 It's
official! Tim Brown from Rural Hall, NC held off a
hungry pack of drivers to claim the win in the
inaugural event for the KOMA Unwind Modified Madness
Series Saturday night at Hickory Motor Speedway.
The event lived up to expectations with twenty lead
changes between five different drivers. Pit stop
excitement, tire changes and confusion added to the
overall picture painted for the first event.
Brown Josh Nichols, Burt and Jason Myers and young
gun Spencer Davis all took turns leading the 125
lapper, with Brown and Burt Myers being at the point
for the bulk of the laps but not one of the top five
cars was able to gain a clear advantage. Caution
flew on lap 19 for a front stretch spin by Jeremy
Mayfield. Mayfield recovered and posted a solid
finish in his first Modified event. Another brief
caution when Renee Dupuis tagged the turn one wall
did little to interrupt the action. The engine in
Brian Weber's car exploded entering turn three
bringing out the final caution of the night. Cale
Gale's car failed to re-fire after the caution
ending his night at the same time.
Southern Modified Race Tour rules allow for a tire
change as well as require a mandatory pit stop and
pit strategy came into play over the final 35 laps.
Burt Myers pitted at lap 93 and took on a new right
rear in hopes of forcing the issue for other drivers
to pit. Nichols followed seven laps later with the
same plans. However the remainder of the field only
did stop & go stops and while Myers and Nichols make
up considerable time with the new tires, the laps
ran out and left Brown and Jason Myers at the head
of the pack. Burt Myers finished third followed by
Davis and Nichols. Jimmy Zacharias finished sixth
followed by Zach Brewer, Mayfield, Mike Speeney and
Bobby Sheffield.
The confusion stemmed from a mis-stated rule in the
drivers meeting. "I made a mistake in the drivers
meeting by telling teams when they could and could
not stop during the event. No one caught the mistake
and according to the Southern Modified race Tour
Rule Book, the event must be run under the last rule
covered. I have apologized to everyone and while
everyone isn't 100% happy, most understand the
situation. And I want to make the fans of Modified
racing aware that this will not happen again, said
series director, Randy Myers.
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Finishing Order
Fin. / Start / Car# / Driver / Hometown / Laps /
Points
1. 3 02 Tim Brown, Rural Hall, NC 125 170
2. 1 4 Jason Myers, Walnut Cove, NC
125 140
3. 2 6 Burt Myers, Kernersville, NC
125 135
4. 9 79 Spencer Davis, Dahlonega, GA 125 130
5. 4 34 Josh Nichols, Cleveland, NC 125 125
6. 8 71z Jimmy Zacharias, Candor, NY 124 120
7. 12 31 Zach Brewer, Winston-Salem, NC 124 116
8. 11 71m Jeremy Mayfield, Sherrills Ford, NC 124 112
9. 15 80 Mike Speeney, King, NC 123 113
10. 13 9 Bobby Sheffield, Mooresville, NC 122 104
11. 10 3 Danny Propst, Wingate, NC 121 100
12. 7 2 Joseph Brown, Lewisville, NC 119
98
13. 14 21 Tommy Neal, Walkertown, NC 117 96
14. 6 59 Renee Dupuis, Hebron, CT 46 94
15. 5 82 Cale Gale, Winston-Salem, NC 39 92
16. 16 01 Brian Weber, Mooresville, NC 38 90. |
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