Pro Late Models

1-2 PUNCH: Seay Beats CFM Teammate, Takes Tour Points Lead at Limaland

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After fending off the relentless pressure for the lead behind him the entire race, Evan Seay held off CFM eSports teammate Blake Matjoulis in the final laps to win his eighth career DIRTcar eSports Tour Feature. Former iRacing Late Model World Champion Hayden Cardwell charged from 11th to third, and nearly passed both drivers in the dash for the finish line on the final lap.

With his second victory of Season 4, Seay has now taken the points lead from Alex Bergeron, who has led since the start. Only two races remain on the schedule to settle the battle for a brand-new champion.

Drydene Feature (40 laps) 1. 33-Evan Seay [1]; 2. 127-Blake Matjoulis [3]; 3. 07-Hayden Cardwell [11]; 4. 91-Felix Roy [2]; 5. 09-Tanner Tomasi [6]; 6. 12-Alex A Bergeron [9]; 7. 08-Austin Hunter7 [19]; 8. 1-Jesse Enterkin [13]; 9. 22-Camden Johnston [10]; 10. 00-Kendal Tucker [24]; 11. 115-Boddie Parker3 [16]; 12. 48-Dylan Yeager [5]; 13. 41-Logan Rumsey [17]; 14. 23-Ethan C Toedter [18]; 15. 28-Mason Lobb [22]; 16. 46-Matthew Selby [20]; 17. 144-Brent New [8]; 18. 96-Gunnar G Swanchara [4]; 19. 35-Nick Cooper [14]; 20. 43-Jacob Hall [23]; 21. 85-Tyler Schell [12]; 22. 56-Tyler Schneider [21]; 23. 5-Nathan R Waddell [15]; 24. 74-Loic Bernier [7]

1/5/22 – Pro Late Models at Limaland Motorsports Park

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Drydene Feature (40 laps) 1. 33-Evan Seay [1]; 2. 127-Blake Matjoulis [3]; 3. 07-Hayden Cardwell [11]; 4. 91-Felix Roy [2]; 5. 09-Tanner Tomasi [6]; 6. 12-Alex A Bergeron [9]; 7. 08-Austin Hunter7 [19]; 8. 1-Jesse Enterkin [13]; 9. 22-Camden Johnston [10]; 10. 00-Kendal Tucker [24]; 11. 115-Boddie Parker3 [16]; 12. 48-Dylan Yeager [5]; 13. 41-Logan Rumsey [17]; 14. 23-Ethan C Toedter [18]; 15. 28-Mason Lobb [22]; 16. 46-Matthew Selby [20]; 17. 144-Brent New [8]; 18. 96-Gunnar G Swanchara [4]; 19. 35-Nick Cooper [14]; 20. 43-Jacob Hall [23]; 21. 85-Tyler Schell [12]; 22. 56-Tyler Schneider [21]; 23. 5-Nathan R Waddell [15]; 24. 74-Loic Bernier [7]

Qualifying (2 laps) 1. 33-Evan Seay [12.548]; 2. 91-Felix Roy [12.601]; 3. 127-Blake Matjoulis [12.605]; 4. 41-Logan Rumsey [12.608]; 5. 48-Dylan Yeager [12.61]; 6. 12-Alex A Bergeron [12.617]; 7. 96-Gunnar G Swanchara [12.619]; 8. 1-Jesse Enterkin [12.624]; 9. 09-Tanner Tomasi [12.63]; 10. 08-Austin Hunter7 [12.639]; 11. 23-Ethan C Toedter [12.644]; 12. 13-Aiden Bierlein [12.644]; 13. 46-Matthew Selby [12.648]; 14. 07-Hayden Cardwell [12.649]; 15. 5-Nathan R Waddell [12.651]; 16. 74-Loic Bernier [12.653]; 17. 00-Kendal Tucker [12.656]; 18. 28-Mason Lobb [12.664]; 19. 22-Camden Johnston [12.665]; 20. 35-Nick Cooper [12.676]; 21. 85-Tyler Schell [12.676]; 22. 41-Matthew Logan [12.693]; 23. 144-Brent New [12.721]; 24. 115-Boddie Parker3 [12.736]; 25. 3-Orville Combs [12.78]; 26. 03-Dylan D Thomas [12.783]; 27. 60-Kyle Householder [12.785]; 28. 58-James Revis [12.798]; 29. 97-Jason Waller [12.811]; 30. 56-Tyler Schneider [12.874]; 31. 43-Jacob Hall [12.886]; 32. 32-Brandon Greene [12.99]; 33. 29-William Richardson4 [13.048]; 34. 46-Jonathan Nause [13.08]; 35. 30-Stevin Goldner [13.164]; 36. 15-Brett Punkari [13.329]

