Drew Hopkins

11/30/22 – Street Stocks at Eldora Speedway

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FINAL ROUND

Feature (30 Laps) – 1. 157-Drew Hopkins [1]; 2. 045-Kyle Jared [3]; 3. 1-Johnny Ratley [2]; 4. 052-Billy Northcutt [4]; 5. 9-Shawn Hayes [13]; 6. 822-Tyler Jackson3 [8]; 7. 51-Kyle Ramsey2 [5]; 8. 37-James Stockton2 [6]; 9. 71-Daniel Stiffler [9]; 10. 002-Clifford Bellomy [15]; 11. 20-Colt Currie [22]; 12. 0-Bradlee Means [19]; 13. 2-Ty Dickenson [10]; 14. 68-Ronald Pyles [16]; 15. 43-Grady Ehrman [21]; 16. 01-Joshua Ringer [17]; 17. 5-Dylan Petty [20]; 18. 91-Ben Choate [18]; 19. 97-Butch Baker [7]; 20. 4-Joey Brewer [14]; 21. 48-Kyle Vaughn [12]; 22. 8-Aidan Skraha [11]; 23. 41-Nick Davis3 [23]; DNS. 121-Kevin M Davis

Qualifying (2 Laps) – 1. 157-Drew Hopkins [19.52]; 2. 1-Johnny Ratley [19.54]; 3. 045-Kyle Jared [19.576]; 4. 052-Billy Northcutt [19.605]; 5. 51-Kyle Ramsey2 [19.616]; 6. 37-James Stockton2 [19.625]; 7. 97-Butch Baker [19.636]; 8. 822-Tyler Jackson3 [19.638]; 9. 71-Daniel Stiffler [19.64]; 10. 2-Ty Dickenson [19.651]; 11. 8-Aidan Skraha [19.672]; 12. 48-Kyle Vaughn [19.696]; 13. 9-Shawn Hayes [19.699]; 14. 4-Joey Brewer [19.726]; 15. 002-Clifford Bellomy [19.731]; 16. 68-Ronald Pyles [19.736]; 17. 01-Joshua Ringer [19.736]; 18. 91-Ben Choate [19.74]; 19. 0-Bradlee Means [19.741]; 20. 5-Dylan Petty [19.75]; 21. 43-Grady Ehrman [19.776]; 22. 20-Colt Currie [19.875]; 23. 41-Nick Davis3 [19.95]; DNQ. 121-Kevin M Davis

PRELIMINARY ROUND SESSION 1

Feature (20 Laps, top-12 transfer) – 1. 20-Colt Currie [1]; 2. 41-Nick Davis3 [6]; 3. 9-Shawn Hayes [14]; 4. 002-Clifford Bellomy [4]; 5. 4-Joey Brewer [2]; 6. 1-Johnny Ratley [11]; 7. 68-Ronald Pyles [9]; 8. 052-Billy Northcutt [10]; 9. 777-Kyle Ramsey2 [15]; 10. 24-Kevin M Davis [8]; 11. 157-Drew Hopkins [5]; 12. 01-Joshua Ringer [17]; 13. 38-Ryan Carlisi [16]; 14. 5-Ian Goode [20]; 15. 13-Chris Papa [19]; 16. 50-Alex Bonsignore [3]; 17. 88-Coty Earnest [7]; 18. 19-Ben Harcum [23]; 19. 15-Joshua Garrison [24]; 20. 11-Dustin Fryer [21]; 21. 87-Rusty Bilger [12]; 22. 77-John Quill [18]; 23. 43-Jacob Hall [22]; 24. 64-Logan Koteles [13]

Qualifying (2 Laps) – 1. 052-Billy Northcutt [19.78]; 2. 5-Ian Goode [19.825]; 3. 9-Shawn Hayes [19.845]; 4. 777-Kyle Ramsey2 [19.847]; 5. 157-Drew Hopkins [19.859]; 6. 41-Nick Davis3 [19.86]; 7. 64-Logan Koteles [19.898]; 8. 19-Ben Harcum [19.902]; 9. 68-Ronald Pyles [19.905]; 10. 88-Coty Earnest [19.909]; 11. 01-Joshua Ringer [19.912]; 12. 50-Alex Bonsignore [19.913]; 13. 20-Colt Currie [19.915]; 14. 4-Joey Brewer [19.916]; 15. 43-Jacob Hall [19.918]; 16. 002-Clifford Bellomy [19.926]; 17. 24-Kevin M Davis [19.928]; 18. 38-Ryan Carlisi [19.929]; 19. 11-Tyler Dules [19.948]; 20. 1-Johnny Ratley [19.976]; 21. 87-Rusty Bilger [19.995]; 22. 77-John Quill [19.998]; 23. 11-Dustin Fryer [20.121]; 24. 10-Kody Isaacs [20.153]; 25. 13-Chris Papa [20.186]; 26. 665-Rex Van Horn III [20.197]; 27. 15-Joshua Garrison [20.236]

