Evan Seay

DIGITAL DOMINATION: Seay Dominates Charlotte for $1,000 Win in Inaugural Digital Dash

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One-hundred thirty nine other drivers signed-up for a chance to take down the best Dirt Oval racers in the biggest Super DIRTcar Series Big Block Modified event in iRacing history. In the end, all fell to their knees and bowed at the feet of CFM eSports ringer Evan Seay, who led all 50 laps of the inaugural DIRTcar Digital Dash to collect the biggest cash prize in DIRTcar eSports history.

“We’ve won here with DIRTcar eSports before in the Big Blocks, but that wasn’t with the competition we have here tonight,” Seay said. “It’s not easy, and it definitely feels great to come out here and win again, not just for $250 but for $1,000 is awesome.”

Seay is now $1,000 richer after dominating the second day of the two-day event, first winning Magnum Race Design Preliminary Round Feature #1 before setting quick time in Final Round Qualifying and winning the big show from the pole. The Matjoulis-Seay SpeedShop #33 fended off pressure from runner-up Dylan Houser all race long, mastering restarts to keep Houser’s #2 at bay behind him.

“I know Dylan is always going to be there on those restarts – he’ll trying anything he can to get you off your game,” Seay said. “It was hard to figure out which line to choose going into [Turn] 1. I didn’t know which line I’d go if I had him cleared to the top, or if I didn’t have him cleared what line I could go.”

Houser nearly had Seay cleared for the lead on one of the late-race restarts, but the yellow was quickly thrown right after and forced him back to second. Try as he may, Houser was unable to take advantage on the restarts and get by for the lead.

“It was very tough, especially with these cars how the wig-out so bad before you take the green or even just pacing,” Houser said. “[Seay] makes one little move and you don’t know if he went or if he didn’t. So, you’ve got a 50/50 shot at timing it right.”

Third-place Dylan Wilson earned Hard Charger honors after a shy Qualifying effort of 23rd placed him nearly dead-last on the starting grid. In the end, he avoided the accidents and made every lap count on his way to the front, collecting $500 for his efforts.

ABBREVIATED RESULTS (view full results)

DIRTcar Digital Dash Feature (50 laps) – 1. 33-Evan Seay; 2. 2-Dylan Houser; 3. 80-Dylan Wilson; 4. 12-Alex Bergeron; 5. 02-Bryce Bailey; 6. 213-Jim Boniface; 7. 21-Caleb Schellenberg; 8. 85-Hunter Heck; 9. 42-Jordan Casey; 10. 6-Koulten Herbert; 11. 19-Mike Augustine; 12. 91-Felix Roy; 13. 002-Logan Gill; 14. 13-Aiden Bierlein; 15. 157-Drew Hopkins; 16. 82-Dalton DeWert; 17. 96-Gunnar Swanchara; 18. 88-William Watson; 19. 75-Ryan Gofmanas; 20. 32-Izaak Deoliveira; 21. 00-Kendal Tucker; 22. 37-Robby Swan; 23. 74-Loic Bernier; 24. 5-Isaac Salas

5/11/22 – DIRTcar Digital Dash Preliminary/Final Rounds

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DIRTcar Digital Dash Feature (50 laps) – 1. 33-Evan Seay; 2. 2-Dylan Houser; 3. 80-Dylan Wilson; 4. 12-Alex Bergeron; 5. 02-Bryce Bailey; 6. 213-Jim Boniface; 7. 21-Caleb Schellenberg; 8. 85-Hunter Heck; 9. 42-Jordan Casey; 10. 6-Koulten Herbert; 11. 19-Mike Augustine; 12. 91-Felix Roy; 13. 002-Logan Gill; 14. 13-Aiden Bierlein; 15. 157-Drew Hopkins; 16. 82-Dalton DeWert; 17. 96-Gunnar Swanchara; 18. 88-William Watson; 19. 75-Ryan Gofmanas; 20. 32-Isaak Deoliveira; 21. 00-Kendal Tucker; 22. 37-Robby Swan; 23. 74-Loic Bernier; 24. 5-Isaac Salas

