BRL DSS S14 R11 Recap

17 March 2023
Bootleg Racing League | Season 14 | Round 11
Dirt Street Stock Series | Lanier National Speedway

Billy Northcutt with Dirt Panda claimed the final checkered flag in a bittersweet moment for the Bootleg Racing League Dirt Street Stock Series at Lanier National Speedway at Lanier National Speedway ahead of John Heyn and Jason Best. “Anytime that I can win in here… it’s just a blast for me and for my family and everybody who watches so yeah that was definitely a great way to go out on that”, Northcutt shared with us as the night came to a close, “That track’s always just been probably my best track, the one I’ve run the most laps at… kind of feels like that hometown track, you know.”

“I don’t think anything will compare to the fun and camaraderie that we had here so if I jump right into something else, I feel like I would just hate it… I kind of want to miss it before I start jumping into all that”, Northcutt commented in regards to future plans within sim racing as the finality of the moment started to set in, “When I joined this league to run I told my mom that I was never going to win in here because everyone was too good and she never got to see me race in it, but here we are. I won a lot of races in here and it was really a lot of fun and I’m going to miss it.”

Billy Northcutt came into the evening strong throwing down the fastest lap in qualifying at 16.458 and dominating the first heat to secure the pole in the upcoming feature event. John Heyn showed the field why he’s known as “The Professor” as he took the field to school claiming the checkered flag in the 2nd heat over Chris Hill. Jason Best broke away from the field to take the win in the B Main consolation race wrapping up the preliminary events of the night.

Leading the field out of turn 4, Northcutt took the green flag for the final time as the field roared into the first corner with Northcutt quickly cleared ahead of Heyn. Chris Davis was running side by side with Hill over 3rd place claiming the position going into lap 3 with Best looking to follow him through. Aiden Young and Jeffery Hardin battled hard over 6th place directly behind the battle between Best and Hill.

Best secured 4th and immediately went after Davis in 3rd diving low. Hill fell back further as he found himself in a 3-wide battle for 4th. Best cleared into 3rd as Young moved up into 5th and was looking to challenge Davis ahead of him. Hill cleared Hardin for 6th moving forward as the field crossed the halfway point of the night. Northcutt had more than a 1 second lead over Heyn with another full second from Heyn back to Best with all of the action happening from 4th on back through the field.

Stephen Spies was working on making up for a rough start to the night climbing up from the back of the field trying to working his way around Hunter Hill for 10th. Young closed the gap to Davis and was pressuring looking for a way to get under Davis for 4th but Davis was defending well going into the final laps. Best was slowly reeling Heyn in setting his sights on 2nd place with 5 laps remaining. Taking the white flag, Billy Northcutt had a commanding lead over the field taking the checkered flag 1.3 seconds ahead of John Heyn. Jason Best, Chris Davis, and Aiden Young round out the top 5 tonight at Lanier National Speedway.

Billy Northcutt finished up the final season of the Bootleg Racing League Dirt Street Stock Series as the season champion with 734 points. Jason Best held onto 2nd place with 603 points. Chris Hill moved up into 3rd place with 520 points as Jeffrey Hardin dropped back to 4th with 519 points and Aiden Young rounds out the top 5 with 514 points. The Bootleg Racing League has closed the doors on dirt racing but is coming back next week on the asphalt for the new Super Late Model Series on March 24th for 200 laps of action at New Smyrna Speedway with all of the action brought to you live at 8:10PM ET only on the Virtual Grip Network!

BRL DSS S14 R10 Recap

10 March 2023
Bootleg Racing League | Season 14 | Round 10
Dirt Street Stock Series | Weedsport Speedway

Kenny Kibbey with Nocturnal Gaming takes the checkered flag tonight in the Bootleg Racing League Dirt Street Stock Series at Weedsport Speedway ahead of Chris Davis and Aiden Young. “I’ve always loved Weedsport and I decided to make this one kind of my last race in this league here”, Kibbey commented at the end of the night, “I had a feeling the leaders were going to get together. I saw [Davis] looked to be faster than [Best] so it was only a matter of time before they started hitting each other and sure enough… and then everyone just moved up the track and I just squeezed through and just had to live to the end.”

