Tyler Jackson

BITE BACK: Jackson Returns to Street Stock Victory Lane at Weedsport

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After three-straight weeks marred by penalties and disqualifications, defending DIRTcar eSports Street Stock League champion Tyler Jackson returned to Victory Lane last Wednesday night at Weedsport Speedway.

Jackson capitalized on the invert in his Heat Race to pick up the win in the eight-lap dash and claim a P4 starting spot for the 35-lap Feature. It didn’t take long for him to march his way to the head of the field, advancing to second only five laps in.

A caution-filled opening 10 laps played right into Jackson’s hands, enabling him to pass cars and instantly make up ground on his opponents ahead. Upon catching leader Drew Hopkins on Lap 7, the caution was thrown again, putting Jackson right to the outside of Hopkins for the restart.

At the drop of the green, Jackson used the high-side momentum to sneak past Hopkins for the lead on the top. The yellow was once again thrown just after the two crossed the start/finish line to complete Lap 8, making Jackson the new race leader.

Jackson (8) battling with Hopkins (157) and Thomas (03) for the lead in the opening laps.

Once the restarts were changed to single-file for the remainder of the race, Jackson took off and set it on cruise control, leading the final 27 circuits around the virtual rendition of Weedsport to bag his first League victory of the season.

Three-time Season 5 Feature winner Jaycee Floyd finished runner-up after trouble in his Heat Race, transferring in through a B-Main and driving all the way from 17th on the grid to bag P2. Hopkins held on for third and shrunk points leader Kyle Jared’s advantage down to 92 points with two races left on the season.

ABBREVIATED RESULTS (view full results)

Feature (35 laps) – 1. 822-Tyler Jackson3 [4]; 2. 18-Jaycee Floyd [17]; 3. 157-Drew Hopkins [2]; 4. 37-Brunson Behning2 [8]; 5. 3-Dylan D Thomas [3]; 6. 26-Sage Luther [14]; 7. 52-Billy Northcutt [1]; 8. 55-Cruise Caudell [23]; 9. 45-Kyle Jared [19]; 10. 71-Daniel Stiffler [12]; 11. 2-Ty Dickenson [18]; 12. 5-Dylan Petty [16]; 13. 43-Grady Ehrman [10]; 14. 64-Logan Koteles [13]; 15. 84-Bryce Dickenson [11]; 16. 97-Rocky Battenfield [5]; 17. 22-Joshua Thomas4 [20]; 18. 7-Justin Hopkins2 [24]; 19. 87-Rusty Bilger [15]; 20. 100-Christopher Hill9 [9]; 21. 11-Dustin Fryer [22]; 22. 5-Isaac Salas [7]; 23. 27-Brady Thompson2 [21]; 24. 9-Shawn Hayes [6]

1/18/23 – Street Stocks at Weedsport Speedway

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Feature (35 laps) – 1. 822-Tyler Jackson3 [4]; 2. 18-Jaycee Floyd [17]; 3. 157-Drew Hopkins [2]; 4. 37-Brunson Behning2 [8]; 5. 3-Dylan D Thomas [3]; 6. 26-Sage Luther [14]; 7. 52-Billy Northcutt [1]; 8. 55-Cruise Caudell [23]; 9. 45-Kyle Jared [19]; 10. 71-Daniel Stiffler [12]; 11. 2-Ty Dickenson [18]; 12. 5-Dylan Petty [16]; 13. 43-Grady Ehrman [10]; 14. 64-Logan Koteles [13]; 15. 84-Bryce Dickenson [11]; 16. 97-Rocky Battenfield [5]; 17. 22-Joshua Thomas4 [20]; 18. 7-Justin Hopkins2 [24]; 19. 87-Rusty Bilger [15]; 20. 100-Christopher Hill9 [9]; 21. 11-Dustin Fryer [22]; 22. 5-Isaac Salas [7]; 23. 27-Brady Thompson2 [21]; 24. 9-Shawn Hayes [6]

