Cameron Merriman Wins 2021-22 iRacing World of Outlaws Title With Charlotte Victory

February 1st, 2022 by

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The third time was finally the charm for Cameron Merriman to take home an iRacing World of Outlaws NOS Energy Sprint Car Series race win at The Dirt Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway. After crashing from the lead coming to the white flag two weeks ago at Fairbury, and taking contact that dropped him from first to fourth on the final restart at Weedsport, Merriman rocketed to the lead early in Monday night’s feature and never looked back, only easing off from the huge advantage he had built in the final laps to keep it clean across the finish line.

This was no ordinary win, though. After coming into the night with a 13-point lead over Alex Bergeron in the series standings, Merriman’s victory ensured that he would be the person to end Bergeron’s three-year championship streak, and end the season by taking home more than $10,000 of the $25,000 series purse.

“It’s surreal—I can’t believe it,” Merriman said after locking up the race win and title. “This season was a mixed bag of opportunities, and the last few weeks have been grueling. It was insanely challenging to get back on the horse after Fairbury, and we couldn’t quite seal the deal at Weedsport with a tough restart. The caliber of talent of drivers this season may have been the highest it’s ever been.”

Hayden Cardwell, who won last week’s race at Weedsport after making contact with Merriman, and polesitter Blake Matjoulis completed the podium after swapping second and third late in the race. Bergeron recovered from a disappointing qualifying run to finish third in his heat and jump from ninth to fourth in the feature and hang onto second place in the championship standings.

iRacing World of Outlaws NOS Energy Sprint Car Series results from The Dirt Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway were as follows:

Fin.

St.

No.

Driver

Laps

Interval

Led

Best

Pts.
1 2 17 Cameron Merriman 35 0.000 31 13.812 78
2 4 07 Hayden Cardwell 35 -0.636 0 13.920 75
3 1 127 Blake Matjoulis 35 -0.737 3 13.967 72
4 9 12 Alex A Bergeron 35 -0.886 0 13.854 67
5 6 33 Evan Seay 35 -3.834 0 13.931 65
6 8 52 James Edens 35 -5.825 0 14.004 62
7 5 00 Kendal Tucker 35 -5.878 0 13.984 59
8 13 85 Tyler Schell 35 -6.299 0 13.929 54
9 16 5 Braden Eyler 35 -6.591 0 13.927 51
10 12 22 Mason Hannagan 35 -6.904 0 13.942 49
11 3 48 Dylan Yeager 35 -6.966 0 14.078 49
12 7 25 Tyler Ducharme 35 -8.159 0 14.044 46
13 10 41 Logan Rumsey 35 -8.335 0 14.103 43
14 11 13 Aiden Bierlein 35 -8.783 0 13.873 41
15 18 14 JD Brown 35 -9.425 0 14.060 35
16 19 76 Brayden Shute 35 -9.666 0 13.987 35
17 20 6 Rylan Gray 35 -10.669 0 14.122 33
18 17 86 Timothy S Smith 34 -1 L 0 13.969 30
19 14 74 Adam Elby 34 -1 L 0 14.173 30
20 15 18 Austen Semmelmann 5 -30 L 0 14.157 28

 

 

Final 2021-22 iRacing World of Outlaws NOS Energy Sprint Car Series points are as follows:

  1. Cameron Merriman, 652 (1 win)
  2. Alex Bergeron, 628 (1 win)
  3. James Edens, 612 (2 wins)
  4. Braden Eyler, 570 (1 win)
  5. Hayden Cardwell, 565 (2 wins)
  6. Logan Rumsey, 524
  7. Kendal Tucker, 493
  8. Tyler Schell, 488
  9. Evan Seay, 471 (2 wins)
  10. Blake Matjoulis, 451 (1 win)

Click here for full iRacing World of Outlaws NOS Energy Sprint Car Series point standings.

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