Analyzing The Davis Roofing 150 At Caraway Speedway
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The 2016 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour season gets underway Saturday at Caraway Speedway with the Davis Roofing 150. This will be the first of four scheduled visits to the track for the tour this year. Below is a statistical look at the performance of selected drivers at Caraway:
Davis Roofing 150 Setup:
• Four-time tour champion George Brunnhoelzl III led a race high 74 laps in this season opener before he suffered mechanical problems and finished 16th. The third-generation driver owns the track record for most tour wins at Caraway with 12.
• Seuss and Brunnhoelzl have combined to win 15 of the last 21 tour races at Caraway, and 23 of 34 since 2008.
At Caraway Speedway:
History
• Caraway Speedway is celebrating its 51st season of competition this year. The .455-mile oval opened in 1966 as a dirt track and was paved in 1972.
• Caraway held three NASCAR XFINITY Series events from 1982-83, won by Dale Earnhardt, Jack Ingram and Butch Lindley.
• Caraway has featured weekly NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing each year since 1986.
• The first NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour race at Caraway Speedway was held on March 26, 2005 and won by Ted Christopher.
Notebook
• Caraway has held the most events in NWSMT history with 56 entering this race. No other track has played host to more than 11.
• There have been 12 different winners across the 56 previous NWSMT events at Caraway, led by Brunnhoelzl with 12.
• Eight different drivers have earned Coors Light Pole Awards at Caraway since the first race in 2005. Burt Myers leads that contingent with 13. He was also the inaugural event’s polesitter.
• Jason Myers, who set the track record in qualifying for the 2015 season opener for his first career pole on the tour, is the only driver to compete in all 56 previous NWSMT events at Caraway.
• Brian Loftin, Junior Miller and L.W. Miller combined to win 17 of the first 21 NWSMT races at Caraway. Brunnhoelzl and Andy Seuss have accounted for 23 victories in the last 34 trips.
• L.W. Miller holds the record for consecutive victories at Caraway with five, which spanned the 2006-07 seasons. Seuss is second with four straight wins between the 2013-14 seasons.
• Seven Caraway races have been won wire-to-wire, including back-to-back wins most recently by Seuss in 2014.
• Seuss was the youngest Caraway race winner on Oct. 4, 2008, at 21 years, six months, 19 days.
• Junior Miller was the oldest Caraway victor at 55 years, four months, 14 days on Sept. 9, 2006.
Caraway Speedway Data
Race: #1 of 11 overall, 1 of 4 at Caraway
rack Layout: .455-mile asphalt oval
Banking/Turns: 13 degrees
Banking/Straights: 9 degrees
Race Length: 150 laps / 68.25 miles
Qualifying/Race Data
2015 Pole Winner: Jason Myers
2015 Race Winner: Eric Goodale
Track Qualifying Record: Jason Myers, Ford, 15.563 sec., 105.250 mph, March 15, 2015
Active Category Leaders at Caraway:
Wins
1. George Brunnhoelzl III … 12
2. Andy Seuss … 11
3. Danny Bohn … 2
Burt Myers … 2
Poles
1. Burt Myers … 13
2. George Brunnhoelzl III … 11
3. Andy Seuss … 8
Top Fives
1. George Brunnhoelzl III … 27
2. Andy Seuss … 24
3. Burt Myers … 21
Jason Myers … 21
Top 10s
1. Jason Myers … 42
2. Burt Myers … 39
3. George Brunnhoelzl III … 33
Laps Led
1. Andy Seuss … 1,634
2. George Brunnhoelzl III … 1,485
3. Burt Myers … 571
Laps Completed
1. Burt Myers … 7,693
2. Jason Myers … 7,666
3. George Brunnhoelzl III … 6,346
Starts
1. Jason Myers … 56
2. Burt Myers … 54
3. George Brunnhoelzl III … 43
Andy Seuss … 43
Selected Driver Highlights:
JR Bertuccio (No. 2 Gershow Recycling Chevrolet)
• Has two wins and 26 top 10s in 47 career NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour starts. The wins came at Southern
National Motorsports Park and Bristol Motor Speedway (NWSMT) in 2014.
• Enjoyed his best career finish to date in the final points standings (fourth) in 2014.
• Has six top fives and 13 top 10s in 21 career starts at Caraway Speedway.
George Brunnhoelzl III (No. 28 Composite Technologies Chevrolet)
• Has a record four NWSMT championships (2009, `11, `12, `13).
• Has 25 wins, 26 poles, 53 podiums, 67 top fives, 81 top 10s and 3,530 laps led in 103 career starts.
• Holds NWSMT all-time records for wins and laps led. Ranks second in poles, third in top fives and fourth in top 10s.