Qualifying (2 laps) – 1. 64-Logan Koteles [17.782]; 2. 2-Ty Dickenson [17.787]; 3. 1-Joshua Ringer [17.79]; 4. 22-Joshua Thomas4 [17.792]; 5. 55-Cruise Caudell [17.799]; 6. 20-Colt Currie [17.822]; 7. 68-Ronald Pyles [17.823]; 8. 37-Brunson Behning2 [17.854]; 9. 97-Rocky Battenfield [17.855]; 10. 23-Myles Morse [17.869]; 11. 5-Isaac Salas [17.869]; 12. 2-Clifford Bellomy [17.87]; 13. 51-Kyle Ramsey2 [17.876]; 14. 9-Shawn Hayes [17.885]; 15. 3-Dylan D Thomas [17.892]; 16. 822-Tyler Jackson3 [17.898]; 17. 18-Jaycee Floyd [17.91]; 18. 43-Grady Ehrman [17.916]; 19. 84-Bryce Dickenson [17.917]; 20. 71-Daniel Stiffler [17.92]; 21. 52-Billy Northcutt [17.922]; 22. 157-Drew Hopkins [17.923]; 23. 87-Rusty Bilger [17.934]; 24. 50-Alex Bonsignore [17.934]; 25. 5-Ian Goode [17.935]; 26. 26-Sage Luther [17.945]; 27. 27-Brady Thompson2 [17.945]; 28. 5-Dylan Petty [17.954]; 29. 100-Christopher Hill9 [17.958]; 30. 7-Justin Hopkins2 [17.967]; 31. 45-Kyle Jared [18.028]; 32. 11-Dustin Fryer [18.038]; 33. 76-Robert Palmer8 [18.042]; 34. 93-Cody Nehring [18.066]; 35. 17-Branden Schirpke [18.099]; 36. 16-Blake Bailey [18.137]; 37. 19-Ben Harcum [18.356]; 38. 64-Michael Kenton [18.522]; 39. 57-William Curl [18.56]; 40. 77-John Quill Jr [NT]

Matjoulis-Seay SpeedShop Heat 1 (8 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 52-Billy Northcutt [1]; 2. 97-Rocky Battenfield [4]; 3. 100-Christopher Hill9 [8]; 4. 64-Logan Koteles [6]; 5. 18-Jaycee Floyd [2]; 6. 19-Ben Harcum [10]; 7. 51-Kyle Ramsey2 [3]; 8. 5-Ian Goode [7]; 9. 55-Cruise Caudell [5]; 10. 76-Robert Palmer8 [9]

Matjoulis-Seay SpeedShop Heat 2 (8 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 157-Drew Hopkins [1]; 2. 9-Shawn Hayes [3]; 3. 43-Grady Ehrman [2]; 4. 26-Sage Luther [7]; 5. 2-Ty Dickenson [6]; 6. 23-Myles Morse [4]; 7. 7-Justin Hopkins2 [8]; 8. 20-Colt Currie [5]; 9. 93-Cody Nehring [9]; 10. 64-Michael Kenton [10]

Heat 3 (8 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 3-Dylan D Thomas [3]; 2. 5-Isaac Salas [4]; 3. 84-Bryce Dickenson [2]; 4. 87-Rusty Bilger [1]; 79. 45-Kyle Jared [8]; 79. 27-Brady Thompson2 [7]; 79. 17-Branden Schirpke [9]; 79. 68-Ronald Pyles [5]; Dirt Street Stock. 1-Joshua Ringer [6]; Dirt Street Stock. 57-William Curl [10]

Heat 4 (8 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 822-Tyler Jackson3 [3]; 2. 37-Brunson Behning2 [5]; 3. 71-Daniel Stiffler [2]; 4. 5-Dylan Petty [7]; 5. 16-Blake Bailey [9]; 6. 22-Joshua Thomas4 [6]; 7. 2-Clifford Bellomy [4]; 8. 77-John Quill Jr [10]; 9. 11-Dustin Fryer [8]; 10. 50-Alex Bonsignore [1]