Final Round Qualifying (2 laps) – 1. 33-Evan Seay [16.102]; 2. 19-Mike Augustine [16.112]; 3. 32-Izaak Deoliveira [16.126]; 4. 2-Dylan R. Houser [16.129]; 5. 3-Isaac Salas [16.134]; 6. 02-Bryce Bailey [16.137]; 7. 213-Jim Boniface [16.138]; 8. 96-Gunnar G Swanchara [16.144]; 9. 82-Dalton DeWert [16.144]; 10. 85-Hunter Heck [16.146]; 11. 74-Loic Bernier [16.159]; 12. 21-Caleb Schellenberg [16.161]; 13. 13-Aiden Bierlein [16.166]; 14. 91-Felix Roy2 [16.166]; 15. 002-Logan Gill [16.168]; 16. 88-William Watson4 [16.169]; 17. 12-Alex A Bergeron [16.186]; 18. 157-Drew Hopkins [16.224]; 19. 75-Ryan Gofmanas [16.224]; 20. 00-Kendal Tucker [16.234]; 21. 6-Koulten Herbert [16.245]; 22. 42-Jordan Casey [16.265]; 23. 80-Dylan Wilson [16.283]; 24. 37-Robby Swan [16.287]

Preliminary Round Group #1

Magnum Race Design Feature (30 laps, top-12 transfer) – 1. 33-Evan Seay [6]; 2. 74-Loic Bernier [4]; 3. 75-Ryan Gofmanas [8]; 4. 12-Alex A Bergeron [2]; 5. 32-Caleb Schellenberg [3]; 6. 42-Jordan Casey [1]; 7. 96-Gunnar G Swanchara [5]; 8. 82-Dalton DeWert [12]; 9. 13-Aiden Bierlein [7]; 10. 5-Isaac Salas [9]; 11. 2-Logan Gill [10]; 12. 157-Drew Hopkins [18]; 13. 10-Tyler Kinsey [13]; 14. 711-William Evans4 [24]; 15. 510-Jeff Kemp [21]; 16. 21-Anthony Vitale2 [23]; 17. 20-Blake Chapman [19]; 18. 9-Dylan DeWert Jr [22]; 19. 8-Trace Shock [20]; 20. 611-Logan Herbert [14]; 21. 261-Alex Bartorillo [17]; 22. 316-Devon Hower [11]; 23. 51-Ryan A Miller [15]; 24. 23-Lane Snook [16]

Last Chance Showdown (12 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 510-Jeff Kemp [3]; 2. 9-Dylan DeWert Jr [1]; 3. 21-Anthony Vitale2 [7]; 4. 711-William Evans4 [2]; 5. 05-Bryce Ciganik [6]; 6. 66-William Stites [10]; 7. 02-Chris W Watkins [4]; 8. 051-Clay Christopherson [9]; 9. 79-Dean Reynolds [12]; 10. 28-Jeff Sharp [11]; 11. 114-Brent Robinson2 [8]; 12. 27-Robert Henderson3 [5]

Heat 4 (10 laps, top-5 transfer) – 1. 74-Loic Bernier [2]; 2. 75-Ryan Gofmanas [4]; 3. 82-Dalton DeWert [1]; 4. 23-Lane Snook [7]; 5. 8-Trace Shock [3]; 6. 02-Chris W Watkins [6]; 7. 114-Brent Robinson2 [8]; 8. 79-Dean Reynolds [5]

Heat 3 (10 laps, top-5 transfer) – 1. 32-Caleb Schellenberg [3]; 2. 13-Aiden Bierlein [6]; 3. 316-Devon Hower [2]; 4. 51-Ryan A Miller [1]; 5. 20-Blake Chapman [7]; 6. 510-Jeff Kemp [5]; 7. 21-Anthony Vitale2 [8]; 8. 28-Jeff Sharp [4]

