Stout Dominates the Field at Irwindale
📊 Race Stats at a Glance
🏆 Winner: Eric Stout (97 Laps Led)
🥈 2nd Place: Patrick Stout (3 Laps Led)
🥉 3rd Place: Bradley Stefane
⏱️ Fastest Lap: Eric Stout – 17.469 sec (Lap 7)
🚦 Pole Position: Eric Stout – 17.311 sec
🔁 Leaders: 2 | Lead Changes: 6
🚨 Cautions: 3 (12 Laps)
🧼 Clean Machine (0 Incidents): Eric Stout, Patrick Stout, Bradley Stefane, Jeff Aho, Joshua Buckley, Ethan Troutman, Chris Oliver, Andrew Lewis, Brandon Feeney, Bruce Pearson, Louis Flowers
🔼 Hard Chargers (All +9 spots): Andrew Lewis (started 19th, finished 10th), Brandon Feeney (started 22nd, finished 13th), Bob Higgins (started 23rd, finished 14th)
The Skitter Creek SK Mod Series traveled west for Race 11 at Irwindale Speedway, and Eric Stout made it clear why he’s the man on top of the standings. Stout started from the pole with a 17.311-second lap, then survived traffic and three cautions to lead 97 of 100 laps en route to his fourth win of the season.
It wasn’t an entirely uncontested win, as brother Patrick Stout led three laps on restarts to keep his brother from leading all laps of the event before settling for a strong runner-up finish. Bradley Stefane had another solid night, coming home third and keeping himself in the thick of the championship hunt.
Joshua Buckley and Bill Benedict rounded out the top five, both running clean and consistent races to bank valuable points.
Qualifying Recap
Eric Stout came out swinging, putting down a lightning-fast 17.311-second lap to secure the pole on the RaceDayCT.com starting grid. Patrick Stout slotted in second, just 0.183 back, while Jeff Aho, Josh Buckley, and Chad Alcares completed the top five. The gap from pole to eighth place (Ken Allen) was less than three-tenths, underscoring just how tight the field was heading into the 100-lapper.
Race Breakdown
The opening laps saw Eric Stout jump out front, but Patrick Stout and Bradley Stefane weren’t letting him coast. Six lead changes over the course of the night kept the race lively on restarts with Patrick briefly gaining control.
As the laps wound down, Irwindale’s outer line came into play, with side-by-side battles shuffling the order behind the leaders. Andrew Lewis put on one of the race’s best charges, climbing nine spots from 19th to 10th. Meanwhile, Chad Alcares had an uncharacteristically challenging event and faded outside the top 10, finishing 11th.
Three cautions for 12 laps slowed the field, but each restart saw Eric Stout assert himself again. In the end, he crossed the line where he started, at the front of the pack, edging Patrick by just over a second.
Championship Update
Eric Stout’s victory extends his championship lead to 36 points over Ethan Troutman, who remains second after a quiet eighth-place run. Jeff Aho slips back to third, now 47 points behind the leader after a tough race. Chad Alcares holds fourth, while Joshua Buckley’s top-five finish moves him up to fifth.
Further back, Bradley Stefane was one of the biggest movers, climbing three spots into sixth thanks to his podium run.
Next Week’s Teaser
With eight races left in the season (August 28th’s race at Five Flags will be Twin 50’s), the title picture is sharpening into focus. The series now shifts to New Hampshire Speedway with the Tour Mods, where Eric Stout will try to tighten his grip on the championship but with Troutman, Aho, and Alcares lurking, every lap is critical.
🕖 Green flag drops at 7:55 PM Eastern
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