(Press Release from NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications)
Ryan Preece in his Whelen Southern Modified Tour ride Thursday at Charlotte Motor Speedway (Photo: Brenda Meserve)
CONCORD, N.C. – Ryan Preece made an impressive pass by George Brunnhoelzl III and went on to win the Bad Boy Off Road Southern Slam 150 Thursday night on the quarter-mile track at Charlotte Motor Speedway for his third win on the southern tour.
While Preece celebrated the win, Burt Myers enjoyed winning his second NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour championship. Myers, also scored his first tour title in 2010 at CMS, won three times on the 2016 schedule and held the lead throughout the season.
The Walnut Cove, N.C. driver entered the season finale just needing to take the green flag to celebrate and deny Andy Seuss a third straight crown.
Brunnhoelzl held on to finish second in the race and also pass Seuss for second in the final standings.
James Civali finished third in the race with Danny Bohn and Bobby Measmer Jr. completing the top five.
Burt Myers was sixth followed by Seuss, Kyle Bonsignore, Jason Myers, and Trey Hutchens III completed the top 10.
Bonsignore also secured the Sunoco Rookie of the Year Award competing in every race on the schedule.
The Bad Boy Off Road Southern Slam 150 will be televised on NBCSN on Friday, Oct. 14 at 3:30 p.m. ET.
Burt Myers is the third champion to be crowned in the NASCAR Touring division and he’ll join the other six touring and weekly series champions from across the globe on Saturday, Dec. 10 in Charlotte for the NASCAR Night of Champions Touring Awards celebration.
The event will be held at the NASCAR Hall of Fame at the Charlotte Convention Center for the seventh consecutive year.
Pretty cool 1st and 3 rd place drivers got their start at Silver City Quarter Midget Club in Meriden Ct,
This is a poorly written article by NASCAR’s press team. No details about Ryan’s drive to the front are included. Where did he start? When did he take the lead? What was the winning margin? What was impressive about the pass for the lead? Just plain awful…
What’s even more amazing is the 79was around at the finish,the hillbillies must be actually doing some maintenance on the car