Tyler Jackson

STREET STOCK LIMBO: Kilgore Bests Jackson in Low-Groove Battle at Williams Grove

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Jackson takes 43-point lead into final race next Wednesday at The Dirt Track at Charlotte

The two biggest forces in the Chevy Performance Street Stock League have battled neck-and-neck all season long, and it came to a boiling point on Wednesday night at Williams Grove Speedway – just one week out from their epic championship finale.

With points, pride and money on the line, Carl Kilgore hung tough out front of points leader Tyler Jackson through 20 defensive laps on the very bottom of the track, enduring relentless pressure from behind to win his fourth Feature of the season.

“I love it when this place gets around the bottom,” Kilgore said. “It’s a hit-your-mark kind of place and we just hit ‘em every lap.”

With both drivers making up the front row for the initial start, Kilgore, of Greenville, MS, had to get a great start to get the jump on Jackson and win the battle heading into Turn 1. Which, he did, setting him right up for a non-stop defensive battle on the bottom over the next 20 circuits.

Jackson, of Rockford, IL, did all he could to try and pry the top spot from Kilgore’s hands, but could only muster a few thwarted pass attempts by the checkered flag. Digging harder every lap, Jackson tried and tried to get even lower than Kilgore on the track but could not do so without hitting the inside wall.

In the final laps, Jackson knew he had to try something quick. He drove his Osman Racing #25 in deep and gave Kilgore a few taps on the quarter-panel to try and break the defending race winner loose, but was unsuccessful in the end.

“He left a little crack open down there and I figured I’d shove it in there and see what happened, but he did a good job of cutting back down,” Jackson said.

Kilgore was able to hold it together and drive back around to the stripe to collect another $100 prize check.

Coming into Wednesday night, Jackson sat a comfortable 48 points ahead of Kilgore in the standings, on the back of three Feature wins since the start of the season. With Kilgore’s fourth win of DIRTcar eSports Season 3 Wednesday, he shaves five points off Jackson’s lead heading into the final race at Charlotte.

Joe Grabianowski Photo

And while 43 points in one race is a lot to make up, considering Jackson’s finishes this season, Kilgore’s not out yet. A big wreck, technical difficulties or one bad miscue somewhere in the qualifying events does have the potential to ruin Jackson’s lead.

Kilgore has the scenario in the back of his mind, but isn’t going to let that distract him from getting a fifth win next Wednesday night on DIRTVision presented by Drydene.

“We’re gonna give it our all, but we’re here for the $100-to-win though,” Kilgore said.

UP NEXT

The Chevy Performance Street Stock League puts a cap on its second season of action next Wednesday night, May 26, with a final stop at The Dirt Track at Charlotte. Catch all the action live on DIRTVision with a FAST PASS subscription.

Chevy Performance Feature (20 Laps) – 1. 021-Carl Kilgore [1]; 2. 25-Tyler Jackson [2]; 3. 69-Keith Hackney [9]; 4. 003-Thorne Zimmerman [3]; 5. 17-Brett Rowles [8]; 6. 225-Nathan Lemons [7]; 7. 077-Holden English [5]; 8. 71-Daniel Stiffler [13]; 9. 26-Sean Stevens [10]; 10. 48-Kyle Vaughn [4]; 11. 21-Jim Reavis [14]; 12. 546-Randy Axner [15]; 13. 111-Jaron Valley [21]; 14. 73-Scott Reid [17]; 15. 46-Jonathan Nause [11]; 16. 5-Jason Metoxen [20]; 17. 002-Clifford Bellomy [12]; 18. 92-Payton Gries [18]; 19. 717-Bobby Rafferty [6]; 20. 79-Dean Reynolds [22]; 21. 38-Ryan Carlisi [24]; 22. 84-Mike Watt [16]; 23. 27-Christopher Reckner [23]; 24. 11-Trevor Depriest [19]

JACK-vs-HACK: Jackson Goes Back-and-Forth with Hackney, Wins Street Stocks at Limaland

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Kilgore places 19th, loses ground on points leader Jackson while Hackney rebounds

Although he recently traded-in some of his iRacing experience in for some seat time in a real-world DIRTcar Stock Car, Tyler Jackson proved Wednesday night that he still knows how to wheel it in the virtual world, too.

Leading all but four laps in the seventh race of the Chevy Performance Street Stock League, Jackson, of Rockford, IL, went head-to-head in a fierce home-stretch battle to the checkers with defending Limaland Feature winner Keith Hackney, of Calhoun, GA, to collect his third win of DIRTcar eSports Season 3.

Jackson took off from the third starting spot, grabbed the lead from polesitter Aidan Skraha on Lap 3 and began his defense of the top spot right away, as Hackney went right with him and slipped into second shortly thereafter.

