Floyd Wins at I-55 in Second Career Street Stock League Start

For the fourth time in four races, a new face has graced DIRTcar eSports Street Stock League Victory Lane.

Last Wednesday night, the Iowan conquered the Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55, winning separate battles with League regulars Isaac Salas and Kyle Jared in the second half of the 35-lapper to score his first DIRTcar eSports Feature win in only his second career start.

From seventh on the grid, Floyd advanced to sixth before the first caution flag was displayed on Lap 7. When the field went back to green, Floyd went on a spree, climbing sixth to the lead in six laps around the virtual 1/3-mile oval. Salas, the outside polesitter, took the lead back on Lap 14, while Floyd slipped back to second.

For the next seven laps, Salas and Floyd engaged in a merciless battle for the top spot, going side-by-side before Floyd edged ahead on Lap 21. A bit of beating-and-banging erupted in the process, inciting some frustration.

“I tried to give him as much room as I could on the bottom, because he had the line,” Floyd said in the DIRTcar eSports Twitch post-race interview. “Obviously, (at I-55), it’s on the bottom. So I figured I was giving him enough room that he could still do it, but he kept driving into my left-rear.

“But, it’s how anybody would be if they were racing for the lead. If someone’s gonna keep driving into you, you’re gonna say something, obviously. It was a good race with him.”

After the final restart on Lap 24, Floyd grabbed the lead and led the remaining 11 laps, holding off a hard charge from 11th-starting Kyle Jared to seal the victory.

ABBREVIATED RESULTS (view full results)

Feature (35 Laps) – 1. 18-Jaycee Floyd [7]; 2. 45-Kyle Jared [11]; 3. 15-Adam Carlisle [13]; 4. 39-Isaac Salas [2]; 5. 157-Drew Hopkins [17]; 6. 100-Christopher Hill9 [3]; 7. 52-Billy Northcutt [19]; 8. 71-Daniel Stiffler [10]; 9. 22-Joshua Thomas4 [20]; 10. 0-Bradlee Means [5]; 11. 84-Bryce Dickenson [21]; 12. 36-Dylan D Thomas [1]; 13. 822-Tyler Jackson3 [16]; 14. 46-Kyle Ramsey2 [23]; 15. 7-Seth Kastl [6]; 16. 11-Dustin Fryer [4]; 17. 68-Ronald Pyles [22]; 18. 2-Ty Dickenson [14]; 19. 20-Colt Currie [9]; 20. 43-Grady Ehrman [15]; 21. 64-Logan Koteles [12]; 22. 1-Joshua Ringer [8]; 23. 109-Shawn Hayes [18]

12/21/22 – Street Stocks at I-55 Raceway

Feature (35 Laps) – 1. 18-Jaycee Floyd [7]; 2. 45-Kyle Jared [11]; 3. 15-Adam Carlisle [13]; 4. 39-Isaac Salas [2]; 5. 157-Drew Hopkins [17]; 6. 100-Christopher Hill9 [3]; 7. 52-Billy Northcutt [19]; 8. 71-Daniel Stiffler [10]; 9. 22-Joshua Thomas4 [20]; 10. 0-Bradlee Means [5]; 11. 84-Bryce Dickenson [21]; 12. 36-Dylan D Thomas [1]; 13. 822-Tyler Jackson3 [16]; 14. 46-Kyle Ramsey2 [23]; 15. 7-Seth Kastl [6]; 16. 11-Dustin Fryer [4]; 17. 68-Ronald Pyles [22]; 18. 2-Ty Dickenson [14]; 19. 20-Colt Currie [9]; 20. 43-Grady Ehrman [15]; 21. 64-Logan Koteles [12]; 22. 1-Joshua Ringer [8]; 23. 109-Shawn Hayes [18]

Qualifying (2 Laps) – 1. 45-Kyle Jared [14.933]; 2. 18-Jaycee Floyd [14.993]; 3. 15-Adam Carlisle [15.007]; 4. 2-Ty Dickenson [15.028]; 5. 43-Grady Ehrman [15.031]; 6. 97-Butch Baker [15.047]; 7. 157-Drew Hopkins [15.055]; 8. 109-Shawn Hayes [15.061]; 9. 52-Billy Northcutt [15.075]; 10. 46-Kyle Ramsey2 [15.078]; 11. 7-Seth Kastl [15.09]; 12. 37-James Stockton2 [15.106]; 13. 84-Bryce Dickenson [15.107]; 14. 20-Colt Currie [15.129]; 15. 77-John Quill [15.137]; 16. 35-Myles Morse [15.139]; 17. 44-Kevin M Davis [15.141]; 18. 1-Joshua Ringer [15.142]; 19. 2-Clifford Bellomy [15.148]; 20. 71-Daniel Stiffler [15.148]; 21. 36-Dylan D Thomas [15.152]; 22. 64-Logan Koteles [15.154]; 23. 4-Joey Brewer [15.166]; 24. 11-Dustin Fryer [15.174]; 25. 68-Ronald Pyles [15.18]; 26. 26-Daniel Northcutt2 [15.183]; 27. 39-Isaac Salas [15.19]; 28. 100-Christopher Hill9 [15.191]; 29. 38-Ben Harcum [15.221]; 30. 0-Bradlee Means [15.232]; 31. 22-Joshua Thomas4 [15.236]; 32. 5-Jeremy Akins [15.258]; 33. 87-Rusty Bilger [15.259]; 34. 93-Cody Nehring [15.287]; 35. 72-Dylan Hanson [15.3]; 36. 21-Jace Parrish [15.308]; 37. 822-Tyler Jackson3 [15.344]; 38. 45-Sage Luther [15.358]; 39. 13-Joe Marrant [15.383]; 40. 5-Ian Goode [15.386]; 41. 76-Robert Palmer8 [15.388]; 42. 17-ERVIN Stedjee [15.475]; 43. 57-William Curl [15.498]; 44. 14-Branden Schirpke [15.509]; 45. 55-Stephen Broy [15.532]; 46. 47-Joseph SULLIVAN [15.731]

