NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour driver Tim Brown did something on Friday night at Bowman Gray Stadium that nobody else has been able to do all year long – beat Burt Myers for the Bud Pole award.
    Brown circled the quarter-mile track at a Tour record speed of 68.254 mph to edge Burt Myers for the fastest speed for Saturday night’s Advance Auto Parts 199 at the historic Bowman Gray track.
    In fact, Brown now holds both the all-time fastest speed record at Bowman Gray that he set June 21, 2003 (68.865 mph) as well as the Whelen Southern Modified Tour qualifying record thanks to his efforts on Friday night.
    “That’s pretty cool to have both the Tour qualifying record and the track record here at Bowman Gray,” Brown said. “That’s a pair of records that mean a lot to me.”
    The Top-10 qualifiers were Brown, Burt Myers, Junior Miller, Brian Loftin, L.W. Miller, Frank Fleming, John Smith, Jason Myers, Brian Pack and Al Hill.
    Following the draw-redraw, the first eight positions were shuffled which put Fleming on the pole for Saturday night’s race, followed by Loftin, Jason Myers, Smith, Junior Miller, Burt Myers, Brown and L.W. Miller.
    Saturday night’s Advance Auto Parts 199 is scheduled to take the green flag Saturday night at 8:40 p.m.

Qualifying Results following 8 car draw-redraw
Advance Auto Parts 199
NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour
Bowman Gray Stadium August 4, 2007

 1.  (07) Frank Fleming, Mount Airy N.C., Pontiac, 65.953
 2.  (23) Brian Loftin, Lexington N.C. , Chevrolet, 66.480
 3.   (4)  Jason Myers, Walnut Cove N.C. , Chevrolet, 65.818
 4.  (25) John Smith, Mount Airy N.C., Chevrolet, 65.857
 5.  (69) Junior Miller, Pine Hall N.C. , Dodge, 67.194
 6.   (1)  Burt Myers, Walnut-Cove N.C. , Chevrolet, 67.431
 7.  (83) Tim Brown, Cana VA. , Chevrolet, 68.254
 8.  (36) L.W. Miller, Mooresville N.C. , Pontiac, 66.055
 9.  (81) Brian Pack, Walkertown N.C. , Chevrolet, 65.818
10. (70) AL Hill, Jonesvillle N.C. , Chevrolet, 65.737
11. (14) Bobby Hutchens, Lexington N.C. , Chevrolet, 65.732
12. (99) Kevin Powell, Winston-Salem N.C. , Ford, 65.217
13.  (2)  George Brunnhoelzl, Babylon N.Y. , Dodge, 65.184
14. (31) Gene Pack, Myrtle Beach S.C. , Chevrolet, 64.674
15. (98) Rich Kuiken, Jr., Staffordville N.J. , Chevrolet, 64.618
16. (53) Johnathon Brown, Winston-Salem N.C. , Dodge, 64.618
17. (30) Earl Baker, Winton-Salem N.C. , Chevrolet, 64.382
18. (17) Brian King, Burlington N.C. , Chevrolet, 64.221
19.  (7)  Thomas Stinson, Chester VA. , Chevrolet, 64.125
20. (44) Brandon Hire, Winston-Salem N.C. , Chevrolet, 64.016
21. (18) Zach Brewer, Winston-Salem N.C. , Ford, 63.591
22. (74) Alex Hoag, Bath N.Y. , Ford, 63.367
23. (26) Wesley Swartout, Stroudsburg Penn. , Ford, 62.314
24.  (5)  Randy Butner, Pfaffton N.C. , Chevrolet, 61.966

* Denotes Rookie of the Year Contender