• Has recorded at least one win a season in every year he has competed full-time on the NWSMT since 2008. Ran on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour in 2010.
• Has 12 wins, 11 poles, 23 podiums, 27 top fives, 33 top 10s and 1,485 laps led in 43 career starts at Caraway.
• Has finished on the podium in 22 of his last 29 starts at Caraway, including all 12 wins.
Kyle Ebersole (No. 5 Ebersole Excavating Ford)
• Has two wins, 21 top fives and 35 top 10s in 46 career starts. The first victory was earned at Langley Speedway in 2013 and the second came at South Boston Speedway in 2014.
• Ranked fifth in points with eight top-10 finishes last season.
• Has an average finish of eighth with nine top-five and 11 top-10 finishes with a career-best showing of second (2013) in 18 career Caraway starts.
Danny Bohn (No. 40 William Smith Trucking/Lewisville Motors Chevrolet)
• This New Jersey native has four wins, five poles, 19 top-five and 32 top-10 finishes in 40 career starts.
• Finished in the top 10 in the final standings each year from 2012-14 and competed part-time last year. Returns to full-time competition this season with Frank and Chris Fleming.
• Has an average finish of sixth with a pair of wins, eight top-five and 12 top-10 finishes in 12 career Caraway starts.
Jeremy Gerstner (No. 15 GMR Lawncare/Shady Grady Racing Chevrolet)
• Competing fulltime again this season for modified veteran car owner Grady Jeffreys Sr.
• Has scored nine top 10s in 26 career starts with a best finish of third at Bowman Gray in 2015.
• Scored a Caraway career-best 11th-place finish in this race last year and has made eight previous starts at the track.
Bobby Measmer Jr. (No. 74 Powerhouse Recycling/Lead 2 Real Estate Chevrolet)
• The Concord, N.C., driver has one pole (South Boston, 2015), three top-five and 11 top-10 finishes in 24 career starts.
• Has one top-five and four top-10 finishes in eight career starts at Caraway.
• Finished fifth in this race last season for his first career top-five finish on the tour. Scored his career-best finish to date of third at South Boston last September.
Burt Myers (No. 1 Remington SCT/Speedway Auto Auction Ford)
• The 2010 NWSMT champion has 16 wins, a tour record 28 poles, 68 top fives and 106 top 10s in 128 career starts.
• Finished fourth in the final standings last season with one win, six top fives and eight top 10s in 10 races. It was his third consecutive finish inside the top five in the final standings.
• Has two wins, a record 13 poles, 21 top fives and 39 top 10s in 54 career Caraway starts.
• Was the NWSMT’s inaugural event pole sitter at Caraway, and won the second-ever race there on April 9, 2005.
Jason Myers (No. 4 Adams Towing/Corks, Caps & Taps Ford)
• Has recorded three wins, 42 top fives and 98 top 10s in a NWSMT-record 132 career starts. Has competed in all but one race (2005-Martinsville Speedway) in the tour’s previous 11 seasons.
• Finished 2015 a career-best third place in the final standings as the only driver to finish in the top 10 in every race.
• Is the only driver to participate in all 56 previous NWSMT races at Caraway, where he has a win (2013), a pole (2015), 21 top fives and a record 42 top 10s.
• Established the track qualifying record in this event last season with a fast time of 15.563 seconds (105.250 mph).
Richie Pallai Jr. (No. 79 Hillbilly Racing Pontiac)
• Has 46 starts in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour with one top five (Lime Rock Park, 2011) and eight top-10 finishes.
• This will be his first start in the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour and he plans to run the full season with veteran David Hill as his crew chief.
Gary Putnam (No. 77 Curb Records Chevrolet)
• Has 25 top 10s in 55 career starts with a career best finish of fifth at Caraway in 2013.
• Finished in the top 10 in the final 2015 standings with six top 10s in 10 races, equaling his career-best showing of eighth place in 2014.
• Has 11 top 10s and an average finish of 11th in 23 career starts at Caraway.
• Finished seventh in last year’s season opener at Caraway.
Andy Seuss (No. 11 Northeast Race Cars/Ideal Finance Chevrolet)
• Has 21 wins, 12 poles, 62 top fives and 82 top 10s in 104 career NWSMT starts. His 21 wins rank second all-time.
• The two-time defending champion won last year at Caraway, Bristol and South Boston. He had five top fives and eight top 10s in 10 races.
• Ranks second to George Brunnhoelzl III with 11 career wins at Caraway. Also has nine poles, 24 top fives, 32 top 10s and led a record 1,634 laps led in 43 total starts there.
• Four of his five career wire-to-wire wins have come at Caraway, including the first two races held in 2014 at the track.
Up To Speed:
• The 2016 season is the 12th for the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour.
• The 2016 schedule features 11 races at seven different tracks across three different states.
