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TOP GUNS: Bergeron and Jackson win DIRTcar eSports season openers

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

DIRTcar eSports Bicknell Racing Products Big Block Modifieds

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

DIRTcar eSports Chevrolet Performance Street Stocks 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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]

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]

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]

PASS THROUGH THE GRASS: Jackson makes wild pass for DIRTcar eSports Street Stock win

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Tuesday’s race at Lernerville Speedway was one of the closest finish in the history of the Series

Tyler Jackson wrote a new definition for the term “go where they aren’t” during Tuesday night’s DIRTcar eSports Chevrolet Performance Street Stock race at Lernerville Speedway.

With nine laps to go, Carl Kilgore left a crack in the doorway to the lead with a patch of grass in the opening. For Jackson, that was good enough. He tossed his #25 underneath Kilgore in Turn 3 and ran his way through the grass to complete the pass off Turn 4.

His daring move secured him the win and the $100 check that comes with it.

Before then, Jackson and Kilgore put on a barnburner throughout the 30-lap iRacing event. Jackson got the early lead and held it for the early portion of the race, but 21 never let him out of his sight.

By the halfway point, Kilgore scared Jackson into moving his line. The #25 ripped the top for the majority of the race, but after Kilgore snuck underneath him the lap prior, Jackson dove to the bottom in Turns 1 and 2 to block Kilgore’s momentum. That moved hindered his run off the corner, though, and gave Kilgore another opportunity to pounce.

When they entered Turn 3, Kilgore dove underneath Jackson and claimed the lead. On the next lap, Jackson’s loss of momentum continued as Keith Hackney also dove underneath him and stole second. However, Jackson wasn’t willing to lay down.

He dove underneath Hackney in Turns 1 and 2, and the two slammed doors all the way down the backstretch. Jackson’s relentless drive won the battle as he drove back by Hackney for second.

The hunt was on. Jackson got his feet back underneath him and began running Kilgore down. A caution with nine laps to go further assisted with his efforts.

When the green flag initiated the continuation of the race, Jackson found the crack in the doorway and went where Kilgore wasn’t – further than anyone had gone. But he wasn’t going to let the win slip through his fingers.

Kilgore fought back, staying on Jackson’s bumper on the final lap and attempting a slide job in Turns 3 and 4 with the checkered flag in the air. Jackson was able to get the better run off the turn and edge Kilgore at the line by 0.097 sec. – one of the closest finishes in DIRTcar eSports Street Stock history.

Due to unfortunate technical difficulties, the winner was unable to be interviewed.

The DIRTcar eSports Street Stock action continues next Wednesday, May 5, with the Chevrolet Performance Street Stocks at Limaland Motorsports Park.

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

LOVE RESTORED: Kilgore Reunites with Teammate Hackney, Bags 1-2 Street Stock Finish at Cedar Lake

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Former Extreme Savage duo jumps to Team No Love after Week 4 incident

After their unfortunate falling out in last week’s showing at Fairbury Speedway, Carl Kilgore and Keith Hackney have reunited as teammates on a new team and worked their magic Wednesday night at Cedar Lake Speedway to get Kilgore his second Chevy Performance Street Stock League Feature win of the season.

“We’re feeling good, especially after what happened last week,” Kilgore told Chase Raudman in the DIRTVision post-race interview. “Glad to be back on teams with Hackney – he’s a good dude. We had some trouble last week, but without all of our teammates and us being together, I can’t do this right here.”

Hackney, of Calhoun, GA, was penalized to the tail of the lead lap after the checkered in last week’s Feature due to contact with Kilgore wile racing for the lead on the final lap. Kilgore spun and was left with a 16th-place result, Hackney in 21st, while Tyler Jackson ran off with the win and a nice lead in the point standings.

But that’s all behind them now. The two put their differences aside over the week and straight-up dominated Wednesday night, starting on the front row after back-to-back Heat Race wins.

At the drop of the green, Kilgore, of Greenville, MS, immediately took off and never looked back, leading all 25 laps en route to his $100 victory.

“We’ve got a little bit of a gap to make up, but I feel like as long as we keep doing what we’re doing, we’ll be there,” Kilgore said.

Hackey did a solid job for his teammate in fending off the pressure from the rest of the field behind him, crossing the stripe in second for another good points race.

While he was able to nurse the hurt car home to a third-place finish, Jackson, of Rockford, IL, almost found himself in deep trouble about halfway through the race.

A slower car had gone over the outside wall in Turns 1-2 and proceeded to re-enter the track right in front of the leaders under green, causing a multi-car crash down the backstretch that tagged Jackson. He was able to drive out of the situation with control, but the damage had already been done to his right-front wheel well.

With the right-front pushed in, Jackson switched to the high line for the remainder of the race and fought back to a third-place result, likely saving his points lead.

