(Press Release from North-South Shootout)
CONCORD, NC — Mother Nature has decided to let the excitement of the The 13th Annual John Blewett III / Roy Trantham Memorial North-South Shootout In Memory Of Charles Kepley continue to build for one more day.
Rain showers began falling overnight Friday into Saturday and are forecasted to continue throughout the day, forcing North-South Shootout officials to postpone Saturday’s racing action at North Carolina’s Concord Speedway until Sunday, November 8th.
Sunday, pit gates will open at 9am, with the Concord Speedway grandstands opening at 10am. Racing action will begin at 2pm. Detailed schedule information for Sunday’s event will be available soon at NorthSouthShootout.com.
Tickets for the 13th Annual North-South Shootout are available at the Concord Speedway box office. Fans unable to make it to the event can watch all the racing action live with a Speed51 TV pay-per-view video broadcast. To order and watch the live video broadcast, visit Speed51.com.
Sunday’s headlining feature action will be the 125 lap, $10,000 to win John Blewett III North-South Shootout for the Dunleavy’s Truck and Trailer Repair Tour-Type Modifieds and a 125-lap PASS South Super Late Model feature. The Mr. Rooter SK Modifieds will battle for a $5,000 winners purse, while the Southeast Super Trucks, Limited Late Models and Vintage Cars will all be a part of the North-South Shootout action on Sunday.
Friday, Connecticut Modified ace Keith Rocco set fast time in Dunleavy’s Truck and Trailer Repair Modified time trials for Sunday’s main event. Former Concord Speedway Late Model track champion Bobby Measmer, Jr. was second-fastest in Modified time trials, while Tommy Barrett, Jr., Jon McKennedy and Patrick Emerling rounded out the top five qualifiers in the 28-car field.
2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East champion William Byron was the quickest in Friday’s qualifying session for the 125-lap PASS South Super Late Model feature that will be held Sunday afternoon at Concord. Joey Padgett, Brandon Ward, Austin Thompson and former North-South Shootout SLM winner Ryan Moore were the top five qualifiers of the 24 in attendance at Concord.
Jimmy Zacharias timed in fastest of the Mr. Rooter SK Modifieds over Todd Owen, Steve Kopcik, Keith Rocco and Jimmy Wallace.
In Friday’s feature racing action, Jeff Melton won the Street Stock 50-lap race and AJ Sanders took the checkers in the Mini Stock 50-lapper.
For more on the 13th Annual North-South Shootout, visit NorthSouthShootout.com.
Dunleavy’s Tour-Type Modified Qualifying Results
1 68 Keith Rocco 15.608
2 14 Bobby Measmer, Jr. 15.625
3 9 Tommy Barrett, Jr. 15.629
4 29 Jon McKennedy 15.653
5 7 Patrick Emerling 15.655
6 3 Jimmy Blewett 15.674
7 2 Doug Coby 15.675
8 19 Brandon Ward 15.729
9 51 Jusin Bonsignore 15.733
10 28 George Brunnhoelzl III 15.743
11 60 Matt Hirschman 15.743
12 22 Kyle Bonsignore 15.763
13 95 Cale Gale 15.763
14 22 Chuck Hossfeld 15.770
15 3 Daren Scherer 15.775
16 1 Burt Myers 15.803
17 9x Jimmy Zacharias 15.851
18 4 Jason Myers 15.940
19 15 Bobby Santos 15.964
20 5 Chris Pasteryak 16.036
21 77 Gary Putnam 16.115
22 97 Bryan Dauzat 16.183
23 17 Jamie Tomaino 16.393
24 66 Robbie Walton 16.405
PASS South Qualifying Results
1 9 William Byron 16.285
2 83 Joey Padgett 16.290
3 62 Brandon Ward 16.326
4 2x Austin Thompson 16.361
5 74 Ryan Moore 16.369
6 15x Christian Eckes 16.369
7 17 Clay Rogers 16.373
8 2 Jared Irvan 16.438
9 8x David Garbo Jr. 16.445
10 8f Tate Fogleman 16.450
11 98 Jody Measamer 16.463
12 51 Kaz Grala 16.489
13 4 Jeremie Whorff 16.546
14 8 Trevor Sanborn 16.575
15 20 Cole Rouse 16.671
16 15 Colt James 16.689
17 64 Garrett Evans 16.705
18 5x Wes Burton 16.761
19 28 Terry Horak 16.835
20 5 Bobby Gill 16.992
21 49 Jeff Batten 16.995
22 54 Matt Craig 17.410
23 71 Jimmy Doyle No Time
24 77 Zane Smith DQ
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