With his throwback Teddy Christopher livery in tact, Tom Ogle returned to the YesterYear Racing™ Series Tuesday night after a one-race hiatus. The Ohio native produced his second "Grand Slam" of the season by winning the race, getting the pole, leading the most laps, and setting the fastest lap of the race. When asked if he could foresee getting back into the Championship picture after missing a race, Ogle replied, "All I can do is go out here and run the best I can during the remaining two races. The dominoes will fall where they fall."
YesterYear Racing™ uses the Bob Latford point system which is the actual point system all NASCAR-sanctioned series used in 1990. The system rewards consistency over "flashes of brilliance." When asked about the point system Allen Wannamaker, founder and creator of YesterYear Racing™ said, "We try to emulate everything possible with respect to what was happening in history. In this case what was happening in 1990. The Latford system was around for 35 years and there is a reason for that. It was a great system. Missing a race under that system is a killer, but it is not totally out of the realm of possibility that Tom could come back and win it. He will need help to do so though. Mainly from Lady Luck."
The Series takes a 3-week break before heading back to Thompson Speedway on October 22 for the 100-lap YesterYear World Series. That race will mark Round 14 of 15. The Series then goes back to the "Paper Clip" for the Southern 200.
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