Full Moon Brings Wild Night at Bowman Gray
 

Tim Brown taking his victory lap after winning the first Modified race of last event. photo by Eric Hylton Photography

(Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem, NC) With the largest full moon of the year shining in the sky, the action heated up on the track Saturday at Bowman Gray Stadium.
            Tim Brown of Rural Hall took the checkered in the first 25-lapper for the Brad’s Golf Cars Modified Series. After qualifying second fastest, Brown started to the outside of pole qualifier Lee Jeffreys of Wallburg.
            As the green flag dropped, Brown was able to power past Jeffreys from the outside to take the lead. “The inside pole guy is out there where there’s no rubber, so it’s easier to spin the tires out,” said Brown. “Lee spun the tires coming off of turn two. I got a good bite and was able to pull him up the backstretch.”
            Brown took the checkered with Jeffreys finishing in second. “This is a way better start than we had last year for the season,” said Brown. Burt Myers of Walnut Cove took third, and Jonathan Brown of Winston-Salem claimed fourth.
            Several new Modified drivers competed for the first time last night at the Stadium – Robbie Brewer of Winston-Salem, Matt Cotner of Rural Hall, Danny Propst of Monroe, and northern Modified driver Jimmy Blewett of Howell, NJ. Modified fans expected the aggressive Blewett to cause a stir at the Stadium. He qualified 11th and finished 11th in the first race.
            But good luck gave Blewett a good shot at claiming victory in his first time out at the Stadium – the “Madhouse Scramble” put him on the outside front row for the start of the second race. Brad Robbins of Winston-Salem started on the pole.
            Robbins and Blewitt immediately began a heated battle as they took the green flag. Blewett bumped Robbins into the infield, but Robbins was given a second chance when a caution immediately came out.
            When the green flag waved for the second time, Robbins went wide and gave Blewett no room to try for the lead. Robbins’s time at the front was short-lived: Blewett hammered him in the next turn, grabbing the lead away.
            Robbins recovered and began gradually moving closer to Blewett. The #79 of Blewett appeared to be wrestling with handling issues that made him slower and slower. “The car was just loose. We were able to hold on for a while, but he was able to get to us after we started to free up a little too much,” said Blewett about Robbins chasing him down.
            Blewett desperately tried to maintain the lead despite repeated shoves from Robbins, but the #48 car of Robbins nudged Blewett out of the way on lap 18. Blewett spun, Robbins claimed the lead, and vengeance was on everyone’s mind.

Brad Robbins (48) putting the pressure on race leader Jimmy Blewett (79). photo by Eric Hylton Photography

            Two laps later, Blewett slowed to wait on Brad Robbins, ramming him out of the lead. Veteran racer Robert Jeffreys of Winston-Salem was in the right place at the right time, taking over the top spot after the feud between Blewett and Robbins. Jeffreys held on to win a few laps later.
            “This place is fun. I’m not one bit mad,” said Blewett about the incident with Robbins. “I grew up ‘an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’”
            “I’m not going to come here and be a pushover,” said Blewett. “This track’s history is second to none. This is probably the most historical racetrack in the country. Just to be here is an honor for me. I drove a long way from home to do this. It would’ve meant a lot to get the win, but wins don’t come easy.”
            Robbins, however, was steaming over the situation. “He turned into me, run over my right front tire - he did everything he could to do me wrong,” said Robbins. “I didn’t run him in the corner and spin him out,” said Robbins. “He was so determined to keep me from getting under him that he cranked the wheel left trying to cut the bottom off to keep me behind him - and he spun his own self out.”
            It was Robert Jeffrey’s 33rd career win at the Stadium. “I was just sitting there watching them, beating and banging. I said that I needed to back up a little to see what happens,” said Jeffreys. “Sometimes you’ve got to be patient over here. It all worked out for me tonight.”
            Finishing second behind Jeffreys was Ronnie Clifton of Walkertown. Jason Myers of Walnut Cove finished third, with Lee Jeffreys of Wallburg behind him in fourth.
            In the Webb Heating & A/C Co. Sportsman Series, Gary Ledbetter won the first race. Jeff Garrison of Clemmons claimed victory in the second Sportsman race.
            Billy Gregg of Winston-Salem took the checkered in the Q104.1 New Country Street Stock Series race. In the Summer Shootout Stadium Stock Series, Michael Wells of Walkertown won a wild first 15-lapper. Andrew Durham of Mocksville brought home the win in the second Stadium Stock race.