B-Main 1 (10 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 18-Jaycee Floyd [1]; 2. 45-Kyle Jared [2]; 3. 27-Brady Thompson2 [4]; 4. 55-Cruise Caudell [9]; 5. 19-Ben Harcum [3]; 6. 1-Joshua Ringer [10]; 7. 17-Branden Schirpke [6]; 8. 68-Ronald Pyles [8]; 9. 57-William Curl [12]; 10. 76-Robert Palmer8 [11]; 11. 5-Ian Goode [7]; 12. 51-Kyle Ramsey2 [5]

B-Main 2 (10 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 2-Ty Dickenson [1]; 2. 22-Joshua Thomas4 [4]; 3. 11-Dustin Fryer [10]; 4. 7-Justin Hopkins2 [5]; 5. 20-Colt Currie [7]; 6. 16-Blake Bailey [2]; 7. 23-Myles Morse [3]; 8. 93-Cody Nehring [9]; 9. 77-John Quill Jr [8]; 10. 50-Alex Bonsignore [12]; 11. 2-Clifford Bellomy [6]; 12. 64-Michael Kenton [11]

Floyd Wins Second-Straight After Jackson’s Penalty at Fairbury

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Two wins in three starts for the DIRTcar eSports Street Stock League’s newest Feature winner, Jaycee Floyd.

The Iowa driver led the first 34 laps of the 35-lap main event at Fairbury Speedway before getting a strong challenge from defending League champion Tyler Jackson on the final lap. Floyd had been strong all race on the top side of the high-banked 1/4-mile, but suddenly swung his car down into the low/middle groove through Turns 3-4 to keep Jackson’s challenge at bay.

After getting a great run down the backstretch, Jackson drove hard into Turn 3 on the bottom and slid up the track, making contact with Floyd through Turn 4. The two drag raced down the frontstretch to the stripe; Jackson edging Floyd at the line by .055 seconds to steal the win on the final lap.

However, Jackson was later penalized in post-race review when it was discovered he had failed to drop to the tail of the field after entering the pits for a quick repair under yellow on Lap 9. Race officials assessed a two-spot penalty for each car Jackson started in front of on the restart following the Lap 9 caution, placing him 15th in the official results, and awarding Floyd with the victory.

ABBREVIATED RESULTS (view full results)

Feature (35 laps) – 1. 18-Jaycee Floyd [2]; 2. 157-Drew Hopkins [17]; 3. 45-Kyle Jared [22]; 4. 1-Kaden Reynolds [11]; 5. 64-Logan Koteles [6]; 6. 84-Bryce Dickenson [10]; 7. 71-Daniel Stiffler [8]; 8. 2-Ty Dickenson [5]; 9. 11-Dustin Fryer [24]; 10. 8-Cam Campbell [1]; 11. 5-Ian Goode [13]; 12. 43-Grady Ehrman [18]; 13. 3-Dylan D Thomas [21]; 14. 77-John Quill [20]; 15. 822-Tyler Jackson3 [12]; 16. 7-Evin Hinkle [19]; 17. 23-Branden Schirpke [23]; 18. 100-Christopher Hill9 [3]; 19. 27-Brady Thompson2 [4]; 20. 76-Robert Palmer8 [16]; 21. 121-Kevin M Davis [15]; 22. 20-Colt Currie [7]; 23. 52-Billy Northcutt [14]; 24. 5-Isaac Salas [9]

TRIPLE DOUBLE: Gage Wins Third Feature, Jackson Crowned Two-Time Street Stock Champion

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The championship may have already been decided, but that didn’t stop the Chevy Performance Street Stock League racers from putting on an edge-of-the-seat show in the final race of Season 4 at The Dirt Track at Charlotte.

After wrestling the lead away from polsitter Raphael Gougeon and CFM eSports driver Carl Kilgore in the opening laps, outside polesitter Jordan Gage led only a handful of circuits before giving the lead right back to Kilgore on a restart after halfway. But Kilgore, a former League championship contender himself in Season 3, was unable to hold off a big run from Gage, who threw a race-winning slide job coming to the white flag to retake the lead and score his third victory of the season.