Matjoulis-Seay SpeedShop Heat 1 (8 Laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 20-Colt Currie [2]; 2. 002-Clifford Bellomy [1]; 3. 88-Coty Earnest [3]; 4. 052-Billy Northcutt [6]; 5. 64-Logan Koteles [4]; 6. 77-John Quill [8]; 7. 777-Kyle Ramsey2 [5]; 8. 11-Tyler Dules [7]; 9. 13-Chris Papa [9]

Matjoulis-Seay SpeedShop Heat 2 (8 Laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 4-Joey Brewer [2]; 2. 157-Drew Hopkins [5]; 3. 24-Kevin M Davis [1]; 4. 1-Johnny Ratley [7]; 5. 5-Ian Goode [6]; 6. 11-Dustin Fryer [8]; 7. 19-Ben Harcum [4]; 8. 01-Joshua Ringer [3]; 9. 665-Rex Van Horn III [9]

Heat 3 (8 Laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 50-Alex Bonsignore [3]; 2. 41-Nick Davis3 [5]; 3. 68-Ronald Pyles [4]; 4. 87-Rusty Bilger [7]; 79. 38-Ryan Carlisi [1]; 79. 10-Kody Isaacs [8]; 79. 9-Shawn Hayes [6]; 79. 15-Joshua Garrison [9]; 43. 43-Jacob Hall [2]

B-Main (10 Laps, top-12 transfer) – 1. 64-Logan Koteles [1]; 2. 9-Shawn Hayes [9]; 3. 777-Kyle Ramsey2 [7]; 4. 38-Ryan Carlisi [3]; 5. 01-Joshua Ringer [11]; 6. 77-John Quill [4]; 7. 13-Chris Papa [13]; 8. 5-Ian Goode [2]; 9. 11-Dustin Fryer [5]; 10. 43-Jacob Hall [15]; 11. 19-Ben Harcum [8]; 12. 15-Joshua Garrison [12]; 13. 665-Rex Van Horn III [14]; 14. 10-Kody Isaacs [6]; 15. 11-Tyler Dules [10]

PRELIMINARY ROUND SESSION 2

Feature (20 Laps, top-12 transfer) – 1. 045-Kyle Jared [4]; 2. 37-James Stockton2 [2]; 3. 8-Aidan Skraha [8]; 4. 71-Daniel Stiffler [10]; 5. 822-Tyler Jackson3 [6]; 6. 5-Dylan Petty [11]; 7. 2-Ty Dickenson [7]; 8. 97-Butch Baker [17]; 9. 0-Bradlee Means [18]; 10. 43-Grady Ehrman [3]; 11. 48-Kyle Vaughn [14]; 12. 91-Ben Choate [22]; 13. 11-Jaron Valley [1]; 14. 741-James Starry [13]; 15. 5-Jeremy Akins [19]; 16. 75-Gary Weaver [21]; 17. 77-Daniel Northcutt2 [9]; 18. 4-Judith Cooper [24]; 19. 13-Joshua Brandon [20]; 20. 05-Isaac Salas [15]; 21. 15-Adam Carlisle [5]; 22. 3-Dylan D Thomas [16]; 23. 100-Christopher Hill9 [23]; 24. 26-Sage Luther [12]

Qualifying (2 Laps) – 1. 05-Isaac Salas [19.44]; 2. 15-Adam Carlisle [19.506]; 3. 822-Tyler Jackson3 [19.511]; 4. 3-Dylan D Thomas [19.555]; 5. 8-Aidan Skraha [19.561]; 6. 26-Sage Luther [19.576]; 7. 045-Kyle Jared [19.582]; 8. 5-Dylan Petty [19.596]; 9. 100-Christopher Hill9 [19.597]; 10. 11-Jaron Valley [19.604]; 11. 37-James Stockton2 [19.622]; 12. 75-Gary Weaver [19.633]; 13. 71-Daniel Stiffler [19.643]; 14. 97-Butch Baker [19.664]; 15. 77-Daniel Northcutt2 [19.668]; 16. 2-Ty Dickenson [19.7]; 17. 48-Kyle Vaughn [19.704]; 18. 43-Grady Ehrman [19.705]; 19. 0-Bradlee Means [19.714]; 20. 38-Kenny Taylor [19.714]; 21. 32-Mike Watt5 [19.722]; 22. 741-James Starry [19.733]; 23. 13-Joshua Brandon [19.757]; 24. 84-Bryce Dickenson [19.769]; 25. 93-Cody Nehring [19.82]; 26. 91-Ben Choate [19.851]; 27. 5-Jeremy Akins [19.852]; 28. 57-William Curl [19.886]; 29. 4-Judith Cooper [19.892]

