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Swindell Speedlab Esports' James Edens scored his second straight iRacing World of Outlaws NOS Energy Sprint Car Series win on Monday night, backing up last week's win from Bristol Motor Speedway with another checkered flag at Eldora Speedway. Unlike last week, when he had to hold off multiple hard-charging rivals like Hayden Cardwell in a flurry of late-race restarts, Edens turned the tables by making the winning pass himself on Cardwell on the final lap of the 35-lap race.

Cardwell, Kendal Tucker, Cameron Merriman, and Brayden Shute were Monday's heat winners, while top drivers like Volusia winner Blake Matjoulis and series veteran Adam Elby had to earn their way into the feature through the last chance qualifiers. Edens started eighth, alongside three-time defending series champion and incoming points leader Alex Bergeron, and began to claw his way through the field while Cardwell initially hung onto the top spot.

A major caution midway through the race would catch multiple cars, including Braden Eyler and Justin Sherman, but the moment that may have turned the championship on its head came a few laps later when Bergeron dropped out of the race. That relegated him to a disappointing 17^th place finish on the session, swinging the door wide open for Edens, Merriman, and Matjoulis to capitalize.

It looked like Cardwell would avenge last year's loss after the battle of the season last year with Bergeron and Tim Ryan, but it wasn't to be. Edens made contact with Cardwell coming to the white flag, setting up a drag race down the backstretch. He'd slide up the track and into the top spot in Turns 3 and 4, and hang on by .032 seconds in a near-photo finish.

iRacing World of Outlaws NOS Energy Sprint Car Series results from Eldora Speedway were as follows:

Fin.	St.	No.	Driver	Laps	Interval	Led	Best	Pts.
1	8	52	James Edens	35		1	14.345	77
2	1	07	Hayden Cardwell	35	-0.031	34	14.298	75
3	9	33	Evan Seay	35	-0.725	0	14.393	70
4	2	00	Kendal Tucker	35	-0.862	0	14.271	69
5	18	127	Blake Matjoulis	35	-1.722	0	14.417	61
6	3	17	Cameron Merriman	35	-1.937	0	14.310	63
7	4	76	Brayden Shute	35	-2.125	0	14.338	60
8	6	85	Tyler Schell	35	-2.253	0	14.482	56
9	12	69	Shae Paulo	35	-2.544	0	14.544	52
10	19	74	Adam Elby	35	-2.926	0	14.440	46
11	10	99	Gregory Lamey	35	-3.414	0	14.473	47
12	20	41	Logan Rumsey2	35	-4.040	0	14.426	43
13	15	14	JD Brown	35	-4.906	0	14.604	42
14	14	91	Ernie Williams Jr.	35	-7.204	0	14.500	40
15	5	25	Tyler Ducharme	30	-5 L	0	14.413	40
16	17	1	Jérémy St-louis	30	-5 L	0	14.899	35
17	7	12	Alex A Bergeron	24	-11 L	0	14.457	36
18	16	6	Rylan Gray	24	-11 L	0	14.519	32
19	11	5	Braden Eyler	18	-17 L	0	14.386	31
20	13	00	Justin Sherman3	17	-18 L	0	15.011	28

iRacing World of Outlaws NOS Energy Sprint Car Series points through five rounds are as follows:

James Edens, 272
Cameron Merriman, 257
Blake Matjoulis, 251
Alex Bergeron, 250
Evan Seay, 238
Logan Rumsey, 231
Hayden Cardwell, 225
Kendal Tucker, 224
Tyler Schell, 188
Adam Elby, 166

The iRacing World of Outlaws NOS Energy Sprint Car Series season continues next week at Williams Grove Speedway, where Tyler Schell will look to defend his victory from last year. The event will stream live on iRacing social media and DirtVision on Monday at 9PM ET/6PM PT. For more information on iRacing and for special offers, visit www.iracing.com.