QUALIFYING: Bohn Best at South Boston
Edges Seuss For 2nd Career SoMod Pole
SOUTH BOSTON, Va. – Danny Bohn won the Coors Light Pole Award in NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified qualifying on Saturday for the South Boston 150.
The 25-year-old out of Freehold, N.J., edged Andy Seuss, who won the inaugural tour event at South Boston Speedway in 2009, by a narrow margin of .003 seconds. Bohn made his way around the .4-mile historic Virginia oval in 14.784 seconds for an average speed of 97.403 mph. It’s the second career pole win for the 2012 Southern Modified Tour Sunoco Rookie of the Year. His first came in September 2012 at Langley Speedway in Hampton, Va.
Seuss just missed his 11th career pole and second of 2014 with a time of 14.787 seconds (97.383 mph) and will start on the outside of Row 1 for the 150-lap feature race. Kyle Ebersole posted the third-quickest lap of the session at 14.895 seconds (96.677 mph) while rookie Joe Ryan Osborne was fourth at 14.903 seconds (96.625 mph). Points leader JR Bertuccio rounded out the top five with a 14.914-second (96.554 mph) lap.
The remainder of the top 10 was made up of rookie Spencer Davis, defending race and tour champion George Brunnhoelzl III, Bryan Dauzat, Jason Myers and Thomas Stinson.
Past Whelen Southern Modified Tour champion Burt Myers missed getting on the track during qualifying and will start at the tail of the field due to an engine change.
The South Boston 150 is set to take the green flag at 3 p.m. ET.
QUALIFYING RESULTS
NWSMT Southern National 3/15/14 Qualifying Results
PRINT VERSION (PDF)
POS CAR DRIVER TEAM TIME
1 65 Danny Bohn, Freehold, N.J. Rustoleum/Cedar Peaks Enterprises Chevrolet 14.784
2 11 Andy Seuss, Hampstead, N.H. Ideal Finance/Phoenix Motors Chevrolet 14.787
3 5 Kyle Ebersole, Hummelstown, Pa. Ebersole Excavating Ford 14.895
4 15 Joe Ryan Osborne, Holland, Pa. * Cycle Max/Joie of Seating Chevrolet 14.903
5 2 JR Bertuccio, Centereach, N.Y. Gershow Recycling/Hagerman Systems Chevrolet 14.914
6 79 Spencer Davis, Dawsonville, Ga. * Hillbilly Racing/Coors 21 Means 21 Pontiac 14.933
7 28 George Brunnhoelzl, III, West Babylon, N.Y. Composite Tech./Performance Tech. Chevrolet 14.957
8 97 Bryan Dauzat, Alexandria, La. O.B. Builders Chevrolet 15.023
9 4 Jason Myers, Walnut Cove, N.C. Adams Towing/Corks Caps & Taps Ford 15.038
10 7 Thomas Stinson, Chester, Va. Dennis’ Towing & Recovery Chevrolet 15.065
11 43 David Calabrese, Toms River, N.J. DiamondBack Towing Chevrolet 15.073
12 40 Luke Fleming, Mount Airy, N.C. AutosByNelson.com/Koma Unwind Ford 15.106
13 99 A.J. Winstead, Bon Air, Va. Health Diagnostic Laboratory Chevrolet 15.125
14 77 Gary Putnam, Vernon, Conn. Curb Records Chevrolet 15.142
15 51 Bobby Measmer, Jr., Concord, N.C. * Powerhouse Rcyclng./Haas Automation Chevrolet 15.233
16 12 Mike Norman, Lewisville, N.C. North Pt. Chrysler Jeep/Trailers of the East Coast 15.332
17 1 Burt Myers, Walnut Cove, N.C. Citrusafe/Spdwy Auto Auction/Adams Ford No Time
*Denotes Rookie of the Year Contender
Sources: Shon Sbarra/NASCAR WSMT PR