Isaacs Dominates Late at Atlanta as Ogle Locks Up Championship

Atlanta, GA— The OBRL Yester Year Tour Modified Series delivered one of its most grueling strategic tests of the season at Atlanta, and Jerry Isaacs rose to the occasion. After a relentless, full-distance 100-lap green flag battle, Isaacs executed a perfectly clean pit stop cycle and commanded the bottom lane over the closing laps to score his first win of the season — while Tom Ogle backed up his championship campaign with a deliberate, championship-minded second place finish that effectively sealed his path to the coveted “old red boot”.

The night began with major stakes. Double points were in play and Ogle entered the event with a 30-point cushion over primary rival Brian Johnson. Johnson came out swinging, taking the pole and controlling the entire first half of the race. Track conditions made tire conservation borderline desperate — this historic Atlanta layout chews up front tires and punishes excess wheel input — forcing most of the field to lock into long-run survival mode on a night where no cautions slowed the tempo.

When the green flag pit cycle began around halfway, everything flipped. The lead group attempted to hit pit road together, but several drivers — including Johnson, who had led every lap up to that moment — were penalized for pit road violations. Johnson’s black flag buried him multiple laps down, and with it went any realistic shot at the championship. Isaacs, Ogle, and Todd Liston executed flawless stops, merging cleanly into the lead draft with clear track ahead.

The race then tightened into one final chess match: Isaacs and Ogle worked the inside groove with discipline, while Liston and Scott Negus repeatedly tried to build momentum topside. Negus made multiple attempts to slingshot the high lane into contention, even leading brief attacks late, but the bottom lane simply carried too much speed down the straights. Ogle refused to move off the preferred line, knowing P2 under these conditions would lock down his season. He committed himself to ensuring Isaacs stayed in front, staying tucked behind him and never giving Negus the side draft runway needed to make a sustained charge.

Isaacs never cracked under pressure. Running flawlessly along the white line and never offering the outside lane an opening, he held the bottom all the way to the checkers to grab a statement win in one of the most mentally demanding races of the season. Ogle crossed right behind him in second — and with Johnson finishing two laps down in P13 — Ogle now heads to Hickory as a mere formality before taking home the championship title and legendary “Old Red Boot” trophy.