 

Race Results

Brad's Golf Cars Modified Series
First Modified Race: 25 laps

FINISH	CAR	DRIVER	HOMETOWN
1	83	Tim Brown	Rural Hall, NC
2	77	Lee Jeffreys	Wallburg, NC
3	1	Burt Myers	Walnut Cove, NC
4	22	Jonathan Brown	Winston-Salem, NC
5	4	Jason Myers	Walnut Cove, NC
6	25	John Smith	Mount Airy, NC
7	69	Junior Miller	Danbury, NC
8	81	Austin Pack	Walkertown, NC
9	75	Robert Jeffreys	Winston-Salem, NC
10	66	Ronnie Clifton	Walkertown, NC
11	79	Jimmy Blewett	Howell, NJ
12	48	Brad Robbins	Winston-Salem, NC
13	20	Jeremy Stoltz	Walkertown, NC
14	21	Tommy Neal	Walkertown, NC
15	2	Joseph Brown	Winston-Salem, NC
16	5	Randy Butner	Pfafftown, NC
17	05	Tony Black	Lexington, NC
18	50	Michael Clifton	Walkertown, NC
19	72	Brent Elliott	Denton, NC
20	64	Steven Truell	Winston-Salem, NC
21	70	Noah Triplett	Lexington, NC
22	3	Danny Propst	Monroe, NC
23	7	Matt Cotner	Rural Hall, NC
24	53	Brian Loftin	Lexington, NC
25	68	Robbie Brewer	Winston-Salem, NC

 

Second Modified Race: 25 laps

FINISH	CAR	DRIVER	HOMETOWN
1	75	Robert Jeffreys	Winston-Salem, NC
2	66	Ronnie Clifton	Walkertown, NC
3	4	Jason Myers	Walnut Cove, NC
4	77	Lee Jeffreys	Wallburg, NC
5	81	Austin Pack	Walkertown, NC
6	1	Burt Myers	Walnut Cove, NC
7	22	Jonathan Brown	Winston-Salem, NC
8	25	John Smith	Mount Airy, NC
9	21	Tommy Neal	Walkertown, NC
10	50	Michael Clifton	Walkertown, NC
11	83	Tim Brown	Rural Hall, NC
12	2	Joseph Brown	Winston-Salem, NC
13	20	Jeremy Stoltz	Walkertown, NC
14	72	Brent Elliott	Denton, NC
15	5	Randy Butner	Pfafftown, NC
16	64	Steven Truell	Winston-Salem, NC
17	05	Tony Black	Lexington, NC
18	48	Brad Robbins	Winston-Salem, NC
19	3	Danny Propst	Monroe, NC
20	7	Matt Cotner	Rural Hall, NC
21	69	Junior Miller	Danbury, NC
22	79	Jimmy Blewett	Howell, NJ
23	68	Robbie Brewer	Winston-Salem, NC

 

Webb Heating and A/C Co. Sportsman Series:
First Sportsman race: 20 laps

FINISH	CAR	DRIVER	HOMETOWN
1	70	Gary Ledbetter	Lexington, NC
2	18	Kenny Bost	Lexington, NC
3	02	Derek Stoltz	Walkertown, NC
4	50	Barry Edwards	Pinnacle, NC
5	12	Evan Duggins	Rural Hall, NC
6	92	Kyle Southern	King, NC
7	72	Bryant Robertson	Lexington, NC
8	19	Michael Adams	Yadkinville, NC
9	81	Zack Clifton	Walkertown, NC
10	3	Jeff Garrison	Clemmons, NC
11	86	Taylor Branch	Lewisville, NC
12	9	David Adams	Yadkinville, NC
13	20	Jacob Creed	Ararat, NC
14	07	Danny Cornwell	Clemmons, NC
15	11	Wayne Hill	Winston-Salem, NC
16	79	John Lain	Kernersville, NC
17	22	Stacey Miller	Kernersville, NC
18	14	Rudy Ruddock	High Point, NC
19	26	Michael Tilley	Winston-Salem, NC
20	55	Zack Ore	Winston-Salem, NC
21	0	Rick Hunter	Winston-Salem, NC
22	52	David Sell	Winston-Salem, NC

 

