November 7, Concord, NC--- We had a few minutes during the Annual John Blewett III Memorial North-South Shootout Pit Party to have a brief word with George Brunnhoelzl III. GBIII had gone from stepping from a Go Kart about 10 years ago to jumping into a 600 horsepower Modified at Riverhead Raceway.

Then the fortunes of racing changed, and he ran out of money a couple of years ago. That led to the sale of his equipment two years ago. Of course that led to the question of how he went from having no race car to winning the Whelen Southern Modified Tour Championship this year.

“You wouldn’t believe it,” George said. “We have two or three guys who buy us tires each week. Lot’s of good people there. Especially Oval Speed.”

Outside of racing, he seems to have his life together in other ways. He’s working full-time for his dad making the famed Brunnhoelzl Jacks, and is getting married on November 28^th.

He also touched on the apparent disparity between the Northern and Southern Tour cars. The reason wasn’t that the Northern teams have more money.

“There are more Northern guys than Southern guys,” he revealed. “It’s just percentages. Last night (during qualifying), the top six were split three and three.”

Besides defending his Whelen Southern Modified Tour title, he touched on next year’s plans. Part of that was coming up to race in the “Flash” Tour race at Riverhead against the Northern drivers.

“We’d really like to do it,” he stated. “It would take about $2000 total in sponsorship. That still wouldn’t cover our costs; but we could make up the rest.”

We believe seeing him up on his home track is something that fans would also like to see. For those interested in this unique sponsorship opportunity can contact GBIII at the shop at 704-662-3443.