The top-three of Bergeron (12), Tucker (10) and Jackson (1a) battle for position in lapped traffic. (Joe Grabianowski Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nGoing down the backstretch with just five laps remaining, Jackson had committed to the low side of a lapped car heading into Turn 3 while Tucker went to his outside. The slower car bobbled and made contact with Tucker, sending both into the outside wall and opening the door for Bergeron to slip right through the middle for second.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe lap car was there, Tucker went to the outside, I took the middle and just sent it in there. [Tucker] got shoved out, so I took the spot. I ran the top and just tried to be as fast as possible and get around Tyler [Jackson], and that\u2019s what I did,\u201d Bergeron said of the pass for second.<\/p>\n
With Tucker behind him, Bergeron made a beeline for Jackson\u2019s spot out front. Using that high side momentum, the Team ABR-pilot took advantage of another slower car right in Jackson\u2019s middle groove just two laps later and took the lead away as they crossed the line with two-to-go.<\/p>\n
Jackson and Tucker came together on the white-flag lap, allowing Tucker to scoot by for second and moving Jackson back to third. Back out front, it was all Bergeron, who crossed the line first on Lap 30 to pick up the $300 victory and the $25 bonus from VP Racing Fuels.<\/p>\n
After the checkered, Bergeron commended Jackson and his skills, running out front with he and Tucker as a non-iRacing Pro.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was pretty good. I didn\u2019t know who he was, but he was pretty good, for sure. I\u2019m glad that he was able to get up here; it was a fun race,\u201d Bergeron said of Jackson.<\/p>\n
Back in second, behind Bergeron for what is now the third time in his DIRTcar eSports career, and fifth runner-up finish overall, Tucker felt the bad luck falling on him again Wednesday night.<\/p>\nJackson (1a) battling with Bergeron (12) for position early in the race. (Joe Grabianowski Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cHonestly, just another Kendal Tucker-type of run,\u201d Tucker said after the race. \u201cAlways up front, and something just always happens. I was able to catch back up to Tyler [Jackson] right there with about four-to-go, and I was going to make a move on him\u2026 I guess the dude who was apologizing was the lapper who slid all the way up the front stretch and pretty much ended all hope for me in winning that race.\u201d<\/p>\n
As for the Street Stock prodigy and his impressive run up front, Jackson was just thrilled to even be up front with such great competition, especially in a car class he very rarely is seen in.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m pretty excited to run that well, but it sucks leading all those laps and losing,\u201d Jackson said. \u201cBut, [Bergeron and Tucker] are pros for a reason. I don\u2019t really even drive the Sprint Cars much, I just drive Street Stocks and Late Models.\u201d<\/p>\n
UP NEXT<\/strong><\/p>\nThe DIRTcar eSports league action continues in just two weeks\u2019 time \u2013\u00a0DIRTcar Pro Late Models tackle the Limaland Motorsports Park on Sept. 9<\/a>. Fixed setups, $20 registration fee with $300 going to the winner. $200 for second, $100 for third and contingencies for all qualifying events available.<\/p>\nCatch all the action LIVE on DIRTVision presented by Drydene!<\/p>\n
FEATURE FINISH \n<\/strong>1. 12-Alex Bergeron (1) [$300]; 2. 10-Kendal Tucker (3) [$200]; 3. 8-Tyler Jackson (2) [$100]; 4. 17-Bruce Jones (6) [$75]; 5. 46-Jonathan Nause (5) [$50]; 6. 99-Jayton Parrish (11) [$45]; 7. 069-Brian Smith (7) [$40]; 8. 11-Sterling Beard (13) [$35]; 9. 55-Joe Grabianowski (8) [$30]; 10. 917-Phillip Young (10) [$25]; 11. 126-Jeffrey Eddy (9) [$20]; 12. 113-Danny Chandler (12) [$20]; 13. 7-Brent Shearer (4) [$20]; 14. 13-Matthew Windhausen (14) [$20]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FAIRBURY, IL \u2013 305s, 360s or 410s. It just doesn\u2019t matter what class he races; Alex Bergeron shows up to every Sprint Car race he enters and shows exactly why he is the two-time and defending iRacing World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series World Champion. He was the first to become a … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":746,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[65,45,42,26,37,64],"class_list":["post-745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-65","tag-305-sprint-cars","tag-alex-bergeron","tag-fairbury-speedway","tag-kendal-tucker","tag-tyler-jackson"],"yoast_head":"\nFALS NEVER FAILS: Bergeron Beats Tucker and Jackson After Intense Last-Laps Battle at Fairbury - DIRTcar eSports<\/title>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n