Second Sportsman race: 20 laps

FINISH	CAR	DRIVER	HOMETOWN
1	3	Jeff Garrison	Clemmons, NC
2	81	Zack Clifton	Walkertown, NC
3	72	Bryant Robertson	Lexington, NC
4	19	Michael Adams	Yadkinville, NC
5	18	Kenny Bost	Lexington, NC
6	50	Barry Edwards	Pinnacle, NC
7	70	Gary Ledbetter	Lexington, NC
8	02	Derek Stoltz	Walkertown, NC
9	12	Evan Duggins	Rural Hall, NC
10	9	David Adams	Yadkinville, NC
11	0	Rich Hunter	Winston-Salem, NC
12	79	John Lain	Kernersville, NC
13	07	Danny Cornwell	Clemmons, NC
14	14	Rudy Ruddock	High Point, NC
15	11	Wayne Hill	Winston-Salem, NC
16	55	Zack Ore	Winston-Salem, NC
17	92	Kyle Southern	King, NC
18	22	Stacey Miller	Kernersville, NC
19	86	Taylor Branch	Lewisville, NC
20	20	Jacob Creed	Ararat, NC

Q104.1 New Country Street Stock Series
Street Stock race – 20 laps

FINISH	CAR	DRIVER	HOMETOWN
1	98	Billy Gregg	Winston-Salem, NC
2	4	John Holleman	Winston-Salem, NC
3	1	David Sumner	Trinity, NC
4	8	K.J. Stimpson	Lewisville, NC
5	21	Justin Taylor	King, NC
6	44	Daniel Fishel	Greensboro, NC
7	05	Spencer Martin	Winston-Salem, NC
8	12	Doug Wall	Pfafftown, NC
9	66	Whitney Clifton	Walkertown, NC
10	22	Brian Wall	Winston-Salem, NC
11	55	Stephen Baker	Kernersville, NC
12	33	David Thomas	Walkertown, NC
13	88	Nick Brill	Lewisville, NC
14	94	Jeffery Wood	Southmont, NC
15	15	Jerry Helms	Winston-Salem, NC

 

Summer Shootout Stadium Stock Series
1st Stadium Stock race – 9 of 15 laps completed (time limit expired)

FINISH	CAR	DRIVER	HOMETOWN
1	21	Michael Wells	Walkertown, NC
2	61	Charlie Curry	Lexington, NC
3	1	Rob Young	Winston-Salem, NC
4	7	Chris Allison	Mocksville, NC
5	59	Shane Tuttle	Winston-Salem, NC
6	69	Drew Moffitt	Winston-Salem, NC
7	22	Jason Tutterow	Advance, NC
8	8	Shane Southard	Yadkinville, NC
9	29	Cody Arrington	Mount Airy, NC
10	3	Rik Newsome	East Bend, NC
11	20	Dennis Weaver	East Bend, NC
12	62	Kevin Hedgecock	Thomasville, NC
13	42	Phillip Wright	King, NC
14	28	D.J. Allister	Trinity, NC
15	70	Tyler Lalone	Thomasville, NC
16	01	Jason Keaton	Mocksville, NC
17	1H	Daniel Yates	Lexington, NC
18	86	Tim Smith	Kernersville, NC
19	66	Eric Hockett	Thomasville, NC
20	6	Dale Patterson	Winston-Salem, NC
21	98	T.J. Cox	Winston-Salem, NC
22	25	Pete Harris	Winston-Salem, NC

 

2nd Stadium Stock race – 15 laps

FINISH	CAR	DRIVER	HOMETOWN
1	44	Andrew Durham	Mocksville, NC
2	13	Chase Hunt	Lexington, NC
3	26	Derek Taylor	Yadkinville, NC
4	55	Johnny Burke	Winston-Salem, NC
5	24	A.J. Sanders	Mocksville, NC
6	89	Joseph Swanson	Rural Hall, NC
7	81	Chuck Wall	Clemmons, NC
8	16	Stephen Sanders	Winston-Salem, NC
9	54	Jeremy Smith	Rural Hall, NC
10	64	Ricky Wall	East Bend, NC
11	14	Ken Bridges	King, NC
12	27	Ray Forrest	King, NC
13	76	Billy Cameron Jr	Salisbury, NC
14	72	Roger Vogler	Winston-Salem, NC
15	60	Ted Mickalowski	Mocksville, NC
16	38	Wes Athan	Winston-Salem, NC
17	19	Jeremy Stainback	Winston-Salem, NC
18	96	Casey Kirkman	Winston-Salem, NC
19	02	Wesley Thompson	Mocksville, NC
20	63	David Beauchamp	East Bend, NC
21	04	Blaine Willard	Winston-Salem, NC
22	34	Chris Lawing	King, NC
23	1X	Ben Badger	Lexington, NC