PRACTICE: Brown Leads Pack at Caraway
Whelen Southern Modified Tour Returns To Competition
ASHEBORO, N.C. – Tim Brown led the way in practice for the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour at Caraway Speedway on Friday.
The veteran driver from Rural Hall, N.C., lapped the .455-mile oval in his No. 02 Hayes Jewelers/T&C Motorsports Chevrolet in 16.013 seconds at an average speed of 102.292 mph, as teams prepared for tonight’s Daggett Schuler Attorneys At Law/Rusty Harpe Memorial 150.
Brian Loftin was second quickest in the practice session, with a lap of 16.166 seconds (101.324 mph), with the the tour returning to action following an 11-week break. He was followed by Kyle Ebersole, Brandon Ward and Andy Seuss. Three-time tour champion George Brunnhoelzl III – who leads the tour with nine wins at Caraway, including the most recent one in April – was sixth fastest in practice. He was followed by John Smith, Danny Bohn, Jason Myers and J.R. Bertuccio.
Two scheduled practice sessions were combined into one after a brief rain shower moved through the area prior to practice.
Two of Brown’s seven career wins have come at Caraway Speedway, which hosts five tour events this season. He led all but the final lap when the tour last competed at Caraway in April.
Qualifying for tonight’s race is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. ET, with the green flag set for 9:30 p.m.
PRACTICE RESULTS
NWSMT Caraway 7/5/13 Practice
Submitted by ssbarra on July 5, 2013 – 4:58pm
Pos No. Name Sponsor Best Tm Best Speed In Lap Laps Diff
1 02 Tim Brown Hayes Jewlers/ T&C Motorsports 16.013 102.292 39 51
2 23 Brian Loftin L & R Transmission 16.166 101.324 20 21 0.153
3 5 Kyle Ebersole Ebersole Excavating 16.178 101.249 32 32 0.165
4 44 Brandon Ward Crane & Rigging Inc, Kevin Powell Motor 16.270 100.676 16 41 0.257
5 11 Andy Seuss Phoenix Pre-Owned Motors/RAMOD Engines 16.270 100.676 25 53 0.257
6 28 George Brunnhoelzl lll Epox-z/Oval Speed 16.271 100.670 24 29 0.258
7 25 John Smith G-Oil/Shady Grady Racing 16.328 100.318 28 40 0.315
8 65 Danny Bohn Rustoleum/Rifenburg Construction 16.375 100.031 46 49 0.362
9 4 Jason Myers Wendell Edwards Performance 16.428 99.708 12 38 0.415
10 2 J R Bertuccio Gershow Recycling 16.431 99.690 24 28 0.418
11 77 Gary Putnam Stock Car Steel 16.477 99.411 18 18 0.464
12 1 Burt Myers CitruSafe/Budget Sales & Licensing 16.541 99.027 17 47 0.528
13 40 Luke Fleming* Jerry Hunt Auto Sales/Koma Unwind 16.557 98.931 19 47 0.544
14 97 Bryan Dauzat OB Builders Inc 16.634 98.473 15 38 0.621
15 04 David Calabrese* Diamond Back Towing/airgraphix.com 16.842 97.257 8 24 0.829
16 70 Jeremy Gerstner* GMR Complete Lawn Care/MagneGas 16.890 96.980 21 22 0.877
17 12 Mike Norman Perfection Exhaust/ Lewisville Motors 17.079 95.907 19 34 1.066
* Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender
Sources: Kevin W. Green/NASCAR PR