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9/4/2010 |
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BROWN ENDS
DROUGHT AT LANGLEY
Rolls to first
Whelen Southern Modified win since 2008 |
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night’s Visit Hampton 150 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour race at
Langley Speedway proved that anything can happen during a 150-Lap race.
After it appeared James Civali was going to cruise to his third win of the
season, Tim Brown ended a nearly two-year absence from Victory Lane pulling
away in dominating fashion Saturday night to win the Hampton 150. It was his
sixth career NWSMT victory and first since he took the checkered flag at
Caraway Speedway in Asheboro, N.C., on Sept. 27, 2008.
Brown took the lead from Civali on Lap 132 and pulled away for the win by
more than three seconds after Civali had led all but 14 laps of the race up
to that point. Brown, who began driving the No. 02 T&C Motorsports car at
Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem,N.C., had a strategy to save his car
and tires until late in the race and the plan worked out for the veteran.
“We have really worked hard on this 02 car with Tom and Connie (owners of
T&C Motorsports),” said Brown. “We’ve been working together to get the car
better and we were good off the truck up here and just tweaked some things.
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Brown showed he had a strong car at the start of the race as he passed Jason
Myers, who started on the pole after post-qualifying draw of the top eight
spots, and led the first four laps of the race.
Civali quickly passed Brown on Lap 5 and remained out front for the next 70
laps and built leads by as much as 15 cars lengths during that span.
Andy Seuss, who entered the race in second place in the point standings and
coming off a win at Caraway one week earlier, passed Civali on a restart on
Lap 76 and remained at the point until Civali got back around on Lap 85.
Civali appeared to have the race sewn up building a large lead again but his
car started going away during a long green-flag run.
“We had a good car, but as the race went on we just didn’t have enough wedge
underneath the car and the tires went away on us,” Civali said. “It happens.
We learned some things on our car tonight and I think we will be real good
for the remaining couple of races.”
After Brown took the lead from Civali and pulled away to lead by more than
three seconds, Burt Myers and Zach Brewer put on a show in a battle for
third place eventually won by Myers.
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want to get into the top three and me and Zach have always raced good
together,” Myers added. “These cars are made to lean on each other and give
a shot here and there but you have to do it with respect. Zach came up to me
after the race and said that’s the way we’re supposed to do it.”
The race was slowed just three times by caution with Brewer and Frank
Fleming bringing out the first caution for a spin on Lap 5. Both drivers
recovered to collect top-10 finishes.
The rest of the top 10 were Jason Myers, who finished sixth, followed by
Gene Pack, Miller, Fleming and Brandon Hire.
Civali won the Coors Light Pole Award earlier in the day and was able to
take over the points lead by eight over Seuss (1,300-1,292). L.W. Miller,
who entered the race with the points lead, finished eighth and dropped to
third -- 19 points behind Civali.
The Visit Hampton 150 will air on VERSUS on Wednesday, Sept. 8 at 7 p.m.
The NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour will run its second-to-last race of
the season at Tri-County Motor Speedway in Hudson, N.C., on Saturday, Sept.
25.
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Whelen Southern Modified
Tour-Langley 150 Unofficial Results
Saturday At Langley Speedway, Hampton, VA
Lap length: 0.39 miles
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (2) Tim Brown, Cana, VA, Chevrolet, 150 laps, 70.130 mph,
$2,300.
2. (7) James Civali, Meriden, CT, Pontiac, 150, $1,850.
3. (3) Burt Myers, Walnut Cove, NC, Ford, 150, $1,175.
4. (10) Zach Brewer, Winston-Salem, NC, Chevrolet, 150, $1,400.
5. (4) Andy Seuss, Hampstead, NH, Dodge, 150, $1,050.
6. (1) Jason Myers, Walnut Cove, NC, Ford, 150, $900.
7. (11) Gene Pack, North Myrtle Beach, S.C., Chevrolet, 149, $800.
8. (5) L.W. Miller, Dushore, PA, Pontiac, 149, $740.
9. (9) Frank Fleming, Mt. Airy, NC, Ford, 149, $640.
10. (8) Brandon Hire, Winston-Salem, NC, Chevrolet, 148, $600.
11. (12) Bryan Dauzat, Alexandria, LA, Chevrolet, 148, $575.
12. (13) Darrel Krentz, Huntersville, NC, Chevrolet, 144, $550.
13. (6) John Smith, Mount Airy, NC, Chevrolet, 136, $535.
14. (14) Greg Butcher, Mocksville, NC, Chevrolet, 76, accident, $601.
15. (15) Shawn Balluzo, Newport News, VA, Ford, 4, ignition, $495.
Race Statistics
Time of Race: 0 hours 50 minutes 3 seconds
Margin of Victory: 3.329 seconds
Fastest Qualifier: J.Civali (90.365 mph, 15.537 seconds)
Caution Flags: 3 for 15 laps.
Lead Changes: 4 among 3 drivers.
Lap Leaders: T. Brown 1-4; J. Civali 5-75; A. Seuss 76-84; J. Civali
85-131; T. Brown 132-150.
Standings: 1. J. Civali, 1300; 2. A. Seuss, 1292; 3. L. Miller, 1281;
4. B. Myers, 1234;5. J. Smith, 1220; 6. J. Myers, 1159; 7. Z. Brewer, 1137;
8. F. Fleming, 1110; 9. B.Hire, 1064; 10. T. Brown, 1034. |
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Source: Timothy Southers / NASCAR
Posted: September
4, 2010 |
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