Cannon McIntosh held off a last-lap slider from hot shoe Daison Pursley at virtual Eldora Speedway on Thursday night (4/30) for the USAC AMSOIL iRacing Challenge.
Pursley who has won the last 3 USAC iRacing races, started 21st after deciding to participate in the Back Row Challenge along with Logan Seavey, Aiden Purdue, and Tony Gualda. The prize for completing the challenge was $500, and then if you won the race you earned another $500.
Going into turn one on the final lap McIntosh took the high side leaving the opportunity for a slider from Pursley. He took the opportunity but did not succeed as McIntosh turned back under him to retake the lead.
Zeb Wise snuck under Pursley on the bottom through three and four to take home second place. Pursley, Seavey, and Gualda round out the top 5. The top 3 of McIntosh, Wise, Pursley are all Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports drivers. Daison Pursley earned another $100 for being the Hard Charger tonight, on top of $200 for finishing 3rd.
Feature Results (30 Laps):
1. (08) Cannon McIntosh
2. (71) Zeb Wise
3. (9) Daison Pursley
4. (19) Logan Seavey
5. (73) Tony Gualda
6. (5A) Anton Hernandez
7. (01) Carson Sousa
8. (69)Brady Bacon
9. (39BC) Aiden Purdue
10. (4) Justin Grant
11. (52) Isaac Chapple
12. (27) Evan Mosley
13. (38) Colby Johnson
14. (87) Ryan Bernal
15. (88) Kaidon Brown
16. (6) Mario Clouser
17. (4D) Robert Dalby
18. (3) Jake Neuman
19. (5) Kevin Thomas Jr.
20. (77) Joe Wirth
21. (25) Chase Johnson
22. (1) Korbyn Hayslett
23. (7BC) Tyler Courtney
24. (98X) Clinton Boyles
-Lucas Halbert
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