Matjoulis-Seay SpeedShop Heat 2 (10 laps, top-5 transfer) – 1. 12-Alex A Bergeron [1]; 2. 33-Evan Seay [2]; 3. 2-Logan Gill [4]; 4. 611-Logan Herbert [3]; 5. 157-Drew Hopkins [7]; 6. 711-William Evans4 [6]; 7. 05-Bryce Ciganik [8]; 8. 66-William Stites [5]

Team VLR Heat 1 (10 laps, top-5 transfer) – 1. 42-Jordan Casey [2]; 2. 96-Gunnar G Swanchara [1]; 3. 5-Isaac Salas [3]; 4. 10-Tyler Kinsey [4]; 5. 261-Alex Bartorillo [6]; 6. 9-Dylan DeWert Jr [8]; 7. 27-Robert Henderson3 [7]; 8. 051-Clay Christopherson [5]

Qualifying (2 laps) – 1. 96-Gunnar G Swanchara [15.838]; 2. 12-Alex A Bergeron [15.843]; 3. 51-Ryan A Miller [15.864]; 4. 82-Dalton DeWert [15.868]; 5. 42-Jordan Casey [15.87]; 6. 33-Evan Seay [15.873]; 7. 316-Devon Hower [15.877]; 8. 74-Loic Bernier [15.881]; 9. 5-Isaac Salas [15.895]; 10. 611-Logan Herbert [15.899]; 11. 32-Caleb Schellenberg [15.919]; 12. 8-Trace Shock [15.924]; 13. 10-Tyler Kinsey [15.929]; 14. 2-Logan Gill [15.932]; 15. 28-Jeff Sharp [15.939]; 16. 75-Ryan Gofmanas [15.94]; 17. 051-Clay Christopherson [15.944]; 18. 66-William Stites [15.949]; 19. 510-Jeff Kemp [15.952]; 20. 79-Dean Reynolds [15.958]; 21. 261-Alex Bartorillo [15.979]; 22. 711-William Evans4 [15.984]; 23. 13-Aiden Bierlein [15.987]; 24. 02-Chris W Watkins [15.992]; 25. 27-Robert Henderson3 [15.995]; 26. 157-Drew Hopkins [15.998]; 27. 20-Blake Chapman [16]; 28. 23-Lane Snook [16.008]; 29. 9-Dylan DeWert Jr [16.028]; 30. 05-Bryce Ciganik [16.058]; 31. 21-Anthony Vitale2 [16.079]; 32. 114-Brent Robinson2 [16.089]

Preliminary Round Group #2

Swan Speed Shop Feature (30 laps, top-12 transfer) – 1. 91-Felix Roy2 [3]; 2. 80-Dylan Wilson [5]; 3. 85-Hunter Heck [7]; 4. 2-Dylan R. Houser [2]; 5. 02-Bryce Bailey [9]; 6. 213-Jim Boniface [10]; 7. 6-Koulten Herbert [6]; 8. 88-William Watson4 [14]; 9. 00-Kendal Tucker [15]; 10. 19-Mike Augustine [1]; 11. 32-izaak Deoliveira [11]; 12. 37-Robby Swan [13]; 13. 115-Eric Tupper [12]; 14. 84-Michael Hackett3 [4]; 15. 8-Tyler Jackson3 [16]; 16. 3-J Speedy Bresette [17]; 17. 18-Gavin Eisele [22]; 18. 9-Carl Kilgore [18]; 19. 48-Scott V Fritz [19]; 20. 60-Kevin Robinson5 [20]; 21. 79-Dalton Gauthier [23]; 22. 002-Bobby Trapper [24]; 23. 15-Justin Sick [21]; 24. 084-Clay Debban [8]

