Tuesday night's New England 125 was a caution fest. The notorious seams in the middle of the New Hampshire Speedway turns took their toll with the race having 10 cautions for 39 laps which outpaced the historic race which had 6 cautions for 28 laps. In addition, Tuesday night's race took 1 hour and 51 minutes to complete, while the historic race took 1 hour and 24 minutes. "It was a hot night and that fact coupled with the harsh track seams was a recipe for cautions tonight," Race Director and driver Allen Wannamaker said post race. Wannamaker was running 7th with less than 10 laps to go before the final caution took numerous cars, including Wannamaker, out of contention.
When the checkered flag flew it was Red Light Racing's Eric Stout coming out victorious. Stout and Jerry Isaacs battled to the finish with Stout having just a bit too much left in the tank for Isaacs to get around. Stout, a part time driver this year in the Series, had previously raced only one YesterYear event, the Camden Classic, which took place at Thompson Speedway back in June. Stout won the Pole in that race, but had a solo spin early that took him out of contention. Stout's victory, however, did come with a bit of luck. Midway through the race Stout picked up a Black Flag and got a drive through penalty. As he was coming in to serve it, Wannamaker hit a seam wrong and spun back in the field which produced a caution that allowed Stout to stay on the lead lap while serving the penalty. "I was fast tonight, but luck played a part too," Stout said in the post race interview.
With respect to the front runners in the standings, both Tom Ogle and Brian Bianchi ran into issues. Bianchi brought it home 6th while Ogle came in 8th. However, because Ogle led the most laps, Bianchi only picked up 3 points on Ogle and still trails him by 28 points heading into Round 11.
The YesterYear Circus heads to Pocono International Raceway in two weeks where they will run a legendary race that has not taken place in 47 years. The Series will replay the historic 1977 Race of Champions won by legendary modified stock car driver Maynard Troyer.
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