Jason Best came into the night strong putting down the top lap in qualifying at 17.884 and securing the pole by taking claiming the checkered flag in the first heat event over Kenny Kibbey by 1.5 seconds at the line. Stephen Spies took the 2nd heat with and Billy Northcutt winning the B Main to finish up the preliminary events of the night leading up to the 30-lap feature event.

Best led the 15-car field around to take the green flag with Spies challenging for the lead off the jump. Best was able to hold it as Kibbey dove low getting a nose under Spies and taking 2nd place away. Northcutt followed Kibbey around pushing Spies further back under pressure from Aiden Young for 4th place. Kibbey and Northcutt made slight contact forcing Kibbey high resulting in several drivers running under him as he fell back to 6th before he was able to slot back into line behind Young.

Best continued to hold the lead going into lap 10 with Northcutt and Spies running side by side over 2nd place. Chris Davis had made his way up through the field and was looking to the inside of Northcutt as Spies cleared into 2nd. Northcutt stayed committed to the outside line which didn’t seem to be the optimal line as he was losing position as they crossed the halfway point of the race. Davis had closed the gap to Kibbey and was aggressively trying to get around Spies.

Spies made a rare mistake making contact with the inside wall with Davis directly behind him and unable to check up in time sending Spies around falling back to 13th going into the last 10 laps with Best still holding onto the lead. Northcutt and Young were battling over 3rd with Kibbey waiting patiently behind them with the laps quickly counting down. Davis and Best made contact battling for the lead which allowed Young to close up on them trying to split the leaders.

Contact between all 3 drivers slowed their momentum enough for Kibbey to sling past taking the lead with 4 laps to go. Davis recovered quickly and was going hard trying to get under Kibbey, but it was too little, too late as Kenny Kibbey came out of the final corner to take the checkered flag with Chris Davis, Aiden Young, Billy Northcutt, and Jeffery Hardin rounding out the top 5 tonight at Weedsport Speedway.

Billy Northcutt is well out of reach in the point standings going into the final round with 650 points, now 119 points ahead of Jason Best in 2nd place. Jeffery Hardin moves up to 3rd place with 563 points as William Hargreaves dropped another spot back to 4th after another no-show with 461 points and Chris Hill rounds out the top 5 with 457 points. The Bootleg Racing League next heads to Lanier National Speedway on March 17th with all of the dirt slinging action brought to you live at 7:10PM ET only on the Virtual Grip Network!

BRL DSS S14 R9 Recap

03 March 2023
Bootleg Racing League | Season 14 | Round 9
Dirt Street Stock Series | I-55 Raceway

Billy Northcutt with Dirt Panda takes the checkered flag tonight in the Bootleg Racing League Dirt Street Stock Series at I-55 Raceway ahead of Stephen Spies and Jason Dill. “I would’ve been excited to see a caution there honestly and give [Best] a chance to get back in line and see what happened”, Northcutt commented at the end of the night, “Early on I jumped out to a little bit of a lead and with no cautions it just takes all the stress off and it’s easier to hit your marks and everything like that so I was able to stay out front and take the win on this one.

Billy Northcutt set down the fastest lap in qualifying putting down a 14.840 starting out front for the first heat of the night with Chris Davis running to his outside. Northcutt took the win and secured the pole position for the feature race later in the night. Jason Best took the 2nd heat win claimed the remaining front row feature slot. David Traylor held off Chris Hill and Brandyn Proudfoot to take the checkered flag in the B-Main consolation race wrapping up the evening’s preliminary events.

Northcutt opted to start from the outside lane as he came out of turn 4 to take the green flag. Northcutt had a good launch off the start pulling away from the field early on as Proudfoot was aggressively pushing up through the traffic on his way to the front. The top 3 were getting spread out with the middle of the field a hornet’s nest of activity with drivers all fighting for position running 2 and 3-wide with the first 10 laps behind them. Neville Ulph was under pressure from Proudfoot battling over 4th place.

