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

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]

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

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 – Big Block Modifieds at The Dirt Track at Charlotte

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

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]

CAN’T TOUCH THIS: Tucker Bags Second Tour Victory of Season 3 with Big Blocks at Cedar Lake

Make it six weeks in-a-row that Kendal Tucker has finished no worse than second aboard the DIRTcar eSports Tour.

The defending Tour champion bagged his second Feature win of Season 3 Wednesday night with the Hoosier Racing Tire Big Block Modifieds in impressive fashion, winning a very close battle with Blake Matjoulis, of Ashville, NY, after a restart to grab the lead for good and pocket another $250 check.

In short, Tucker had a perfect night – setting quick time in Qualifying, winning his Heat Race and eventually the 50-lap Feature from the pole with a hard-charging cast of virtual racers behind him.

Tucker, of Mt. Airy, NC, led Lap 1 but gave it up on the next circuit to outside polesitter Matjoulis. He and his 127 Industries machine fended off his rivals out front for the next 26 laps before the caution flag was displayed, resetting the field.

The green dropped once again and Tucker got a great run on the top side to challenge Matjoulis for the lead. Using that high-side momentum out of Turn 2, Tucker pulled ahead of Matjoulis as they slid into Turn 3 and took the line away to seal the spot.

“Once we got a couple of restarts in, I started being pretty aggressive and wanted to make some moves,” Tucker said. “That last restart there – we got a really good start on [Matjoulis] and was able to wheel around the top in [Turns] 1 and 2 on him.”

From there on out, it was all Tucker and his #00 Swindell SpeedLab entry. He had opened a two-second advantage over the rest of the field by the time he crossed the finish line, fully displaying his fixed-setup prowess on iRacing.

It comes in as another great points night for Tucker, as he extends his advantage over runner-up Tyler Schell, despite having entered one less race than each of his closest competitors. Still, he seeks his second Tour championship as Season 3 begins to wind down to the final three races.

“I definitely didn’t think we had a shot at the points this season at all. Luckily, these six races we’ve ran so far, we’ve been able to have some pretty good speed in all the different cars we’ve ran so far,” Tucker said.

The DIRTcar eSports Tour is back in action with the NOS Energy Drink 360 Sprint Cars at Kokomo Speedway next Wednesday night for Round #8 of Season 3. Catch all the action live on DIRTVision presented by Drydene.

Hoosier Racing Tire Feature (50 Laps) – 1. 00 Kendal Tucker (1), 2. 127 Blake Matjoulis (2), 3. 12 Alex Bergeron (3), 4. 41 Logan Rumsey (7), 5. 33 Evan Seay (19), 6. 22 Mason Hannagan (5), 7. 85 Tyler Schell (6), 8. 09 Tanner Tomasi (18), 9. 000 Kevin Dedmon (20), 10. 115 Boddie Parker (9), 11. 717 Bobby Rafferty (14), 12. 1 Jesse Enterkin (12), 13. 19 Christopher McGuire (10), 14. 331 Dustin Hall (16), 15. 033 Richard Murtaugh Jr. (8), 16. 17 Brett Rowles (22), 17. 8 Austin Hunter (4), 18. 48 Dylan Yeager (17), 19. 13 Matt Remick (21), 20. 78 Justin Bishop (23), 21 9 Ken Burns (15), 22. 06 Rylan Gray (13), 23. 185 Hunter Heck (11), 24. 88 Chris Olson (24)

5/5/21 – Big Block Modifieds at Cedar Lake Speedway

VP Racing Fuels Feature (50 laps) – 1. 00-Kendal Tucker [1]; 2. 127-Blake Matjoulis [2]; 3. 12-Alex Bergeron [3]; 4. 41-Logan Rumsey [7]; 5. 33-Evan Seay [19]; 6. 22-Mason Hannagan [5]; 7. 85-Tyler Schell [6]; 8. 09-Tanner Tomasi [18]; 9. 000-Kevin Dedmon [20]; 10. 115-Boddie Parker [9]; 11. 717-Bobby Rafferty [14]; 12. 1-Jesse Enterkin [12]; 13. 19-Christopher McGuire [10]; 14. 331-Dustin Hall [16]; 15. 033-Richard Murtaugh Jr. [8]; 16. 17-Brett Rowles [22]; 17. 7-Austin Hunter [4]; 18. 48-Dylan Yeager [17]; 19. 13-Matt Remick [21]; 20. 78-Justin Bishop [23]; 21. 9-Kurt Burns [15]; 22. 06-Rylan Gray [13]; 23. 185-Hunter Heck [11]; 24. 88-Chris Olson [24]

