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 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.

* Denotes Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender

 

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