Chris Davis almost played spoiler by overcoming an end-of line penalty, which put him last on the grid, to win Tuesday night’s Palmetto 150. The Myrtle Beach Speedway night race was Round 9 of the 2024 YesterYear Racing™ Series. In the end, it wasn’t meant to be as Ryan Pittman kept it clean in the waning laps of the race to drive to his second victory of the season. In the post-race interview Pittman said this: “I want to thank Chris for keeping it clean. He was as fast, if not faster than me at the end and was closing fast. It was a fun race and this is a great bunch of guys to race with.” Chris went on to give a relevant message about how race fans should support their local tracks. The message was relevant since last night's race took place at Myrtle Beach Speedway which closed its doors in 2020 due to lack of local support. The site of the old track is being developed by a commercial real estate firm that will build two separate town-home communities called “Reve at Champions Point.”
The race had 3 cautions for 14 laps once again beating the actual number of cautions in the historic race which was 6. Points leader Tom Ogle decided to take tires early expecting a long run to ensue like last week’s Thompson race, but Ogle got collected in an accident working his way back up the field and finished 12th. Brian Bianchi, second in the point standings, also ran into some issues ultimately having to serve a drive-thru penalty which put him two laps down. Bianchi finished 15th. Bringing it home third was Todd Liston who has been a very consistent performer throughout the season. Todd’s regular League is the Bootleg Racing League which has been around for thirty years and is run by long-time legendary boss Lowell Jewell. The Bootleg drivers frequently race at Myrtle Beach in their League and it showed Tuesday night with the top 5 placed drivers coming from the League.
The YesterYear Racing™ circus rolls on to “The Magic Mile” next Tuesday, September 3rd, for the New England 125 and then takes a week break before heading to "The Tricky Triangle" in Pocono, PA on September 17th for the much-hyped **Race of Champions**.
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