Going into the 2nd half of the run, Northcutt had extended his lead out to almost 1 second over Best with lap traffic coming into view. Proudfoot overtook Ulph for 4th and went to work running down Davis 0.9 seconds ahead of him with 10 laps remaining with the field becoming spread out around the track. Davis was coming under pressure from Proudfoot in the final laps, but it was too little, too late for Proudfoot as Billy Northcutt came around to take the checkered flag with Jason Best, Chris Davis, Brandyn Proudfoot, and Neville Ulph rounding out the top 5 tonight at I-55 Speedway.

Billy Northcutt stretches out his lead in the point standings with 581 points, now 119 points ahead of Jason Best in 2nd place. William Hargreaves slips back to 3rd place after another no-show on the track with 461 points as Chris Hill moves up to 4th at 423 points and John Wilson rounds out the top 5 with 401 points. The Bootleg Racing League next heads to Weedsport Speedway on March 10th with all of the dirt slinging action brought to you live at 7:10PM ET only on the Virtual Grip Network!

BRL DSS S14 R8 Recap

24 February 2023
Bootleg Racing League | Season 14 | Round 8
Dirt Street Stock Series | Volusia Speedway Park

Chris Davis with Team CDR claimed his first win of the season tonight in the Bootleg Racing League Dirt Street Stock Series at Volusia Speedway Park ahead of Jeffery Hardin and Chris Hill. “What I didn’t want to do was touch [Hardin] at all. He’s a very clean driver, he’s a good driver… At this track, it’s a lot about momentum. So, if I touched [Hardin] it would be bad for both of us.”, Davis took a moment to share with us at the end of the night, “I have to give my thanks to Menda because I saw him coming on the outside and that’s when I decided to take [the high line] and going up top is what worked.”

Jeffery Hardin with Loose Luggs sat at the top of the timing and scoring boards going into the evening with a fast lap put down at 19.856 taking the pole for the first heat. Under pressure from Chris Davis, Hardin was able to defend the lead taking the checkered flag and securing the pole for the feature event later that night. John Wilson took the remaining heat victory and Jason Menda beat Joey Brewer to the line to take the win in the B-Main consolation race leading into the 30-lap feature event.

Hardin led the field around to take the green flag opting to start from the outside line with Wilson on his inside. Hardin had a good jump, but Wilson was able to stay on the inside with Davis staying close to the battle waiting for an opportunity. Aiden Young was quickly climbing through the field closing on the leaders early in the run as Hardin and Wilson continued to run side by side with 5 laps completed.

Hardin was able to clear into the lead as Wilson found himself under pressure from Davis while the top 3 drivers started to separate themselves from the rest of the field. Menda had reeled Young in and was trying to get around the outside with Chris Hill and Bobby Hayes directly behind him battling over 6th. The leaders were running single file all within 0.5 seconds as they crossed into the 2nd half of the night with Davis keeping the pressure high on Hardin.

Menda cleared around Young into 4th and was gaining on the leaders with Hill, Young, Hayes, and Robby Robinson in tow behind him. Going into the final 10 laps, the top 8 were all running in close quarters with Davis looking to the inside of Hardin for the lead. As the laps quickly counted down, Davis changed up his line moving around to the outside of Hardin and was able to use the momentum to get alongside the leader with 3 laps to go. Coming out of the final corner, Chris Davis had jumped out ahead to take the checkered flag with Jeffery Hardin keeping a nose ahead of Chris Hill for 2nd. Jason Menda and John Wilson round out the top 5 tonight at Volusia Speedway Park.

Billy Northcutt holds onto the lead in the point standings with 497 points, now 36 points ahead of Hargreaves. Jason Best sits in 3rd place with 382 points as John Wilson moves up to 4th at 361 points, now tied with Chris Hill going into the next round of the season. The Bootleg Racing League next heads to I-55 Raceway on March 3rd with all of the dirt slinging action brought to you live at 7:10PM ET only on the Virtual Grip Network!

BRL DSS S14 R7 Recap

17 February 2023
Bootleg Racing League | Season 14 | Round 7
Dirt Street Stock Series | Fairbury Speedway

Blaise Rachels claimed his first win of the season tonight in the Bootleg Racing League Dirt Street Stock Series at Fairbury Speedway ahead of Neville Ulph and Chris Hill. “I just kept running it [and] kept running it and finally started pulling away so I went back to the top.”, Rachels commented to us regarding trying to run against the dominate line on the outside tonight.

