Seuss Returns To Southern Mod Victory Lane At Caraway

Andy Seuss (11) battles with John Smith (25) en route to the victory at Caraway Speedway on Sunday. Photo by Jason Smith/pixelcrisp for NASCAR

Andy Seuss found his way back to victory lane at Caraway Speedway in Asheboro, NC Sunday night.
Seuss picked up his sixth NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour win at the .455-mile oval — but his first since Oct. 2011 — in dominating fashion in the Caraway 150.

“It was good to get this monkey off our back,” said the Hampstead, NH, driver. “We’ve had some bad luck and given some away (this season).”

On July 6 at Caraway, Seuss was charging through the field with the fastest car on the track before spinning after tangling with George Brunnhoelzl III for the race lead.

“We had the best car that night and should have won”, Seuss said. “It didn’t work out, but it provided us with motivation this time around.”

Seuss led twice for a race-high 125 laps and out-distanced runner-up Brunnhoelzl by .833 seconds to claim in his first Whelen Southern Modified Tour win in almost a year to the day. Seuss last visited victory lane on Sept. 9 of last year at Thompson (CN) Speedway. The win was the 13th of Seuss’ career in 77 career starts.

“The team never lost confidence, but you start questioning everything,” the driver of the Tammie Davis/Phoenix Pre-Owned Chevrolet said. “Am I holding the wheel wrong? Am I driving too hard or not hard enough?”

While the runner-up finish helped Brunnhoelzl stretch his lead over Kyle Ebersole in the championship standings to 20 with three races remaining, the defending and three-time Southern Modified title winner prefers to focus on wins at this stage of the game.

“The driver messed up in qualifying which put us behind the eight ball a little,” said Brunnhoelzl, who started sixth. “We had to use a little too much tire to get there and when we did; we just didn’t have enough and we just want to win races.”

John Smith scored a season-best finish of third and recorded his third straight top-five finish.

“We’ve really picked it up over the last two or three weeks,” Smith said. “The guys have really worked hard at getting the car tightened up. Early in the season I just got too loose and these things are hard to drive with the rear end picking up.”

Tim Brown and J.R. Bertuccio finished in fourth and fifth, respectively, with Ebersole, Danny Bohn, Gary Putnam, Brandon Ward and Jason Myers completing the top 10. Luke Fleming was the Sunoco Rookie of the Race with his 11th-place finish.

Earlier in the day, Seuss won his eighth career Coors Light Pole Award.

The NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour returns to the track Saturday, Sept. 21 for the G-Oil 150 at Southern National Raceway Park in Kenly, NC.

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
Caraway Speedway – Asheboro, NC
Caraway 150 – Sept. 8, 2013

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Laps	Points	B/Points	Status
1	1	11	Andy Seuss	Tammie Davis/Phoenix Pre-Owned Chevrolet	150	48	5	Running
2	6	28	George Brunnhoelzl, III	Epox-Z/Oval Speed Chevrolet	150	42		Running
3	2	25	John Smith	G-Oil/Shady Grady Racing Chevrolet	150	41		Running
4	3	02	Tim Brown	Hayes Jewelers/T&C Motorsports Chevrolet	150	41	1	Running
5	18	2	JR Bertuccio	Gershow Recycling Chevrolet	150	39		Running
6	5	5	Kyle Ebersole	Ebersole Excavating Ford	150	38		Running
7	7	65	Danny Bohn	Cedar Peaks/Rustoleum Chevrolet	150	37		Running
8	8	77	Gary Putnam	Stock Car Steel Chevrolet	150	36		Running
9	11	44	Brandon Ward	Crane & Rigging Chevrolet	150	35		Running
10	4	4	Jason Myers	Westbend Vineyards & Brewery Ford	150	34		Running
11	10	40	Luke Fleming *	Koma Unwind/Kevin Powell Motorsports Ford	150	33		Running
12	17	70	Jeremy Gerstner *	GMR Complete Lawn/Fountain Mtspts. Chevrolet	149	32		Running
13	16	97	Bryan Dauzat	O.B. Builders Chevrolet	149	31		Running
14	12	12	Mike Norman	Auto Solutions/Lewisville Mtrs Chevrolet	145	30		Running
15	14	54	Jeff Fultz	Swaggerty Sausage/Fireaid Chevrolet	124	29		Engine
16	9	1	Burt Myers	Citrusafe/Adam’s Towing & Recovery Ford	101	28		Suspension
17	13	99	A.J. Winstead *	Health Diagnostic Laboratory Chevrolet	101	27		Brakes
18	15	04	David Calabrese *	Diamond Back Towing/airgraphix.com Chevrolet	45	26		Engine

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Fastest Qualifier: Andy Seuss, Time: 15.855 Seconds, Speed: 103.311 mph
Time of Race: 0 hrs., 54 mins, 43 secs Average Speed: 74.840 mph Margin of Victory: .833 Seconds
Caution Flags: Laps 29-31 (Car #12 spin in Turn 2. [none]); 76-77 (Competition – Halfway Break. [12]); 90-93 (Car #54 spin in Turn 2. [12]); 96-99 (Car #12 spin in Turn 4. [54]); 101-104 (Car #97 spin on frontstretch. [none]); 120-122 (Car #54 spin on backstretch. [2]).[Beneficiary in brackets] 6 for 20 laps.
Lap Leaders: Andy Seuss 1-7, Tim Brown 8-32, Andy Seuss 33-150.
Total Laps Led:Andy Seuss 125, Tim Brown 25. 2 changes involving 2 drivers.