Defending League champion Tyler Jackson, of Rockford, IL, had another strong run in fifth, and was officially crowned champion of the Chevy Performance Street Stock League champion for the second time in his iRacing career.

Chevy Performance Feature (20 laps) 1. 10-Jordan Gage [2]; 2. 045-Kyle Jared [4]; 3. 9-Carl Kilgore [3]; 4. 76-Alex Holbert [5]; 5. 822-Tyler Jackson3 [7]; 6. 98-Andrew Clark11 [13]; 7. 5-Isaac Salas [10]; 8. 30-Stevin Goldner [6]; 9. 43-Jacob Hall [11]; 10. 03-Dylan D Thomas [8]; 11. 60-Kyle Householder [19]; 12. 17-Brett Rowles [15]; 13. 002-Clifford Bellomy [16]; 14. 71-Daniel Stiffler [20]; 15. 115-Eric Tupper [21]; 16. 20-Colt Currie [22]; 17. 010-Lon Franks [17]; 18. 44-Raphael Gougeon [1]; 19. 57-Jim Reavis [18]; 20. 68-Ronald Pyles [9]; 21. 97-Butch Baker [23]; 22. 21-Charles C Barnes [14]; 23. 22-Xavier Savard2 [24]; 24. 53-Aidan Skraha [12]

PERFECT 20: Gage Leads Every Lap at Williams Grove for Back-to-Back Wins

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For the second week in-a-row, Jordan Gage has defeated the Chevy Performance Street Stock League regulars. This time, he drove 20 mistake-free laps around the half-mile of Williams Grove Speedway to score the $100 check and his third career DIRTcar eSports victory.

Points leader Tyler Jackson put relentless pressure on Gage throughout the race, but was unable to make a move for the top spot and came home second, maintaining his spot atop the points standings. With only two races remaining on the schedule, time is running out for the other competitors to try and stop a repeat championship from T-Jack.

Chevy Performance Feature (20 laps) 1. 10-Jordan Gage [2]; 2. 822-Tyler Jackson3 [3]; 3. 77-Holden English [4]; 4. 076-Alex Holbert [7]; 5. 44-Raphael Gougeon [11]; 6. 045-Kyle Jared [8]; 7. 60-Kyle Householder [5]; 8. 28-Bailey Hipp [19]; 9. 3-Carden Cochran [1]; 10. 53-Aidan Skraha [17]; 11. 71-Daniel Stiffler [16]; 12. 115-Eric Tupper [12]; 13. 98-Andrew Clark11 [10]; 14. 17-Brett Rowles [21]; 15. 002-Clifford Bellomy [22]; 16. 57-Jim Reavis [20]; 17. 31-Jason Best [24]; 18. 19-Nickolas Lamb [18]; 19. 93-Steve Miskolczi [13]; 20. 1-Jaron Valley [6]; 21. 003-James Richard2 [14]; 22. 86-Jason Metoxen [23]; 23. 03-Dylan D Thomas [9]; 24. 100-Lon Franks [15]

INDIANA SHARK TANK: Jackson Dominates Kokomo for Third Win in Five Street Stock Races

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After enduring the smell of defeat in the previous two weeks, defending Chevy Performance Street Stock League champion Tyler Jackson returned to his usual winning ways Wednesday night with a dominating performance at Kokomo Speedway, leading the last 17 laps of the race en route to his ninth career DIRTcar eSports Feature win.