Last Chance Showdown (12 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 15-Justin Sick [1]; 2. 18-Gavin Eisele [4]; 3. 79-Dalton Gauthier [7]; 4. 002-Bobby Trapper [11]; 5. 17-Brett Rowles [2]; 6. 5-Corey Teeple [6]; 7. 004-Hank Silver [8]; 8. 27-Hunter Smith [10]; 9. 21-Matt Yorker [3]; 10. 4-Brian Wrubel [13]; 11. 05-Scooter Black [5]; 12. 04-Brandon Stuhler [12]; 13. 43-Nick King [9]

Heat 4 (10 laps, top-5 transfer) – 1. 84-Michael Hackett3 [1]; 2. 084-Clay Debban [2]; 3. 115-Eric Tupper [7]; 4. 8-Tyler Jackson3 [5]; 5. 60-Kevin Robinson5 [4]; 6. 18-Gavin Eisele [8]; 7. 004-Hank Silver [6]; 8. 04-Brandon Stuhler [3]

Heat 3 (10 laps, top-5 transfer) – 1. 91-Felix Roy2 [1]; 2. 85-Hunter Heck [3]; 3. 32-izaak Deoliveira [2]; 4. 00-Kendal Tucker [4]; 5. 48-Scott V Fritz [5]; 6. 21-Matt Yorker [8]; 7. 79-Dalton Gauthier [7]; 8. 002-Bobby Trapper [6]

Heat 2 (10 laps, top-5 transfer) – 1. 2-Dylan R. Houser [3]; 2. 6-Koulten Herbert [1]; 3. 213-Jim Boniface [2]; 4. 88-William Watson4 [4]; 5. 9-Carl Kilgore [7]; 6. 17-Brett Rowles [6]; 7. 5-Corey Teeple [5]; 8. 27-Hunter Smith10 [8]; 9. 5-Dylan Petty [9]

Heat 1 (10 laps, top-5 transfer) – 1. 19-Mike Augustine [3]; 2. 80-Dylan Wilson [4]; 3. 02-Bryce Bailey [2]; 4. 37-Robby Swan [1]; 5. 3-J Speedy Bresette [8]; 6. 16-Justin Sick [6]; 7. 05-Scooter Black [5]; 8. 43-Nick King [9]; 9. 4-Brian Wrubel [7]

Qualifying (2 laps) – 1. 37-Robby Swan [15.907]; 2. 6-Koulten Herbert [15.909]; 3. 91-Felix Roy2 [15.91]; 4. 84-Michael Hackett3 [15.92]; 5. 02-Bryce Bailey [15.939]; 6. 213-Jim Boniface [15.943]; 7. 32-izaak Deoliveira [15.948]; 8. 084-Clay Debban [15.959]; 9. 19-Mike Augustine [15.964]; 10. 2-Dylan R. Houser [15.968]; 11. 85-Hunter Heck [15.972]; 12. 04-Brandon Stuhler [15.975]; 13. 80-Dylan Wilson [15.984]; 14. 88-William Watson4 [15.996]; 15. 00-Kendal Tucker [16]; 16. 60-Kevin Robinson5 [16.002]; 17. 05-Scooter Black [16.006]; 18. 5-Corey Teeple [16.008]; 19. 48-Scott V Fritz [16.01]; 20. 8-Tyler Jackson3 [16.011]; 21. 15-Justin Sick [16.012]; 22. 17-Brett Rowles [16.014]; 23. 002-Bobby Trapper [16.017]; 24. 004-Hank Silver [16.021]; 25. 4-Brian Wrubel [16.03]; 26. 9-Carl Kilgore [16.038]; 27. 79-Dalton Gauthier [16.046]; 28. 115-Eric Tupper [16.063]; 29. 3-J Speedy Bresette [16.063]; 30. 27-Hunter Smith10 [16.069]; 31. 21-Matt Yorker [16.094]; 32. 18-Gavin Eisele [16.101]; 33. 43-Nick King [16.111]; 34. 5-Dylan Petty [16.301]

BIG BLOCKS, BIGGER TROPHY: Matjoulis Wins Title in Shootout at Charlotte

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After winning the World of Outlaws Late Model iRacing World Championship in 2019, CFM eSports driver Blake Matjoulis set out on the championship trail of the DIRTcar eSports Tour in Season 4 and instantly knew he’d be in contention to win his first title. Ten races later, and the fixed-series championship gold is now his.