The Chevy Performance Street Stock League is back in action next Tuesday night, April 27, with race #6 and a visit to Lernerville Speedway. Check out the entire race broadcast livestream for FREE on DIRTVision presented by Drydene or on the DIRTcar Facebook page at 6:50pm ET.

4/21/21 – Street Stocks at Cedar Lake Speedway

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Chevy Performance Feature (25 laps) 1. 021-Carl Kilgore [2]; 2. 69-Keith Hackney [1]; 3. 25-Tyler Jackson [3]; 4. 00-Bryar Zimmerman [6]; 5. 077-Holden English [4]; 6. 717-Bobby Rafferty [9]; 7. 225-Nathan  Lemons [24]; 8. 48-Kyle Vaughn [11]; 9. 111-Jaron Valley [19]; 10. 5-Devin Ramsey [5]; 11. 71-Daniel Stiffler [8]; 12. 18-Justin Henson [17]; 13. 121-Edward Farness [16]; 14. 10-Lon Franks [12]; 15. 21-Jim Reavis [14];16. 17-Brett Rowles [7]; 17. 29-Joshua Divine [18]; 18. 72-Tyler Raney [22]; 19. 92-Payton Gries [15]; 20. 76-Robert Palmer [21]; 21. 002-Clifford Bellomy [23]; 22. 26-Sean Stevens [13]; 23. 260-Sage Luther [10]; DQ. 7-Joseph Driscoll [20] 

Qualifying (2 laps) 1. 69-Keith Hackney [16.103]; 2. 021-Carl Kilgore [16.148]; 3. 00-Bryar Zimmerman [16.149]; 4. 077-Holden English [16.168]; 5. 5-Devin Ramsey [16.172]; 6. 25-Tyler Jackson [16.185]; 7. 260-Sage Luther [16.196]; 8. 71-Daniel Stiffler [16.196]; 9. 121-Edward Farness [16.197]; 10. 17-Brett Rowles [16.216]; 11. 21-Jim Reavis [16.245]; 12. 717-Bobby Rafferty [16.245]; 13. 53-Aidan Skraha [16.254]; 14. 111-Jaron Valley [16.254]; 15. 10-Lon Franks [16.269]; 16. 225-Nathan Lemons [16.323];17. 48-Kyle Vaughn [16.332];18. 93-Steve Miskolczi [16.333]; 19. 29-Joshua Divine [16.344]; 20. 18-Justin Henson [16.361]; 21. 72-Tyler Raney [16.362]; 22. 26-Sean Stevens [16.388]; 23. 46-Jonathan Nause [16.409]; 24. 546-Randy Axner [16.416]; 25. 5-Jason Metoxen [16.433]; 26. 069-Brian Smith [16.491]; 27. 92-Payton Gries [16.51]; 28. 73-Scott Reid [16.517]; 29. 84-Mike Watt [16.519]; 30. 6-Mitch Erickson [16.544]; 31. 7-Joseph Driscoll [16.554]; 32. 38-Ryan Carlisi [16.56]; 33. 002-Clifford Bellomy [16.573]; 34. 76-Robert Palmer [16.637]

Heat Race 1 (8 laps, top-4 transfer) 1. 69-Keith Hackney [1]; 2. 077-Holden English [2]; 3. 17-Brett Rowles [4]; 4. 260-Sage Luther [3]; 5. 26-Sean Stevens [8]; 6. 29-Joshua Divine [7]; 7. 5-Jason Metoxen [9]; 8. 7-Joseph Driscoll [11]; 9. 76-Robert Palmer [12]; 10. 53-Aidan Skraha [5]; 11. 73-Scott Reid [10]; 12. 225-Nathan Lemons [6]

Heat Race 2 (8 laps, top-4 transfer) 1. 021-Carl Kilgore [1]; 2. 5-Devin Ramsey [2]; 3. 71-Daniel Stiffler [3]; 4. 48-Kyle Vaughn [6]; 5. 21-Jim Reavis [4]; 6. 18-Justin Henson [7]; 7. 46-Jonathan Nause [8]; 8. 84-Mike Watt [10]; 9. 069-Brian Smith [9]; 10. 111-Jaron Valley [5]; 11. 38-Ryan Carlisi [11]

Heat Race 3 (8 laps, top-4 transfer) 1. 25-Tyler Jackson [2]; 2. 00-Bryar Zimmerman [1]; 3. 717-Bobby Rafferty [4]; 4. 10-Lon Franks [5]; 5. 92-Payton Gries [9]; 6. 72-Tyler Raney [7]; 7. 546-Randy Axner [8]; 8. 6-Mitch Erickson [10]; 9. 93-Steve Miskolczi [6]; 10. 121-Edward Farness [3]; 11. 002-Clifford Bellomy [11]