Hackney hammered the top side of the 3/10-mile lap-after-lap and kept pace with Jackson’s #25 until he decided to make a daring move for the lead with under five laps remaining. A big slide job in Turns 3-4 by Hackney caused a bit of contact as they sailed through the turns, but Jackson was able to keep momentum and returned the favor in Turn 1-2.

“I saw Keith coming and had to make a move to try and win the race,” Jackson said. “So we battled it out, and he threw kind of a nasty slide job but he owed me one from the Heat, so it’s all good from here.”

The two exchanged slide jobs several times more over the final two laps until Jackson went low to protect the lead on the final lap. Hackney drove it in deep underneath one final time in Turn 3, but it wasn’t enough. Jackson survived the bumper tap and drove away with his third $100 payday of the season.

With his third win of the season, Jackson now extends his points lead over Carl Kilgore. It was a rough night for the Greenville, MS-native, who had made it up to fifth before contact with Skraha sent him backwards in the final laps, leaving him with a 19th-place finish.

To a bunch of his on-virtual-track success, Jackson attributes his time on the sim rig. Last weekend, he got his first taste of a real-life DIRTcar Stock Car in a weekly event at Fairbury Speedway – just one of several events he plans to compete in this year, using what he’s gathered on the virtual track.

“Even though we crinkled-up some fenders, I went down and helped Greg [Osman, car owner] beat some of that stuff out. We’ll be back racing Macon [Speedway, Illinois] Memorial Day,” Jackson said.

The Chevy Performance Street Stock League is back in action next Wednesday night for Round #8 of DIRTcar eSports Season 3 at the Eldora Speedway. Catch all the action live on DIRTVision presented by Drydene.

Chevy Performance Feature (25 Laps) – 1. 25 Tyler Jackson (3), 2. 69 Keith Hackney (6), 3. 17 Brett Rowles (2), 4. 121 Edward Farness (5), 5. 717 Bobby Rafferty (4), 6. 05 Devin Ramsey (12), 7. 48 Kyle Vaughn (7), 8. 71 Daniel Stiffler (10), 9. 21 Jim Reavis (9), 10. 077 Holden English (17), 11. 93 Steve Miskolczi (13), 12. 225 Nathan Lemons (24), 13. 18 Justin Henson (19), 14. 111 Jaron Valley (11), 15. 77 Anthony Corini (23), 16. 38 Ryan Carlisi (21) 17. 73 Scott Reid (20), 18. 6 Mitch Erickson (15), 19. 021 Carl Kilgore (8), 20. 53 Aidan Skraha (1), 21. 92 Payton Gries (16), 22. 23 Brayden McMahan (14), 23.  546 Randy Axner (22), 24. 026 Sage Luther (18)

5/5/21 – Street Stocks at Limaland Motorsports Park

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Chevy Performance Feature (25 laps) – 1. 25-Tyler Jackson [3]; 2. 69-Keith Hackney [6]; 3. 17-Brett Rowles [2]; 4. 121-Edward Farness [5]; 5. 717-Bobby Rafferty [4]; 6. 05-Devin Ramsey [12]; 7. 48-Kyle Vaughn [7]; 8. 71-Daniel Stiffler [10]; 9. 21-Jim Reavis [9]; 10. 077-Holden English [17]; 11. 93-Steve Miskolczi [13]; 12. 225-Nathan Lemons [24]; 13. 18-Justin Henson [19]; 14. 111-Jaron Valley [11]; 15. 77-Anthony Corini [23]; 16. 38-Ryan Carlisi [21]; 17. 73-Scott Reid [20]; 18. 6-Mitch Erickson [15]; 19. 021-Carl Kilgore [8]; 20. 53-Aidan Skraha [1]; 21. 92-Payton Gries [16]; 22. 23-Brayden McMahan [14]; 23. 546-Randy Axner [22]; 24. 26-Sage Luther [18]

Qualifying (2 laps) – 1. 53-Aidan Skraha [15.123]; 2. 17-Brett Rowles [15.124]; 3. 21-Jim Reavis [15.13]; 4. 225-Nathan Lemons [15.157]; 5. 111-Jaron Valley [15.16]; 6. 69-Keith Hackney [15.167]; 7. 48-Kyle Vaughn [15.198]; 8. 84-Mike Watt [15.214]; 9. 26-Sage Luther [15.219]; 10. 71-Daniel Stiffler [15.221]; 11. 121-Edward Farness [15.225]; 12. 25-Tyler Jackson [15.242]; 13. 717-Bobby Rafferty [15.247]; 14. 23-Brayden McMahan [15.255]; 15. 026-Blade Kearns [15.256]; 16. 93-Steve Miskolczi [15.258]; 17. 021-Carl Kilgore [15.259]; 18. 05-Devin Ramsey [15.268]; 19. 18-Justin Henson [15.281]; 20. 546-Randy Axner [15.283]; 21. 077-Holden English [15.292]; 22. 92-Payton Gries [15.296]; 23. 5-Jason Metoxen [15.298]; 24. 6-Mitch Erickson [15.305]; 25. 76-Robert Palmer [15.332]; 26. 77-Anthony Corini [15.363]; 27. 38-Ryan Carlisi [15.422]; 28. 7-Joseph Driscoll [15.457]; 29. 73-Scott Reid [15.515]; 30. 46-Jonathan Nause [15.536]; 31. 24-John Quill [15.598]; 32. 002-Clifford Bellomy [15.613]; 33. 07-Mark Mitchell [15.691]; 34. 75-Kyle Vickers [16.101]

