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Chris Davis almost played spoiler by overcoming an end-of line penalty, which put him last on the grid, to win Tuesday night’s Palmetto 150. The Myrtle Beach Speedway night race was Round 9 of the 2024 YesterYear Racing™ Series. In the end, it wasn’t meant to be as Ryan Pittman kept it clean in the waning laps of the race to drive to his second victory of the season. In the post-race interview Pittman said this: “I want to thank Chris for keeping it clean. He was as fast, if not faster than me at the end and was closing fast. It was a fun race and this is a great bunch of guys to race with.” Chris went on to give a relevant message about how race fans should support their local tracks. The message was relevant since last night's race took place at Myrtle Beach Speedway which closed its doors in 2020 due to lack of local support. The site of the old track is being developed by a commercial real estate firm that will build two separate town-home communities called “Reve at Champions Point.”


The race had 3 cautions for 14 laps once again beating the actual number of cautions in the historic race which was 6. Points leader Tom Ogle decided to take tires early expecting a long run to ensue like last week’s Thompson race, but Ogle got collected in an accident working his way back up the field and finished 12th. Brian Bianchi, second in the point standings, also ran into some issues ultimately having to serve a drive-thru penalty which put him two laps down. Bianchi finished 15th. Bringing it home third was Todd Liston who has been a very consistent performer throughout the season. Todd’s regular League is the Bootleg Racing League which has been around for thirty years and is run by long-time legendary boss Lowell Jewell. The Bootleg drivers frequently race at Myrtle Beach in their League and it showed Tuesday night with the top 5 placed drivers coming from the League.


The YesterYear Racing™ circus rolls on to “The Magic Mile” next Tuesday, September 3rd, for the New England 125 and then takes a week break before heading to "The Tricky Triangle" in Pocono, PA on September 17th for the much-hyped **Race of Champions**.

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It wasn’t long-time Hubble (YesterYear Racing’s AI Prediction Bot) pick Donny Moore that crossed the checkered flag first on Tuesday night at Thompson Speedway, but rather Lloyd Moore coming away with the victory.  A couple of things played into this outcome.  First, Donny Moore did not grid up for the race.  Second, Lloyd Moore, who spun during qualifying and put up no time, methodically worked his way up from the back of the field over the course of the 150-lap event.  There were several cautions within the first 50 laps of the race and Moore, being near the rear, took advantage of one of those cautions and stopped for tires.  This turned out to be a great strategy as a very long run ensued where cars ahead of Moore burned up their tires.  Allen Wannamaker, who took over the race lead around lap 40, led for 78 consecutive laps on old tires.  However, for roughly 50 of those laps he battled with Jerry Isaacs and Josh Buckley, all of whom had original tires and spent their rubber fighting with each other for position.  A late caution with 25 laps remaining in the race sealed their fate.  Wannamaker choose to pit and take two tires, while Issacs and Buckley stayed out and “rolled the dice.”  In the end, both drivers succumbed to the drivers with fresher tires.  Moore took over the lead of the race quickly once the green flag waived with 22 laps to go, and Tom Ogle, who also stopped early in the race for tires, raced into second.  Ogle could not track down Moore and finished second on the night, with Issacs bringing it home third.


The two races at Thompson this season have one unusual aspect in common.  Both winners, Ogle in June, and Moore last night, started at the very back of the field and won the race.  Round 14 of the YesterYear Racing series will be back at Thompson in October for the Fall Final.  Maybe drivers should consider starting from last in that race.  We will see.


The YesterYear circus heads to Myrtle Beach Speedway for Round #9 next week on Tuesday, August 27 for “The Palmetto.”  A 150-lap race around the famed South Carolina short track. 

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Today YesterYear Racing™ announced a sponsorship with with Maconi Setup Shop™ LLC's Jeff Maconi.  Jeff will be making his real world racing debut on October 11th and 12th for a two-race weekend at the Winchester 400 events in Winchester, Indiana.  The Winchester 400 events are part of the CRA Sportsman Series.  Jeff will be driving a late model stock car prepared by BLaster Motorsports.  The car will carry a YesterYear Racing™ sticker on the rear deck lid for both races.  Asked about the sponsorship, YesterYear Racing™  Founder Allen Wannamaker stated, "I was thrilled to see Jeff making his real world racing debut.  The CRA Sportsman Series is a very solid series.  I suspect Jeff will do quite well and being a modified guy, certainly hope to see him in a Lite Modified, SK Modified, or Tour Modified some day.  Maconi Entertainment has been a great partner for us in 2024 and once I learned Jeff was making his racing debut, it made sense for us to play a small part.  In addition, it allows us to get our unique sim racing brand out to more potential viewers."

 

The 2024 YesterYear Racing™ Series will pick back up on Tuesday, August 20th for Round #8.  The Tri-State 150 will be at Thompson Speedway followed in short by Round #9 on August 27th at Myrtle Beach Speedway, and Round #10 The Magic Mile in New Hampshire on September 3rd.










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