Last Chance Showdown 1 (10 laps, top-6 transfer) 1. 21-Jim Reavis [1]; 2. 121-Edward Farness [9]; 3. 29-Joshua Divine [2]; 4. 7-Joseph Driscoll [5]; 5. 72-Tyler Raney [3]; 6. 225-Nathan Lemons [11]; 7. 069-Brian Smith [7]; 8. 53-Aidan Skraha [8]; 9. 6-Mitch Erickson [6]; 10. 38-Ryan Carlisi [10]; 11. 46-Jonathan Nause [4]

Last Chance Showdown 2 (10 laps, top-6 transfer) 1. 26-Sean Stevens [1]; 2. 92-Payton Gries [2]; 3. 18-Justin Henson [3]; 4. 111-Jaron Valley [9]; 5. 76-Robert Palmer [7]; 6. 002-Clifford Bellomy [11]; 7. 546-Randy Axner [5]; 8. 5-Jason Metoxen [4]; 9. 93-Steve Miskolczi [8]; 10. 84-Mike Watt [6]; 11. 73-Scott Reid [10]

T-JACK IS BACK: Jackson Wins 4th Career Street Stock Race in FALS Thriller

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Kilgore, Hackney collide in closing laps, Bellomy Hard Charger in 24th-7th drive

DIRTcar eSports’ all-time winningest Dirt Street Stock driver is back.

Tyler Jackson, of Rockford, IL, put it in Fairbury Speedway Victory Lane Wednesday night, winning the fourth race of the Chevy Performance Street Stock League for his fourth career victory with the League in a very rough-and-tumble Feature event.

“I’m not gonna lie, it took a little longer than I would have liked it to in race #4,” Jackson told DIRTcar eSports announcer Chase Raudman in the DIRTVision post-race interview. “But the competition level is a lot higher than it was last year. It was a great race – I’m still catching my breath.”

While Jackson started inside Row 2, just ahead of him was last week’s Feature winner and Street Stock bigwig, Carl Kilgore. He and his #021 took off from the pole and appeared to have the car to beat until Jackson’s car came in and took the lead just slightly past the halfway point. The two played cat-and-mouse around the virtual quarter-mile before a dramatic ride to the finish presented itself on a restart with just three laps remaining.

Jackson took the inside lane for the restart and threw a big slide job on Kilgore in Turns 1-2. Kilgore, of Greenville, MS, turned it back underneath him and returned the favor in Turns 3-4, but only slightly. Jackson kept his foot in the accelerator on the very top side and retained the spot as they crossed the stripe.

“That’s what won me the race,” Jackson said. “I knew I had to get a good start with him.”

Two more slide jobs by Kilgore on the following lap were unsuccessful in stealing Jackson’s spot. But as he prepared for what was likely going to be a third, Kilgore received a rear bumper full of former Extreme Savage teammate, Keith Hackney.

Hackney’s and Kilgore’s bumpers met at the entrance to Turn 1, sending Kilgore around, collecting several other cars.

Jackson (left) and Kilgore (right) battling for the lead (Joe Grabianowski Photo)

“I got into him a little bit. I apologize for that, majorly. I didn’t want to have second that way, by no means,” Hackney said after the race.

As Hackney, of Calhoun, GA, drove away with the spot, several other wrecks unfolded around the track, and Kilgore was left with a 17th-place finish. Hackney was later penalized to the tail of the lead lap (21st) by League admins in post-race examination for the incident.

This moved Nathan Lemons up into second and Jamie Massey into third, marking the best finishes of their DIRTcar eSports careers.

The Chevy Performance Street Stock League action continues next Wednesday night, April 21, at the Cedar Lake Speedway. Catch all the action live and FREE on DIRTVision presented by Drydene.

Feature (25 Laps) – 1. 25-Tyler Jackson (3); 2. 225-Nathan Lemons (6); 3. 2-Jamie Massey (9); 4. 54-Larry Barber Jr. (7); 5. 26-Sean Stevens (13); 6. 003-Thorne Zimmerman (15); 7. 002-Clifford Bellomy (24); 8. 029-Lane Phillips (17); 9. 546-Randy Axner (16); 10. 260-Sage Luther (10); 11. 717-Bobby Rafferty (12); 12. 48-Kyle Vaughn (19); 13. 23-Brayden McMahan (18); 14. 29-Joshua Divine (23); 15. 21-Jim Reavis (14); 16. 021-Carl Kilgore (1); 17. 18-Justin Henson (21); 18. 04-Joshua Dennison (20); 19. 111-Jaron Valley (8); 20. 121-Eddie Farness (5); 21. 69-Keith Hackney (4); 22. 53-Aidan Skraha (22); 23. 077-Holden English (2); DQ. 005-Devin Ramsey (11) Hard Charger: 002-Clifford Bellomy (+17)