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Our final “official” race day of the season ended with just three races but not the drama expected.

With the Junior and Sportsman categories pretty much settled going into the final race, the only points contest still up in the air was the Expert category. Aaron Castro and George Peters were just eight (8) points apart going into the final day of racing.

Unfortunately, George would come down with a cold after a grueling and crowded week at work and would make the right call to skip the final race. Of course, that left the Expert points leader, Aaron Castro, with a much less stressful day.

Race 1: MegaG+ Modifieds

We had also expected a fierce battle between Team Maddox driver, Shaylin Maddox and Team Fast Lane’s, Eric Lane. That battle seemed to get off to a roaring start in the day’s first race. Shaylin bested Eric by just four points in the MegaG+ Modified class, 40 points to Eric’s 36 points. Abe Maddox would finish the race with three 3rd place segment finishes and a win in the final segment, just ahead of a hard-charging Expert driver, Jerry Pearson. With that success, Team Maddox decided to pack in for the day and would not continue. Details

Place	Name	Laps	Points	Total Time
1	Aaron Castro	80	61	607.119
2	Jerry Pearson	79	58	513.648
3	Steve Stewart	76	58	607.263
4	Abe Maddox	72	49	523.955
5	Kevin Webster	74	46	645.044
6	Shaylin Maddox	69	40	619.259
7	Eric Lane	61	36	530.198
8	Arlo Roland	58	28	534.319

Abe Maddox had a fantastic race, winning the final segment and placing 4th overall! Abe’s good friend, Arlo Roland, showed up with Team Maddox and got in an hour or so of practice just before the day’s first race. Arlo took to the various cars and racing quite quickly. Unfortunately, due to the rotation mix, Arlo only got to race directly against Abe in the final segment. Abe came in for his final rotation on the White lane and Arlo finished his rotation in the Blue lane. Arlo’s fastest lap was a 6.129 in the Orange lane. Based on his ear-to-ear grin during and after the race, we expect him to return to Stewart Raceway soon.

Race 2: Viper Super 7 GT40’s Team Forza IROC Set

With Team Maddox accomplishing their team objectives and calling it a day, the rest of us continued the program and started Race 2.

With all the points chases settled, it was all about just having fun and enjoying the always competitive racing with pretty much out-of-the-box cars.

These particular cars are fascinating. They drive like an L4 Viper V-SPEC but have L10 traction magnets. Everything feels great until they release the rails and hit things very hard. You have to know your limits and not go too far over. The RaceMasters GT40 hardbodies are beautiful!

Eric Lane blew out of the starting grid, clicked off two 3rds and a 2nd place finish in this one, and was constantly in the rearview mirrors of all who led the race. Ultimately, the Experts were fortunate to stay ahead of the hard-charging Sportsman driver. Details

Place	Name	Laps	Points	Total Time
1	Steve Stewart	80	61	520.077
2	Aaron Castro	80	53	522.537
3	Jerry Pearson	77	51	521.222
4	Eric Lane	71	42	530.944
5	Kevin Webster	67	28	527.117

Race 3: Viper V-SPEC “SPECSTOCK” Lexan

The final race of the day! This one was quite the barnburner. Every driver moved into 2nd place during this one, and all set some very high-speed laps.

Home Cook’n clicked off the fastest lap of the race at 4.720 in the White lane, Aaron Castro clicked off the next fastest lap at 4.787 in the Blue lane, and speedster Jerry Pearson clicked off a 4.804 in the White lane. Amazingly, no new track records were set. I’m sure things would have been different if George Peters had been in the mix. Details

Place	Name	Laps	Points	Total Time
1	Steve Stewart	80	64	476.556
2	Aaron Castro	78	53	482.049
3	Jerry Pearson	76	48	490.225
4	Eric Lane	68	38	476.035
5	Kevin Webster	67	32	487.768

Eric Lane hung in there against the Experts, finishing just off the podium in 4th against some seriously fast competition. Eric and Expert driver Kevin Webster were duking it out in the final segment for the 4th place position. Eric’s fastest lap was 5.277 to Kevin’s 5.252 fastest lap. Unfortunately, Kevin ran out of fuel, and Eric got enough points and laps to drop Kevin to the bottom of the leaderboard. Eric looks to be the dominate Sportsman driver going into the 2025 racing season.

Overall, it was a great day of racing and just hanging out. Thanks to everyone who brought things to share, especially Fast Lane Racing. The leaded and unleaded egg nog was excellent!

That’s it for the official 2024 racing season at Stewart Raceway. To close out the 2024 season (or open the 2025 season), we hope to open the tracks soon for a casual track day, a Potluck, and an end-of-season awards presentation. Stay tuned for a quick survey on the best Saturday to do it.

2024 Final Points Standings

Place	Name	Laps	Points	Total Time
Junior
1	Abe Maddox	726	292	4941.803
2	Matthew Johnson	387	124	2051.404
3	Madeline Johnson	233	113	2139.46
4	Arlo Roland	58	28	534.319
Sportsman
1	Eric Lane	1795	625	11500.96
2	Shaylin Maddox	610	237	3756.218
3	Jared Johnson	440	136	2057.271
4	Olga Rossetta	328	107	2805.608
5	Dave Feber	107	45	808.723
6	William Mansfield	112	42	830.412
7	Pam Ebert	77	32	695.404
Expert
1	Aaron Castro	4109	1868	26048.36
2	George Peters	3345	1581	23406.74
3	Kevin Webster	2778	1184	21778.82
4	Jerry Pearson	2466	1052	15666.05
5	Jordan Walker	1242	415	8073.09
	Steve Stewart	4384	2137	27791.13

As always, thank you for supporting our racing program and being such a great group to race with and hang out with.

If I don’t see you again in 2024, Happy Holidays and New Year!

Okay, shut up and drive!