Whelen So. Mod Tour Stat Advance: Caraway

By admin July 1, 2014 Caraway, NASCAR WSMT

Analyzing The Daggett Shuler Attorneys At Law 150

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Daggett Shuler Attorneys at Law 150 will be the 50th running of the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour at Caraway Speedway. The Independence Day special will run on Friday at the famed oval in rural Sophia, North Carolina. Below is a statistical look at the performance of selected drivers at the track:

Daggett Shuler Attorneys at Law 150 Setup:
• Andy Seuss has been victorious in the last three NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour races at Caraway Speedway, a streak exceeded at the track only by L.W. Miller’s five straight wins in 2006-07.
• George Brunnhoelzl III has won the July 4th weekend race at Caraway each of the last two years, and in 2009.
• Seuss and Brunnhoelzl have combined to win 11 of the last 14 Caraway races, and 19 of 27 since 2008.
• Brunnhoelzl and Seuss have finished 1-2 in six of the last eight NWSMT races overall, including three in a row at Caraway.
• When the green flag flies on Friday it will be 83 days between races, the second-longest break in the schedule in NWSMT history, exceeded only by a 112-day stretch in 2008.

At Caraway Speedway:
History
• Caraway Speedway opened in 1966 as a dirt track and was paved in 1972.
• Caraway held three NASCAR Nationwide Series events from 1982-82, won by Dale Earnhardt, Jack Ingram and Butch Lindley.
• Caraway has featured weekly NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing each year since 1986.
• The first NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour race at Caraway Speedway was held on March 26, 2005 and was won by Ted Christopher.

Notebook
• Caraway has held the most events in NWSMT history with 49 entering this week. No other track has played host to more than nine.
• There have been 11 different winners across the 49 previous NWSMT events at Caraway, led by George Brunnhoelzl III with 10.
• Seven different drivers have earned Coors Light Pole Awards at Caraway since the first race in 2005. Burt Myers leads that contingent with 13. He was also the inaugural event’s polesitter.
• Jason Myers is the only driver to compete in all 49 previous NWSMT events at Caraway.
• Brian Loftin, Junior Miller and L.W. Miller combined to win 17 of the first 21 NWSMT races at Caraway. Brunnhoelzl and Andy Seuss have accounted for 19 victories in the last 27 trips.
• L.W. Miller holds the record for consecutive victories at Caraway with five, which spanned the 2006-07 seasons.
• Seven Caraway races have been won wire-to-wire, including by Seuss in the tour’s last visit there on March 9.
• Seuss was the youngest Caraway race winner at 21 years, 6 months, 19 days.
• Junior Miller was the oldest Caraway victor at 55 years, 4 months, 14 days.

Caraway Speedway Data
Season Race #:  5 of 14 overall, 2 of 5 at Caraway
Track Layout:  .455-mile asphalt oval
Banking/Turns:  13 degrees
Banking/Straights:  9 degrees
Race Length:  150 laps / 68.25 miles

Qualifying/Race Data
2013 Pole Winner:  None (weather)
2013 Race Winner:  George Brunnhoelzl III
Track Qualifying Record:  George Brunnhoelzl III, Chevrolet, 15.648 seconds, 104.678 mph, April 21, 2012

Active Category Leaders at Caraway:
Wins
1. George Brunnhoelzl III … 10
2. Andy Seuss … 9
3. Brian Loftin … 8

Poles
1. Burt Myers … 13
2. George Brunnhoelzl III … 10
3. Andy Seuss … 7

Top Fives
1. Brian Loftin … 26
2. George Brunnhoelzl III … 24
3. Jason Myers … 19
Andy Seuss … 19

Top 10s
1. Jason Myers … 37
2. Burt Myers … 35
3. Brian Loftin … 31

Laps Led
1. Andy Seuss … 1,375
2. George Brunnhoelzl III … 1,143
3. Brian Loftin … 891

Laps Completed
1. Jason Myers … 6,867
2. Burt Myers … 6,774
3. Brian Loftin … 6,028

Starts
1. Jason Myers … 49
2. Burt Myers … 47
3. Brian Loftin … 44

Selected Driver Highlights:
JR Bertuccio (No. 2 Gershow Recycling/Hagerman Systems Chevrolet)
• Has a win and 11 top 10s in 30 career NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour starts. The win came at Southern National Motorsports Park on March 16.
• Is third in points with three top fives in the season’s first four races.
• In 14 career NWSMT starts at Caraway Speedway he has three top fives (last three races), an average finish of 12th and a best result of third (last race).

Danny Bohn (No. 65 Rustoleum/Cedar Peaks Chevrolet)
• The 2012 Sunoco Rookie of the Year has a win, two poles, 11 top fives and 19 top 10s in 26 career NWSMT starts.
• Ranks seventh in points after four races, highlighted by a third-place finish at South Boston Speedway, an event in which he won the Coors Light Pole Award.
• His one victory came at Caraway in 2012. Has four top fives and eight top 10s in 11 career starts at the track.