Heat Race 1 (10 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 53-Aidan Skraha [1]; 2. 717-Bobby Rafferty [5]; 3. 48-Kyle Vaughn [3]; 4. 71-Daniel Stiffler [4]; 5. 93-Steve Miskolczi [6]; 6. 92-Payton Gries [8]; 7. 18-Justin Henson [7]; 8. 76-Robert Palmer [9]; 9. 75-Kyle Vickers [12]; 10. 24-John Quill [11]; 11. 7-Joseph Driscoll [10]; 12. 225-Nathan Lemons [2]

Heat Race 2 (10 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 17-Brett Rowles [1]; 2. 121-Edward Farness [4]; 3. 021-Carl Kilgore [6]; 4. 111-Jaron Valley [2]; 5. 23-Brayden McMahan [5]; 6. 5-Jason Metoxen [8]; 7. 84-Mike Watt [3]; 8. 77-Anthony Corini [9]; 9. 73-Scott Reid [10]; 10. 002-Clifford Bellomy [11]; 11. 546-Randy Axner [7]

Heat Race 3 (10 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 25-Tyler Jackson [4]; 2. 69-Keith Hackney [2]; 3. 21-Jim Reavis [1]; 4. 05-Devin Ramsey [6]; 5. 6-Mitch Erickson [8]; 6. 07-Mark Mitchell [11]; 7. 077-Holden English [7]; 8. 26-Sage Luther [3]; 9. 38-Ryan Carlisi [9]; 10. 46-Jonathan Nause [10] 11. 026-Blade Kearns [5]

Last Chance Showdown 1 (14 laps, top-6 transfer) – 1. 93-Steve Miskolczi [1]; 2. 6-Mitch Erickson [2]; 3. 077-Holden English [5]; 4. 18-Justin Henson [4]; 5. 38-Ryan Carlisi [8]; 6. 77-Anthony Corini [6]; 7. 002-Clifford Bellomy [9]; 8. 5-Jason Metoxen [3]; 9. 7-Joseph Driscoll [10]; 10. 75-Kyle Vickers [7]; 11. 026-Blade Kearns [11]

Last Chance Showdown 2 (14 laps, top-6 transfer) – 1. 23-Brayden McMahan [1]; 2. 92-Payton Gries [2]; 3. 26-Sage Luther [6]; 4. 73-Scott Reid [7]; 5. 546-Randy Axner [10]; 6. 225-Nathan Lemons [11]; 7. 07-Mark Mitchell [3]; 8. 84-Mike Watt [4]; 9. 76-Robert Palmer [5]; 10. 24-John Quill [8]; 11. 46-Jonathan Nause [9]

4/28/21 – Street Stocks at Lernerville Speedway

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Chevy Performance Feature (25 laps) – 1. 25-Tyler Jackson [1]; 2. 021-Carl Kilgore [2]; 3. 077-Holden English [3]; 4. 225-Nathan Lemons [10]; 5. 17-Brett Rowles [11]; 6. 121-Edward Farness [13]; 7. 48-Kyle Vaughn [6]; 8. 53-Aidan Skraha [8]; 9. 002-Clifford Bellomy [12]; 10. 18-Justin Henson [15]; 11. 111-Jaron Valley [7]; 12. 003-Thorne Zimmerman [4]; 13. 84-Mike Watt [20]; 14. 21-Jim Reavis [18]; 15. 71-Daniel Stiffler [21]; 16. 92-Payton Gries [14]; 17. 7-Joseph Driscoll [24]; 18. 202-Kyle Vickers [23]; 19. 73-Scott Reid [16]; 20. 546-Randy Axner [9]; 21. 5-Jason Metoxen [22]; 22. 69-Keith Hackney [5]; 23. 6-Mitch Erickson [17]; 24. 026-Sage Luther [19]

