Practice: Brown On Record Pace

By admin September 20, 2008 Martinsville, NASCAR WMT, NASCAR WSMT

Martinsville, VA — Tim Brown led practice for the Made In America Whelen 300 Saturday afternoon at Martinsville Speedway with a time faster than the qualifying record.

Brown’s top speed of 18.737 seconds on the .526-mile oval is 101.062 mph. The qualifying record for Modifieds at Martinsville was set by Greg Sacks in 1986 at 18.746 (101.014).

Ryan Preece was second fastest in the 1 ½-hour practice with a time identical to Sacks’ pole record. George Brunnhoelzl III was third in practice at 18.754 (100.970), followed by Chuck Hossfeld and Burt Myers.

Qualifying is scheduled for 12:30 p.m., and the green flag for the race at 3:30 p.m.

TIMES: Practice

Pos	No.	Name	Best Tm	Best Spd

1	83	Tim Brown	18.737	101.062
2	3	Ryan Preece	18.746	101.014
3	28	George Brunnhowlzl III	18.754	100.970
4	4	Chuck Hossfeld	18.759	100.944
5	1	Burt Myers	18.784	100.809
6	09	Bobby Grigas III	18.785	100.804
7	86	Ted Christopher	18.797	100.739
8	46	Eric Beers	18.805	100.697
9	21	Richard Savary	18.825	100.590
10	10	Edward Flemke	18.854	100.435
11	2	Todd Szegedy	18.856	100.424
12	19	Jimmy Blewett	18.857	100.419
13	36	LW Miller	18.877	100.313
14	99	Jamie Tomaino	18.881	100.291
15	59	Matt Hirschman	18.894	100.222
16	11	Reggie Ruggiero	18.908	100.148
17	47	Andy Seuss	18.912	100.127
18	06	Billy Pauch Jr	18.921	100.079
19	93	Rowan Pennink	18.922	100.074
20	74	Jason Myers	18.929	100.037
21	16	Mike Stefanik	18.932	100.021
22	7	Glen Reen*	18.932	100.021
23	50	Kevin Goodale	18.939	99.984
24	58	Eric Goodale*	18.947	99.942
25	79	Ronnie Silk	18.965	99.847
26	77	Rick Fuller	18.967	99.837
27	88	Woody Pitkat	18.969	99.826
28	23	Loftin Brian	18.991	99.710
29	14	Bobby Hutchens	19.027	99.522
30	07	Frank Fleming	19.035	99.480
31	18	Zach Brewer	19.060	99.349
32	0	Danny Sammons	19.063	99.334
33	12	Ken Heagy	19.099	99.147
34	05	Joe Hartmann	19.173	98.764
35	8	Glenn Tyler	19.175	98.754
36	32	Tom Abele Jr. *	19.183	98.712
37	89	Jamie Tomaino Jr	19.224	98.502
38	01	Jay Foley	19.250	98.369
39	25	John Smith	19.264	98.297
40	02	Buddy Emory	19.284	98.195
41	53	Sean Patterson *	19.348	97.871
42	98	Rich Kuiken	19.360	97.810
43	33	Wade Cole	19.516	97.028
44	9	Jake Marosz	19.542	96.899
45	49	Scott Rigney	19.587	96.676
46	97	Bryan Dauzat	19.598	96.622
47	57	Sean Gartner	19.706	96.093
48	40	Brad Robbins	19.827	95.506

Sources: Jason Cunningham/NASCAR WMT PR