Brady Thompson set down the fast laps in qualifying at 15.103 taking the pole in the first heat of the night to the inside of Neville Ulph. Thompson forced a checkup out of Ulph clearing into the lead causing a stack up further back allowing Jason Best to get alongside Jeffery Hardin for 3rd. Hardin was able to defend the position as Best slotted back into line in 4th. Thompson took the checkered flag wrapping up the first heat with Blaise Rachels taking the win in the 2nd heat. Hardin battled Bobby Hayes to take the win in the B Main consolation race leading up to the 30-lap feature event.

Thompson took the green flag to kick off the feature with Rachels to his inside. John Wilson battled Ulph for 3rd as Hardin found himself stuck on the inside line falling back in the field before slotting into line back in 7th. Wilson successfully held onto 3rd with the first 5 laps behind them. Several drivers throughout the field were aggressively trying to find speed down low but unable to as the high line was the dominate path around the track. Wilson fell back to 5th with Ulph and Hill got around him while he was experimenting down low.

Rachels was running out front on the rear bumper of Thompson over 2 seconds ahead of Ulph going into the 2nd half of the night. Going into the final 10 laps, Billy Northcutt was doing what he could to recover from a rough start to the night up to 6th behind Wilson. In the final laps, the leaders had caught lap traffic allowing Ulph to start to close the gap but there wasn’t enough time for Ulph to join the battle for the lead as Thompson and Rachels came out of the final corner side by side to take the checkered flag. Brady Thompson was disqualified for a rule violation officially awarding tonight’s win to Blaise Rachels with Neville Ulph, Chris Hill, John Wilson, and Billy Northcutt rounding out the top 5 tonight at Fairbury Speedway.

Billy Northcutt takes the lead in the point standings away from teammate William Hargreaves with 497 points, now 36 points ahead of Hargreaves. Jason Best sits in 3rd place with 382 points as Chris Hill moves up to 4th at 296 points. John Wilson rounds out the top 5 in the point standings going into the next round of the season. The Bootleg Racing League next heads to Volusia Speedway Park on February 24th with all of the dirt slinging action brought to you live at 7:10PM ET only on the Virtual Grip Network!

BRL DSS S14 R6 Recap

10 February 2023
Bootleg Racing League | Season 14 | Round 6
Dirt Street Stock Series | Limaland Motorsports Park

Blaise Rachels took the checkered flag tonight in the Bootleg Racing League Dirt Street Stock Series at Limaland Motorsports Park ahead of Dirt Panda teammates William Hargreaves and Billy Northcutt. “I was worried at the beginning and the more I got comfortable I was just in and out of my line and I started walking away”, Rachels commented as the night came to a close.

William Hargreaves with Dirt Panda came out strong going into the evening throwing down the fastest lap in qualifying at 15.217 and followed it up by taking the win in the first heat race. Blaise Rachels took the 2nd heat win and Billy Northcutt won the 3rd and final heat going into the last chance qualifiers. Brandyn Proudfoot and Chris Davis took the checkered flag in their respective consolation events leading up to the 30-lap feature with Hargreaves taking the green flag with Rachels to his outside.

Hargreaves cleared out into the lead as Northcutt tried to challenge Rachels for 2nd place in the opening laps. Jason Best stayed tight on the battle for 2nd waiting to take advantage while Proudfoot was quietly moving up through the field into 5th. Going into lap 7, Rachels made an aggressive move to the inside of Hargreaves to take away the lead and was able to defend the position as Hargreaves tried for a crossover but couldn’t make it stick. Northcutt saw his chance and started battling with his Dirt Panda teammate for 2nd place with Rachels slowly pulling away from the field.

