Goodale Wins NASCAR Southern Mod Opener At Caraway

Eric Goodale scored the victory in Sunday’s Whelen Southern Modified Tour opener at Caraway Speedway. It marked Goodale’s first Southern Tour win. Photo by Brenda Meserve/NASCAR

Eric Goodale started his season off hot, winning the season opening Spring Classic 150 at Caraway Speedway in Sophia, NC on Sunday.

The 29-year-old Riverhead, New York, driver became the second NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour driver to win the season-opening NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour race.

Goodale was able to pass Jason Myers on lap 124 on a restart and led the final 26 laps to earn his first career win on the southern tour. He started eighth in his No. 58 GAF Roofing/Supreme Skylights Chevrolet.

Myers held on for second.

Prior to Goodale’s win, Whelen Modified Tour regular Ted Christopher won the Whelen Southern Modified opener three times — 2005 and ’06 at Caraway and 2009 at North Carolina’s Concord Motorsports Park.

John Smith, who missed last season with a broken wrist, made his return a successful one with a third-place finish. David Calabrese and Bobby Measmer, Jr. rounded out the top five.

Completing the top 10 were Burt Myers, Gary Putnam, Frank Fleming, Tom Abele, Jr and JR Bertuccio.

Goodale, who finished seventh in the championship standings last year on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, made one previous start in the southern tour. He finished 17th in 2013 at Southern National Motorsports Park in Kenly, North Carolina.

Defending tour champion Andy Seuss was collected in an early-race accident on lap 13 and finished 19th.

Former NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champions Ryan Preece and Doug Coby also suffered mechanical issues and finished 14th and 15th, respectively. Last year’s Rookie of the Year, Spencer Davis of Dawsonville, GA, suffered engine issues and finished 18th.

The NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour will return to Caraway Speedway for the Charles Kepley Memorial 150 on March 28.

NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour
Caraway Speedway – Sophia, NC
Spring Classic 150 – March 15, 2015

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Laps	Points	B/Points	Status
1	8	58	Eric Goodale	GAF Roofing/Supreme Skylights Chevrolet	150	47	4	Running
2	1	4	Jason Myers	Adams Towing & Recovery Ford	150	43	1	Running
3	11	25	John Smith	Rick’s Home Improvement/Tutterow Surveying Co	150	41		Running
4	16	43	David Calabrese	Diamond Back Towing Chevrolet	150	40		Running
5	15	74	Bobby Measmer, Jr.	Powerhouse Recycling, Lead 2 Relastate Chevrolet	148	39		Running
6	6	1	Burt Myers	Remington SCT/Citrusafe/Speedway Auto Actn. Ford	148	38		Running
7	9	77	Gary Putnam	Curb Records Chevrolet	148	37		Running
8	10	40	Frank Fleming	Autos By Nelson/Lewisville Mtrs Chevrolet	148	36		Running
9	19	32	Tom Abele Jr.	Dunleavy Truck and Trailer Repair Chevrolet	148	35		Running
10	12	2	JR Bertuccio	Gershow Recycling Chevrolet	146	34		Running
11	13	15	Jeremy Gerstner	GMR Lawncare/Shady Grady Racing Chevrolet	146	33		Running
12	17	8	Dalton Baldwin	ChildrensDreamRacer.com Chevrolet	142	32		Running
13	4	5	Kyle Ebersole	Ebersole Excavating Ford	136	31		Running
14	2	6	Ryan Preece	TS Haulers/Calverton Tree Farm/Hoosier Tire	122	30		Running
15	5	21	Doug Coby	Dunleavy Truck and Trailer Repair Chevrolet	115	29		Running
16	3	28	George Brunnhoelzl, III	Composite Tech./Performance Tech. Chevrolet	111	30	2	Mechanical
17	18	12	Mike Norman	Speedway Auto Actn/Nationwide Ins./H&H Auto Sales	58	27		Engine
18	14	79	Spencer Davis	Coors Light /Le Bleu Water/Davis Poultry Pontiac	21	26		Engine
19	7	11	Andy Seuss	Northeast Race Cars/Ideal Finance Chevrolet	13	25		Accident

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Fastest Qualifier: Jason Myers, Time: 15.563 Seconds, Speed: 105.250 mph
Failed to Qualify: (1) Trey Hutchens III (#14).
Time of Race: 1 hrs., 4 mins, 3 secs Average Speed: 63.934 mph Margin of Victory: 1.476 Seconds
Caution Flags: Laps 6-12; 15-18; 100-110; 112-122. 4 for 33 laps.
Lap Leaders: Jason Myers 1-12, George Brunnhoelzl, III 13-86, Jason Myers 87-123, Eric Goodale 124-150. Total Laps Led: George Brunnhoelzl, III 74, Jason Myers 49, Eric Goodale 27. 3 changes involving 3 drivers.
Top 10 Driver Points: Eric Goodale 47, Jason Myers 43, John Smith 41, David Calabrese 40, Bobby Measmer, Jr. 39, Burt Myers 38, Gary Putnam 37,Frank Fleming 36, Tom Abele Jr. 35, JR Bertuccio 34.