Ron Silk Scores Whelen Modified Victory At Bristol

John Smith goes airborne as other cars spin during the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour UNOH Perfect Storm 150 at Bristol Motor Speedway Wednesday. Photo by Tyler Barrick/Getty Images for NASCAR

Ron Silk took a big step toward getting a chance to defend his NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship Wednesday with a win in the UNOH Perfect Storm 150 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

It was Silk’s second win of the season and first in the annual combination race between the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour on the track known as “The World’s Fastest Half Mile.” It was also the first victory for a driver running a NASCAR-approved SPEC motor on either Modified tour.

Todd Szegedy finished second, followed by Ryan Preece, Justin Bonsignore and Ron Yuhas Jr.

George Brunnhoelzl III was the top finishing NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour driver in sixth. The tour’s points leader is credited with a win, his fourth straight and fifth overall.

Silk’s finish combined with a late-race accident involving Whelen Modified Tour points leader Doug Coby allowed Silk to cut 14 points off Coby’s lead. With five races left, the advantage is down to 27 as Coby’s run of seven straight top-three finishes ended with a 17th-place finish.

Earlier in the day, Silk won the Coors Light Pole Award. The race was aired live on SPEED.

Rookie Danny Bohn was seventh, followed by Ken Heagy, Thomas Stinson and rookie Michael Speeney.

Brunnhoelzl leads Bohn by 52 points in the Whelen Southern Modified Tour standings with four races remaining.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Ryan Newman, who won the last two Bristol events, was involved in an accident on the opening laps and ended up 19th overall.

The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour will return to the track Sept. 9 at Thompson (CN) International Speedway for the Town Fair Tire 75, while the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour will race Sept. 1 in the Langley 150 at Langley Speedway in Hampton, VA.

NASCAR Whelen Modified/Southern Modified Series
Bristol Motor Speedway – Bristol, TN
UNOH Perfect Storm 150 – Aug. 22, 2012

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