ABBREVIATED RESULTS (view full results)

Chevy Performance Feature (25 Laps) 1. 822-Tyler Jackson [2]; 2. 68-Ronald Pyles [3]; 3. 03-Dylan Thomas [8]; 4. 77-Holden English [1]; 5. 57-Jim Reavis [7]; 6. 21-Charles Barnes [4]; 7. 17-Brett Rowles [14]; 8. 199-Patrick Solari [22]; 9. 71-Daniel Stiffler [11]; 10. 28-Bailey Hipp [18]; 11. 115-Eric Tupper [9]; 12. 5-Isaac Salas [5]; 13. 30-Stevin Goldner [10]; 14. 99-Mitch Erickson [12]; 15. 002-Clifford Bellomy [15]; 16. 97-Butch Baker [6]; 17. 58-Jason Welsh [19]; 18. 60-Kyle Householder [13]; 19. 45-Jarrett Jones [24]; 20. 93-Steve Miskolczi [23]; 21. 000-Travis Clark [17]; 22. 27-Joseph Driscoll [21]; 23. 25-Dylan Petty [16]; 24. 3-Carden Cochran [20]

12/15/21 – Street Stocks at Kokomo Speedway

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Chevy Performance Feature (25 Laps) 1. 822-Tyler Jackson [2]; 2. 68-Ronald Pyles [3]; 3. 03-Dylan Thomas [8]; 4. 77-Holden English [1]; 5. 57-Jim Reavis [7]; 6. 21-Charles Barnes [4]; 7. 17-Brett Rowles [14]; 8. 199-Patrick Solari [22]; 9. 71-Daniel Stiffler [11]; 10. 60-Kyle Householder [13]; 11. 28-Bailey Hipp [18]; 12. 115-Eric Tupper [9]; 13. 5-Isaac Salas [5]; 14. 30-Stevin Goldner [10]; 15. 99-Mitch Erickson [12]; 16. 002-Clifford Bellomy [15]; 17. 97-Butch Baker [6]; 18. 58-Jason Welsh [19]; 19. 45-Jarrett Jones [24]; 20. 93-Steve Miskolczi [23]; 21. 000-Travis Clark [17]; 22. 27-Joseph Driscoll [21]; 23. 25-Dylan Petty [16]; 24. 3-Carden Cochran [20]

Qualifying (2 Laps) 1. 21-Charles Barnes [14.846]; 2. 822-Tyler Jackson [14.857]; 3. 199-Patrick Solari [14.89]; 4. 77-Holden English [14.892]; 5. 5-Isaac Salas [14.915]; 6. 045-Kyle Jared [14.992]; 7. 30-Stevin Goldner [15.047]; 8. 3-Carden Cochran [15.078]; 9. 68-Ronald Pyles [15.088]; 10. 57-Jim Reavis [15.097]; 11. 28-Bailey Hipp [15.142]; 12. 97-Butch Baker [15.16]; 13. 17-Brett Rowles [15.179]; 14. 03-Dylan Thomas [15.19]; 15. 115-Eric Tupper [15.21]; 16. 60-Kyle Householder [15.215]; 17. 71-Daniel Stiffler [15.273]; 18. 25-Dylan Petty [15.275]; 19. 050-Steven Gaines [15.276]; 20. 000-Travis Clark [15.282]; 21. 99-Mitch Erickson [15.295]; 22. 58-Jason Welsh [15.3]; 23. 86-Jason Metoxen [15.317]; 24. 27-Joseph Driscoll [15.328]; 25. 45-Jarrett Jones [15.396]; 26. 76-Robert Palmer [15.471]; 27. 002-Clifford Bellomy [15.476]; 28. 50-Alex Bonsignore [15.496]; 29. 84-Mike Watt [15.57]; 30. 93-Steve Miskolczi [15.613]; 31. 33-Mike Warren [15.701]; 32. 38-Ryan Carlisi [15.783]; 33. 00-Kelly Miller [16.025]; 34. 1-Cooper Redding [NT]; 35. 19-Tyler Dolack [NT]; 36. 85-Devin Ray [NT]

Heat 1 (8 laps, top-4 transfer) 1. 77-Holden English [2]; 2. 21-Charles Barnes [1]; 3. 57-Jim Reavis [4]; 4. 30-Stevin Goldner [3]; 5. 60-Kyle Householder [6]; 6. 17-Brett Rowles [5]; 7. 58-Jason Welsh [8]; 8. 50-Alex Bonsignore [10]; 9. 050-Steven Gaines [7]; 10. 45-Jarrett Jones [9]; 11. 1-Cooper Redding [12]; 12. 33-Mike Warren [11]

