Sophia, NC - Usually, when a driver breaks through after a long dry spell and wins his first race of the season, he cherishes it a little more in victory lane because he doesn't know when his next win will come.

For Lexington, North Carolina's Brian Loftin, he only had to wait two weeks. He unloaded the same crimson red L&R Transmissions Chevrolet that he dominated the last WSMT event at Caraway and picked up right where he left off.

Bud Pole qualifying ended under darkness with Loftin again setting fast time with a time of 15.907 at 102.974 mph and would re-draw the outside pole. Tim Brown was second quick followed by Burt Myers, Jason Myers and Frank Fleming. Sixth through tenth were WSMT point leader L.W. Miller, Woody Pitkat, (who was making his first visit to Caraway aboard the Coors Light, Hill Enterprises #79) J. Wesley Swartout, Dean Ward and Brian Pack.

The redraw this week was set at eight with Jason Myers drawing the pole. Burt Myers redrew third, Frank Fleming fourth and Tim Brown fifth but just like two weeks ago, series point leader L.W. Miller redrew eight and knew before the green flag fell that he had to finish ninth or better if Tim Brown won the race to clinch the 2007 Whelen Southern Modified Tour Championship. Miller held a slim 45 point advantage going into the final race, but had to deal with rumors and hearsay that fellow drivers were going to make sure he didn't finish the night's event with the brand new crystal bowl trophy.

Jason Myers would lead the field to turn one as Thomas Stinson hit pit road with clutch problems and would not make the call to the green. Loftin would tuck in behind Myers' black and gold DMC Auto Exchange #4 with Tim Brown and Burt Myers exchanging fourth and fifth within the first five laps while chasing Frank Fleming, who was holding down the third spot.

The first caution would come early on Lap 12 with every car from tenth place back involved in a big first turn melee. All the cars would drive away and Brandon Hire would limp his Clemmons Speed Shop #44 up pit road from the first turn with a left front tire down. Jay Foley would be the only car to retire from the event because of sustained damage due to the wreck.

Under the caution behind the pace car, Jason Myers would hold the lead over Brian Loftin, Frank Fleming, Tim Brown and Burt Myers. L.W. Miller worked his way up to sixth with Woody Pitkat, Dean Ward, Brain Pack and George Brunnhoelzl, III rounding out the top ten.

The race would restart on lap 16 with Loftin immediately making his charge for the lead taking Frank Fleming and Tim Brown with him and dropping Jason Myers back to fourth by Lap 20.

The race's second caution would fly on Lap 21 for Jason Trinchere's Broadway Speed #76 losing power on the front stretch and coming to a halt with ignition problems just past the start/finish line. Trinchere would get a push back to the pit area courtesy of the wrecker and four laps later Loftin would lead the field back to Jeff Bunton's green flag as the field raced towards turn one. Brandon Hire would retire his #44 machine with problems related to the Lap 12 pileup in turn one and would call it a night on Lap 28.

Lap 30 saw Brian Loftin leading Frank Fleming, Tim Brown, Jason Myers and Burt Myers. Dean Ward would work his way past L.W. Miller for sixth with L.W. holding position in seventh, Woody Pitkat, Brian Pack and George Brunnhoelzl, III rounding out the top ten.

The third and final caution of the night would fly for Junior Miller and Chris Fleming coming together as the two raced to turn one on Lap 41. Miller was looking underneath the Cars Plus #13 of Fleming and the two made slight contact with Miller spinning up and over the concrete bern inside turns one and two. John Sutton would spin his Yadkin Valley Generator Service Chevrolet to avoid the accident and drive off with no contact. But after getting a push from the wrecker, Junior drove his Advance Auto Parts/Valvoline #69 backwards up the frontstretch and retired his car behind his team's trailer.

Under this caution, Gene Pack, J. Wesley Swartout, John Smith and John Sutton would hit pit road for adjustments and Sutton would retire his blue #21 with trouble stemming from the incident with Miller and Fleming while Pack, Swartout, and John Smith rejoined the field at the tail of the line for the Lap 46 restart.