Qualifying (2 laps) – 1. 00-Kendal Tucker [14.165]; 2. 127-Blake Matjoulis [14.188]; 3. 33-Evan Seay [14.205]; 4. 7-Austin Hunter [14.219]; 5. 22-Mason Hannagan [14.227]; 6. 85-Tyler Schell [14.227]; 7. 12-Alex Bergeron [14.245]; 8. 033-Richard Murtaugh Jr. [14.274]; 9. 115-Boddie Parker [14.284]; 10. 717-Bobby Rafferty [14.288]; 11. 41-Logan Rumsey [14.299]; 12. 1-Jesse Enterkin [14.302]; 13. 48-Dylan Yeager [14.306]; 14. 19-Christopher McGuire [14.34]; 15. 185-Hunter Heck [14.346]; 16. 331-Dustin Hall [14.363]; 17. 06-Rylan Gray [14.373]; 18. 09-Tanner Tomasi [14.415]; 19. 92-Joey Ladouceur [14.416]; 20. 46-Jonathan Nause [14.435]; 21. 13-Matt Remick [14.451]; 22. 17-Brett Rowles [14.461]; 23. 42-John Smith [14.487]; 24. 44-Michael Lewis [14.496]; 25. 78-Justin Bishop [14.501]; 26. 88-Chris Olson [14.506]; 27. 58-Ryder Sroufe [14.534]; 28. 2-Allen Burgan [14.549]; 29. 114-Joe Garcia [14.549]; 30. 126-Jeffrey Eddy [14.567]; 31. 29-Billy Richardson [14.57]; 32. 02-Bradley Steinruck [14.573]; 33. 77-Anthony Corini [14.581]; 34. 72-Joseph Grabianowski [14.637]; 35. 9-Kurt Burns [14.758]; DNQ. 000-Kevin Dedmon [NT]; 82-Eric Schroeter [NT]

Heat Race 1 (10 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 00-Kendal Tucker [1]; 2. 22-Mason Hannagan [2]; 3. 115-Boddie Parker [3]; 4. 06-Rylan Gray [5]; 5. 78-Justin Bishop [7]; 6. 13-Matt Remick [6]; 7. 77-Anthony Corini [9]; 8. 48-Dylan Yeager [4]; 9. 114-Joe Garcia [8]; 10. 82-Eric Schroeter [10]

Heat Race 2 (10 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 127-Blake Matjoulis [1]; 2. 85-Tyler Schell [2]; 3. 19-Christopher McGuire [4]; 4. 717-Bobby Rafferty [3]; 5. 09-Tanner Tomasi [5]; 6. 17-Brett Rowles [6]; 7. 88-Chris Olson [7]; 8. 72-Joseph Grabianowski [9]; 9. 126-Jeffrey Eddy [8]

Heat Race 3 (10 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 12-Alex Bergeron [2]; 2. 41-Logan Rumsey [3]; 3. 185-Hunter Heck [4]; 4. 9-Kurt Burns [9]; 5. 29-Billy Richardson [8]; 6. 42-John Smith [6]; 7. 92-Joey Ladouceur [5]; 8. 58-Ryder Sroufe [7]; 9. 33-Evan Seay [1]

Heat Race 4 (10 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 7-Austin Hunter [1]; 2. 033-Richard Murtaugh Jr. [2]; 3. 1-Jesse Enterkin [3]; 4. 331-Dustin Hall [4]; 5. 000-Kevin Dedmon [9]; 6. 02-Bradley Steinruck [8]; 7. 44-Michael Lewis [6]; 8. 2-Allen Burgan [7]; 9. 46-Jonathan Nause [5]

Last Chance Showdown 1 (14 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 09-Tanner Tomasi [1]; 2. 000-Kevin Dedmon [2]; 3. 17-Brett Rowles [3]; 4. 88-Chris Olson [5]; 5. 72-Joseph Grabianowski [7]; 6. 44-Michael Lewis [6]; 7. 2-Allen Burgan [8]; 8. 46-Jonathan Nause [10]; 9. 02-Bradley Steinruck [4]; 10. 126-Jeffrey Eddy [9]; 11. 82-Eric Schroeter [11];

Last Chance Showdown 2 (14 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 48-Dylan Yeager [7]; 2. 33-Evan Seay [10]; 3. 13-Matt Remick [3]; 4. 78-Justin Bishop [1]; 5. 92-Joey Ladouceur [6]; 6. 77-Anthony Corini [5]; 7. 42-John Smith [4]; 8. 29-Billy Richardson [2]; 9. 114-Joe Garcia [9]; 10. 58-Ryder Sroufe [8]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Feature (50 Laps) – 1. 33 – Evan Seay [1]; 2. 00 – Kendal Tucker [4]; 3. 2 – Dylan Houser [5]; 4. 033 – Richard Murtaugh Jr. [12]; 5. 115 – Boddie Parker [14]; 6. 48 – Dylan Yeager [6]; 7. 12 – Alex Bergeron [3]; 8. 32 – Tyler Schell [9]; 9. 000 – Kevin Dedmon [7]; 10. 85 – Hunter Heck [16]; 11. 17 – Brett Rowles [15]; 12. 717 – Bobby Rafferty [18]; 13. 30 – Keith Hackney [22]; 14. 28 – Jamie Massey [17]; 15. 41 – Logan Rumsey [8]; 16. 35 – Thomas Brandon [24]; 17 – Randall Carter [11]; 18. 29 – Billy Richardson [21]; 331 – Dustin Hall [10]; 20. 127 – Blake Matjoulis [2]; 21. 114 – Joe Garcia [20]; 22. 69 – Mason Hammel [19]; 23. 1 – Jesse Enterkin [13]; 24. 82 – Eric Schroeter [23]