Coming into the final race, Matjoulis was tied with World Championship rival Alex Bergeron and one point ahead of CFM teammate Ean Seay, making the most intense battles for the championship in Tour history. Matjoulis put himself ahead early, qualifying second-fastest of 42 cars and winning his Heat Race to set him on the front row of the Feature.

Polesitter Hayden Cardwell led until exactly the halfway point, but a costly mistake getting into Turn 1 slammed him into the outside wall, coughing up the lead to Matjoulis. Cardwell then wrecked in Turns 3-4, bringing out the yellow and sending him to the tail.

Matjoulis fended off pressure from Seay from there on out, and sealed the deal in the final laps when Cardwell nearly completed an amazing comeback from the tail of the field by beating him, and Seay, to the stripe in a race off Turn 4 to clinch his first Tour championship.

CFM eSports Feature (50 laps) 1. 127-Blake Matjoulis [2]; 2. 33-Evan Seay [5]; 3. 07-Hayden Cardwell [1]; 4. 41-Logan Rumsey [4]; 5. 12-Alex A Bergeron [6]; 6. 00-Kendal Tucker [12]; 7. 69-Brent D Carter [18]; 8. 23-Ethan C Toedter [13]; 9. 000-Peter Neuder [19]; 10. 96-Gunnar G Swanchara [7]; 11. 013-Aiden Bierlein [16]; 12. 15-Justin Sick [21]; 13. 045-Kyle Jared [22]; 14. 30-Stevin Goldner [20]; 15. 13-Lane Smith2 [8]; 16. 88-Tyler Mayo [10]; 17. 28-Dalton DeWert [15]; 18. 51-Ryan A Miller [14]; 19. 22-Levi Stagman [24]; 20. 9-Carl Kilgore [23]; 21. 48-Dylan Yeager [9]; 22. 74-Loic Bernier [3]; 23. 09-Tanner Tomasi [11]; 24. 85-Tyler Schell [17]

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]

11/17/21 – UMP Modifieds at Fairbury Speedway

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Summit Racing Equipment Feature (40 Laps) 1. 33-Evan Seay [1]; 2. 127-Blake Matjoulis [5]; 3. 12-Alex Bergeron [8]; 4. 41-Logan Rumsey [3]; 5. 09-Tanner Tomasi [2]; 6. 8-Austin Hunter [11]; 7. 2-Dylan Houser [14]; 8. 35-Nick Cooper [4]; 9. 4-Brandon Stuhler [7]; 10. 196-Ricky LaDuke [10]; 11. 331-Dustin Hall [16]; 12. 15-Mavrick Davidson [19]; 13. 000-Damian Kiefer [18]; 14. 48-Dylan Yeager [6]; 15. 9-Brad Almond [21]; 16. 96-Gunnar Swanchara [13]; 17. 7-Cole Rhodes [17]; 18. 77-Blaise Baker [22]; 19. 02-Chance Carr [12]; 20. 14-Chris Olson [24]; 21. 22-Travis Kumpf [23]; 22. 26-Sage Luther [15]; 23. 30-Stevin Goldner [9]; 24. 74-Loic Bernier [20]