Again at the drop of the green flag, Loftin would show the strength of his red #23 as he opened a four car length lead on Frank Fleming, Tim Brown, Jason Myers and Burt Myers. Dean Ward continued to have a strong run in Rusty Harpe's black #71 holding off L.W. Miller for sixth while Woody Pitkat, Brian Pack, George Brunnhoelzl, III and Brian King would round out the top ten.

A change of position came at Lap 64 as L.W. Miller passed one of his heated rivals for the final time on the way to his championship as he ducked under Burt Myers exiting turn two. Rumors were rampant all week long leading up to the race that the Myers vs. ( L.W.) Miller feud wasn't over and after Burt's actions two weeks ago, many believed Myers would end it once and for all. But L.W. made his move on Dean Ward and Burt Myers within three laps of each other and ducked under Myers' black All Star Truck Repair #1 as the two raced off turn two and completed the pass with relative ease for fifth spot.

The running order at lap 80 had Brian Loftin leading Frank Fleming, Tim Brown, Jason Myers and L.W. Miller. Burt Myers was sixth, followed by Dean Ward, Woody Pitkat, Brian Pack, George Brunnhoelzl, III and Brain King tenth. Chris Fleming's #13 would get posted for a nerf bar "flapping in the breeze" (as quoted from NASCARs Mark Suddreth) and retire his Cars Plus/Jerry Hunt Auto Sales machine a lap later on Lap 81.

Brian Pack would make his move on Woody Pitkat for eighth on Lap 94 while John Smith would retire his Johnson Granite/Tutterow Surveying #25 a lap later with engine problems. Dean Ward would begin applying heavy pressure to the back of Burt Myer's #1 for sixth on Lap 96 and Woody Pitkat would drop off the pace on the backstretch with overheating problems on Lap 97.

Loftin would continue to hold the lead as the field completed Lap 100 as he held off Fleming, Brown, Jason Myers and L.W. Miller. Brian Pack would work his way around Dean Ward for seventh on Lap 102 and four laps later would dive underneath Burt Myers in turn three for sixth spot.

The leaders would catch the tail end of the field as they completed Lap 113, and Loftin continued to slice his way through the traffic with relative ease, while Frank Fleming looked in his mirror at a fast closing Tim Brown and by Lap 130, the leaders had lapped all but the top six in the running order.

Nine laps later on Lap 139, Tim Brown would finally make his move on Frank Fleming for second as the two raced down the backstretch and into turn three. Brian Pack continued to have a strong race car in the closing stages as he passed L.W. Miller for fifth with ten laps go.

If you've been around racing long enough, you know that it's never over until the checkered flag falls and on Lap 144, Burt Myers would make contact with the turn two wall and would slowly come to a stop at the top of turn four. While traffic passed under him at racing speed, Myers crossed down to the bottom lane on the frontstretch and shifted his steering wheel from left to right. Under the watchful eyes of NASCAR Officials, Myers' spotter was told to either pick up the pace or park the car. After two years at Bowman Gray Stadium where paybacks are the norm, part of me felt Burt was looking for one more shot at the Baker Motorsports #36. Myers would circulate two more laps before finally getting back up to racing speed, but wasn't anywhere near L.W.'s car which was a full straightaway behind him.

Brain Loftin would flash under the checkered flag for his second consecutive WSMT victory over Tim Brown, Frank Fleming, Jason Myers and Brian Pack. L.W. Miller would come home sixth aboard the Baker Plumbing and Utilities #36 and clinch his first NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour Championship while also finishing as the last car on the lead lap.

L.W. Miller's final point tally was 1930 points to Tim Brown's 1905. Third in the final standings was Burt Myers with 1802, fourth was Junior Miller with 1770 and Brian King would finish up the 2007 season fifth with 1718. The Sunoco Rookie of the Year award had been through many changes and withdrawals over the course of the season and before the race J. Wesley Swartout held a one point advantage over Thomas Stinson. Final Results were not available as of this writing.