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TRIP OF A LIFETIME: Dylan Yeager Scores Trip To 50th Super DIRT Week After 50-for-50 eSports Classic Victory

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NAPA Super DIRT Week will make history in less than two weeks with its 50th Running at Oswego Speedway. However, one historic moment was already made for the event Tuesday night by a young iRacing driver.

iRacing pro driver Dylan Yeager, of Hamilton Township, NJ, captured his first career DIRTcar eSports victory in the inaugural Super DIRT Week 50-for-50 eSports Classic, winning a trip to be honored at the 50th Running of NAPA Auto Parts Super DIRT Week, Oct. 3-9.

Yeager was awarded the grand prize package – an authentic Super DIRT Week experience that includes two weeklong passes to the event, a hotel room reservation, travel reimbursement, and a 1-of-1 custom winner’s trophy that will be presented on stage during the Friday Night Lights portion of Super DIRT Week on Friday, Oct. 7.

“It’s gonna be so awesome, I can’t believe it,” Yeager said. “This is so cool, it’s gonna be such a cool event.”

Yeager crossed the stripe almost 1.5 seconds ahead of the field in a dominating victory.

His path to Victory Hill at the virtual Weedsport Speedway almost ended early, however, as Yeager nearly reached iRacing’s incident point limit of 12x in Preliminary Round Feature #1 – which, if reached, would have disqualified him from competition. But he held it together in the closing circuits of the 30-lap event and drove his #48 Super DIRTcar Series Big Block Modified the remaining distance without incident to finish P5 and qualify for the Final Round.

From there, Yeager dominated. He turned the fastest lap in Final Round Qualifying to claim the pole for the 50-lap Feature and proceeded to put on a clinic, leading all 50 laps to score the win and the richest prize in DIRTcar eSports history.

“It’s awesome,” Yeager said. “It took so long to win a DIRTcar-sanctioned race for me, and it feels great. To do it in these cars… I love racing these things.”

Yeager will be attending Super DIRT Week with his father, and was emphatic about what he’s looking forward to the most.

“Just going there, meeting new people and checking out the racing,” Yeager said. “The track is awesome, I’ve seen videos from there, and I’m hoping this will be a cool event to go to. I’m excited.”

Fellow iRacing Pro license driver Tyler Ducharme, of Bomoseen, VT, climbed from seventh on the starting grid to finish second – his best career DIRTcar eSports finish – and collected a $200 prize. Preliminary Round Feature #1 winner Robby Swan, of Oswego, NY, rounded out the podium and collected a $100 check for his efforts.

Ducharme (25), Swan (37) and Gavin Collins (64) racing for second through Turns 1-2

Each of the top-10 finishers received a complimentary pass to watch the 50th Super DIRT Week on DIRTVision in addition to their cash prizes.

Race fans can watch the 50th Super DIRT Week on DIRTVision as well, starting with a day of practice for all divisions on Wednesday, Oct. 5, at 1:45pm ET.

Tickets for the event are on sale now. Click here to purchase yours and experience the historic 50th NAPA Super DIRT Week.

ABBREVIATED RESULTS (view full results)

Final Round Feature (50 Laps) – 1. 48-Dylan Yeager [1]; 2. 25-Tyler Ducharme [7]; 3. 37-Robby Swan [4]; 4. 64-Gavin Collins [2]; 5. 2-Matt S Sanders [9]; 6. 213-Jim Boniface [14]; 7. 9-Collin Murphy [12]; 8. 98-Logan Hickerson [15]; 9. 22-Nick Cooper [13]; 10. 13-Bryce Bailey [6]; 11. 5-Logan Roark [3]; 12. 7-Brandon McDonald [23]; 13. 17-Dylan Wilson [11]; 14. 20-Dylan DeWert Jr [20]; 15. 3-J Speedy Bresette [18]; 16. 28-Jeff Sharp [21]; 17. 16-Dylan D Thomas [24]; 18. 56-Aaron Brown12 [5]; 19. 72-David Cologgi [17]; 20. 44-John Ruggiero Jr. [16]; 21. 4-John Cannizzaro [19]; 22. 99-Brian Lawson [8]; 23. 88-William Watson4 [10]; 24. 15-Justin Sick [22]

