Issacs Captures First YesterYear Tour Modified Win at Atlanta

Jerry Isaacs 2025 Tour Modified

Jerry Isaacs has been knocking at the door all year. He had won pole position four times in the thirteen races this season and had led 369 laps coming into Tuesday's Fall Final race at Atlanta Motor Speedway 2008. He had done everything except win a race, but Tuesday, November 4, 2025 was his night. Isaacs led 43 laps of the 100 lap affair and cross the finish line in first place. "It was great to finally put it all together and get a win in this Series," Isaacs said after the race. This was the first time the YesterYear Tour Modifieds visited Atlanta, and it was a rough ride. "Atlanta 2008 is a bumpy track and these Tour Mods sit quite low to the ground. You could see sparks flying off the cars in front of you in the corners, especially running the low line, but it didn't really affect the handling too much. Everyone just needed to be careful and patient," said Allen Wannamaker, Founder of the YesterYear Racing League after the race. And in the end, the drivers were patient and careful. The 100-lap event went green the whole race.

Points leader Tom Ogle came into the night with a 30-point lead over Texas driver Brian Johnson. Ogle could potentially wrap up the YesterYear title and win the coveted Old Red Boot trophy if he put together a good run. And Johnson needed to press hard and hope Ogle ran into trouble. For his part, it began well for Johnson. He started on the pole and led most of the first 55 laps of the race. But when green flag pit stops came, Johnson ran into trouble and ended up with a black flag for speeding on pit road. This essentially took Johnson out of contention.

As the laps wound down, Brian Bianchi and Luke Logan Allen teamed up to try and break up the lock on the lead that Isaacs and Ogle enjoyed since Johnson's mistake. The "bump-drafting" by Luke Allen was text book and even got Bianchi to the lead at one-point, but bump-drafting at Atlanta is a dangerous game. Luke Allen and Brian Bianchi's luck eventually ran out when a bump went wrong and pushed Bianchi into the outside wall. This ended the night for both Bianchi and Allen, but the race stayed green.

As the dust settled from the incident and cars regrouped, it became a four-horse race. Isaacs, Ogle, Todd Liston, and Scott Negus were battling for the lead. At one point it looked as though Liston and Negus would team up on the outside line and try and get by Isaacs and Ogle, but they could never quite get organized and ultimately settled back into the inside line. "It was incredibly difficult to pass out there tonight. I couldn't figure it out, but a few drivers could. Bianchi had it figured out until he wrecked. And Scott seemed to have it figured out too," Liston said in his post race interview.

Because of how the race played out, with Brian Johnson and Kenny Allen both having issues, points leader Tom Ogle turned on "safe mode" and was keen to simply ride around behind Isaacs and let his lot play out. For his part, it was the right call. Ogle crossed the line in second place behind Isaacs and by doing so, secured his place as the 2025 YesterYear Tour Modified Champion and winner of the Old Red Boot. "This was a double points race and I knew Brian had lost a lap or two early, so I was careful," Ogle said in his post-race interview. Crossing in third was Todd Liston followed by Scott Negus in fourth. Negus, for his part, trailed Kenny Allen in the Rookie-of-the-Year battle coming into Atlanta. But with Allen getting black-flagged, Negus finishing fourth, and Atanta being a double-points race, Scott Negus left the night 15 points clear of Allen in the Rookie-of-the-Year standings. The YesterYear Tour Modified Rookie-of-the-Year gets and invitation to the 2026 YesterYear IROC Series where Series Champions from various leagues and disciplines race each other in a 5-race, winner take all Series.

The YesterYear Tour Modifieds will wrap up their 2025 Season on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, at Hickory Motor Speedway at the Zach Brewer Classic.