Heat 1 (10 laps, top-4 transfer) 1. 33-Evan Seay [1]; 2. 96-Gunnar G Swanchara [3]; 3. 74-Loic Bernier [6]; 4. 22-Camden Johnston [7]; 5. 43-Jacob Hall [11]; 6. 3-Orville Combs [9]; 7. 41-Logan Rumsey [2]; 8. 46-Matthew Selby [5]; 9. 08-Austin Hunter7 [4]; 10. 41-Matthew Logan [8]; 11. 46-Jonathan Nause [12]; 12. 58-James Revis [10]

Heat 2 (10 laps, top-4 transfer) 1. 91-Felix Roy [1]; 2. 48-Dylan Yeager [2]; 3. 144-Brent New [8]; 4. 07-Hayden Cardwell [5]; 5. 35-Nick Cooper [7]; 6. 1-Jesse Enterkin [3]; 7. 97-Jason Waller [10]; 8. 30-Stevin Goldner [12]; 9. 23-Ethan C Toedter [4]; 10. 32-Brandon Greene [11]; 11. 00-Kendal Tucker [6]; 12. 03-Dylan D Thomas [9]

Heat 3 (10 laps, top-4 transfer) 1. 127-Blake Matjoulis [1]; 2. 09-Tanner Tomasi [3]; 3. 12-Alex A Bergeron [2]; 4. 85-Tyler Schell [7]; 5. 5-Nathan R Waddell [5]; 6. 115-Boddie Parker3 [8]; 7. 56-Tyler Schneider [10]; 8. 60-Kyle Householder [9]; 9. 13-Aiden Bierlein [4]; 10. 28-Mason Lobb [6]; 11. 29-William Richardson4 [11]; 12. 15-Brett Punkari [12]

B-Main 1 (14 laps, top-6 transfer) 1. 1-Jesse Enterkin [3]; 2. 5-Nathan R Waddell [2]; 3. 41-Logan Rumsey [4]; 4. 08-Austin Hunter7 [7]; 5. 56-Tyler Schneider [5]; 6. 43-Jacob Hall [1]; 7. 13-Aiden Bierlein [8]; 8. 32-Brandon Greene [9]; 9. 30-Stevin Goldner [6]; 10. 29-William Richardson4 [11]; 11. 46-Jonathan Nause [10]; 12. 03-Dylan D Thomas [12]

B-Main 2 (14 laps, top-6 transfer) 1. 35-Nick Cooper [1]; 2. 115-Boddie Parker3 [3]; 3. 23-Ethan C Toedter [7]; 4. 46-Matthew Selby [5]; 5. 28-Mason Lobb [9]; 6. 00-Kendal Tucker [10]; 7. 41-Matthew Logan [8]; 8. 60-Kyle Householder [6]; 9. 97-Jason Waller [4]; 10. 15-Brett Punkari [12]; 11. 58-James Revis [11]; 12. 3-Orville Combs [2]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

THE BIG 127: Matjoulis Captures First Tour Victory of Season 2 with Pro Late Models at Eldora

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Former World of Outlaws iRacing Pro Series champ makes seven winners in seven races

He might have been racing from his house in Ashville, NY, but Blake Matjoulis was right at home at Rossburg, OH’s Eldora Speedway Wednesday night.