Matjoulis-Seay SpeedShop Heat 1 (8 laps, top-3 transfer) – 1. 36-Dylan D Thomas [2]; 2. 7-Seth Kastl [4]; 3. 45-Kyle Jared [6]; 4. 26-Daniel Northcutt2 [1]; 5. 35-Myles Morse [3]; 6. 22-Joshua Thomas4 [7]; 7. 97-Butch Baker [5]; 8. 21-Jace Parrish [8]; 9. 47-Joseph SULLIVAN [10]; 10. 76-Robert Palmer8 [9]

Matjoulis-Seay SpeedShop Heat 2 (8 laps, top-3 transfer) – 1. 39-Isaac Salas [1]; 2. 18-Jaycee Floyd [6]; 3. 64-Logan Koteles [2]; 4. 157-Drew Hopkins [5]; 5. 822-Tyler Jackson3 [8]; 6. 37-James Stockton2 [4]; 7. 5-Jeremy Akins [7]; 8. 44-Kevin M Davis [3]; 9. 17-ERVIN Stedjee [9]

Heat 3 (8 laps, top-3 transfer) – 1. 100-Christopher Hill9 [1]; 2. 1-Joshua Ringer [3]; 3. 15-Adam Carlisle [6]; 4. 109-Shawn Hayes [5]; 79. 84-Bryce Dickenson [4]; 79. 4-Joey Brewer [2]; 79. 45-Sage Luther [8]; 79. 87-Rusty Bilger [7]; Dirt Street Stock. 57-William Curl [9]

Heat 4 (8 laps, top-3 transfer) – 1. 11-Dustin Fryer [2]; 2. 20-Colt Currie [4]; 3. 2-Ty Dickenson [6]; 4. 52-Billy Northcutt [5]; 5. 2-Clifford Bellomy [3]; 6. 14-Branden Schirpke [9]; 7. 93-Cody Nehring [7]; 8. 38-Ben Harcum [1]; 9. 13-Joe Marrant [8]

Heat 5 (8 laps, top-3 transfer) – 1. 0-Bradlee Means [1]; 2. 71-Daniel Stiffler [3]; 3. 43-Grady Ehrman [6]; 4. 68-Ronald Pyles [2]; 5. 46-Kyle Ramsey2 [5]; 6. 5-Ian Goode [8]; 7. 77-John Quill [4]; 8. 72-Dylan Hanson [7]; 9. 55-Stephen Broy [9]

B-Main 1 (10 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 157-Drew Hopkins [1]; 2. 52-Billy Northcutt [2]; 3. 84-Bryce Dickenson [4]; 4. 46-Kyle Ramsey2 [5]; 5. 44-Kevin M Davis [11]; 6. 97-Butch Baker [8]; 7. 57-William Curl [14]; 8. 37-James Stockton2 [6]; 9. 38-Ben Harcum [12]; 10. 47-Joseph SULLIVAN [13]; 11. 14-Branden Schirpke [7]; 12. 45-Sage Luther [9]; 13. 35-Myles Morse [3]; 14. 76-Robert Palmer8 [16]; 15. 77-John Quill [10]; 16. 55-Stephen Broy [15]

B-Main 2 (10 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 822-Tyler Jackson3 [4]; 2. 109-Shawn Hayes [2]; 3. 22-Joshua Thomas4 [6]; 4. 68-Ronald Pyles [3]; 5. 2-Clifford Bellomy [5]; 6. 5-Jeremy Akins [9]; 7. 5-Ian Goode [8]; 8. 4-Joey Brewer [7]; 9. 87-Rusty Bilger [12]; 10. 93-Cody Nehring [10]; 11. 17-ERVIN Stedjee [14]; 12. 72-Dylan Hanson [13]; 13. 26-Daniel Northcutt2 [1]; 14. 21-Jace Parrish [11]; 15. 13-Joe Marrant [15]