Seuss Leads Wire-to-Wire at Caraway
Holds Off Charge From Brunnhoelzl III For 10th Win At Track
SOPHIA, N.C. — Andy Seuss continues to roll in NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour events at Caraway Speedway.
The 27-year-old from Hampstead, New Hampshire, completed the sweep on the day’s on-track events at the .455-mile banked asphalt oval. Seuss was fastest in practice, won his eighth pole Coors Light Pole Award at the track and led every lap en route to winning the Daggett Shuler Attorneys At Law 150 at Caraway. It was his fourth consecutive victory at the track and 10th of his career.
Seuss’ 10 wins at Caraway tie him with runner-up finisher George Brunnhoelzl III for the most in series history. The two drivers were bumper to bumper in the second half of the 150-lap event, but after clearing traffic on Lap 144, Seuss used a clear track to pull away from the defending Tour champion and secure his third win of the season.
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JR Bertuccio, Danny Bohn and Kyle Ebersole rounded out the top five.
Gary Putnam was sixth, followed by Jason Myers, Bryan Dauzat, Spencer Davis and David Calabrese.
The wire-to-wire win was the fifth of Seuss’ career and fourth at Caraway. He won the 2014 season opener in similar fashion.
Seuss felt pressure early from fellow front row starter Bohn. In the opening laps, Bohn looked for a way around Seuss on the inside and outside, but wasn’t able to mount enough of a charge to overtake him for the top spot. Just after the midway point, Brunnhoelzl III took the lead from Bohn and began his attack on the frontrunner, but Seuss stuck to the inside lane, forcing all challengers to try and pass him on the high side, a feat they the rest of the field was unsuccessful at.
The NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour will be back on track Saturday, August 2 at the 10th Annual Strutmasters.com 199 at Bowman Gray Stadium in Lucama, N.C.
RACE RESULTS | LAP-BY-LAP RECAP
NWSMT Caraway 7/4/14 Unofficial Results
Whelen Southern Modified Tour
Race: NWSMT Caraway 7/4/14
Pos No. Name Sponsor Laps Total Tm Diff Avg. Speed
1 11 Andy Seuss Ideal Finance/Phoenix Preowned Motors Chevrolet 150 02:43.3 65.289
2 28 George Brunnhoelzl lll Composite Tech/Performance Tech/Oval Speed Chevrolet 150 02:44.1 0.802 65.275
3 2 J R Bertuccio Gershow Recycling/Haggerman Chevrolet 150 02:46.4 3.168 65.234
4 65 Danny Bohn Rustoleum/Cedar Peaks Ent/Ray Evernham Ent Chevrolet 150 02:48.4 5.101 65.201
5 5 Kyle Ebersole Ebersole Excavating Ford 150 02:50.2 6.925 65.169
6 77 Gary Putnam Curb Records Chevrolet 150 02:50.9 7.619 65.157
7 4 Jason Myers Adams Towing & Recovery Ford 150 02:56.2 12.985 65.065
8 97 Bryan Dauzat O B Builders Inc Chevrolet 150 02:56.9 13.677 65.053
9 79 Spencer Davis* Hillbilly Racing/Coors Light 21 Means 21 Pontiac 150 02:59.8 16.538 65.004
10 43 David Calabrese DiamondBack Towing Chevrolet 149 02:45.6 1 Lap 64.814
11 7 Thomas Stinson United SolarGraphies Chevrolet 149 02:49.8 1 Lap 64.741
12 51 Bobby Measmer Jr* Powerhouse Recycling/Speed51.com Chevrolet 149 02:49.8 1 Lap 64.741
13 40 Luke Fleming AutosByNelson.com/Koma Unwind/Perkins & Assoc/Adams Towing Ford 149 03:00.4 1 Lap 64.561
14 12 Mike Norman HomeTownAutoYes.com/Nationwide Chevrolet 148 03:01.3 2 Laps 64.112
15 23 Brian Loftin L & R Transmissions Chevrolet 95 44:03.2 55 Laps 58.872
16 8 Dalton Baldwin* ChildrensDreamRacer.com Chevrolet 77 28:35.2 73 Laps 73.535
17 1 Burt Myers Citrusafe/Spdwy Auto Auction Ford 72 26:26.0 78 Laps 74.363
18 15 Joe Ryan Osborne* Pinnacle Trucking/Osborne Constr Chevrolet 29 11:32.9 121 Laps 68.552
19 72 Bud McIntyre Bud’s Waxhaw Automotive 7 02:10.5 143 Laps 87.845
*Rookie of the Year contender
Sources: John Tejeda/NASCAR WMT PR