Qualifying (2 laps) – 1. 25-Tyler Jackson [18.143]; 2. 021-Carl Kilgore [18.155]; 3. 077-Holden English [18.165]; 4. 111-Jaron Valley [18.178]; 5. 53-Aidan Skraha [18.252]; 6. 48-Kyle Vaughn [18.261]; 7. 7-Joseph Driscoll [18.28]; 8. 69-Keith Hackney [18.281]; 9. 546-Randy Axner [18.294]; 10. 003-Thorne Zimmerman [18.301]; 11. 17-Brett Rowles [18.31]; 12. 026-Sage Luther [18.314]; 13. 121-Edward Farness [18.322]; 14. 92-Payton Gries [18.334]; 15. 73-Scott Reid [18.342]; 16. 225-Nathan Lemons [18.347]; 17. 21-Jim Reavis [18.388]; 18. 76-Robert Palmer [18.394]; 19. 46-Jonathan Nause [18.435]; 20. 6-Mitch Erickson [18.484]; 21. 002-Clifford Bellomy [18.546]; 22. 71-Daniel Stiffler [18.607]; 23. 84-Mike Watt [18.636]; 24. 5-Jason Metoxen [18.742]; 25. 18-Justin Henson [18.749]; 26. 202-Kyle Vickers [18.821]; 27. 32-Hank Silver [18.924]; 28. 24-John Quill [19.502]

Heat Race 1 (8 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 25-Tyler Jackson [1]; 2. 003-Thorne Zimmerman [4]; 3. 111-Jaron Valley [2]; 4. 225-Nathan Lemons [6]; 5. 121-Edward Farness [5]; 6. 7-Joseph Driscoll [3]; 7. 18-Justin Henson [9]; 8. 46-Jonathan Nause [7]; 9. 71-Daniel Stiffler [8]; 10. 24-John Quill [10]

Heat Race 2 (8 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 021-Carl Kilgore [1]; 2. 69-Keith Hackney [3]; 3. 53-Aidan Skraha [2]; 4. 17-Brett Rowles [4]; 5. 6-Mitch Erickson [7]; 6. 92-Payton Gries [5]; 7. 84-Mike Watt [8]; 8. 202-Kyle Vickers [9]; 9. 21-Jim Reavis [6]

Heat Race 3 (8 laps, top-4 transfer) – 1. 077-Holden English [1]; 2. 48-Kyle Vaughn [2]; 3. 546-Randy Axner [3]; 4. 002-Clifford Bellomy [7]; 5. 73-Scott Reid [5]; 6. 76-Robert Palmer [6]; 7. 5-Jason Metoxen [8]; 8. 026-Sage Luther [4]; 9. 32-Hank Silver [9]

Last Chance Showdown (8 laps, top-12 transfer) – 1. 121-Edward Farness [1]; 2. 92-Payton Gries [5]; 3. 18-Justin Henson [7]; 4. 73-Scott Reid [3]; 5. 6-Mitch Erickson [2]; 6. 21-Jim Reavis [14]; 7. 026-Sage Luther [12]; 8. 84-Mike Watt [8]; 9. 71-Daniel Stiffler [13]; 10. 5-Jason Metoxen [9]; 11. 202-Kyle Vickers [11]; 12. 7-Joseph Driscoll [4]; 13. 24-John Quill [16]; 14. 76-Robert Palmer [6]; 15. 46-Jonathan Nause [10]; 16. 32-Hank Silver [15]

PASS THROUGH THE GRASS: Jackson makes wild pass for DIRTcar eSports Street Stock win

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Tuesday’s race at Lernerville Speedway was one of the closest finish in the history of the Series

Tyler Jackson wrote a new definition for the term “go where they aren’t” during Tuesday night’s DIRTcar eSports Chevrolet Performance Street Stock race at Lernerville Speedway.

With nine laps to go, Carl Kilgore left a crack in the doorway to the lead with a patch of grass in the opening. For Jackson, that was good enough. He tossed his #25 underneath Kilgore in Turn 3 and ran his way through the grass to complete the pass off Turn 4.

His daring move secured him the win and the $100 check that comes with it.

Before then, Jackson and Kilgore put on a barnburner throughout the 30-lap iRacing event. Jackson got the early lead and held it for the early portion of the race, but 21 never let him out of his sight.

By the halfway point, Kilgore scared Jackson into moving his line. The #25 ripped the top for the majority of the race, but after Kilgore snuck underneath him the lap prior, Jackson dove to the bottom in Turns 1 and 2 to block Kilgore’s momentum. That moved hindered his run off the corner, though, and gave Kilgore another opportunity to pounce.

When they entered Turn 3, Kilgore dove underneath Jackson and claimed the lead. On the next lap, Jackson’s loss of momentum continued as Keith Hackney also dove underneath him and stole second. However, Jackson wasn’t willing to lay down.

