Ted Christopher took the win at Stafford (Christina Smith Photo)
Christopher Captures Spring Sizzler at Stafford
STAFFORD, Conn. (April 27, 2008) – Ted Christopher captured the second event of the 2008 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season when he drove to victory Sunday in the Tech-Net Spring Sizzler at Stafford Motor Speedway.
Christopher moved to the front on lap 172 following the 10th caution of the day and never relinquished the lead.
“We worked on the motor program this winter,” Christopher said. “The motor is good. It’s got a lot of power. That thing comes off the bottom and never stops pulling.”
ASHEBORO, N.C. (April 12, 2008) – Brian Loftin picked up his first victory of the 2008 season as the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified completed a doubleheader of two races in two days.
Loftin took the lead for the final time with 10 laps remaining in the Whelen Southern Modified Tour 150 and won by a .345-second margin over runner-up Andy Seuss.
“If the circumstances would have turned out a little different I really think this could be our second win of the season,” said Loftin. “We needed a run like this because last night at Ace was disappointing because we had such a good car and didn’t get the finish we probably deserved."
ALTAMAHAW, N.C. (April 11, 2008) – If the first two races are any indication, defending NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour champion L.W. Miller is going to be the man to beat once again this season.
On Friday night at Ace Speedway, Miller scored his second win in as many races in the Whelen Southern Modified Tour 150 presented by DMC Auto Exchange. Miller lead two times for a total of 151 laps and beat second-place finisher Ronnie Silk to the checkered flag by a .315 second margin of victory. The race was extended to 158 laps due to a Lap 149 caution and ended with a green-white-checkered finish.
“Tonight was just awesome,” said Miller who won the Coors Light Pole Award in time trials. “I told everybody before the season started that I wanted to win as many races as possible this year and we won at Caraway to start the year off and here we are in Victory Lane at Ace. I had a car tonight where there just wasn’t any looking back. We’ve won two times this year in two different cars.
THOMPSON, Conn. – Rain has ruined Ed Flemke Jr.’s day on more than one occasion. Flemke was more than happy, though, to see the overcast put an early end to Sunday’s race. Flemke’s No. 10 Ron Bouchard AutoParts Chevrolet was out front when rain forced the end of the scheduled 150-lap season-opening Icebreaker after 92 laps.
“I’ve lost many, many races like this,” Flemke said. “I finally won one like this. It’s a good feeling.”
It gave Flemke his 17th win in his 21-year NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour career.
“Steady Eddie: Memories of Eddie Flemke, Modified Racing’s Fastest Professor”
Edited by Bones Bourcier
I’ve just finished a very enjoyable read. Steady Eddie is a unique album of biographies that show many views of the history of one of Modified racing’s all-time greats. These memoirs are a compilation of biographies as told by twenty-one of the people who best knew this amazing man.
Eddie Flemke’s stellar career passed long before I became a part of the Modified racing scene. People have thanked me for honoring the memories of our Modified heroes and the lore of our Modifieds. As I finished reading this book, it was revealed to me that I have severely short-changed Ed Flemke along the way. The one thing I have to say is “Now I get it.”
ASHEBORO, N.C. (March 22, 2008) – The NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour kicked off the 2008 racing season on Saturday night at Caraway Speedway with defending champion L.W. Miller scoring the victory.
Miller scored the victory in the Whelen Southern Modified Tour 150 with a thrilling dash to the checked flag over second-place finisher Ted Christopher. Miller, a native of Dushore, Pa., has a knack of winning at Caraway – winning there on four different occasions last year en route to the title.
“This was a great way to start the season,” Miller said. “We didn’t have the dominant car, so we had to do a little bit of blocking there towards the end of the race. I just have to take my hat off to Ted Christopher, because he raced me clean and could have spun me out. But he didn’t. Ted knows we’re racing for the Whelen Southern Modified Tour championship and I would race him the same way if it was a Whelen Modified Tour race.
“How’s business?” That’s a phrase that has been almost a greeting between people when encountering a familiar face. Fact of the matter is that of late the response to that, more often than not, has been “Slow”.
There are promoters at all levels of racing who wonder how well their races will be attended. At the highest forms of the sport, those with the huge stadia to fill are working overtime putting packages together so fannies will be in their seats. At the Sprint Cup level however, those promoters, at least to this point, don’t seem too worried whether there will be a full field of cars when their races take the green flag.
One could call what we are experiencing as an economic downturn or a recession. Things might not be going quite as well as they have for many of the folks in our little community as they were a few short years ago. Many factors have contributed to these woes.
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