Edens Becomes First iRacing World of Outlaws Sprint Car Repeat Winner of 2020

April 23rd, 2020 by

Swindell SpeedLab Esports’ James Edens didn’t just beat defending iRacing World of Outlaws NOS Energy Sprint Car World Champion Alex Bergeron to the finish line with Monday night’s victory at Limaland Motorsports Park. He also did something that few may have predicted coming into the 2020 season: he also became the first repeat winner of the season, halfway into this year’s campaign.

“Last week, I thought we gave one away by not putting enough fuel in,” admitted Edens, who nearly had a repeat victory at Knoxville Raceway one week prior after leading most of the race. “We went a gallon earlier this week to make sure we wouldn’t need to slow up at the end of the race. It was redemption, and it feels good because Limaland’s definitely a tricky track for me.”

For just the second time this season, all 20 drivers who made the main event were able to complete all 35 laps, and only one caution for Heat 3 winner Joel Berkley on Lap 29 slowed down the proceedings. Edens, Knoxville winner Braden Eyler, and Shaun Timmerman took the other three heat wins, while Dillon Semmelmann and Tyler Ducharme punched their tickets to the final through the last chance qualifier.

While Edens proved to be untouchable in the feature, leading every single lap thanks in part to a solid restart in crunch time, the rest of the field saw plenty of slicing and dicing among the sport’s quickest drivers. Bergeron fought his way up to second overall from fifth on the grid, while David Heileman returned to the podium by climbing four spots to third place. Eyler and Dylan Houser rounded out the top five.

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

Fin.

St.

No.

Driver

Laps

Led

Interval

Best

Pts.
1 1 52 James Edens 35 35 0 11.598 78
2 5 12 Alex A Bergeron 35 0 -0.618 11.894 74
3 7 49 David Heileman 35 0 -0.743 11.908 71
4 2 5 Braden Eyler 35 0 -1.016 11.767 69
5 10 2 Dylan R. Houser 35 0 -1.163 11.918 64
6 6 11 Cole Neuhalfen 35 0 -1.34 11.828 62
7 14 74 Adam Elby 35 0 -1.813 11.879 57
8 13 17 Cameron Merriman 35 0 -2.162 11.975 54
9 9 0 Kendal Tucker 35 0 -2.202 11.929 52
10 15 85 Tyler Schell 35 0 -2.458 11.986 48
11 3 9 Joel Berkley 35 0 -2.969 11.832 49
12 12 39 Chase Cabre 35 0 -3.145 11.917 45
13 16 15 Zack Novak 35 0 -3.475 12.095 42
14 20 3 Lewis Hewett 35 0 -3.703 12.045 39
15 18 81 Dillon Semmelmann 35 0 -4.224 12.021 36
16 17 25 Tyler Ducharme 35 0 -4.656 12.059 35
17 19 80 Vinnie Sansone 35 0 -5.106 12.05 33
18 11 54 John Battista 35 0 -5.296 12.087 33
19 8 18 Austen Semmelmann 35 0 -5.638 12.119 32
20 4 24 Shaun Timmerman 35 0 -6.409 12.112 31

 

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

  1. Alex Bergeron, 311
  2. James Edens, 302
  3. David Heileman, 296
  4. Braden Eyler, 281
  5. Kendal Tucker, 280
  6. Cameron Merriman, 267
  7. Adam Elby, 256
  8. Dillon Semmelmann, 197
  9. Blake Cannon, 196
  10. Cole Cabre, 196

The second half of the 2020 iRacing World of Outlaws NOS Energy Sprint Car World Championship season begins next Monday at 9PM ET with a return to Lernerville Speedway, the only track with two dates on this year’s calendar. As always, the race will stream live on the iRacing eSports Network. For more information on iRacing and for special offers, visit www.iracing.com.

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