Burt Myers Prevails in KOMA Unwind Southern Modified Showdown
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Photo by Burt Myers in Victory Lane. Photo courtesy of Speed51.com
(Altamahaw, NC): Burt Myers dodged the many spins, crashes and retaliation tonight and cruised to the win in the “Autism Smiles, LLC.org 125” at Ace Speedway in race number two of the season for the KOMA Unwind Modified Madness Series.
Myers took the lead on lap one with an outside move on fast qualifier, Zach Brewer and except for a twenty lap stint at the front by his brother, Jason, never looked back in claiming the win by .775 seconds over the younger Myers brother. Chris Pasteryak made the long trek to NC from CT and took down the third spot. Dan Speeney had his best KOMA Unwind Modified Madness Series finish in fourth followed by Gary Putnam. Spencer Davis recovered from a penalty for the rough housing with Brewer to finish sixth followed by Tom Buzze, Buddy Ellis, Don Johnson and Brewer.
While it may have appeared easy for Myers, it was anything but easy for many others including Jeremy Mayfield who had mechanical woes along with Bob Summers and Mike Norman. Jimmy Wallace tangled with another car and ended his night against the turn three concrete. Brewer and Josh Nichols skirmished a couple of times and while Brewer survived those, he didn’t fare so well after contact under caution from Spencer Davis ended Brewers night.
The Ace Modifieds ran twin twenty lappers with an inverted start in race two. Brian King continued his dominance in the first race claiming win number two for the season over Randy Butner, Gary Young, Jr. Richard Thomas and Burt Myers in the Monk Tate #88. John Lain finished sixth followed by John Barilka, Roy Cook Ronnie Alston and Nathan Garrett. Willie Chilton and Michael Roney completed the field.
King spun the invert wheel to a 4, then got caught up in a first lap deal with Myers that put him to the end of the line for the restart. King made it back to Young’s back bumper by lap twenty but wasn’t able to make the pass settling for second behind Young. Thomas, Butner and Lain rounded out the top five while Alston, Cook, Garrett, Chilton, Botts, Myers, Barilka and Roney.
Johnny Johnson claimed the win in the Modified portion of the East Coast Flathead Ford feature and Wayne Lawson won the Sportsman half. James Rogers, Jerry Tuttle, Bill Smith and Richard Wilke rounded out the field.