Championships Decided this Saturday at Bowman Gray

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DSC_0210Championships Decided this Saturday at Bowman Gray

(Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem, NC) The 2015 season has been a year of ups and downs for competitors at Bowman Gray Stadium. And one week after the Madhouse celebrated its 1000th event, the season is set to conclude
with one final night of action-packed racing.
Burt Myers of Walnut Cove has every intention of turning on the aggression this Saturday night. He started off the season with back-to-back wins in the Brad’s Golf Cars Modified Series and seemed in a promising position to take
the championship midway through the season. He had a 24-point advantage over rival Tim Brown of Tobaccoville after Brown wrecked on Double Points Night.
But Brown came back with a vengeance – winning in three out of the next four events to rocket into the points lead. Burt Myers began to fall behind as his performance was overshadowed by Brown’s consistent points earnings and
younger brother Jason Myers’s six wins and nine poles.
In last Saturday’s racing, Burt Myers seemed in a great position to pick up some points after winning the first 50-lapper. Unfortunately, Myers’s car sputtered to a stop during the second race, forcing him to pit and finish 13th.
“I think my transmission broke on that restart,” said Myers. “It’s our first real parts failure all year. You never want to deal with a part failure, but it’s probably better it happenedtonight instead of next week.”
Now Myers is ranked second in the points, trailing Brown by 19. And his game plan for Saturday is simple: to win. “When you’re leading the points, you have to have a different mindset. But when you come over here that last race
and you’re trailing, you go try to win – and it’s up to the other guy to lose it if he has to,” said Myers.
Each finish position is worth an additional four points, so Burt Myers would need to finish five positions ahead of Tim Brown to clinch the title. And, of course, Jason Myers isn’t out of the hunt yet – 40 points behind Brown and 21
behind older brother Burt.
In the Farm Bureau Insurance Sportsman Series, Michael Adams of Yadkinville tussled with Jordan Fleming of Mount Airy on Saturday. Adams’s car was mangled, sending him to the pits. Although Adams came back and fought his
way forward, he finished a disappointing 15th and took a hit in the points.
Adams falls out of the points lead, with Zack Clifton of Walkertown taking over in his place. Now entering the season finale, Clifton leads Adams by a scant five points – just two finish positions’ worth. Tommy Neal of Walkertown
isn’t far behind with 17 points separating him from the lead – and last year’s champ, Taylor Branch of Lewisville, is only 20 points behind Clifton.
Brian Wall of Winston-Salem and Derrick Rice of Kernersville have battled for the points lead all season. Wall was literally a few hundred feet away from taking the championship last year when he wrecked. In last event, another
wreck took him from the points lead down to second. Now, Wall sits 12 points behind Rice – only three finish positions.
In the McDowell Heating & Air Stadium Stock Series, Brandon Brendle of Winston-Salem continues his strong season. Brendle has a 14-point lead over last year’s champ, Chuck Wall of Lewisville.
All the championship battles will be decided this Saturday night at the Madhouse – it will be the Carolina Farm Credit 150 Season Finale for the Modifieds, plus racing for the Sportsman, Street Stock, and Stadium Stock Divisions.
Gates open at 6:00 for practice, and the first race begins at 8:00 PMthis Saturday night. Ticket prices, directions, and more information can be found online atwww.bowmangrayracing.com or by calling (336) 723-1819.

Brad’s Golf Cars Modified Series Current Points Standings

RANK    CAR     DRIVER  POINTS  GAINED
LAST EVENT
1       83      Tim Brown       724     43
2       1       Burt Myers      705     38
3       4       Jason Myers     684     48
4       13      Chris Fleming   658     41
5       77      Lee Jeffreys    639     44
6       53      John Smith      581     15
7       66      Ronnie Clifton  537     32
8       5       Randy Butner    501     29
9       71      Dean Ward       490     35
10      2       Joseph Brown    423     35
11      92      Brody Jones     396     9
12      69      Junior Miller   384     23
13      43      David Calabrese 366     0
14      75      Robert Jeffreys 351     21
15      65      Danny Bohn      268     0

Farm Bureau Insurance Sportsman Series Current Points Standings

RANK    CAR     DRIVER  POINTS  GAINED
LAST EVENT
1       81      Zack Clifton    626     44
2       19      Michael Adams   621     34
3       21      Tommy Neal      609     40
4       86      Taylor Branch   606     39
5       4       John Holleman   578     39
6       68      Robbie Brewer   575     46
7       13      Chase Hunt      565     41
8       3       Jeff Garrison   491     33
9       28      Billy Gregg     488     35
10      51      Rob Knabel      416     27
11      02      Derek Stoltz    403     33
12      Justin Taylor   403     25
13      9       David Adams     378     0
14      55      Zack Ore        361     6
15      70      Noah Triplett   254     0

Q104.1 New Country Street Stock Series Current Points Standings

RANK    CAR     DRIVER  POINTS  GAINED
LAST EVENT
1       20      Derrick Rice    604     40
2       22      Brian Wall      592     18
3       4       Steven Berrier  582     36
4       97      Jeremy Warren   574     48
5       50      Austin Edwards  558     50
6       30      Blake Shupe     534     26
7       14      Aaron Hylton    492     44
8       08      Jacob Creed     466     30
9       09      David Creed     436     0
10      12      Doug Wall       432     0
11      01      Trey Phelps     426     32
12      52      Fletcher Whaley 390     46
13      Kevin Gilbert   390     16
14      40      Taylor Robbins  346     38
15      10      Zach Linville   322     10

McDowell Heating & Air Stadium Stock Series Current Points Standings

RANK    CAR     DRIVER  POINTS  GAINED
LAST EVENT
1       11      Brandon Brendle 666     42
2       81      Chuck Wall      652     48
3       02      Wesley Thompson 624     46
4       24      A.J. Sanders    618     50
5       76      Billy Cameron Jr        594     34
6       8       Shane Southard  580     26
7       40      Daniel Yates    546     0
8       7       Chris Allison   542     24
9       97      Bryan Sykes     488     40
10      48      Junior Smith    484     36
11      55      Tyler Burke     480     28
12      80      Mark Smith      446     38
13      19      Jeremy Stainback        436     30
14      31      Zack Staley     422     48
10      David Hopkins   422     32

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