The 2019 World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model iRacing World Champion led all 40 laps around The Big E behind the wheel of his Swindell SpeedLab #127 en route to his second career DIRTcar eSports Tour Feature victory presented by Hoosier Racing Tire.

Matjoulis cracked the whip right at the drop of the green, took the lead from outside the front row and made the 24-car field pay, never once letting any of his competition get too far underneath him in attempts to steal the spotlight. More specifically, his three biggest threats in the field – Alex Bergeron, Dylan Houser and Kendal Tucker.

Matjoulis and Bergeron stuck to the bottom in the opening stages of the race while before long, Tucker and Houser began to make the high side work. Those three swapped spots all race long, passing inside and outside and using every lane available on the track. However, this only allowed Matjoulis to ride out front comfortably.

Houser, of Ocala, FL, eventually proved he knew the high side the best and was able to close-off the runner-up spot to his competition just after the halfway point, then sight his sights on the leader. And Matjoulis knew he was coming.

“Houser was definitely good up there,” Matjoulis told DIRTVision announcer Josh Pike in the post-race interview. “He tracked me down a little and I was just able to hold onto the top spot. It would have been hard for him to pass, but he was definitely right there.”

With less than 10-to-go, Houser had caught Matjoulis’ rear deck lid and was gaining a tenth on him each lap. Until he made a critical mistake and scrubbed the Turn 3-4 wall with six laps remaining, breaking his momentum just enough to throw his chance for victory out the window.

Joe Grabianowski Photo

Matjoulis held off one final charge from Houser and third-place Evan Seay in the final corners to score his second career Tour victory and first since the second race of Season 1, back in May of 2020.

“Definitely a close race between the top three, no breathing room, no room for mistakes. When you get to these races, it’s all about being consistent. Frankly, we didn’t make any and were able to hold on for a win,” he said.

The DIRTcar eSports Tour action wraps up in just two weeks’ time with the eighth and final race of Season 2 at Lernerville Speedway on Wednesday, January 27, once again featuring the ground-pounding, Earth-shaking, window-rattling Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modifieds! Register today at DIRTcar.com/eSports and watch all the action live on DIRTVision!

Hoosier Racing Tire Feature (40 Laps) – 1. 127-Blake Matjoulis [2]; 2. 2-Dylan Houser [6]; 3. 33-Evan Seay [8]; 4. 00-Kendal Tucker [1]; 5. 12-Alex Bergeron [3]; 6. 033-Richard Murtaugh Jr. [4]; 7. 1-Jesse Enterkin [13]; 8. 49-David Heileman [7]; 9. 79-Maxime Plante [17]; 10. 000-Kevin Dedmon [11]; 11. 115-Boddie Parker [18]; 12. 71-Keven HÈbert [16]; 13. 171-Brandon Freeburg [14]; 14. 02-Chance Carr [15]; 15. 787-Cody Zobrist [12]; 16. 54-Larry Barber Jr [5]; 17. 7-Aaron Sparks [19]; 18. 34-Corey Mullinax [20]; 19. 03-Lyndon Whitfill [10]; 20. 89-Austin Friedman [9]; 21. 46-Jonathan Nause [22]; 22. 07-Marko Mitchell [21]; 23. 56-Tyler Schneider [23]; 24. 75-Andrew Piercefield [24]