George Brunnhoelzl III (No. 28 Composite Technologies Chevrolet)
• Has a record four NWSMT championships (2009, `11, `12, `13).
• Has 21 wins, 22 poles, 44 podiums, 53 top fives, 67 top 10s and 2,626 laps led in 82 career starts.
• Holds NWSMT all-time records for wins and laps led. Ranks second in poles, third in top fives and fourth in top 10s.
• Is up to second in points following a win last week at Langley Speedway, which ended the second-longest winless drought of his career at 10 races.
• Has podium finishes in all four races this year, and nine-consecutive events dating to 2013.
• Has 10 wins, 10 poles, 20 podiums, 24 top fives, 30 top 10s and 1,143 laps led in 36 career starts at Caraway.
• Has finished on the podium in 19 of his last 23 starts at Caraway, including all 10 wins.
• Won the Caraway July 4th weekend race in 2009, `12 and `13.

Kyle Ebersole (No. 5 Ebersole Excavating Ford)
• Has a win, 12 top fives and 19 top 10s in 26 career starts. The victory was earned at Langley in 2013.
• Ranks 10th in points with two top 10s. Did not start last time out at Langley due to a practice accident.
• Has an average finish of ninth and a best result of second (2013) in 11 career Caraway starts.

Luke Fleming (No. 40 AutosByNelson.com/Koma Unwind Ford)
• The 2013 NWSMT Sunoco Rookie of the Year has a win and 10 top 10s in 18 career starts. The win came at Bowman Gray Stadium in his 2009 tour debut.
• Ranks fifth in points with top 10s in all four races this year.
• Has an average finish of 10th and a best result of sixth (2013) in six career Caraway starts.

Brian Loftin (No. 23 L&R Transmissions Chevrolet)
• The 2008 NWSMT champion has 12 wins, 12 poles, 40 top fives and 51 top 10s in 82 career starts.
• Sits 17th in points with one top-10 finish (7th-Carway) in three starts.
• Has eight wins, six poles, 26 top fives and 31 top 10s in 44 career races at Caraway.

Burt Myers (No. 1 Citrusafe/Speedway Auto Auction/Adams Towing & Recovery Ford)
• The 2010 NWSMT champion has 11 wins, a tour record 26 poles, 55 top fives and 90 top 10s in 108 career starts.
• Ranks fourth in points with top 10s in each of the season’s four events.
• Has one win, a record 13 poles, 18 top fives and 35 top 10s in 47 career Caraway starts.
• Was the NWSMT’s inaugural event polesitter at Caraway, and won the second-ever race there on April 9, 2005.

Jason Myers (No. 4 Adams Towing & Recovery Ford)
• Has recorded three wins, 36 top fives and 83 top 10s in a NWSMT-record 112 career starts. Has competed in all but one race (2005-Martinsville Speedway) in the tour’s 10 seasons.
• Sits sixth in points after four races with three top 10s.
• Is the only driver to participate in all 49 previous NWSMT races at Caraway, where he has a win (2013), 19 top fives and a record 37 top 10s.

Joe Ryan Osborne (No. 15 Pinnacle Trucking/Osborne Construction Chevrolet)
• Rookie has top 10s in each of his first four NWSMT starts.
• Has a four point lead in the Sunoco Rookie of the Year standings.
• Finished 10th in his NWSMT debut in the Caraway opener.

Gary Putnam (No. 77 Curb Records Chevrolet)
• Has 15 top 10s in 35 career starts with a best finish of fifth at Caraway in 2013.
• Ranks ninth in the 2014 standings with three top 10s in four races.
• Has six top 10s and an average finish of 12th in 16 career starts at Caraway.

Andy Seuss (No. 11 Ideal Finance/Phoenix Motors Chevrolet)
• Has 17 wins, 10 poles, 49 top fives and 64 top 10s in 84 career NWSMT starts. His 17 wins rank second all-time.
• Leads the championship standings with wins at Caraway and South Boston, a fourth-place effort at Southern National and a runner-up at Langley.
• His nine Caraway wins trail only George Brunnhoelzl III (10) on the track wins list. Also has seven poles, 19 top fives, 26 top 10s and a record 1,375 laps led in 36 total starts there.
• Three of his four career wire-to-wire wins have come at Caraway, including the 2014 opener.

Up To Speed:
• The 2014 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour schedule consists of 15 events at seven different tracks across three states.
• The competition season opened with the non-points UNOH Battle At The Beach on the short track at Daytona International Speedway on Feb. 18. Ryan Preece was the polesitter and Doug Coby took the checkered flag. Jason Myers was the highest-finishing NWSMT driver in the event when he crossed the line second.
• Andy Seuss won from the pole in the points season opener on March 9 at Caraway Speedway.
• JR Bertuccio captured his first career victory on March 15 at Southern National Motorsports Park. George Brunnhoelzl III was the event’s pole winner.
• The Prestoria Farms 150 at Caraway was to be contested on March 29, but was postponed due to rain. That event will be made up on Oct 4.
• Danny Bohn sat on the pole, but it was Seuss who led all but one lap en route to victory at South Boston Speedway on April 5.
• At Langley Speedway on April 12, Ryan Preece earned the pole in his fourth NWSMT appearance in a row and Brunnhoelzl who drove to Victory Lane for his first win at the track.
• Following the Daggett Shuler Attorneys at Law 150, the NWSMT is scheduled to return to action on Aug. 2 at Bowman Gray Stadium.

 Sources: Jason Cunningham/NASCAR WSMT PR