QUALIFYING: Preece Tops at Bowman Gray
Mod Tour Points Leader Wins Second SoMod Pole
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Quick turnarounds are routine for Ryan Preece.
The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour points leader raced Friday night at Stafford (Conn.) Motor Speedway and quickly headed south for his second career outing at Bowman Gray Stadium. The 22-year-old out of Berlin, Conn., won the Coors Light Pole Award for the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour’s Kevin Powell Motorsports 199 on Saturday. He made his way around the cozy quarter-mile oval in 13.313 seconds for an average speed of 67.603 mph.
It’s Preece’s second pole in as many outings in the southern tour this season after claiming the prize earlier in the season at Southern National Motorsports Park in Kenly, N.C.
Fellow New Englander Andy Seuss of Hampstead, N.H., will start from the outside pole position after qualifying with a time of 13.349 seconds (67.421 mph). Burt Myers, a Bowman Gray regular, qualified third at 13.391 seconds (67.209 mph) followed by rookie Cole Powell with a time of 13.396 seconds (67.184 mph).
Woody Pitkat, Southern Modified Tour points leader George Brunnhoelzl III, Cody Ware, Tim Brown, John Smith and Danny Bohn rounded out the top-10 qualifiers.
Preece, who is in the running for the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series national championship, often races three times a week at three different tracks.
The Kevin Powell Motorsports 199 is expected to go green at approximately 8:40 p.m. ET.
RESULTS
NWSMT Bowman Gray 8/3/13 Qualifyng
POS CAR DRIVER TEAM TIME SPEED
1 41 Ryan Preece, Berlin, Conn. East West Marine/Mizzy Construction Chevrolet 13.313 67.603
2 11 Andy Seuss, Hampstead, N.H. Tammie Davis/Phoenix Pre-Owned Chevrolet 13.349 67.421
3 1 Burt Myers, Walnut Cove, N.C. Citrusafe/Adam’s Towing & Recovery Ford 13.391 67.209
4 73 Cole Powell, Mount Brydges, Ontario, Canada * Combs Produce/Breast Cancer Awareness Chevrolet 13.396 67.184
5 79 Woody Pitkat, Stafford, Conn. Hill Enterprises/Coors Light Pontiac 13.430 67.014
6 28 George Brunnhoelzl, III, West Babylon, N.Y. Epox-Z/Oval Speed Chevrolet 13.460 66.865
7 80 Cody Ware, Greensboro, N.C. * MRI Graphics Chevrolet 13.529 66.524
8 02 Tim Brown, Rural Hall, N.C. Hayes Jewelers/T&C Motorsports Chevrolet 13.571 66.318
9 25 John Smith, Mount Airy, N.C. G-Oil/Shady Grady Racing Chevrolet 13.599 66.181
10 65 Danny Bohn, Freehold, N.J. Cedar Peaks/Rustoleum Chevrolet 13.612 66.118
11 4 Jason Myers, Walnut Cove, N.C. Westbend Vineyards & Brewery Ford 13.651 65.929
12 5 Kyle Ebersole, Hummelstown, Pa. Ebersole Excavating Ford 13.664 65.867
13 40 Luke Fleming, Mount Airy, N.C. * Koma Unwind/Kevin Powell Motorsports Ford 13.755 65.431
14 23 Brian Loftin, Lexington, N.C. L&R Trans./QMF Metal & Electronics Chevrolet 13.762 65.397
15 12 Mike Norman, Lewisville, N.C. Auto Solutions/Lewisville Mtrs Chevrolet 13.800 65.217
16 04 David Calabrese, Toms River, N.J. * Diamond Back Towing/airgraphix.com Chevrolet 13.801 65.213
17 70 Jeremy Gerstner, Wesley Chapel, Fla. * GMR Complete Lawn/Fountain Mtspts. Chevrolet 13.865 64.912
18 2 JR Bertuccio, Centerrach, N.Y. Gershow Recycling Chevrolet 13.904 64.730
19 77 Gary Putnam, Concord, N.C. Stock Car Steel Chevrolet 14.146 63.622
20 97 Bryan Dauzat, Alexandria, La. O.B. Builders Chevrolet 14.246 63.176
* Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender
Sources: Shon Sbarra/NASCAR WSMT PR