1/13/21 – Pro Late Models at Eldora Speedway

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Hoosier Racing Tire Feature (40 Laps) – 1. 127-Blake Matjoulis [2]; 2. 2-Dylan Houser [6]; 3. 33-Evan Seay [8]; 4. 00-Kendal Tucker [1]; 5. 12-Alex Bergeron [3]; 6. 033-Richard Murtaugh Jr. [4]; 7. 1-Jesse Enterkin [13]; 8. 49-David Heileman [7]; 9. 79-Maxime Plante [17]; 10. 0-Kevin Dedmon [11]; 11. 115-Boddie Parker [18]; 12. 71-Keven Hèbert [16]; 13. 171-Brandon Freeburg [14]; 14. 002-Chance Carr [15]; 15. 787-Cody Zobrist [12]; 16. 54-Larry Barber Jr [5]; 17. 7-Aaron Sparks [19]; 18. 34-Corey Mullinax [20]; 19. 03-Lyndon Whitfill [10]; 20. 89-Austin Friedman [9]; 21. 46-Jonathan Nause [22]; 22. 07-Marko Mitchell [21]; 23. 56-Tyler Schneider [23]; 24. 75-Andrew Piercefield [24]

Qualifying (2 Laps) – 1. 00-Kendal Tucker [16.279]; 2. 127-Blake Matjoulis [16.306]; 3. 12-Alex Bergeron [16.326]; 4. 49-David Heileman [16.346]; 5. 1-Jesse Enterkin [16.351]; 6. 2-Dylan Houser [16.368]; 7. 033-Richard Murtaugh Jr. [16.417]; 8. 115-Boddie Parker [16.439]; 9. 89-Austin Friedman [16.449]; 10. 71-Keven Hèbert [16.459]; 11. 54-Larry Barber Jr [16.471]; 12. 787-Cody Zobrist [16.472]; 13. 03-Lyndon Whitfill [16.485]; 14. 0-Kevin Dedmon [16.487]; 15. 7-Aaron Sparks [16.531]; 16. 34-Corey Mullinax [16.533]; 17. 07-Marko Mitchell [16.588]; 18. 002-Chance Carr [16.59]; 19. 79-Maxime Plante [16.602]; 20. 33-Evan Seay [16.608]; 21. 56-Tyler Schneider [16.614]; 22. 171-Brandon Freeburg [16.639]; 23. 02-Bradley Steinruck [16.668]; 24. 46-Jonathan Nause [16.686]; 25. 75-Andrew Piercefield [16.95]

Heat 1 (10 Laps) (Top 4 transfer) – 1. 00-Kendal Tucker [1]; 2. 033-Richard Murtaugh Jr. [3]; 3. 49-David Heileman [2]; 4. 03-Lyndon Whitfill [5]; 5. 171-Brandon Freeburg [8]; 6. 71-Keven Hebert [4]; 7. 79-Maxime Plante [7]; 8. 34-Corey Mullinax [6]; 9. 75-Andrew Piercefield [9]

Heat 2 (10 Laps) (Top 4 transfer) – 1. 127-Blake Matjoulis [1]; 2. 54-Larry Barber Jr [4]; 3. 33-Evan Seay [7]; 4. 0-Kevin Dedmon [5]; 5. 115-Boddie Parker [3]; 6. 1-Jesse Enterkin [2]; 7. 07-Marko Mitchell [6]; 8. 02-Bradley Steinruck [8]

Heat 3 (10 Laps) (Top 4 transfer) – 1. 12-Alex Bergeron [1]; 2. 2-Dylan Houser [2]; 3. 89-Austin Friedman [3]; 4. 787-Cody Zobrist [4]; 5. 002-Chance Carr [6]; 6. 7-Aaron Sparks [5]; 7. 56-Tyler Schneider [7]; 8. 46-Jonathan Nause [8]

 B-main 1 (14 Laps) (Top 12 transfer) – 1. 1-Jesse Enterkin [5]; 2. 171-Brandon Freeburg [1]; 3. 002-Chance Carr [3]; 4. 71-Keven Hebert [4]; 5. 79-Maxime Plante [7]; 6. 115-Boddie Parker [2]; 7. 7-Aaron Sparks [6]; 8. 34-Corey Mullinax [10]; 9. 07-Marko Mitchell [8]; 10. 46-Jonathan Nause [12]; 11. 56-Tyler Schneider [9]; 12. 75-Andrew Piercefield [13]; 13. 02-Bradley Steinruck [11]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ABBREVIATED RESULTS (click for full results)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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