Heat 2 (8 laps, top-4 transfer) 1. 822-Tyler Jackson [1]; 2. 5-Isaac Salas [2]; 3. 03-Dylan Thomas [5]; 4. 71-Daniel Stiffler [6]; 5. 86-Jason Metoxen [8]; 6. 000-Travis Clark [7]; 7. 84-Mike Watt [10]; 8. 38-Ryan Carlisi [11]; 9. 28-Bailey Hipp [4]; 10. 19-Tyler Dolack [12]; 11. 3-Carden Cochran [3]; 12. 76-Robert Palmer [9]

Heat 3 (8 laps, top-4 transfer) 1. 68-Ronald Pyles [3]; 2. 97-Butch Baker [4]; 3. 115-Eric Tupper [5]; 4. 99-Mitch Erickson [7]; 5. 002-Clifford Bellomy [9]; 6. 25-Dylan Petty [6]; 7. 27-Joseph Driscoll [8]; 8. 85-Devin Ray [12]; 9. 93-Steve Miskolczi [10]; 10. 00-Kelly Miller [11]; 11. 045-Kyle Jared [2]; 12. 199-Patrick Solari [1]

B-Main 1 (10 laps, top-6 transfer) 1. 60-Kyle Householder [1]; 2. 002-Clifford Bellomy [2]; 3. 000-Travis Clark [3]; 4. 58-Jason Welsh [4]; 5. 27-Joseph Driscoll [5]; 6. 93-Steve Miskolczi [8]; 7. 045-Kyle Jared [11]; 8. 38-Ryan Carlisi [6]; 9. 76-Robert Palmer [12]; 10. 050-Steven Gaines [7]; 11. 19-Tyler Dolack [9]; 12. 1-Cooper Redding [10]

B-Main 2 (10 laps, top-6 transfer) 1. 17-Brett Rowles [2]; 2. 25-Dylan Petty [3]; 3. 28-Bailey Hipp [7]; 4. 3-Carden Cochran [10]; 5. 199-Patrick Solari [12]; 6. 45-Jarrett Jones [8]; 7. 50-Alex Bonsignore [5]; 8. 84-Mike Watt [4]; 9. 33-Mike Warren [11]; 10. 86-Jason Metoxen [1]; 11. 85-Devin Ray [6]; 12. 00-Kelly Miller [9]

11/17/21 – Street Stocks at Lanier National Speedway

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Chevy Performance Feature (25 Laps) 1. 822-Tyler Jackson [2]; 2. 21-Charles Barnes [1]; 3. 115-Eric Tupper [4]; 4. 002-Clifford Bellomy [10]; 5. 60-Kyle Householder [3]; 6. 93-Zane Yost [7]; 7. 71-Daniel Stiffler [5]; 8. 26-Sage Luther [8]; 9. 57-Jim Reavis [13]; 10. 68-Ronald Pyles [11]; 11. 29-Richie Yost [24]; 12. 17-Brett Rowles [18]; 13. 5-Isaac Salas [16]; 14. 30-Stevin Goldner [17]; 15. 14-Jake Foradori [14]; 16. 96-Ricky LaDuke [6]; 17. 79-Noah Blankenship [12]; 18. 97-Butch Baker [19]; 19. 83-Brian Taft [21]; 20. 99-Mitch Erickson [9]; 21. 84-Mike Watt [20]; 22. 117-Preston Oberle [15]; 23. 76-Robert Palmer [23]; 24. 46-Jonathan Nause [22]

