George Brunnhoelzl III

George Brunnhoelzl III

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Sponsor	Phoenix Pre-owned/Triad Auto Sales
Manufacturer	Chevrolet
Owner	Howard Harvey
Crewchief	George Brunnhoelzl Jr.
Birthdate	Oct. 28, 1982
Hometown	West Babylon, N.Y.
Wife	Heather
Occupation	Works for family-owned Brunnhoelzl Racing in Mooresville, N.C.

Career Highlights

• Won first NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour championship in 2009
• Finished in the top five in 13 of 14 races during championship season in 2009
• Competed full-time in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour in 2010

NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour Statistics

Year	Rank	Races	Wins	Poles	Top 5s	Top 10s
2006	33	2	0	0	0	0
2007	8	12	0	0	1	7
2008	7	11	1	1	6	7
2009	1	14	5	6	13	13
2010	22	3	0	1	1	1
2011	1	14	5	5	12	14
2012	1	11	6	5	6	11
TOTALS		67	17	18	39	53

WINS: 17- Caraway (10/24/09); Ace (10/2/09); Caraway (9/12/09); Bristol (8/19/09); Caraway (7/3/09); Lanier (8/30/08); Hickory (4/2/11); Caraway (3/13/11); Thompson (9/11/11); Tri-County (9/24/11); Caraway (10/22/11); Caraway (3/31/12); Caraway (4/21/12); Caraway (7/6/12); Bowman Gray (8/4/12); Bristol (8/22/12); Charlotte (10/11/12)
POLES: 18 - Lanier (8/30/08); South Boston (4/4/09); Caraway (4/11/09); Lanier (4/18/09); Caraway (8/29/09); Myrtle Beach (9/5/09); Caraway (10/24/09); Tri-County (9/25/10); Caraway (4/23/11); Bowman Gray (8/6/11); Tri-County (9/24/11); Caraway (10/1/11); Charlotte 10/13/11); Caraway (3/31/12); Caraway (4/21/12); Caraway (7/6/12); Caraway (10/6/12); Charlotte (10/11/12)

Year-by-year Whelen Southern Modified Tour Recap

2010: Competed full-time on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and made three starts on the NWSMT with one pole and a top-five finish at Caraway in August. 2009: Enjoyed breakout season with five wins and six poles en route to winning the championship. 2008: Finished 7th in points and started all 11 events in 2008 … Won first career NWSMT race at Lanier in August. 2007: Finished 8th in points with first top-five finish at Martinsville. 2006: Competed in two races at the end of the 2006 season.

Noteworthy

Third-generation driver who followed in the racing footsteps of his father and grandfather when he started racing at the age of 12 in the open-wheel Champ Cars, winning four titles in five years before making his Modified debut at Riverhead (N.Y.) Raceway at the age of 16 … 2001 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour Rookie of the Year and former Pro Cup Series driver who now calls the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour his home.