Going into the 2nd half of the night, Hargreaves and Northcutt continued to battle each other side by side. Proudfoot had cleared up into 4th but had a lot of ground to make up to close in on the leaders with the laps quickly counting down. Rachels was able further stretch out his lead to almost 1 second with open track ahead of him. Coming out of the final corner, Blaise Rachels took the checkered flag over 1.5 seconds ahead of the rest of the field. William Hargreaves was able to take 2nd place ahead of his Dirt Panda teammate Billy Northcutt while Brandyn Proudfoot and Jason Best rounded out the top 5 tonight at Limaland Motorsports Park.

William Hargreaves holds a dominate lead in the point standings with 461 points, 23 points ahead of Billy Northcutt in 2nd place. Jason Best moves up to 3rd place with 323 points knocking Kyle Jared back to 4th. Aiden Young rounds out the top 5 in the point standings going into the 2nd half of the season. The Bootleg Racing League next heads to Fairbury Speedway on February 17th with all of the dirt slinging action brought to you live at 7:10PM ET only on the Virtual Grip Network!

BRL DSS S14 R5 Recap

03 February 2023
Bootleg Racing League | Season 14 | Round 5
Dirt Street Stock Series | Kokomo Speedway

William Hargreaves with Dirt Panda claimed the win tonight in the Bootleg Racing League Dirt Street Stock Series at Kokomo Speedway ahead of Billy Northcutt and John Wilson. “Was some great racing tonight, a lot of green flag laps and that’s a lot of what contributed to probably me being able to stay out front”, Hargreaves shared with us at the end of the night, “I didn’t think I’d be able to get around [Loomis] like I did there but unfortunately he hit the wall and it just kind of opened the door for me there.”

Zachary Loomis set the fastest 4-lap average time during qualifying tonight at 14.941 and led the first heat around to take the green flag. Loomis was able to pull away from the field to take the first checkered flag ahead of Billy Northcutt. William Hargreaves and Kyle Jared won the remaining heats with Stephen Spies and David Traylor won their respective consolation races leading up to the 30-lap feature event.

Loomis had Hargreaves to his outside as he took the green flag and quickly cleared out front while Hargreaves was under pressure from both Jared and Northcutt in the opening laps. Going into lap 5, Hargreaves saw his chance and threw a slider to take the lead away from Loomis with Northcutt trying to do the same but unable to clear into 2nd place. Jared stayed close behind the battle waiting for an opening to take advantage of with John Wilson applying pressure from 5th.

The battling allowed Hargreaves to extend his lead out to almost 1 second with 10 laps completed while Northcutt and Loomis traded sliders for 2nd. Negotiating through lap traffic, Northcutt cleared Loomis with Jared moving up into 3rd. Wilson was aggressively looking for a way into 4th as Loomis continued to drop back with a battle starting between Northcutt and Jared up ahead. Jared and Northcutt came together in the corner sending Jared around and collecting Loomis as the caution flag came out.

Lining back up for the restart, Hargreaves had Dirt Panda teammate Northcutt directly behind him with Wilson benefiting the most from the incident restarting from 3rd with 5 laps remaining. Hargreaves had a strong launch as racing resumed while Wilson stayed tight on the rear bumper of Northcutt. Coming out of the final lap, William Hargreaves claimed the checkered flag with Billy Northcutt, John Wilson, Stephen Spies, and Neville Ulph rounding out the top 5 tonight at Kokomo Speedway.

William Hargreaves stretches out his points lead ahead of teammate Billy Northcutt with 380 point, 18 points separating the Dirt Panda drivers. Kyle Jared holds onto 3rd place with 288 points, Jason Best moves up to 4th with 255 points, and Stephen Spies rounds out the top 5 with 254 points. The Bootleg Racing League next head to Limaland Motorsports Park on February 10th with all of the dirt slinging action brought to you live at 7:10PM ET only on the Virtual Grip Network!

BRL DSS S14 R4 Recap

27 January 2023
Bootleg Racing League | Season 14 | Round 4
Dirt Street Stock Series | Lincoln Speedway

Kyle Jared took the checkered flag tonight in a very chaotic running with the Bootleg Racing League Dirt Street Stock Series at Lincoln Speedway ahead of William Hargreaves and Brandyn Proudfoot. “That race was definitely a survival race there”, Jared quickly commented at the end of the night, “That was a long race”. Proudfoot took a moment to share with us, “There’s so many cautions tonight”, also adding, “A lot of people are thinking they can sling it into the bottom… I think just inexperience played a big part tonight.”

