Bergeron Back on Top of iRacing World of Outlaws Sprint Car Standings at Lernerville

The showdown between Alex Bergeron and Hayden Cardwell for the 2020-21 iRacing World of Outlaws NOS Energy Sprint Car World Championship is shaping up to be one for the ages.

Bergeron swung the pendulum back in his favor at Lernerville Speedway on Monday night, taking his second straight series victory and third overall after taking the lead for good from Kendal Tucker early in the 35-lap feature. Combined with third place in qualifying and a heat victory, the win was enough to reclaim the championship lead from Cardwell by a razor-thin two-point margin at the halfway mark of the season.

At first, Monday looked like it could’ve been rookie Logan Rumsey’s night. The series newcomer qualified first and won the first heat over Cardwell to take the advantage into the main event, but an immediate caution including previous Lernerville winner James Edens forced the first of four cautions on the night. Both Tucker and Bergeron got past Rumsey on the restart, but he held onto a top-five spot for much of the race before becoming the final caution and the only DNF of the race.

Series veterans Tyler Ducharme and Adam Elby completed the top five, while Colton Hardy was the biggest gainer on the night as he climbed from last on the grid to 12th. Knoxville winner and former series champion Tim Ryan was ninth, and sits just six points behind Tucker for third in the standings.

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

Fin.

St.

No.

Driver

Laps

Interval

Led

Best

Pts.

1312Alex A Bergeron353014.42778
2200Kendal Tucker35-1.585414.26275
3522Hayden Cardwell35-1.933014.39671
4725Tyler Ducharme35-2.123014.52868
5974Adam Elby35-2.612014.58864
6115Braden Eyler35-3.181014.60261
71018Austen Semmelmann35-3.783014.47658
8627Colton Davis35-3.924014.68656
9498Tim Ryan35-4.386014.64554
101610Rusty L Kruger35-4.882014.68448
1114211Alex Smolders35-5.251014.92846
122034Colton W Hardy35-5.474014.79741
1318114JD Brown35-5.709014.78440
14172Daniel Gow35-5.880014.89538
15199Dustin Griffitts35-7.194014.94134
16852James Edens35-8.597014.74038
17158Cole Neuhalfen35-8.809014.82134
181337Zane Scott35-9.801014.55532
191217Cameron Merriman35-13.697014.68831
20141Logan Rumsey22-13 L114.57431

 

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

  1. Alex Bergeron, 373
  2. Hayden Cardwell, 371
  3. Kendal Tucker, 315
  4. Tim Ryan, 309
  5. Nick Cooper, 253
  6. Tyler Ducharme, 238
  7. Tyler Schell, 221
  8. James Edens, 220
  9. Braden Eyler, 210
  10. Austen Semmelmann, 199

The iRacing World of Outlaws NOS Energy Sprint Car World Championship takes a one-week break for the 2021 iRacing Season 1 build, which features the release of Cedar Lake Speedway, before returning to action on December 21 from Weedsport Speedway for the first time. As always, the race can be streamed live on DirtVision on Monday at 9PM ET. For more information on iRacing and for special offers, visit www.iracing.com.