4/7/21 – Big Block Modifieds at Williams Grove Speedway

Feature (50 Laps) – 1. 33 – Evan Seay [1]; 2. 00 – Kendal Tucker [4]; 3. 2 – Dylan Houser [5]; 4. 033 – Richard Murtaugh Jr. [12]; 5. 115 – Boddie Parker [14]; 6. 48 – Dylan Yeager [6]; 7. 12 – Alex Bergeron [3]; 8. 85 – Tyler Schell [9]; 9. 000 – Kevin Dedmon [7]; 10. 185 – Hunter Heck [16]; 11. 17 – Brett Rowles [15]; 12. 717 – Bobby Rafferty [18]; 13. 9 – Keith Hackney [22]; 14. 002 – Jamie Massey [17]; 15. 41 – Logan Rumsey [8]; 16. 35 – Thomas Brandon [24]; 17. 37 – Randall Carter [11]; 18. 29 – Billy Richardson [21]; 19. 331-Dustin Hall [10]; 20. 127 – Blake Matjoulis [2]; 21. 114 – Joe Garcia [20]; 22. 69 – Mason Hammel [19]; 23. 1 – Jesse Enterkin [13]; 24. 82 – Eric Schroeter [23]

Qualifying (2 Laps) – 1. 33 – Evan Seay – 20.936; 2. 127 – Blake Matjoulis – 20.976; 3. 48 – Dylan Yeager – 20.986; 4. 00 – Kendal Tucker – 21.029; 5. 2 – Dylan Houser – 21.047; 6. 033 – Richard Murtaugh Jr. – 21.050; 7. 000 – Kevin Dedmon – 21.059; 8. 41 – Logan Rumsey – 21.070; 9. 12 – Alex Bergeron – 21.085; 10. 331 – Dustin Hall – 21.108; 11. 37 – Randall Carter – 21.109; 12. 85 – Tyler Schell – 21.164; 13. 1 – Jesse Enterkin – 21.172; 14. 69 – Mason Hammel – 21.180; 15. 29 – Billy Richardson – 21.195; 16. 02 – Chance Carr – 21.206; 17. 115 – Boddie Parker – 21.239; 18. 17 – Brett Rowles – 21.244; 19. 35 – Thomas Brandon – 21.257; 20. 002 – Jamie Massey – 21.274; 21. 717 – Bobby Rafferty – 21.326; 22. 44 – Clint Sullivan – 21.346; 23. 185 – Hunter Heck – 21.348; 24. 114 – Joe Garcia – 21.415; 25. 10 – Matthew Balthazor – 21.419; 26. 9 – Keith Hackney – 21.432; 27. 46 – Jonathan Nause – 21.438; 28. 82 – Eric Schroeter – 21.488; 29. 58 – Ryder Sroufe – 21.675

Heat #1 – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 33 – Evan Seay [1]; 2. 00 – Kendal Tucker [2]; 3. 000 – Kevin Dedmon [3]; 4. 331 – Dustin Hall [4]; 5. 1 – Jesse Enterkin; 6. 02 – Chance Carr [6]; 7. 10 – Matthew Balthazor [9]; 8. 35 – Thomas Brandon [7]; 9. 82 – Eric Schroeter [10]; 10. 44 – Clint Sullivan [8]

Heat #2 – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 127 – Blake Matjoulis [1]; 2. 2 – Dylan Houser [2]; 3. 41 – Logan Rumsey [3]; 4. 37 – Randall Carter [4]; 5. 115 – Boddie Parker [6]; 6. 002 – Jamie Massey [7]; 7. 9 – Keith Hackney [9]; 8. 69 – Mason Hammel [5]; 9. 58 – Ryder Sroufe [10]; 10. 185 – Hunter Heck [8]

Heat #3 – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 12 – Alex Bergeron [3]; 2. 48 – Dylan Yeager [1]; 3. 85 – Tyler Schell [4]; 4. 033 – Richard Murtaugh Jr. [2]; 5. 17 – Brett Rowles [6]; 6. 717 – Bobby Rafferty [7]; 7. 29 – Billy Richardson [5]; 8. 114 – Joe Garcia [8]; 9. 46 – Jonathan Nause [9]

Last Chance Showdown #1 – Top 6 Transfer – 1. 1 – Jesse Enterkin [1]; 2. 17 – Brett Rowles [2]; 3. 002 – Jamie Massey [3]; 4. 69 – Mason Hammel [6]; 5. 29 – Billy Richardson [5]; 6. 82 – Eric Schroeter [7]; 7. 46 – Jonathan Nause; 8. 10 – Matthew Balthazor [4]

Last Chance Showdown #2 – Top 6 Transfer – 1. 115 – Boddie Parker [1]; 2. 185 – Hunter Heck [9]; 3. 717 – Bobby Rafferty [3]; 4. 114 – Joe Garcia [6]; 5. 9 – Keith Hackney [4]; 6. 35 – Thomas Brandon [5]; 7. 02 – Chance Carr [2]; 8. 44 – Clint Sullivan [8]; 9. 58 – Ryder Sroufe [7]