OBRL CUP SERIES S8 R10 Recap

27 April 2025
OBRL Presented by VCTRYLNSPRTS | Season 8 | Round 10
YesterYear Cup Series | Talladega Superspeedway

On Sunday, April 27th, the OBRL presented by VCTRYLNSPRTS, brought the action to Talladega Superspeedway for Round 8 of Season 10 in the YesterYear Racing Cup Series. A strong 43-car field lined up for the night, and it was Dan Hill who claimed the pole with a qualifying time of 53.532 seconds, joined on the front row by Mark Fisch, already a proven threat at the superspeedways after his earlier win at Daytona.

When the green flag dropped, the tone was set early. Despite the size of the field, the drivers showed a lot of patience, working together to keep the draft intact rather than forcing risky moves. Through the opening stages, the massive pack stretched out, condensed, and stretched again, each driver balancing aggression with survival.

As the race approached the first cycle of green flag pit stops around lap 38, most of the field was lined up nose-to-tail in a long, single-file train. The majority of drivers came down pit road together, but a few — including Hill — chose to run an extra lap, hoping to gain ground with the alternate strategy. After the pit stops cycled through, the field was temporarily fractured into smaller groups, each scrambling to link back up and chase down Christian Loschen, who emerged at the front.

Just as the groups were beginning to reform into a larger pack, the night’s only caution waved when Jerry Isaacs and Andrew Medlin came together in a precarious four-wide situation, collecting Bryan Lynch and sending him hard into the outside wall. Fortunately, most of the field was able to steer clear, avoiding a larger pileup.

On the ensuing restart, it was Sean Foltz leading the charge. As the second half of the race unfolded, familiar names started to creep their way toward the front of the lead pack, setting the stage for a dramatic finish. The final round of pit stops began around lap 75, with a large group diving to pit road cleanly. Once again, pit strategy briefly scattered the field into smaller pods around the track.

Out front, Tom Ogle and Dan Hill linked up and tried to break away, but without a larger draft behind them, they couldn’t match the pace of the larger lead pack. Before long, the lead group reeled them back in, and the intensity ratcheted up as the laps ticked down.

Inside 10 laps to go, it looked like Kelvin Masur, with a strong push from Andrew Kotska, was poised to wrestle the lead away from Foltz along the inside lane. As the white flag waved, Masur surged ahead down the backstretch, and it seemed like the win might be his. But coming out of turn four and through the trioval, Kotska made his move — darting to the outside with a head of steam and nosing ahead right at the line, stealing the victory by just 0.105 seconds!

With the thrilling Talladega race in the books, the OBRL YesterYear Racing Cup Series now heads to Texas Motor Speedway next Sunday, May 4th, with the action going live at 8:00 PM ET, exclusively on the Virtual Grip Network!