Brandyn Proudfoot set the tone for the evening putting down the fastest time in qualifying with a 4-lap average set at 19.965 and dominating the first heat to take the win and secure the pole for the upcoming feature event. Billy Northcutt and Blaise Rachels took the checkered flag in the remaining heats while Dustin Benton and Chris Davis won their respective consolation races.

Proudfoot led the 24-car field around to take the green flag getting a good jump off the start but not able to clear Northcutt initially with Rachels trying to force a 3-wide situation for the lead. Proudfoot seemed to be struggling running the highline as Northcutt took the lead for himself clearing ahead of Proudfoot and Rachels with 5 laps behind them. Rachels continued to pressure Proudfoot for 2nd place. Kyle Jared closed in on the battle and split the drivers going 3-wide as Northcutt started to stretch out his lead.

William Hargreaves was quickly moving up and got involved in the battle for 2nd. Jared saw an opportunity and went around to the outside of Northcutt to challenge for the lead seeming to have the advantage on the leader with Hargreaves and Proudfoot running directly behind them ready to jump on whichever line came out ahead. Jared cleared into the lead going into the 2nd half of the night, but Northcutt quickly shut the door on Hargreaves staying tight on the rear bumper of Jared.

Hargreaves and Northcutt went side by side as Proudfoot found himself being challenged by Benton for 4th place with the laps counting down. Going into lap 18, Benton and Northcutt made hard contact sending both drivers around on the track and collecting most of the field. As racing resumed, Hargreaves continued to pressure Jared for the lead as Proudfoot and Jason Best battled for 3rd. Proudfoot stayed committed to the highline that he had been running all night while most drivers moved more toward the middle of the track as the night went on.

Hargreaves looked to the inside of Jared but wasn’t able to make it stick as Proudfoot overtook Best for 3rd going into the final stretch. Proudfoot reached the rear bumper of Hargreaves and made a late move to get around to the outside of Hargreaves as the white flag came out. Unable to make anything of it, Kyle Jared took the checkered flag unchallenged with William Hargreaves, Brandyn Proudfoot, Jason Best, and Jesse Steffes round out the top 5 tonight at Lincoln Speedway.

William Hargreaves takes the points lead away from Billy Northcutt with 297 point, 12 points ahead of Northcutt. Kyle Jared moved up to 3rd place with 241 points, Aiden Young sits in 4th with 220 points, and Jason Best rounds out the top 5 with 201 points. The Bootleg Racing League next head to Kokomo Speedway on February 3rd with all of the dirt slinging action brought to you live at 7:10PM ET only on the Virtual Grip Network!

BRL DSS S14 R3 Recap

20 January 2023
Bootleg Racing League | Season 14 | Round 3
Dirt Street Stock Series | Cedar Lake Speedway
Photograph by: Derek Henry

Jaycee Floyd took the checkered flag tonight in the Bootleg Racing League Dirt Street Stock Series at Cedar Lake Speedway ahead of Kyle Jared and Billy Northcutt. “[Jared] kept getting closer and closer so I just told myself just hit your marks and I think you should be fine”, Floyd commented at the end of the night’s action, “I got that restart where I started on the bottom and just, I knew if I beat him into turn one, I could throw a slider kind of help me out.”

William Hargreaves with Dirt Panda racing had the fast time in qualifying with a 4-lap average of 16.123 and led the first heat of the night around to take the green flag. Hargreaves dominated the field to take the win and secure the pole for the 30-lap feature event later in the evening. Kyle Jared, Zachary Loomis, Jaycee Floyd, and Billy Northcutt won the remaining heats with Neville Ulph and Stephen Spies winning their respective consolation races.

Hargreaves led the 24-car field around to take the green flag to kick off the main event. Hargreaves got a good start, but Jared to his outside stayed alongside him for the opening laps while Loomis and Floyd battled over 3rd. Trading sliders for the lead it was Hargreaves holding the position with the first 5 laps completed. A few laps later, a miscalculation from Hargreaves dropped him back to 5th behind his teammate Northcutt as Floyd overtook Jared for the lead with 20 laps to go.

