QUALIFYING: Measmer Celebrates First Pole

By admin September 19, 2015 NASCAR WSMT, South Boston

Young Driver Scores Historic Starting Spot At South Boston

SOUTH BOSTON, Va. – The eventful week for Bobby Measmer Jr. continued Saturday at South Boston Speedway and this time it’s some good news for the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour competitor.

His mother had cancer surgery on Wednesday and his team is featuring the name “Elijah” on his car to honor another cancer patient.

Measmer was able to take his No. 74 Elijah’s Entourage Chevrolet to the front and win his first Coors Light Pole Award in qualifying for the South Boston 150.

Measmer finished with a fast lap of 17.787 seconds (97.383 mph) to edge Andy Seuss by just .002 of a second in winning the award.

Seuss piloted his No. 11 Northeast Race Cars/Ideal Finance Chevrolet to a fast lap of 14.789 seconds (97.370 mph) to start alongside Measmer.

George Brunnhoelzl III followed in third (14.794/97.337) with James Civali and Frank Fleming completed the top five.

Jeremy Gerstner was sixth with Kyle Ebersole, Jason Myers, Danny Bohn and Burt Myers round out the top 10.

The green flag for the South Boston 150 is slated to start at approximately 8 p.m.

QUALIFYING RESULTS

NWSMT South Boston 9/19/15 Qualifying
Whelen Southern Modified Tour
Series:
Whelen Southern Modified Tour
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Pos No. Name Sponsor Best Tm Best Speed Diff
1 74 Bobby Measmer, Jr. Elijah’s Entourage Chevrolet 14.787 97.383
2 11 Andy Seuss Northeast Race Cars/Ideal Financial Chevrolet 14.789 97.370 0.002
3 28 George Brunnhoelzl III Dunleavy’s Trk & Trailer Repair/Comp Tech Chevrolet 14.794 97.337 0.007
4 79 James Civali Coors Light /Hill Billy Racing Pontiac 14.838 97.048 0.051
5 40 Frank Fleming Autos By Nelson/Lewisville Mtrs/Wm Smith Trk/Chev 14.862 96.891 0.075
6 15 Jeremy Gerstner GMR Lawncare/Shady Grady Racing Chevrolet 14.901 96.638 0.114
7 5 Kyle Ebersole Ebersole Excavating Ford 14.923 96.495 0.136
8 4 Jason Myers Adams Towing & Recovery Ford 14.933 96.431 0.146
9 65 Danny Bohn Northeast Race Cars/Ideal Financial Chevrolet 14.946 96.347 0.159
10 1 Burt Myers Remington SCT/Citrusafe/Speedway Ford 14.983 96.109 0.196
11 14 Trey Hutchens* All Star Truck And Trailer Repair Chevrolet 15.024 95.847 0.237
12 22 Kyle Bonsignore* Snap-On Tools Chevrolet 15.074 95.529 0.287
13 43 David Calabrese Diamond Back Towing Chevrolet 15.145 95.081 0.358
14 99 A J Winstead VCE Technologies Chevrolet 15.168 94.937 0.381
15 77 Gary Putnam Curb Records Chevrolet 15.231 94.544 0.444
* – Denotes Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender

Sources: Tim Southers/NASCAR PR