Eyler Is A First
Braden Eyler (5a) passes James Edens for the win Monday night at the virtual Knoxville Raceway. (Jeff Steward photo)

Eyler Is A First-Time WoO World Championship Winner

RESULTS: World of Outlaws iRacing Sprint Car World Championship; Knoxville Raceway; April 13, 2020

Qualifying (best of two laps): 1. 52-James Eden, 15.487; 2. 18-Austen Semmelmann, 15.505; 3. 55-Rusty Kruger, 15.518; 4. 44-Blake Cannon, 15.523; 5. 5-Braden Eyler, 15.524; 6. 49-David Heileman, 15.531; 7. 39-Chase Cabre, 15.533; 8. 00-Kendal Tucker, 15.534; 9. 12-Alex Bergeron, 15.535; 10. 17-Cameron Merriman, 15.538; 11. 80-Vinnie Sansone, 15.545; 12. 35-Nick Cooper, 15.547; 13. 3-Lewis Hewett, 15.548; 14. 74-Adam Elby, 15.548; 15. 211-Alex Smolders, 15.564; 16. 41-Colton Hardy, 15.569; 17. 23-Justin Thomas, 15.576; 18. 81-Dillon Semmelmann, 15.579; 19. 25-Tyler Ducharme, 15.590; 20. 54-John Battista, 15.590; 21. 91-Anthony Jobe, 15.592; 22. 71-Cole Cabre, 15.601; 23.

Heat #1 (10 laps, top four transfer): 1. James Edens [1], 2. Braden Eyler [2], 3. Alex Bergeron [3], 4. Lewis Hewett [4] / 5. Justin Thomas [5], 6. Anthony Jobe [6], 7. Schyler Brown [8], 8. James Tiernan [9], 9. Joel Berkley [7]. (2:37.933)

Heat #2 (10 laps, top four transfer): 1. David Heileman [2], 2. Cameron Merriman [3], 3. Adam Elby [4], 4. Cole Cabre [6] / 5. Dillon Semmelmann [5], 6. Tyler Schell [8], 7. Logan Clampitt [9], 8. Mike Keegan [7], 9. Austin Semmelmann [1]. (2:41.053)

Heat #3 (10 laps, top four transfer): 1. Rusty Kruger [1], 2. Chase Cabre [2], 3. Alex Smolders [4], 4. Zack Novak [8] / 5. Cole Neuhalfen [6], 6. Shaun Timmerman [7], 7. Tyler Ducharme [5], 8. Vinnie Sansone [3]. (2:42.958)

Heat #4 (10 laps, top four transfer): 1. Dylan Houser [8], 2. Kendal Tucker [2], 3. John Battista [5], 4. Billy Rowlee [6] / 5. Nick Cooper [3], 6. Britton Roxberry [7], 7. Blake Cannon [1], 8. Colton Hardy [4]. (2:45.130)

Last Chance Showdown #1 (12 laps, top two transfer): 1. Justin Thomas [1], 2. Joel Berkley [9] / 3. Cole Neuhalfen [2], 4. James Tiernan [7], 5. Schyler Brown [5], 6. Vinnie Sansone [8], 7. Anthony Jobe [3], 8. Shaun Timmerman [4], 9. Tyler Ducharme [6]. (3:23.273)

Last Chance Showdown #2 (12 laps, top two transfer): 1. Logan Clampitt [5], 2. Nick Cooper [2] / 3. Britton Roxberry [4], 4. Blake Cannon [6], 5. Mike Keegan [7], 6. Dillon Semmelmann [1], 7. Austen Semmelmann [9], 8. Colton Hardy [8], 9. Tyler Schell [3]. (3:26.724)

NOS Energy Drink A-Feature (35 laps): 1. Braden Eyler [5], 2. Cameron Merriman [6], 3. James Edens [1], 4. David Heileman [2], 5. Dylan Houser [4], 6. Kendal Tucker [8], 7. Chase Cabre [7], 8. Rusty Kruger [3], 9. Joel Berkley [19], 10. Adam Elby [10], 11. Alex Smolders [11], 12. Justin Thomas [17], 13. Billy Rowlee [16], 14. Cole Cabre [14], 15. Zack Novak [15], 16. John Battista [12], 17. Logan Clampitt [18], 18. Alex Bergeron [9], 19. Nick Cooper [20], 20. Lewis Hewett [13].

Lead Changes: One between two drivers

Lap Leader(s): James Edens 1-25, Braden Eyler 26-35

Laps Led: James Edens 25, Braden Eyler 10

Hard Charger: 9-Joel Berkley (+10)

Caution Flags: None for 0 laps

Margin of Victory: 1.128 seconds

Time of Race: 10 minutes, 26.941 seconds

Average Speed: 100.488 mph

Strength of Field: 5,951 average iRating