Red Light Racing – The Brothers Stout Season Ends in Style: Patrick Stout Wins New Smyrna Finale, Eric Stout Crowned Champion

by Tim Corder

📊 Race Stats at a Glance
🏆 Winner: Patrick Stout (#24) — 38 Laps Led
🥈 2nd Place: Bradley Stefane (#89)
🥉 3rd Place: Chad Alcares (#17) — 17 Laps Led
⏱️ Fastest Lap: Chad Alcares – 17.194 sec (Lap 109)
🚦 Pole Position: Eric Stout – 17.321 sec
🔁 Leaders: 4 | Lead Changes: 8
🚨 Cautions: 8 (for 32 laps)
⏱️ Race Distance: 150 laps | Time: ~55 minutes
✨ Clean Machines: Chad Alcares, Chris Oliver (0 incidents)
🚀 Hard Charger: Ethan Troutman (+8 from 16th to 8th)

Qualifying Recap

The season’s final qualifying session had a familiar feel as Eric Stout delivered yet another RaceDayCT.com pole run with a 17.321 second qualifying lap. Behind him sat Bradley Stefane and Patrick Stout, the same trio that’s set the tone for much of the year. Bill Benedict (#90) and Ken Allen (#49) rounded out a top-five separated by just five-hundredths of a second, classic New Smyrna parity.

With the championship mathematically locked up, Eric Stout had the luxury of racing for pride, while the rest of the field eyed one last shot at the spotlight.

Race Breakdown

The green dropped on a brisk Florida night and the finale got off to a smooth start—for a moment. Eric Stout jumped to the lead and controlled the opening third of the race, pacing the first 80 laps with the #12 looking untouchable.

But the middle segment rewrote the script. Lap 23 contact between Jeff Aho (#21) and Bill Benedict (#90) triggered the first big caution, setting the tone for an eventful evening. By the halfway mark, cautions had bunched the field repeatedly, and strategy calls began to matter more than raw pace.

Out front, Patrick Stout slowly reeled in his brother, but Kenny Allen (#49) also put himself in the mix. Contact between Allen and Eric on a Lap 82 restart sent Eric out toward the outside wall, but he deftly avoided spinning in front of the field. Eric fell back to sixth place, while Patrick Stout moved up to second because of the kerfuffle. Battling for the lead on Lap 97, the younger Stout and Allen had apparent netcode “contact,” sending Allen into the outside wall of Turn 4.

Through it all, Chad Alcares quietly moved up to second and took over the point on Lap 102, leading for 17 laps before Patrick Stout retook the lead on Lap 119, not to give it up again for the remainder of the race.

Bradley Stefane capped a consistent season with another podium, while Chad Alcares held on to third—an impressive feat considering he was one of only two drivers to end the night with zero incidents. Eric Stout faded to fifth but had long since locked up the championship.

Championship Recap

Consistency and composure carried the day, and the season.
🏁 Eric Stout closed out Season 14 as the undisputed Red Light Racing SK Modified Champion, finishing with:

6 wins, 15 top-5s, and 16 top-10s in 17 counted starts
A 103-point margin over runner-up Ethan Troutman
Only 42 incident points across 18 events—the fewest of all drivers with at least 17 starts this season

Rounding out the final Top 5 in the standings:
1️⃣ Eric Stout – 768 pts
2️⃣ Ethan Troutman – 665 pts
3️⃣ Jeff Aho – 653 pts
4️⃣ Chad Alcares – 629 pts
5️⃣ Joshua Buckley – 624 pts

The title was earned the hard way, through speed, racecraft, and week-in, week-out execution.

Looking Back, Looking Ahead

From short-track fireworks to photo finishes, Season 14 delivered it all. Patrick Stout’s finale win was a fitting bookend to a year dominated by family, rivalries, and late-race drama.

With the trophy secured and the virtual haulers heading home, attention now turns to the off-season and what’s next for the Red Light Racing SK Modified Series. New faces, new setups, and the same trademark Thursday-night intensity await when Season 15 fires up. Keep up with everything Red Light Racing at redlightracingoffi.wixsite.com/redlightracing. Look for Season 15 to be broadcast on Virtual Grip Network.

Until next season, congratulations to Patrick Stout, race winner, and Eric Stout, 2025 Season 14 Champion!