He dove underneath Hackney in Turns 1 and 2, and the two slammed doors all the way down the backstretch. Jackson’s relentless drive won the battle as he drove back by Hackney for second.

The hunt was on. Jackson got his feet back underneath him and began running Kilgore down. A caution with nine laps to go further assisted with his efforts.

When the green flag initiated the continuation of the race, Jackson found the crack in the doorway and went where Kilgore wasn’t – further than anyone had gone. But he wasn’t going to let the win slip through his fingers.

Kilgore fought back, staying on Jackson’s bumper on the final lap and attempting a slide job in Turns 3 and 4 with the checkered flag in the air. Jackson was able to get the better run off the turn and edge Kilgore at the line by 0.097 sec. – one of the closest finishes in DIRTcar eSports Street Stock history.

Due to unfortunate technical difficulties, the winner was unable to be interviewed.

The DIRTcar eSports Street Stock action continues next Wednesday, May 5, with the Chevrolet Performance Street Stocks at Limaland Motorsports Park.

Check out the entire race broadcast livestream for FREE on DIRTVision presented by Drydene or on the DIRTcar Facebook page at 7pm ET.

LOVE RESTORED: Kilgore Reunites with Teammate Hackney, Bags 1-2 Street Stock Finish at Cedar Lake

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Former Extreme Savage duo jumps to Team No Love after Week 4 incident

After their unfortunate falling out in last week’s showing at Fairbury Speedway, Carl Kilgore and Keith Hackney have reunited as teammates on a new team and worked their magic Wednesday night at Cedar Lake Speedway to get Kilgore his second Chevy Performance Street Stock League Feature win of the season.

“We’re feeling good, especially after what happened last week,” Kilgore told Chase Raudman in the DIRTVision post-race interview. “Glad to be back on teams with Hackney – he’s a good dude. We had some trouble last week, but without all of our teammates and us being together, I can’t do this right here.”

Hackney, of Calhoun, GA, was penalized to the tail of the lead lap after the checkered in last week’s Feature due to contact with Kilgore wile racing for the lead on the final lap. Kilgore spun and was left with a 16th-place result, Hackney in 21st, while Tyler Jackson ran off with the win and a nice lead in the point standings.

But that’s all behind them now. The two put their differences aside over the week and straight-up dominated Wednesday night, starting on the front row after back-to-back Heat Race wins.

At the drop of the green, Kilgore, of Greenville, MS, immediately took off and never looked back, leading all 25 laps en route to his $100 victory.

“We’ve got a little bit of a gap to make up, but I feel like as long as we keep doing what we’re doing, we’ll be there,” Kilgore said.

Hackey did a solid job for his teammate in fending off the pressure from the rest of the field behind him, crossing the stripe in second for another good points race.

While he was able to nurse the hurt car home to a third-place finish, Jackson, of Rockford, IL, almost found himself in deep trouble about halfway through the race.

A slower car had gone over the outside wall in Turns 1-2 and proceeded to re-enter the track right in front of the leaders under green, causing a multi-car crash down the backstretch that tagged Jackson. He was able to drive out of the situation with control, but the damage had already been done to his right-front wheel well.

With the right-front pushed in, Jackson switched to the high line for the remainder of the race and fought back to a third-place result, likely saving his points lead.

The Chevy Performance Street Stock League is back in action next Tuesday night, April 27, with race #6 and a visit to Lernerville Speedway. Check out the entire race broadcast livestream for FREE on DIRTVision presented by Drydene or on the DIRTcar Facebook page at 6:50pm ET.

T-JACK IS BACK: Jackson Wins 4th Career Street Stock Race in FALS Thriller

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Kilgore, Hackney collide in closing laps, Bellomy Hard Charger in 24th-7th drive

DIRTcar eSports’ all-time winningest Dirt Street Stock driver is back.

Tyler Jackson, of Rockford, IL, put it in Fairbury Speedway Victory Lane Wednesday night, winning the fourth race of the Chevy Performance Street Stock League for his fourth career victory with the League in a very rough-and-tumble Feature event.

“I’m not gonna lie, it took a little longer than I would have liked it to in race #4,” Jackson told DIRTcar eSports announcer Chase Raudman in the DIRTVision post-race interview. “But the competition level is a lot higher than it was last year. It was a great race – I’m still catching my breath.”

While Jackson started inside Row 2, just ahead of him was last week’s Feature winner and Street Stock bigwig, Carl Kilgore. He and his #021 took off from the pole and appeared to have the car to beat until Jackson’s car came in and took the lead just slightly past the halfway point. The two played cat-and-mouse around the virtual quarter-mile before a dramatic ride to the finish presented itself on a restart with just three laps remaining.

Jackson took the inside lane for the restart and threw a big slide job on Kilgore in Turns 1-2. Kilgore, of Greenville, MS, turned it back underneath him and returned the favor in Turns 3-4, but only slightly. Jackson kept his foot in the accelerator on the very top side and retained the spot as they crossed the stripe.

