Tuesday night's Blue Ridge 100 seemed like a sprint race after last week's 150-minute Race of Champions marathon. Drivers had one set of tires to work with in the 41-minute event, but most did not need them. Ryan Pittman began his night on the pole and led 88 of the 100 laps to cruise to victory. Post race Pittman commented," The track was slick tonight, but it is my favorite track on the platform. I ran into some issues back in April when we visited here, so I was determined to perform well this time out." Perform well indeed, since with the win Pittman moves into third place in the standings 41 points behind Brian Bianchi with three races remaining in the season.
Thomas Ogle, who had been one of the more dominant drivers all year, was a no show Tuesday night. Allen Wannamaker, Founder of YesterYear Racingâ„¢, said, "Tom had told me a couple of weeks ago he would have to miss the race tonight. I was a bit bummed for him since YesterYear does not drop any races like other leagues. We mirror as close as possible real world history in our Series and unfortunately dropping races is not something they did in 1990." Ogle might be out of the championship hunt this year, but the Ohio driver already punched his ticket to the exclusive YesterYear Racingâ„¢ IROC Series that will launch in 2025.
The Series moves on to Stafford Motor Speedway for the Fall Final on Tuesday, October 1 with Brian Bianchi holding a slim 12-point lead over OBRL-driver Lloyd Moore in the standings. After the Fall Final, YesterYear takes three weeks off before returning for the final two races of the season which will be at Thompson Motor Speedway and Martinsville Speedway respectively.
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