SMART Modified Tour & South Boston Massive Purse, Hype Around King of the Modifieds A Win For All3/12/2024 Who is the current King of the asphalt Modified world?
Someone is going to be crowned on Saturday, March 23 at South Boston Speedway. In a $20,000 to win race with the SMART Modified Tour powered by Pace-O-Matic, one driver is going to come out on top in Virginia. And the event, the third race of the season for SMART, continues to get bigger as it draws closer. With $20,000 on the line to the winner, the event matches Stafford Motor Speedway's Spring Sizzler as the highest paying Tour-Type Modified posted winners prize. The winner portion is only the beginning of a purse that is over $90,000 with a 36-car starting field. And if the first two events of the SMART season and social media buzz are right - the race will be sending some cars home. The event has sponsorship from Dominion Energy, Vista Installations, Stanley Law Group and Pace-O-Matic, among others. It pays $20,000 to win, $10,000 for second and $4,000 for third with a minimum of $1,200 to start. Carson Loftin, one of the rising Modified stars in the south, has shown in the first two SMART races he is the real deal. Loftin won at Florence, passing Matt Hirschman for the lead late, then followed it up by out-dueling former Daytona 500 winning driver Ryan Newman at Caraway last weekend to score another win. Wouldn't it be even more impressive to become King of the Modifieds with a $20,000 check and a third straight win? Newman and Hirschman will be two names to watch rolling into South Boston. Hirschman needs no introduction, known as "Big Money" after winning just about every major Modified event up and down the East Coast. Newman seems to be fitting well with his new team, with strong runs in both of the first two races. Tommy Baldwin Racing, the team that fielded the championship winner Caleb Heady in 2022, is entering the South Boston party with six-time NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion Doug Coby driving. Dunleavy Racing and driver Woody Pitkat, multiple-time winners at Stafford Motor Speedway the last few years, are also heading south. Speaking of Heady, he will compete in the No. 99 for Jamie Tomaino Motorsports in his first start of the season. After running the first two races for Tomaino, Jimmy "Showtime" Blewett will bring his family-owned No. 76 to South Boston to compete. Sadler-Stanley Racing is bringing rising star Luke Baldwin and Jonathan Cash, their two full-time SMART drivers. They're joined by names like Danny Bohn, defending SMART champion Burt Myers, Blake Barney, Anthony Bello and many more. And as the event keeps getting closer, there are sure to be a few more surprises added to the entry list. SMART and South Boston Speedway deserve a massive amount of credit for the purse and the buzz they have created about this race. They've done it in a short period of time. And if you listen to talk in the Modified industry, many feel like it's going to be a race to never forget. Tickets are now available for the King of the Modifieds 125 at South Boston Speedway on Saturday, March 23. Fans can purchase tickets online at southbostonspeedway.com and find more information on the race at SMARTModifiedTour.com.
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