It only took three races for the iRacing World of Outlaws Carquest Sprint Car Series to see its first repeat winner of the 2022-23 season, and it came in dominant fashion. Hayden Cardwell has long been recognized as one of iRacing’s premier dirt oval drivers, and after leading most of last week’s feature at Eldora Speedway, he went flag-to-flag up front at Williams Grove Speedway to claim his second checkered flag of the young campaign.

Cardwell’s victory came after holding off Braden Eyler, last year’s Williams Grove winner and the top qualifier at Eldora. After starting sixth on the grid, Eyler gradually worked his way through the pack and passed Timothy Smith for second with 14 to go, hoping to make a move to defend his win. Eyler would pull away from Smith, who maintained third place, but couldn’t quite find his way around as Cardwell managed to lead every lap of the race.

Cardwell was joined by Mason Hannagan, Logan Rumsey, and Clayton Tilley as heat winners, but the other trio would all fall back in the pack as the race wore on. On the other side of the action, Alex Bergeron would jump five spots in the running order to finish fourth, growing his championship lead on Smith to nearly 50 points as he looks to start another streak of iRacing World of Outlaws Sprint Car titles. After missing the feature in the opener from Volusia, Cardwell’s back-to-back wins have helped him climb to sixth in the standings, well within reach of second—and with seven races to try to catch Bergeron out front.

The iRacing World of Outlaws Carquest Sprint Car Series season continues next Monday with a visit to Lincoln Speedway, its first new track of the season and iRacing’s newest content release as part of 2023 Season 1. As always, the action streams live at 9PM ET on DIRTVision and across iRacing social media channels.

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NEW iRacing World of Outlaws Carquest Sprint Car Series Points (1/10 Races): 1. Alex Bergeron (220); 2. Timothy Smith (-47); 3. JD Brown (-50); 4. Tyler Schell (-52); 5. Kendal Tucker (-61); 6. Hayden Cardwell (-64); 7. Adam Elby (-65); 8. Mason Hannagan (-68); 9. Evan Seay (-75); 10. Braden Tyler (-78).

RESULTS FROM WILLIAMS GROVE SPEEDWAY:

Fin. St. No. Driver Laps Interval Led Best Pts.
1 1 07 Hayden Cardwell 35 34 16.902 78
2 6 5 Braden Eyler 35 -0.348 0 16.926 74
3 5 86 Timothy S Smith 35 -1.187 0 16.898 71
4 9 12 Alex A Bergeron 35 -2.893 0 17.055 67
5 4 51 Clayton W Tilley 35 -3.450 0 17.292 66
6 2 1 Mason Hannagan 35 -3.501 0 16.860 63
7 10 00 Kendal Tucker 35 -5.480 0 17.245 58
8 16 22 Bryce Lucius 35 -6.313 0 17.256 54
9 3 41 Logan Rumsey2 35 -6.981 0 16.895 54
10 14 74 Adam Elby 35 -7.110 0 17.220 48
11 7 14 JD Brown 35 -7.660 0 17.181 48
12 12 85 Tyler Schell 35 -7.709 0 17.349 45
13 19 49 Ryan Avila 35 -9.741 0 17.066 37
14 20 23 Kenny Miller 35 -12.199 0 17.342 38
15 8 42 Paul R Bryan 35 -12.920 0 17.231 40
16 15 24 Tanner Pettit 35 -13.027 0 17.228 36
17 18 20 Aiden Forster 35 -14.397 0 17.300 33
18 11 33 Evan Seay 35 -22.475 0 17.352 33
19 13 52 James Edens 35 -23.521 0 17.234 30
20 17 174 Loic Bernier 6 -29 L 0 17.316 27