NT]; 225-Nathan Lemons [NT]; 92-Payton Gries [NT]

Heat Race 1 (8 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 021-Carl Kilgore [2]; 2. 25-Tyler Jackson [3]; 3. 260-Blade Kearns [1]; 4. 546-Randy Axner [4]; 5. 23-Brayden McMahan [5]; 6. 71-Daniel Stiffler [7]; 7. 5-Jason Metoxen [8]; 8. 026-Sage Luther [12]; 9. 18-Justin Henson [6]; 10. 210-Joseph Grabianowski [9]; 11. 9-Kurt Burns [11]; 12. 76-Robert Palmer [10]

Heat Race 2 (8 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 53-Aidan Skraha [1]; 2. 121-Edward Farness [2]; 3. 17-Brett Rowles [3]; 4. 077-Holden English [6]; 5. 26-Sean Stevens [4]; 6. 225-Nathan Lemons [12]; 7. 20-Elijah Frame [5]; 8. 84-Mike Watt [7]; 9. 97-Butch Baker [10]; 10. 93-Steve Miskolczi [9]; 11. 75-Kyle Vickers [8]; 12. 27-Christopher Reckner [11]

Heat Race 3 (8 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 69-Keith Hackney [1]; 2. 0-Jordan Gage [2]; 3. 21-Jim Reavis [3]; 4. 73-Scott Reid [4]; 5. 002-Clifford Bellomy [5]; 6. 46-Jonathan Nause [7]; 7. 13-Bryan Hayward [9]; 8. 7-Joseph Driscoll [11]; 9. 92-Payton Gries [12]; 10. 24-John Quill [10]; 11. 38-Ryan Carlisi [8]; 12. 111-Jaron Valley [6]

Last Chance Showdown 1 (10 laps, top-6 transfer) – 1. 23-Brayden McMahan [1]; 2. 225-Nathan Lemons [3]; 3. 92-Payton Gries [8]; 4. 002-Clifford Bellomy [2]; 5. 93-Steve Miskolczi [9]; 6. 18-Justin Henson [7]; 7. 9-Kurt Burns [10]; 8. 38-Ryan Carlisi [11]; 9. 13-Bryan Hayward [5]; 10. 84-Mike Watt [6]; 11. 27-Christopher Reckner [12]; 12. 5-Jason Metoxen [4]

Last Chance Showdown 2 (10 laps, top-6 transfer) – 1. 26-Sean Stevens [1]; 2. 71-Daniel Stiffler [2]; 3. 026-Sage Luther [5]; 4. 97-Butch Baker [7]; 5. 46-Jonathan Nause [3]; 6. 111-Jaron Valley [12]; 7. 210-Joseph Grabianowski [8]; 8. 7-Joseph Driscoll [6]; 9. 24-John Quill [9]; 10. 76-Robert Palmer [11]; 11. 20-Elijah Frame [4]; 12. 75-Kyle Vickers [10]