{"id":2861,"date":"2022-12-28T00:34:19","date_gmt":"2022-12-28T00:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dirtcar.com\/esports\/?p=2861"},"modified":"2022-12-28T00:34:57","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T00:34:57","slug":"floyd-wins-at-i-55-in-second-career-street-stock-league-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dirtcar.com\/esports\/2022\/12\/28\/floyd-wins-at-i-55-in-second-career-street-stock-league-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Floyd Wins at I-55 in Second Career Street Stock League Start"},"content":{"rendered":"
For the fourth time in four races, a new face has graced DIRTcar eSports Street Stock League Victory Lane.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
“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.<\/p>\n
“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.”<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
ABBREVIATED RESULTS<\/strong> (view full results<\/a>)<\/p>\n Feature (35 Laps)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 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]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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 … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":2864,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[110,3],"tags":[127,128,68],"class_list":["post-2861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recap","category-street-stocks","tag-i-55-raceway","tag-jaycee-floyd","tag-street-stocks"],"yoast_head":"\n