“That’s what won me the race,” Jackson said. “I knew I had to get a good start with him.”

Two more slide jobs by Kilgore on the following lap were unsuccessful in stealing Jackson’s spot. But as he prepared for what was likely going to be a third, Kilgore received a rear bumper full of former Extreme Savage teammate, Keith Hackney.

Hackney’s and Kilgore’s bumpers met at the entrance to Turn 1, sending Kilgore around, collecting several other cars.

Jackson (left) and Kilgore (right) battling for the lead (Joe Grabianowski Photo)

“I got into him a little bit. I apologize for that, majorly. I didn’t want to have second that way, by no means,” Hackney said after the race.

As Hackney, of Calhoun, GA, drove away with the spot, several other wrecks unfolded around the track, and Kilgore was left with a 17th-place finish. Hackney was later penalized to the tail of the lead lap (21st) by League admins in post-race examination for the incident.

This moved Nathan Lemons up into second and Jamie Massey into third, marking the best finishes of their DIRTcar eSports careers.

The Chevy Performance Street Stock League action continues next Wednesday night, April 21, at the Cedar Lake Speedway. Catch all the action live and FREE on DIRTVision presented by Drydene.

Feature (25 Laps) – 1. 25-Tyler Jackson (3); 2. 225-Nathan Lemons (6); 3. 2-Jamie Massey (9); 4. 54-Larry Barber Jr. (7); 5. 26-Sean Stevens (13); 6. 003-Thorne Zimmerman (15); 7. 002-Clifford Bellomy (24); 8. 029-Lane Phillips (17); 9. 546-Randy Axner (16); 10. 260-Sage Luther (10); 11. 717-Bobby Rafferty (12); 12. 48-Kyle Vaughn (19); 13. 23-Brayden McMahan (18); 14. 29-Joshua Divine (23); 15. 21-Jim Reavis (14); 16. 021-Carl Kilgore (1); 17. 18-Justin Henson (21); 18. 04-Joshua Dennison (20); 19. 111-Jaron Valley (8); 20. 121-Eddie Farness (5); 21. 69-Keith Hackney (4); 22. 53-Aidan Skraha (22); 23. 077-Holden English (2); DQ. 005-Devin Ramsey (11) Hard Charger: 002-Clifford Bellomy (+17)

4/14/21 – Street Stocks at Fairbury Speedway

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Chevy Performance Feature (25 laps) – 1. 25-Tyler Jackson [3]; 2. 225-Nathan Lemons [6]; 3. 2-Jamie Massey [9]; 4. 54-Larry Barber Jr [7]; 5. 26-Sean Stevens [13]; 6. 003-Thorne Zimmerman [15]; 7. 002-Clifford Bellomy [24]; 8. 29-Lane Phillips [17]; 9. 546-Randy Axner [16]; 10. 260-Sage Luther [10]; 11. 717-Bobby Rafferty [12]; 12. 48-Kyle Vaughn [19]; 13. 23-Brayden McMahan [18]; 14. 29-Joshua Divine [23]; 15. 21-Jim Reavis [14]; 16. 021-Carl Kilgore [1]; 17. 18-Justin Henson [21]; 18. 04-Joshua Dennison [20]; 19. 111-Jaron Valley [8]; 20. 121-Edward Farness [5]; 21. 69-Keith Hackney [4]; 22. 53-Aidan Skraha [22]; 23. 077-Holden English [2]; DQ. 05-Devin Ramsey [11]

Qualifying (2 laps)­ – 1. 021-Carl Kilgore [14.674]; 2. 077-Holden English [14.736]; 3. 25-Tyler Jackson [14.767]; 4. 717-Bobby Rafferty [14.767]; 5. 121-Edward Farness [14.787]; 6. 225-Nathan Lemons [14.815]; 7. 54-Larry Barber Jr [14.834]; 8. 69-Keith Hackney [14.845]; 9. 29-Lane Phillips [14.85]; 10. 260-Sage Luther [14.859]; 11. 05-Devin Ramsey [14.86]; 12. 53-Aidan Skraha [14.882]; 13. 2-Jamie Massey [14.908]; 14. 21-Jim Reavis [14.909]; 15. 48-Kyle Vaughn [14.913]; 16. 111-Jaron Valley [14.919]; 17. 46-Jonathan Nause [14.936]; 18. 04-Joshua Dennison [14.936]; 19. 003-Thorne Zimmerman [14.941]; 20. 546-Randy Axner [14.943]; 21. 84-Mike Watt [14.96]; 22. 93-Steve Miskolczi [14.98]; 23. 17-Brett Rowles [15.006]; 24. 38-Ryan Carlisi [15.037]; 25. 26-Sean Stevens [15.053]; 26. 73-Scott Reid [15.053]; 27. 29-Joshua Divine [15.106]; 28. 002-Clifford Bellomy [15.155]; 29. 18-Justin Henson [15.212]; 30. 018-Alan Gilreath [15.232]; 31. 5-Jason Metoxen [15.254]; 32. 88-Levi Tate [15.364]; 33. 72-Tyler Raney [15.368]; 34. 23-Brayden McMahan [15.393]; 35. 210-Joe Grabianowski [15.509]; 36. 00-Bryar Zimmerman [DNQ]; 37. 77-Anthony Corini [DNQ]

