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02/21/2011 |
CHEW SET TO
JOIN NASCAR WHELEN MODIFIED TOUR
Former NASCAR K&N
Pro Series East Driver Coming to Open-Wheel Racing |
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former competitor in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East,
Bryon Chew will trade fenders for nerf bars and
compete full-time in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
starting in 2011.
Chew, from Mattituck on New York’s Long Island, made
129 starts in the K&N Pro Series East from
1999-2008. His stint in the series was highlighted
by a win at Holland (N.Y.) NASCAR Motorsports
Complex in 2006 and a pair of poles, the first at
Stafford (Conn.) Motor Speedway in 2004, and the
second at Adirondack International Speedway in
Lowville, N.Y., during the 2008 campaign.
His best season in the K&N Pro Series East came in
2006 when he recorded the Holland win, seven top
fives and 10 top 10s in 11 races to finish third in
points.
Chew has been a longtime admirer of open-wheel
Modified racing. After sitting out the 2009 racing
season, Chew got behind the wheel of a Modified for
the first time in 2010 and ran approximately 10
races in different divisions in upstate New York and
in New England.
“I’ve always had a passion to run the Modified
Tour,” Chew said. “We just decided with the
professionalism of the Whelen Modified Tour and the
people who drive in it, I wanted to be a competitor
in it.”
Chew serves as general manager of the family
business, Buzz Chew Chevrolet Cadillac on Long
Island. The dealership has a storied history with
Modified racing in the northeast as a former sponsor
for drivers Tom Baldwin, Charlie Jarzombek, and Greg
Sacks.
Chew will pilot the No. 88 GT Vodka/Buzz Chew
Chevrolet – with a Troyer chassis – on the Whelen
Modified Tour in 2011 with his father, Buzz, the car
owner and Ron Ste-Marie the crew chief.
The 2011 Whelen Modified Tour season will begin with
the Icebreaker at Thompson (Conn.) International
Speedway, April 9-10.. |
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Source: Jason Cunningham /
NASCAR
Posted: February
21, 2011 |
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