9/20/22 – Super DIRT Week 50-for-50 eSports Classic

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Final Round Feature (50 Laps) – 1. 48-Dylan Yeager [1]; 2. 25-Tyler Ducharme [7]; 3. 37-Robby Swan [4]; 4. 64-Gavin Collins [2]; 5. 2-Matt S Sanders [9]; 6. 213-Jim Boniface [14]; 7. 9-Collin Murphy [12]; 8. 98-Logan Hickerson [15]; 9. 22-Nick Cooper [13]; 10. 13-Bryce Bailey [6]; 11. 5-Logan Roark [3]; 12. 7-Brandon McDonald [23]; 13. 17-Dylan Wilson [11]; 14. 20-Dylan DeWert Jr [20]; 15. 3-J Speedy Bresette [18]; 16. 28-Jeff Sharp [21]; 17. 16-Dylan D Thomas [24]; 18. 56-Aaron Brown12 [5]; 19. 72-David Cologgi [17]; 20. 44-John Ruggiero Jr. [16]; 21. 4-John Cannizzaro [19]; 22. 99-Brian Lawson [8]; 23. 88-William Watson4 [10]; 24. 15-Justin Sick [22]

Qualifying (2 Laps) – 1. 48-Dylan Yeager [15.077]; 2. 64-Gavin Collins [15.078]; 3. 5-Logan Roark [15.083]; 4. 37-Robby Swan [15.105]; 5. 56-Aaron Brown12 [15.111]; 6. 13-Bryce Bailey [15.112]; 7. 25-Tyler Ducharme [15.127]; 8. 99-Brian Lawson [15.131]; 9. 2-Matt S Sanders [15.139]; 10. 88-William Watson4 [15.142]; 11. 17-Dylan Wilson [15.147]; 12. 9-Collin Murphy [15.152]; 13. 22-Nick Cooper [15.155]; 14. 213-Jim Boniface [15.157]; 15. 98-Logan Hickerson [15.177]; 16. 44-John Ruggiero Jr. [15.179]; 17. 72-David Cologgi [15.179]; 18. 3-J Speedy Bresette [15.185]; 19. 4-John Cannizzaro [15.187]; 20. 20-Dylan DeWert Jr [15.212]; 21. 28-Jeff Sharp [15.235]; 22. 15-Justin Sick [15.275]; 23. 7-Brandon McDonald [15.291]; 24. 16-Dylan D Thomas [15.318]

Prelim 1 Feature (30 Laps, top-12 transfer) – ​​1. 37-Robby Swan [1]; 2. 9-Collin Murphy [8]; 3. 25-Tyler Ducharme [2]; 4. 72-David Cologgi [5]; 5. 48-Dylan Yeager [3]; 6. 4-John Cannizzaro [19]; 7. 56-Aaron Brown12 [9]; 8. 3-J Speedy Bresette [12]; 9. 15-Justin Sick [23]; 10. 99-Brian Lawson [10]; 11. 5-Brandon McDonald [11]; 12. 1-Logan Roark [6]; 13. 10-Dylan Rabtoy [16]; 14. 14-Brian Hoag2 [14]; 15. 22-Damian Kiefer [4]; 16. 6-Zachary Fremouw [17]; 17. 13-Jakob Banks [15]; 18. 21-Gary Siggelkow [20]; 19. 82-Dalton DeWert [7]; 20. 747-Michael Justified Vecchio [18]; 21. 18-Logan Wentz [13]; 22. 7-Samuel Bachman [21]; 23. 46-Todd Gardner [22]

Qualifying (2 Laps) – 1. 37-Robby Swan [14.939]; 2. 25-Tyler Ducharme [14.952]; 3. 48-Dylan Yeager [14.974]; 4. 82-Dalton DeWert [14.977]; 5. 72-David Cologgi [15.002]; 6. 1-Logan Roark [15.003]; 7. 22-Damian Kiefer [15.004]; 8. 9-Collin Murphy [15.009]; 9. 747-Michael Justified Vecchio [15.038]; 10. 99-Brian Lawson [15.045]; 11. 15-Justin Sick [15.053]; 12. 56-Aaron Brown12 [15.055]; 13. 4-John Cannizzaro [15.063]; 14. 5-Brandon McDonald [15.071]; 15. 3-J Speedy Bresette [15.101]; 16. 18-Logan Wentz [15.107]; 17. 14-Brian Hoag2 [15.156]; 18. 13-Jakob Banks [15.156]; 19. 10-Dylan Rabtoy [15.183]; 20. 6-Zachary Fremouw [15.183]; 21. 7-Samuel Bachman [15.211]; 22. 46-Todd Gardner [15.37]; 23. 21-Gary Siggelkow [15.78]

Heat 1 (10 Laps, top-6 transfer) – 37-Robby Swan [1]; 2. 22-Damian Kiefer [3]; 3. 82-Dalton DeWert [2]; 4. 99-Brian Lawson [4]; 5. 18-Logan Wentz [6]; 6. 10-Dylan Rabtoy [7]; 7. 4-John Cannizzaro [5]; 8. 46-Todd Gardner [8]