Spies saw an opportunity and dove to the low line to challenge Hargreaves while Northcutt pulled away moving up into 3rd closing the gap to Jared ahead. Floyd continued to control the field going into the 2nd half of the night with Jared close behind keeping the pressure high. A late race caution came out stacking the drivers back up single file for a 1 lap shootout to the end with Floyd still leading the field. With a great launch off the restart, Jaycee Floyd pulled away quickly to take the checkered flag with Kyle Jared, Billy Northcutt, William Hargreaves, and Chase Barbara rounding out the top 5 tonight at Cedar Lake Speedway.

Billy Northcutt holds the lead in the point standings with 226 points with 3 rounds completed. William Hargreaves sits in 2nd place with 222 points. Jaycee Floyd jumped up to 3rd with 164 points with Kyle Jared and Aiden Young rounding out the top 5. The Bootleg Racing League next head to Lincoln Speedway on January 27th with all of the dirt slinging action brought to you live at 7:10PM ET only on the Virtual Grip Network!

BRL DSS S14 R2 Recap

13 January 2023
Bootleg Racing League | Season 14 | Round 2
Dirt Street Stock Series | Lucas Oil Speedway

Jaycee Floyd took the checkered flag tonight in his first race with the Bootleg Racing League Dirt Street Stock Series at Lucas Oil Speedway ahead of Kyle Jared and Brandyn Proudfoot. Coming out of a late race caution it was a shootout to the finish that Floyd commented on at the end of the night, “I got tight there in turn one because it’s so hard hitting your groove for so long and then you go back, and you miss it that one lap.”

Two Bootleg Racing League rookies made their presence known tonight by sitting atop the timing and scoring boards in qualifying as Kyle Jared and Jaycee Floyd outpaced series staples such as multi-season champion Brandyn Proudfoot. Jared, with a fast lap of 18.111, led out the first heat of the night to kick off the action. Jared pulled away from the field to take the first checkered flag over 1 second ahead of Stephen Spies. Floyd, Proudfoot, Billy Northcutt, and Chris Davis won the remaining heats. Zachary Loomis, Cody Shaw, and Bradlee Means took their respective consolation race wins leading up to the 30-lap feature event.

Jared led the 22-car field around to take the green flag and got a good jump running side by side with Floyd going around the opening laps. Floyd cleared around the outside to take the lead going after the first 4 laps while the entire field scrambled for position. Proudfoot was aggressively pushing Northcutt trying to take away 3rd while Spies battled side by side with Aiden Young, William Hargreaves, and Justin Hopkins for 5th place with 10 laps completed.

Young was slowly chipping away at the battle pulling ahead into 5th but unfortunately caught the tires along the inside of the track sending himself and several other drivers trying to avoid contact into the infield grass and bringing out the caution. Davis struggled off the start and fell back, but quickly recovered and was back up to 8th as the drivers restacked to again take the green with Floyd in control of the field. Proudfoot cleared into 3rd off the start and was starting to put pressure on Jared going into the 2nd half of the night.

With 10 laps remaining, Floyd had extended his lead out to over 0.6 seconds ahead of Jared who still had Proudfoot on his rear bumper. Dirt Panda teammates Northcutt and Hargreaves were battling hard over 4th place close behind as Proudfoot saw his chance and dove under Jared for 2nd but unable to make it stick before falling back in line in 3rd. A late race caution restacked the field one last time with 2 laps to go. Jaycee Floyd got another great launch and pulled away from Kyle Jared to take the checkered flag with Brandyn Proudfoot, Billy Northcutt, and William Hargreaves rounding out the top 5 tonight at Lucas Oil Speedway.

Billy Northcutt claims the lead in the point standings with 152 points after the first two rounds. William Hargreaves drops back to 2nd place with 147 points. Aide Young sits in 3rd with 115 points while David Traylor and Hunter Hill are tied for 4th place with 100 points each. The Bootleg Racing League next head to Cedar Lake Speedway on January 20th with all of the dirt slinging action brought to you live at 7:10PM ET only on the Virtual Grip Network!