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TO THE LAST LAP: Cardwell Edges Wilson for iRacing Late Model World Championship

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Evan Seay Wins Finale at The Dirt Track at Charlotte, Cardwell Beats Wilson by 4 Points for $10,000 Title

Evan Seay won the battle, but Hayden Cardwell is $10,000 richer after winning the war in last night’s iRacing World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model World Championship finale from The Dirt Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Cardwell fought his way up through the pack in the deciding feature race, eventually getting past Dylan Wilson after the two made contact in a battle where the series title would go to the higher finisher.

“Words can’t explain how excited I am right now,” said Cardwell, who finished second. “We saved the best for last, and I think this race right here was the best race of the season. To come home $10,000 richer just doesn’t sound right to me—I can’t believe we did it.”

All five drivers who entered the night with a mathematical shot at the championship were crammed into two of the three heats, with Seay beating Kendal Tucker and Cardwell in the first and Devon Morgan beating Wilson in the second. That meant that Wilson would line up fifth and Cardwell seventh in the main event, with both far up enough in the pack that Morgan and Tucker would need either to falter heavily to get back in the title race and Seay mathematically eliminated in the heats.

Seay had checked out on the field before Zack McSwain’s spin caused the first of three cautions on the night. Although nobody had anything for him for the win, even after the restarts, they kept Cardwell and Wilson close throughout the night. Cardwell managed to lead one lap during the race, but it wasn’t until Lap 31 that he was scored ahead of Wilson for good.

Wilson, on the other hand, was left to reflect on second place, having fallen just four points short of ultimate glory. Although he managed a third place finish, he ended the year frustrated with the contact with Cardwell, and wondering what might have been.

“There were a few points in the year where, if things went my way, it would’ve been a different story,” Wilson lamented. “Tonight, (Cardwell) was out for blood. He doored someone in the heat race, doored me twice, killed my racecar and drove off in the sunset. I think if we had a clean race, we would’ve had something for him, but I was just hanging on at the end.”

iRacing World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model World Championship feature results from The Dirt Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway were as follows:

Fin. St. No. Driver Laps Interval Led Best Pts.
1 1 33 Evan Seay 50   49 16.017 78
2 7 07 Hayden Cardwell 50 -0.712 1 16.200 73
3 5 80 Dylan Wilson 50 -1.749 0 16.187 71
4 2 112 Devon Morgan 50 -1.941 0 16.184 69
5 6 000 Kevin Dedmon 50 -2.164 0 16.236 65
6 4 00 Kendal Tucker 50 -2.363 0 16.109 62
7 12 52 James Edens 50 -3.519 0 16.178 57
8 14 127 Blake Matjoulis 50 -3.826 0 16.180 53
9 15 12 Alex A Bergeron 50 -4.314 0 16.212 50
10 11 71 Cole V Cabre 50 -5.081 0 16.219 48
11 8 25 Zack McSwain 50 -5.086 0 16.200 47
12 10 32 Steven Wilson 50 -5.201 0 16.251 44
13 9 46 Dillon Raffurty 50 -5.449 0 16.178 43
14 20 157 Drew Hopkins 50 -5.532 0 16.243 35
15 3 70 Davin Cardwell 50 -7.354 0 16.263 41
16 19 24 Zach Leonhardi 50 -8.503 0 16.249 33
17 18 14 JD Brown 50 -8.824 0 16.072 32
18 17 6 CJ Phillips 50 -10.448 0 16.335 30
19 13 3 Shane James 50 -10.613 0 16.192 29
20 16 7 Jacob Fields 30 -20 L 0 16.275 26

 

Final iRacing World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model World Championship points are as follows:

  1. Hayden Cardwell, 660
  2. Dylan Wilson, 656
  3. Devon Morgan, 628
  4. Kendal Tucker, 625
  5. Evan Seay, 614
  6. Alex Bergeron, 525
  7. Zack McSwain, 518
  8. James Edens, 489
  9. JD Brown, 447
  10. Blake Cannon, 378
  11. Blake Matjoulis, 377
  12. Steven Wilson, 370
  13. Dylan Houser, 351
  14. Davin Cardwell, 344
  15. Dillon Raffurty, 319
  16. Tyler Ducharme, 303
  17. Cole Cabre, 288
  18. Kevin Dedmon, 233
  19. Adam Elby, 218
  20. Casey Kirwan, 207
  21. Drew Hopkins, 189
  22. Daniel Cummings Jr., 177
  23. Jacob Fields, 172
  24. Zach Leonhardi, 168
  25. Joel Berkley, 154
  26. Austin Carr, 147
  27. Blake Brown, 140
  28. Shane James, 108
  29. Austin Matthews, 98
  30. CJ Phillips, 87
  31. Brandyn Proudfoot, 74
  32. Mason Crawford, 51
  33. Shad Prescott, 44
  34. Brian Weyandt Jr., 40
  35. Grant Ryals, 38

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