Heat 2 (10 Laps, top-6 transfer) – 25-Tyler Ducharme [1]; 2. 72-David Cologgi [2]; 3. 9-Collin Murphy [3]; 4. 5-Brandon McDonald [5]; 5. 14-Brian Hoag2 [6]; 6. 6-Zachary Fremouw [7]; 7. 21-Gary Siggelkow [8]; 8. 15-Justin Sick [4]

Heat 3 (10 Laps, top-6 transfer) – 48-Dylan Yeager [1]; 2. 1-Logan Roark [2]; 3. 56-Aaron Brown12 [4]; 4. 3-J Speedy Bresette [5]; 5. 13-Jakob Banks [6]; 6. 747-Michael Justified Vecchio [3]; 7. 7-Samuel Bachman [7]

Prelim 2 Feature (30 Laps, top-12 transfer) – 1. 3-Bryce Bailey [1]; 2. 11-Nick Cooper [2]; 3. 23-Dylan Wilson [4]; 4. 44-John Ruggiero Jr. [8]; 5. 64-Gavin Collins [10]; 6. 16-Jim Boniface [5]; 7. 2-Matt S Sanders [13]; 8. 98-Logan Hickerson [6]; 9. 88-William Watson4 [9]; 10. 3-Dylan D Thomas [16]; 11. 28-Jeff Sharp [15]; 12. 20-Dylan DeWert Jr [12]; 13. 7-Andy Hunter [11]; 14. 26-Dean Reynolds [21]; 15. 91-Tanner Tomasi [3]; 16. 5-Austin Jackson5 [18]; 17. 21-Justin A Brown [14]; 18. 117-Joshua Johnson9 [17]; 19. 213-Michael Vitale [20]; 20. 79-Tyler Bowman4 [22]; 21. 97-Butch Baker [24]; 22. 4-Scott Reyome [19]; 23. 17-Billy Roberts2 [23]; 24. 99-Chase Hardy [7]

Qualifying (2 Laps) 3-Bryce Bailey [14.981]; 2. 11-Nick Cooper [15.031]; 3. 91-Tanner Tomasi [15.039]; 4. 23-Dylan Wilson [15.062]; 5. 16-Jim Boniface [15.065]; 6. 98-Logan Hickerson [15.069]; 7. 99-Chase Hardy [15.072]; 8. 21-Justin A Brown [15.078]; 9. 20-Dylan DeWert Jr [15.08]; 10. 64-Gavin Collins [15.081]; 11. 44-John Ruggiero Jr. [15.1]; 12. 88-William Watson4 [15.103]; 13. 2-Matt S Sanders [15.104]; 14. 7-Andy Hunter [15.13]; 15. 28-Jeff Sharp [15.132]; 16. 4-Scott Reyome [15.151]; 17. 117-Joshua Johnson9 [15.183]; 18. 97-Butch Baker [15.184]; 19. 26-Dean Reynolds [15.199]; 20. 17-Billy Roberts2 [15.201]; 21. 5-Austin Jackson5 [15.202]; 22. 3-Dylan D Thomas [15.25]; 23. 213-Michael Vitale [15.261]; 24. 79-Tyler Bowman4 [15.29]; 25. 76-Jeremiah Lockwood [15.472]; 26. 27-Steven Hulbert [18.386]

Heat 1 (10 Laps, top-6 transfer) – 3-Bryce Bailey [1]; 2. 23-Dylan Wilson [2]; 3. 99-Chase Hardy [3]; 4. 64-Gavin Collins [4]; 5. 2-Matt S Sanders [5]; 6. 3-Dylan D Thomas [8]; 7. 4-Scott Reyome [6]; 8. 26-Dean Reynolds [7]; 9. 76-Jeremiah Lockwood [9]

Heat 2 (10 Laps, top-6 transfer) – 11-Nick Cooper [1]; 2. 16-Jim Boniface [2]; 3. 44-John Ruggiero Jr. [4]; 4. 7-Andy Hunter [5]; 5. 21-Justin A Brown [3]; 6. 117-Joshua Johnson9 [6]; 7. 213-Michael Vitale [8]; 8. 17-Billy Roberts2 [7]; 9. 27-Steven Hulbert [9]

