Bristol, TN — Wednesday’s UNOH Perfect Storm 150 is the first time the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour hit the high banks of Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee. The race, which is scheduled to take the green flag at 6:09 p.m., will air on a slight delay at 7 p.m. on SPEED.
The drivers have been on the track for three practice sessions leading up to the 3 p.m. qualifying.
Before you watch the race on SPEED, check out a ride-along with defending NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion Ted Christopher. Christopher was fastest in the first two sessions and second to Donny Lia in the third.
Thanks to AutoRacing1.com for this interesting find this afternoon:
“In May 1928 on Berlin’s AVUS racetrack, Fritz Von Opel set a speed record of an estimated 238 km/h in a rocket-powered car, the RAK 2. Von Opel, grandson of Opel Motor Car Company founder Adam Opel, and his partners used 24 solid-fuel rockets packed with 120 kilograms of explosives to propel the RAK 2 forward. More than 3000 guests from show business, sports, science and politics including movie star Lilian Harvey and boxer Max Schmeling attended the event. Available video includes archive shots of the event (In German).”