Heat Race 1 (8 laps, top 4 transfer) – 1. 021-Carl Kilgore [1]; 2. 121-Edward Farness [2]; 3. 2-Jamie Massey [4]; 4. 26-Sean Stevens [7]; 5. 29-Lane Phillips [3]; 6. 18-Justin Henson [8]; 7. 46-Jonathan Nause [5]; 8. 72-Tyler Raney [9]; 9. 84-Mike Watt [6]; 10. 77-Anthony Corini [10]

Heat Race 2 (8 laps, top 4 transfer) – 1. 077-Holden English [1];2. 225-Nathan Lemons [2]; 3. 260-Sage Luther [3]; 4. 21-Jim Reavis [4]; 5. 23-Brayden McMahan [9]; 6. 04-Joshua Dennison [5]; 7. 73-Scott Reid [7]; 8. 93-Steve Miskolczi [6]; 9. 018-Alan Gilreath [8]

Heat Race 3 (8 laps, top 4 transfer) – 1. 25-Tyler Jackson [1]; 2. 54-Larry Barber Jr [2]; 3. 05-Devin Ramsey [3]; 4. 003-Thorne Zimmerman [5]; 5. 48-Kyle Vaughn [4]; 6. 29-Joshua Divine [7]; 7. 17-Brett Rowles [6]; 8. 210-Joe Grabianowski [9]; 9. 5-Jason Metoxen [8]

Heat Race 4 (8 laps, top 4 transfer) – 1. 69-Keith Hackney [2]; 2. 111-Jaron Valley [4]; 3. 717-Bobby Rafferty [1]; 4. 546-Randy Axner [5]; 5. 38-Ryan Carlisi [6]; 6. 002-Clifford Bellomy [7]; 7. 53-Aidan Skraha [3]; 8. 00-Bryar Zimmerman [9]; 9. 88-Levi Tate [8]

Last Chance Showdown 1 (10 laps, top 4 transfer) – 1. 23-Brayden McMahan [1]; 2. 04-Joshua Dennison [3]; 3. 53-Aidan Skraha [6]; 4. 002-Clifford Bellomy [4]; 5. 00-Bryar Zimmerman [8]; 6. 93-Steve Miskolczi [7]; 7. 77-Anthony Corini [11]; 8. 73-Scott Reid [5]; 9. 38-Ryan Carlisi [2]; 10. 88-Levi Tate [10]; 11. 018-Alan Gilreath [9]

Last Chance Showdown 2 (10 laps, top 4 transfer) – 1. 29-Lane Phillips [1]; 2. 48-Kyle Vaughn [2]; 3. 18-Justin Henson [3]; 4. 29-Joshua Divine [4]; 5. 17-Brett Rowles [6]; 6. 46-Jonathan Nause [5]; 7. 210-Joe Grabianowski [8]; 8. 84-Mike Watt [9]; 9. 5-Jason Metoxen [10]; 10. 72-Tyler Raney [7]

LOW ‘N SLOW: Gage Scores First Career Street Stock League Win in Season 3 Opener at Knoxville

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Jackson continues dominance with podium effort; Axner charges 17th-to-5th

One of the most difficult lines to take around a glass-smooth Knoxville Raceway in a DIRTcar Street Stock on iRacing is right around the bottom. Fittingly, it was the very line Jordan Gage took en route to his first career DIRTcar eSports Chevy Performance Street Stock League Feature win Wednesday night on DIRTVision.

“I usually run the slider line here, but it was kind of wearing out faster than I liked,” Gage said. “These [races] are awesome when they come onto the table, especially when you can run them.”

Starting P1, Gage, of Whiting, IA, jumped out to the early lead and began fending off a hungry field of 23 other competitors behind him. Applying the most pressure early on was none other than the winningest driver in League history, Tyler Jackson.

Jackson, from Rockford, IL, started fifth and tried both the high and low lines to make the move on Gage, but was unsuccessful. After a late-race caution that brought a green-white-checkered finish at 22 laps, Thorne Zimmerman, of Sanderson, FL, was continuing his charge up from the seventh starting spot and got a great restart as the field came to two-to-go.