Heat 3 (10 Laps, top-6 transfer) – 91-Tanner Tomasi [1]; 2. 98-Logan Hickerson [2]; 3. 88-William Watson4 [4]; 4. 20-Dylan DeWert Jr [3]; 5. 28-Jeff Sharp [5]; 6. 5-Austin Jackson5 [7]; 7. 79-Tyler Bowman4 [8]; 8. 97-Butch Baker [6]

Last Chance Showdown (14 Laps, top-6 transfer) – 1. 4-Scott Reyome [1]; 2. 213-Michael Vitale [2]; 3. 26-Dean Reynolds [4]; 4. 79-Tyler Bowman4 [3]; 5. 17-Billy Roberts2 [5]; 6. 97-Butch Baker [6]; 7. 76-Jeremiah Lockwood [7]; 8. 27-Steven Hulbert [8]

THUNDER VALLEY THROWDOWN: Seay Leads Flag-to-Flag in Tour UMP Modified Action at Bristol

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Seay’s fourth career Tour victory ties him with Alex Bergeron for most all-time

He’s been in Victory Lane with his Summit Racing Equipment UMP Modified on DIRTVision before, and now he’s done it again. With his fourth career victory aboard the DIRTcar eSports Tour Wednesday night at the virtual Bristol Motor Speedway, Evan Seay now sits tied for the most Feature wins in Tour history.

Grabbing the lead at the drop of the green, Seay, of Chesnee, SC, pulled out to a big advantage over his competition early, turning the fastest lap of the race on Lap 2. It wasn’t until the halfway mark passed before Seay received his first challenge from a hard-charging Dylan Yeager, who started on the front row but had fallen all the way back to ninth on the initial start.

Yeager, of Hamilton, NJ, immediately hit the high side and began making up spots rapidly, reaching the runner-up spot by Lap 12. He then used that momentum to track down leader Seay as he approached lapped traffic.

[From top] Dustin Hall (331), Randall Carter (37) and Bergeron (12) battling for position (Joe Grabianowski Photo)
“I told myself I was going to stick to the bottom the first few laps, and it ended up working out and getting me the lead. But all of a sudden, it just slowed way down a ton on the bottom about eight laps in. [Yeager] basically just caught me just running the top – the top was that much faster,” Seay said.

But a few costly mistakes on the treacherous high side of Bristol broke Yeager’s momentum on multiple occasions, giving Seay the edge he needed to pull away.

“As my dad always says, I race better when I’m pissed off, so I got up on the wheel and drove back up to P2,” Yeager said. “I was running down Evan at the end and then I started messing up and hitting the wall.”

Seay turned on the jets in the home stretch and brought home the $250 payday on cruise control.  With an eighth-place finish last week with the Big Block Modifieds at Weedsport, Seay now sits inside the top-five of the points standings.

Defending Tour champion Kendal Tucker, of Mount Airy, NC, made his first appearance of the season Wednesday night and had a solid run going, tracking down Yeager in the final laps and making the pass in traffic to clinch a runner-up finish.

Tucker (00) and Yeager (48) battling for second late in the race (Joe Grabianowski Photo)

With all of the back-and-forth, ups-and-downs Yeager had over the 40-lap contest, it’s no surprise he was almost relieved to see the checkered fly by race’s end.

“I think that’s the first time I’ve ever sweated in a sim race before,” Yeager said.

The DIRTcar eSports Tour action continues next Wednesday night, April 7, with Round 3 of action at the Williams Grove Speedway. The Super DIRTcar Series Big Block Modifieds will be the vehicle of choice – catch all of the action live in the iRacing server or on DIRTVision at 8pm ET.

Summit Racing Equipment Feature (40 Laps) – 1. 33 – Evan Seay (3), 2. 00 – Kendall Tucker (4), 3. 48 – Dylan Yeager (2), 4. 12 – Alex Bergeron (4), 5. 000 – Kevin Dedmon (11), 6. 331 – Dustin Hall (1), 7. 033 – Richard Murtaugh Jr. (17), 8. 37 – Randall Carter (7), 9. 115 – Boddie Parker (10), 10. 85 – Tyler Schell ((16), 11. 41 – Logan Rumsey (14), 12. 1 – Jesse Enterkin (13), 13. 30 – Tyler Jackson (15), 14. 17 – Brett Rowles (23), 15. 71 – Kevin Hebert (12), 16. 928 – Josh Vinci (20), 17. 29 – William Richardson (24), 18. 24 – Dominque Foster (22), 19. 19. 44 – Clint Sullivan (19), 20. 013 – Brent Feher (18), 21. 69 – Brent Carter (9), 22. 127 – Blake Matjoulis (5), 23 32 – Daniel Powell (21), 24. 2 – Dylan Houser (8)