Bergeron Extends Points Lead With World of Outlaws Sprint Car Win at Lernerville

April 28th, 2020 by

Team ABR’s Alex Bergeron capitalized on a mistake from Slick Simsport’s Tyler Ducharme to score the win in iRacing World of Outlaws NOS Energy Sprint Car World Championship action from Lernerville Speedway on Monday night. The win, combined with technical issues for previous Lernerville winner and top incoming challenger James Edens, allowed Bergeron to extend his points lead in hopes of winning a second straight championship this season.

Bergeron, Ducharme, David Heileman, and Tyler Schell scored the heat victories from Lernerville, setting up an interesting mix of title contenders and fresh faces at the front of the pack for the main event. Bergeron struck out to an early lead, but after an early spin for Dillon Semmelmann caused a caution, Ducharme seized the opportunity, throwing sliders in Turns 3 and 4 until he was able to establish the high line and make the pass stick on Lap 13.

But running the cushion and throwing sliders comes with an added risk at Lernerville, as the lack of an outside retaining wall around most of the track puts drivers at risk of clearing the outside line entirely. On Lap 19, Ducharme’s luck at the top of the track finally ran out; he slid off track in Turn 2, losing the lead and momentum as he dropped to the edge of the top 10. He would later recover to fifth.

Schell would capitalize by jumping to second, while Britton Roxberry clawed his way up from 10th to claim the final spot on the podium. Only Semmelmann, who went a lap down with his spin, Edens, and Alex Smolders, who flew off of the track on Lap 3 and landed on his side, would fail to complete all 35 laps.

Full results from iRacing World of Outlaws NOS Energy Sprint Car World Championship action at Lernerville Speedway were as follows:

Fin.

St.

No.

Driver

Laps

Led

Interval

Best

Pts.
1 1 12 Alex A Bergeron 35 24 0 13.687 78
2 4 85 Tyler Schell 35 0 -0.523 13.775 75
3 10 421 Britton Roxberry 35 0 -0.603 13.875 70
4 7 18 Austen Semmelmann 35 0 -1.713 13.827 68
5 2 25 Tyler Ducharme 35 9 -1.878 13.75 66
6 3 49 David Heileman 35 0 -1.887 13.831 63
7 19 71 Cole V Cabre 35 0 -2.277 13.944 56
8 11 5 Braden Eyler 35 0 -2.865 13.577 55
9 6 00 Kendal Tucker 35 2 -3.23 13.95 53
10 16 2 Dylan R. Houser 35 0 -3.586 13.887 48
11 17 17 Cameron Merriman 35 0 -3.631 13.88 45
12 14 41 Colton W Hardy 35 0 -4.111 13.822 44
13 15 11 Cole Neuhalfen 35 0 -4.364 14.035 42
14 18 35 Nick Cooper 35 0 -5.571 14.189 38
15 12 4 James Tiernan 35 0 -7.018 13.727 39
16 9 24 Shaun Timmerman 35 0 -7.081 13.827 37
17 13 3 Lewis Hewett 35 0 -8.203 13.971 34
18 20 81 Dillon Semmelmann 34 0 -1 L 13.688 31
19 5 52 James Edens 22 0 -13 L 13.941 32
20 8 211 Alex Smolders 2 0 -33 L 30

 

iRacing World of Outlaws NOS Energy Sprint Car World Championship standings through six rounds are as follows:

  1. Alex Bergeron, 389
  2. David Heileman, 359
  3. Braden Eyler, 336
  4. James Edens, 334
  5. Kendal Tucker, 333
  6. Cameron Merriman, 312
  7. Adam Elby, 258
  8. Cole Cabre, 252
  9. Dylan Houser, 242
  10. Ausen Semmelmann, 237

The iRacing World of Outlaws NOS Energy Sprint Car World Championship season continues next Monday with a return to Kokomo Speedway, where brothers Chase and Cole Cabre scored a 1-2 finish in 2019. As always, the race will stream live on the iRacing eSports Network at 9PM ET/6PM PT. In the meantime, real-world World of Outlaws stars and crossover athletes will make their debut on the CBS Sports Network tonight at 8PM ET/5PM ET for the inaugural eDirt Racing Shootout. For more information on iRacing and for special offers, visit www.iracing.com.

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