Rob Summers shocked the state of South Carolina and the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour on Saturday afternoon, scoring his first Coors Light Pole Award in 16 years during two-lap qualifying at Myrtle Beach Speedway.
Doug Coby announced the arrival of new primary backer Mayhew Steel Products underneath the bright lights of the Crown Ballroom stage as he made his NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship acceptance speech on Saturday night.
The world’s best short track racers will descend on Bristol Motor Speedway in 2017 when the World’s Fastest Half-Mile hosts the Inaugural U.S. Nationals of Short Track Racing from May 19-21.
Quietly, and almost unnoticed at the end of Saturday’s 14th annual John Blewett III Memorial North-South Shootout in memory of Charles Kepley, a rookie driver who had never sat behind the wheel of a tour-type modified before race weekend gutted out a top 10 finish at one of the toughest short tracks in the country.
Tyler Truex made his first laps around Concord Speedway in a tour-type modified during practice for Saturday’s 14th annual John Blewett III Memorial North South Shootout in memory of Charles Kepley.