Zimmerman took the low line right behind Gage while Jackson followed suit, fending off a high-flying Carl Kilgore to his outside. The field rounded Turns 1-2, breeding a big run for Zimmerman down the backstretch. He tried the middle of the track in the final turns but came up just one spot short in the end.

“That white flag – I tried going in a little higher, so that maybe I could swing it under him, but I think [Gage] saw it coming and blocked the bottom to me,” Zimmerman said.

Jackson, a three-time winner in Season 2, crossed the line in third, continuing his stretch of success in the League that he began last December.

Joe Grabianowski Photo

“Kinda got locked down there on the bottom at the end, but all-in-all for 12 green-flag laps, I guess we did all we could,” Jackson said.

The Chevy Performance Street Stocks are back in action next Wednesday night, March 31, at Limaland Motorsports Park for Round #2 of 10 in DIRTcar eSports Season 3. Catch all the action live on DIRTVision presented by Drydene!

Chevy Performance Feature (20 Laps) – 1. 0-Jordan Gage [1]; 2. 003-Thorne Zimmerman [7]; 3. 8-Tyler Jackson [5]; 4. 021-Carl Kilgore [11]; 5. 546-Randy Axner [17]; 6. 7-Chris Davis [13]; 7. 17-Brett Rowles [15]; 8. 44-Mason Hammel [8]; 9. 29-Lane Phillips [21]; 10. 71-Daniel Stiffler [9]; 11. 04-Joshua Dennison [14]; 12. 14-Kyle Vaughn [10]; 13. 48-Grant Parr [20]; 14. 93-Steve Miskolczi [24]; 15. 077-Holden English [18]; 16. 225-Nathan Lemons [12]; 17. 6-Mitch Erickson [19]; 18. 53-Aidan Skraha [3]; 19. 717-Bobby Rafferty [6]; 20. 69-Keith Hackney [2]; 21. 21-Jim Reavis [22]; 22. 1-Alex Breuer [4]; 23. 26-Sage Luther [16]; 24. 111-Jaron Valley [23]

SHARK BITE: Jackson Wins Third Street Stock Feature of Season 2 at Lanier

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McMahan, Erickson garner Tyler Bachman Enterprises’ first top-10 finishes in final race

Tyler Jackson has reigned supreme over the Chevy Performance Street Stock League in DIRTcar eSports Season 2.

With his third Feature win in eight weeks of competition Wednesday night at Lanier National Speedway, Jackson remained the only driver on the circuit to win multiple Feature events.

But what was his secret to success at Lanier?

“I finally put a Qualifying effort together, and that makes a huge difference in these Street Stocks,” Jackson told announcer Rick Eshelman in the DIRTVision post-race interview. “They’re just so slow and heavy; if you bury yourself in Qualifying, it’s really hard to pass.”

While the League does not tally points throughout the season and declare an eventual champion, Jackson may as well have been the informal “champion” with his performances throughout the season, which never saw him finish outside of the top-10 one time in seven starts.

Another strong driver who competed mostly in the latter half of the League schedule was Paul Visage, who collected his third top-10 of the season Wednesday night after chasing Jackson down for the better part of the race.

“I got down there and hung the left sides in the moisture there, but you couldn’t really pass. You could get a good enough run to get up beside [Jackson], but not get by cleanly, so it was a lot of throttle control to really get around that place,” Visage said.

TBE entrants Nick Graziano (left) and Jaxon Steele (right) (Joe Grabianowski Photo)

While they had several entries over the course of the eight-race schedule, the Tyler Bachman Enterprises (TBE) team, headquartered in scenic Morgantown, WV, was unable to muster a top-10 finish through the first seven events of the season.

That all changed Wednesday night with newcomers Brayden McMahan and Mitch Erickson posting seventh and tenth-place finishes, respectively. The team’s biggest night of the season came with all the firepower the 25-car field could handle, as a grand total of six TBE cars made the Feature, much to the delight of team executives who are currently working on their plans for competition in Season 3.

Feature (30 Laps) – 1. Tyler Jackson, 2. Paul Visage, 3. Preston Dimsdale, 4. Caleb Hudgeons, 5. Steve Miskolczi, 6. Nathan Lemons, 7. Brayden McMahan, 8. Larry Barber Jr, 9. Mark Mitchell, 10. Mitch Erickson, 11. Hank Silver, 12. Tyler Schneider, 13. Sage Luther, 14. Dennis Anderson Jr, 15. Jaxon Steele, 16. Nick Graziano, 17. Mike Watt, 18. Dakota Osborn, 19. Anthony Corini, 20. Blaze Benedict, 21. Robert Palmer; 22. Clifford Bellomy; 23. Brian Brunscheen, 24. Sterling Beard