2024-25 World of Outlaws Pro Series | Race Preview | Race 2: Weedsport

The second race of the 2024-25 World of Outlaws Pro Series season, powered by iRacing, takes to Weedsport Speedway in the 410 Sprint Cars on Monday night.

This top-level eSports dirt racing series combines a schedule of 10 tracks with two dirt oval disciplines—the series utilizes both the 410 Sprint Car and the Super Late Model—and with an open qualifying series format to allow for anyone to take part in the championship, the new Pro Series has different look than what we’ve seen in past World of Outlaws eSports championships. While Logan Rumsey, the opening round winner at Volusia, will look to extend his points lead over Kendal Tucker, Nathan Waddell, and Blake Matjoulis, names such as Evan Seay, Ryan Avila, and Tyler Schell join the roster for the first time this season through Weedsport qualifying last week.

The driver roster is set each week through the Qualifying Series races that are open to all iRacing members with a Class A Dirt Oval license. These qualifying races will run on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 8:00 p.m. ET, and the top-35 point scorers will be invited to the iRacing World of Outlaws Pro Series league each week for the Monday night main event. After the Monday show, the league is cleared out, and the process begins again. Points will be tracked as normal across those 10 main events to crown the series champion.

The main event will include a 35-lap feature for 21 cars that qualify in through qualifying, heat races, and last chance qualifiers. The action starts at 8:00 p.m. ET and it will be live on DIRTVision and across all of iRacing’s social media channels.

Weedsport Driver Roster:

The following 35 drivers have qualified into Monday night’s event at Weedsport Speedway, utilizing the 410 Sprint Car, by scoring the most points last week during the qualifying races:

• Aiden Price
• Andrew Clark
• Blake Matjoulis
• Braden Eyler
• Bradley Cox
• Chase Stewart
• Christopher Joy
• Connor Dudek
• Coy Vlies
• Dylan Houser
• Dylan Yeager
• Ethan Johnson
• Evan Seay
• James Edens
• JD Brown
• Joey Lingron
• Justen Stolz
• Kadyn Berry
• Kendal Tucker
• Kenny Hoffman
• Kolby Araki
• Landon Cardoza
• Logan Rumsey
• Loic Bernier
• Mike Augustine
• Nathan Waddell
• Nick Cooper
• Ryan Avila
• Shawn English
• Talan Willis
• Tanner Pettit
• Trey Mills
• Ty Schobelock
• Tyler Ducharme
• Tyler Schell

Last Race: 

The season began with a caution-free Feature at Volusia Speedway Park one week ago, and it was Logan Rumsey who wound up on top at the end of the evening. From sixth on the starting grid following the top-eight invert, Rumsey rode the top to the top of the leaderboard, around the inverted pole-sitter Kendal Tucker, and never looked back. Blake Matjoulis rode from 10th on the grid to finish in the final spot on the podium.

Last Season: 

Alex Bergeron won his second-straight race of the 2023-24 iRacing World of Outlaws Sprint Car season at Weedsport after a fierce battle with Tanner Pettit. Pettit took the pole and won his heat, but Bergeron had a hill to climb after placing 14th in qualifying. In the second heat, Bergeron went from fourth to first to win and move into second on the Feature starting grid. Pettit led the opening six laps of the Feature, but Bergeron battled by and never looked back to win.

Track Info:

Weedsport Speedway in upstate New York is a 3/8 mile, D-shaped clay oval with an asymmetrical layout. Formerly known as Cayuga County Fair Speedway, the original track that opened in 1955 was a 1/3 mile oval. In 1970, it became its current configuration, changing hands at ownership a few times before settling on its current group in 2014. Weedsport has raced yearly for World of Outlaws and Super DIRTcar Series, but back in the 1980s, this venue was well-known for its ability to host concerts for some of the top rock bands of the era.

Race Format: 

These races feature qualifying and heat racing to determine the 21 drivers that will compete in the main race.

The top-eight qualifiers will immediately transfer to the feature. Pole winners score 25 points, second place scores 23 points, and points are paid out through the transfer spots to eighth, who will receive 17 points. When the feature begins, the top-eight will invert, with the pole sitter starting eighth and the eighth place qualifier starting on the pole.

For everyone else who does not qualify in, there will be three heat races of eight laps each, where the top-three finishers will advance forward through to the main event. Heat races also pay out points to all drivers, with the winner scoring 15 points and ninth place taking home seven points.

There will also be two 12-lap consolation races where the top two finishers in each will move on, but no additional points are scored.

Feature races will be 35 laps in the 410 Sprint Car, or 50 laps in the Super Late Model. The Feature winner will score 100 points, making the maximum amount of points on any given night 125 for a pole and Feature win.

Remaining 2024-25 Season Schedule:

2. Weedsport Speedway | Nov 18, 2024 | 410S
3. Williams Grove Raceway | Nov 25, 2024 | SLM
4. Lincoln Speedway | Dec 02, 2024 | 410S
5. Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 | Dec 09, 2024 | SLM
6. Knoxville Raceway | Dec 16, 2024 | 410S
7. TO BE ANNOUNCED | Jan 06, 2025 | 410S
8. Fairbury Speedway | Jan 13, 2025 | SLM
9. Eldora Speedway | Jan 20, 2025 | 410S
10. The Dirt Track at Charlotte | Jan 27, 2025 | SLM

For more information on the series, visit www.iracing.com/woo-pro-series. For more information on the World of Outlaws, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com. For more information on iRacing and for special offers, visit www.iracing.com.

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