Qualifying (2 Laps) 1. 21-Charles Barnes [16.242]; 2. 822-Tyler Jackson [16.247]; 3. 60-Kyle Householder [16.277]; 4. 76-Robert Palmer [16.279]; 5. 71-Daniel Stiffler [16.302]; 6. 99-Mitch Erickson [16.307]; 7. 115-Eric Tupper [16.309]; 8. 26-Sage Luther [16.317]; 9. 96-Ricky LaDuke [16.342]; 10. 93-Zane Yost [16.349]; 11. 68-Ronald Pyles [16.352]; 12. 84-Mike Watt [16.353]; 13. 002-Clifford Bellomy [16.355]; 14. 5-Isaac Salas [16.362]; 15. 79-Noah Blankenship [16.375]; 16. 57-Jim Reavis [16.384]; 17. 14-Jake Foradori [16.384]; 18. 17-Brett Rowles [16.388]; 19. 58-Jason Welsh [16.397]; 20. 117-Preston Oberle [16.411]; 21. 97-Butch Baker [16.411]; 22. 31-Falcon Smith [16.414]; 23. 83-Brian Taft [16.422]; 24. 30-Stevin Goldner [16.435]; 25. 069-Brian Smith [16.437]; 26. 34-Brian Lawson [16.46]; 27. 47-Owen Brown [16.476]; 28. 86-Jason Metoxen [16.531]; 29. 46-Jonathan Nause [16.567]; 30. 50-Alex Bonsignore [16.613]; 31. 00-Kelly Miller [16.88]; 32. 171-Claude Fournier [16.979]; 33. 33-Mike Warren [17.099]; DNQ. 29-Richie Yost, 27-Joseph Driscoll

Heat 1 (8 Laps, top-4 transfer) 1. 21-Charles Barnes [1]; 2. 115-Eric Tupper [3]; 3. 93-Zane Yost [4]; 4. 002-Clifford Bellomy [5]; 5. 57-Jim Reavis [6]; 6. 29-Richie Yost [12]; 7. 58-Jason Welsh [7]; 8. 31-Falcon Smith [8]; 9. 76-Robert Palmer [2]; 10. 069-Brian Smith [9]; 11. 86-Jason Metoxen [10]; 12. 00-Kelly Miller [11]

Heat 2 (8 Laps, top-4 transfer) 1. 822-Tyler Jackson [1]; 2. 71-Daniel Stiffler [2]; 3. 26-Sage Luther [3]; 4. 68-Ronald Pyles [4]; 5. 14-Jake Foradori [6]; 6. 117-Preston Oberle [7]; 7. 5-Isaac Salas [5]; 8. 83-Brian Taft [8]; 9. 34-Brian Lawson [9]; 10. 27-Joseph Driscoll [12]; 11. 171-Claude Fournier [11]; 12. 46-Jonathan Nause [10]

Heat 3 (8 Laps, top-4 transfer) 1. 60-Kyle Householder [1]; 2. 96-Ricky LaDuke [3]; 3. 99-Mitch Erickson [2]; 4. 79-Noah Blankenship [5]; 5. 30-Stevin Goldner [8]; 6. 17-Brett Rowles [6]; 7. 97-Butch Baker [7]; 8. 47-Owen Brown [9]; 9. 33-Mike Warren [11]; 10. 84-Mike Watt [4]; 11. 50-Alex Bonsignore [10]

B-Main 1 (10 Laps, top-6 transfer) 1. 57-Jim Reavis [1]; 2. 117-Preston Oberle [3]; 3. 30-Stevin Goldner [2]; 4. 97-Butch Baker [5]; 5. 83-Brian Taft [6]; 6. 76-Robert Palmer [7]; 7. 27-Joseph Driscoll [9]; 8. 50-Alex Bonsignore [11]; 9. 58-Jason Welsh [4]; 10. 33-Mike Warren [8]; 11. 86-Jason Metoxen [10]

B-Main 2 (10 Laps, top-6 transfer) 1. 14-Jake Foradori [1]; 2. 5-Isaac Salas [4]; 3. 17-Brett Rowles [3]; 4. 84-Mike Watt [9]; 5. 46-Jonathan Nause [12]; 6. 29-Richie Yost [2]; 7. 47-Owen Brown [6]; 8. 34-Brian Lawson [7]; 9. 00-Kelly Miller [11]; 10. 31-Falcon Smith [5]; 11. 069-Brian Smith [8]; 12. 171-Claude Fournier [10]

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]