Qualifying (2 Laps) 1. 33-Evan Seay [12.728]; 2. 127-Blake Matjoulis [12.83]; 3. 74-Loic Bernier [12.843]; 4. 93-Zane Yost [12.869]; 5. 115-Boddie Parker [12.869]; 6. 48-Dylan Yeager [12.873]; 7. 105-Sheldon Oberle [12.875]; 8. 8-Austin Hunter [12.876]; 9. 41-Logan Rumsey [12.877]; 10. 4-Brandon Stuhler [12.878]; 11. 09-Tanner Tomasi [12.9]; 12. 02-Chance Carr [12.902]; 13. 196-Ricky LaDuke [12.902]; 14. 12-Alex Bergeron [12.903]; 15. 29-Richie Yost [12.923]; 16. 96-Gunnar Swanchara [12.945]; 17. 2-Dylan Houser [12.948]; 18. 7-Cole Rhodes [13.003]; 19. 35-Nick Cooper [13.01]; 20. 331-Dustin Hall [13.023]; 21. 15-Mavrick Davidson [13.023]; 22. 94-Kevin Battering [13.036]; 23. 85-Tyler Schell [13.078]; 24. 29-Billy Richardson [13.155]; 25. 9-Brad Almond [13.158]; 26. 8-Blair Kraus [13.165]; 27. 26-Sage Luther [13.249]; 28. 00-Kaden Folkerts [13.28]; 29. 22-Travis Kumpf [13.377]; 30. 30-Stevin Goldner [13.392]; 31. 77-Blaise Baker [13.479]; 32. 14-Chris Olson [13.65]; 33. 46-Jonathan Nause [13.677]; 34. 000-Damian Kiefer [NT]

Heat 1 (10 Laps, top-4 transfer) 1. 33-Evan Seay [1]; 2. 35-Nick Cooper [7]; 3. 4-Brandon Stuhler [4]; 4. 196-Ricky LaDuke [5]; 5. 96-Gunnar Swanchara [6]; 6. 77-Blaise Baker [11]; 7. 00-Kaden Folkerts [10]; 8. 94-Kevin Battering [8]; 9. 9-Brad Almond [9]; 10. 105-Sheldon Oberle [3]; 11. 93-Zane Yost [2]; 12. 000-Damian Kiefer [12]

Heat 2 (10 Laps, top-4 transfer) 1. 09-Tanner Tomasi [4]; 2. 127-Blake Matjoulis [1]; 3. 12-Alex Bergeron [5]; 4. 8-Austin Hunter [3]; 5. 2-Dylan Houser [6]; 6. 115-Boddie Parker [2]; 7. 331-Dustin Hall [7]; 8. 8-Blair Kraus [9]; 9. 85-Tyler Schell [8]; 10. 22-Travis Kumpf [10]; 11. 14-Chris Olson [11]

Heat 3 (10 Laps, top-4 transfer) 1. 41-Logan Rumsey [3]; 2. 48-Dylan Yeager [2]; 3. 30-Stevin Goldner [10]; 4. 02-Chance Carr [4]; 5. 26-Sage Luther [9]; 6. 74-Loic Bernier [1]; 7. 46-Jonathan Nause [11]; 8. 29-Billy Richardson [8]; 9. 7-Cole Rhodes [6]; 10. 29-Richie Yost [5]; 11. 15-Mavrick Davidson [7]

B-Main 1 (14 Laps, top-6 transfer) 1. 96-Gunnar Swanchara [1]; 2. 26-Sage Luther [2]; 3. 7-Cole Rhodes [8]; 4. 15-Mavrick Davidson [11]; 5. 9-Brad Almond [7]; 6. 22-Travis Kumpf [9]; 7. 8-Blair Kraus [6]; 8. 46-Jonathan Nause [5]; 9. 00-Kaden Folkerts [4]; 10. 115-Boddie Parker [3]; 11. 93-Zane Yost [10]

B-Main 2 (14 Laps, top-6 transfer) 1. 2-Dylan Houser [1]; 2. 331-Dustin Hall [4]; 3. 000-Damian Kiefer [11]; 4. 74-Loic Bernier [3]; 5. 77-Blaise Baker [2]; 6. 14-Chris Olson [10]; 7. 29-Billy Richardson [6]; 8. 85-Tyler Schell [7]; 9. 94-Kevin Battering [5]; 10. 29-Richie Yost [9]; 11. 105-Sheldon Oberle [8]

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

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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

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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

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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]

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

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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]