Luke Allen Crowned King of the Modifieds at SoBo

King of the Modifieds crown.

It was a family affair last night at South Boston Speedway as Luke Allen, known simply as "The Kid," led 115 laps to capture victory at the tight, 0.40-mile bull ring oval. Allen dominated most of the night and seemed to be able to run any racing line the track had to offer. The win was even more impressive due to the fact that the entire 27-car field pitted at least once, except for "The Kid." "It looked to me like he Iron-maned it out for the second race in a row and still seemed to be able to put his car anywhere he wanted to at SoBo. That is not easy to do, especially because the track started getting really greasy late in the race," said League Founder and driver Allen Wannamaker after the race.

Coming in second place was Luke's Father, Kenny Allen. Kenny led 35 laps of the race and was up front most of the night battling his Son. An early wreck caused Kenny some minor car damage, but he was able to work his 600-horsepower Tour Modified stock car back up the field and steer it home into second spot on the podium. Rounding out the podium was James Lowe who was strong all night, but had trouble working his way through the field. "I made a driver error during that pit stop run. I pitted on the back stretch by accident and had to come all the way around since my pit box was on the front stretch. That set us back a bit, but we were able to work our way back up to third. We'll take it and move on to Thompson," said Lowe in his post-race interview.

The race saw nine cautions waive as the famed short track began to take its toll on the field. Pole sitter Eric Stout was battling "The Kid" during the first few laps of the race and got loose down on the low line causing a huge "parking lot" to form behind. A few laps later his teammate A.J. Hamel also spun with more carnage in his wake. "It was a bit of a tough night again for the drivers. We had nine cautions tonight which is a lot, but this track will do that to you. The real-life King of the Modifieds race took place here at SoBo just over a week ago and they had eight cautions and only ran 125 laps. We ran 150 laps and got nine cautions, so I guess that is about par for the course here," said Wannamaker. Torrance Childs, Co-Owner of the YesterYear Racing League added, "If you finished the night on the lead lap, you were a survivor. There weren't many cars that drove out of here tonight without a scratch." When the Speedy Dry™ settled at the end of the night, Luke Logan Allen drove away from South Boston with a 25-point lead over James Lowe in the overall point standings and in the Rookie-of-the-Year standings. Chris "Whirlwind" Worrell is another 25 points behind Lowe and currently sits third in the point standings.

The drivers will make the long trip from South Boston, Virginia to Thompson, Connecticut and will tackle Thompson Speedway next Tuesday, April 7 for Round 3 of the YesterYear Racing™ League Tour Modified season. When asked about the upcoming race at Thompson Speedway, driver Kenny Allen said he had a "score" to settle at Thompson since he feels like he was in a position to win the race last year, but spun in the closing laps.

Round 3 of the YesterYear Racing™ League Tour Modified series from Thompson Speedway will be broadcast on the Virtual Grip Network.