Matjoulis-Seay SpeedShop Heat 1 (8 Laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 11-Jaron Valley [3]; 2. 045-Kyle Jared [4]; 3. 2-Ty Dickenson [1]; 4. 71-Daniel Stiffler [2]; 5. 741-James Starry [8]; 6. 3-Dylan D Thomas [5]; 7. 05-Isaac Salas [6]; 8. 93-Cody Nehring [9]; 9. 57-William Curl [10]; 10. 0-Bradlee Means [7]

Matjoulis-Seay SpeedShop Heat 2 (8 Laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 37-James Stockton2 [3]; 2. 15-Adam Carlisle [6]; 3. 8-Aidan Skraha [5]; 4. 5-Dylan Petty [4]; 5. 48-Kyle Vaughn [1]; 6. 38-Kenny Taylor [7]; 7. 13-Joshua Brandon [8]; 8. 97-Butch Baker [2]; 9. 91-Ben Choate [9]; 10. 4-Judith Cooper [10]

Heat 3 (8 Laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 43-Grady Ehrman [1]; 2. 822-Tyler Jackson3 [6]; 3. 77-Daniel Northcutt2 [2]; 4. 26-Sage Luther [5]; 79. 75-Gary Weaver [3]; 79. 84-Bryce Dickenson [8]; 79. 5-Jeremy Akins [9]; 79. 32-Mike Watt5 [7]; Dirt Street Stock. 100-Christopher Hill9 [4]

B-Main 1 (10 Laps, top-6 transfer) – 1. 741-James Starry [1]; 2. 05-Isaac Salas [4]; 3. 97-Butch Baker [6]; 4. 5-Jeremy Akins [5]; 5. 75-Gary Weaver [2]; 6. 100-Christopher Hill9 [8]; 7. 57-William Curl [7]; 8. 38-Kenny Taylor [3]

B-Main 2 (10 Laps, top-6 transfer) – 1. 48-Kyle Vaughn [1]; 2. 3-Dylan D Thomas [2]; 3. 0-Bradlee Means [8]; 4. 13-Joshua Brandon [4]; 5. 91-Ben Choate [7]; 6. 4-Judith Cooper [9]; 7. 93-Cody Nehring [5]; 8. 32-Mike Watt5 [6]; 9. 84-Bryce Dickenson [3]

ONE START, ONE WIN: Hopkins Wins in Street Stock League Debut at Eldora

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Surviving one of the most intense, lap-after-lap battles in DIRTcar eSports history, Drew Hopkins bagged his first career Street Stock League victory Wednesday night at Eldora Speedway. The former World of Outlaws championship series racer from Kentucky out-paced a relentless Kyle Jared and Johnny Ratley over 30 laps to claim victory in his first career start with the League.

Though he led 19 laps after starting on the pole, Hopkins did not have an easy path into the Final Round. He placed 11th in his Preliminary Round Feature after starting P5, narrowly making the cut into the main event with the penultimate transfer position. But, he turned it on in Final Round Qualifying, laying down the fastest lap overall at 19.520, giving him the pole position on the starting grid.

Hopkins encountered heavy competition early on from Preliminary Round Feature #2 winner Kyle Jared, swapping the lead back-and-forth several times over the course of the race. But Hopkins came out on top in the end, staying strong on the final restart in the closing laps to keep Jared at bay and seal the $100 victory.

“I’ve just got to thank Kyle for racing me clean there,” Hopkins said in the DIRTcar eSports Twitch post-race interview. “I knew early we had a little bit of contact, but that was fun. I knew that one restart with about six or seven-to-go there, he could’ve had me, and I told him when the yellow came out that I got lucky.

“I’ve just got to thank him for a clean race. All-in-all, I had to work for that one, but it was fun.”

Jared crossed the stripe in second with Ratley right behind in third, while Billy Northcutt scored his best League finish in fourth and Shawn Hayes rounding out the top-five.

ABBREVIATED RESULTS (view full results)

Feature (30 Laps) – 1. 157-Drew Hopkins [1]; 2. 045-Kyle Jared [3]; 3. 1-Johnny Ratley [2]; 4. 052-Billy Northcutt [4]; 5. 9-Shawn Hayes [13]; 6. 822-Tyler Jackson [8]; 7. 51-Kyle Ramsey [5]; 8. 37-James Stockton [6]; 9. 71-Daniel Stiffler [9]; 10. 002-Clifford Bellomy [15]; 11. 20-Colt Currie [22]; 12. 00-Bradlee Means [19]; 13. 2-Ty Dickenson [10]; 14. 68-Ronald Pyles [16]; 15. 43-Grady Ehrman [21]; 16. 01-Joshua Ringer [17]; 17. 5-Dylan Petty [20]; 18. 91-Ben Choate [18]; 19. 97-Butch Baker [7]; 20. 4-Joey Brewer [14]; 21. 48-Kyle Vaughn [12]; 22. 8-Aidan Skraha [11]; 23. 41-Nick Davis [23]; DNS. 121-Kevin Davis