john blewett iii drove the number 76 car in nascar whelen modified tour.
john blewett iii drove the number 76 car in nascar whelen modified tour.
who drives the number 76 car in nascar whelen modified tour?
john blewett iii
blewett ran eight nascar whelen modified tour events in his family owned no. 76. on his off time, he'll be back at the new egypt speedway. blewett raced thompson, and finished fourth on the tour. it was his first top 5 finish since 2010.









































blewett finished eighth in points.









































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blewett ran eight events on the nascar whelen modified tour. he won three events which were new egypt, bridgeport (twice), and wall.









































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jimmy blewett
the inaugural nascar era season held 12 events, beginning on march 26 at caraway speedway and ended on october 29 at ace speedway. the inaugural event for the nascar whelen southern modified tour was the southern modified tour 150 at caraway speedway on march 26. burt myers won the first pole for the nascar era of the southern-based modified tour. while leading the event jay hedgecock had to pulled his car into the pits on the 65th lap with an engine problem. ted christopher, a star driver on the northeastern-based nascar whelen modified tour, inherited the lead from hedgecock and paced the field for the remaining laps on his way to the victory. in the april 16th race at caraway, the tour's 3rd race under nascar sanction, burt myers led the first 145 laps but fellow rival junior miller stayed on his back bumper for most of the race. miller and myers bumped and banged and racing each other hard lap after lap. miller made the pass for the lead on myers with only 5 laps remaining to score the victory. at the july 1 event at caraway bud pole winner jay hedgecock was on point. hedgecock had lapping all but the top 8 cars, but brian crammer was coming as he had worked his way from his 11th place starting spot to 2nd by the halfway point. crammer had been chasing down hedgecock during the 2nd half and caught hedgecock with 20 laps to go. crammer began putting hard pressure on hedgecock with 10 to go and with 5 to go made a move on hedgecock coming off of turn 2. hedgecock and crammer bumped wheels resulting in crammer being sent spinning while hedgecock kept the lead. crammer retaliated under the caution by hitting hedgecock's car but hedgecock was able to continue. a crash during the green-white-checker attempt sent the race over its scheduled distance. hedgecock's car ran out of gas before the race was red flagged during track clean up. brian loftin inherited the lead for the next another green-white-checkered attempt and held off tim brown for the win. burt myers was the fastest in qualifying for the advance auto parts 199 at bowman gray stadium, but drew the 5th starting position. this was the tour's first visit to bowman gray stadium, the track many tour drivers call home, since 1992. hedgecock led the first 71 laps until a spinning car hit the infield and shot dirt onto the track coming out of the 4th turn. hedgecock's car skidded in the dirt and careened into the outside guardrail as tim brown zipped past into the lead. brown stayed there until the lap 137 when myers squeezed inside and completed a pass. myers held off the win-hungry tim brown in the end. the made in america whelen 300 at martinsville speedway was a combo race for both modified tours. the event was the first nascar modified tour event held at the track since 2002 and the first night race held at the historic .526-mile track. ted christopher won the overall event as brian loftin was the top-finishing driver from the southern tour, finishing 12th, but credited as first-place towards the southern modified tour. a special twin 100-lap event was held at ace speedway as a labor day doubleheader. burt myers won the first 100-lap race while junior miller got the win in the second 100-lap race. jay hedgecock won his 4th pole of the season at the 6th and final season visit to caraway speedway. hedgecock lead 115 of the first 133 laps and looked to be closing in on his first win of the season. hedgecock's season of bad luck continued as during a caution period on lap 134 hedgecock came into the pits with engine trouble ending his night. brian loftin held off a hard-charging junior miller over the final laps to win. jay hedgecock finally avoided any bad luck at the season finale, whelen 150, at ace speedway. hedgecock lead all 150 lap and won easily over 2nd place brian loftin. junior miller, by finishing 8th, won the 2005 inaugural nascar whelen southern modified tour championship. there were 5 different winners during the season with brian loftin winning the most with 4. junior miller was voted the most popular driver during the season.
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