A night of firsts in Week 5 at Bowman Gray Stadium
It was a night of firsts at Bowman Gray Stadium on Saturday for the fifth week of the 77th season of racing.
Slate Myers, 17, became the youngest driver in the Modified Division to win a race and took a giant step toward history by becoming a fourth-generation winner in his family.
Just about every immediate family member was in Victory Lane to celebrate but Slate's grandfather, Gary, stayed on the balcony at the fieldhouse to watch. The 75-year-old doesn't get around as well as he used to.
"I wish my grandpa could be done here (in Victory Lane) with us, but this is for him," Slate said.
Also winning for the first time in her career was Jordan Atkins, who won a time-shortened nine race Street Stock race. She's battled injuries over the last two seasons that included extensive hand surgery.
The 28-year-old Mount Tabor graduate who played high-school basketball became the sixth woman in Bowman Gray Stadium history to win a race.
"I started on the pole, played defense, managed the pace, rode the clock with the time-limit format in our 20-lap feature, and somehow ended up parking it in Victory Lane," Atkins said. "God is good all the time, and all the time, God is good."
For Myers, who is in his third full season, it's taken some time for him to work his way to the front for a 25-lap race. But in the second race on Saturday, after his uncle won the first race, Slate drew the pole and knew exactly what to do with it.
Slate was never threatened on the restarts by Daniel Beeson and cruised to the family's 222nd career win. He's the 146th different driver to win a Modified race and the sixth member of the Myers' extended family to get to Victory Lane in that division.
Adding to the big night for the Myers family was that Slate's dad Burt had a good night in both races and is now the points' leader. He's won 12 Modified titles and with 13 weeks left in the season he's in first place.
Other winners from Saturday included Billy Gregg and Zack Ore in the Sportsman races. They had the two fastest cars because they also each got a second place as they battled each other in both 20-lap races.
Winning the Street Stock races were Luke Smith, who won his fourth in a row, and Brandon Brendle.
In the Crown Vic Outlaw Super Series that paid a visit to the stadium on Saturday, Dean Levi picked up the win. Ronald Moser (Skid Race) and Brandon Johnston (Demolition Derby) also had wins.
RANK;NO.;DRIVER;PTS
1;1;BURT MYERS;174
2;83;TIM BROWN;166
3;69;JOHN HOLLEMAN IV;162
T-4;10;MIKE SPEENEY;154
T-4;51;JUNIOR SNOW;154
6;9;KYLE SOUTHERN;142
7;07;RILEY NEAL;134
8;4;JASON MYERS;114
9;99;JORDAN FLEMING;104
10;5;RANDY BUTNER;102
11;6;SLATE MYERS;100
T-12;00;DANNY PROPST;98
T-12;75;LEE JEFFREYS;98
T-12;64;ETHAN TRUELL;98
15;44;DANIEL BEESON;86
16;16;CHRIS FLEMING;84
17;82;MASON LAWSON;72
18;55;JEREMY GERSTNER;66
19;57;DANNY BOHN;62
20;17;LONNIE OAKLEY;58
21;04;BRANDON WARD;54
T-22;14;TREY HUTCHENS;52
T-22;12;DEAN WARD;52
24;3;ANDREW HARRAH;44
25;71;JOHN SMITH;30
26;35;BRANDON BUTNER;26
27;18;DANIEL YATES;22
28;77;SUSAN HARWELL;16
T-29;19;ANDY NOTO;14
T-29;47;JAXSON CASPER;14
T-29;92;BRODY JONES;14
32;68;JUNIOR MILLER;12
T-33;22;JONATHAN BROWN;10
T-33;11;CORY LOVETTE;10
35;3;BRANDON WOOD 6
RANK;NO.;DRIVER;PTS.
1;98;BILLY GREGG;241
2;99;BRYAN SYKES JR.;201
3;12;JUSTIN TAYLOR;196
4;55;ZACK ORE;192
5;21;TOMMY NEAL;189
6;03;STERLING PLEMMONS;177
7;24;A.J. BERNYS;173
8;0;KIRK SHEETS;162
9;38;MITCH GALES;157
10;28;NATE GREGG;156
11;63;TERRY SMITH;143
12;37;CHRIS MASSIE;119
13;1;AUSTIN JONES;83
14;14;JIM SHOAF;81
15;51;AUSTIN TAYLOR;79
16;5;JONATHAN SIMACEK;74
17;97;BRYAN SYKES SR.;64
18;19;MICHAEL ADAMS;61
19;15;T. DAWSON;60
T-20;23;RYAN ROBERTSON;46
T-20;75;BRENT BROWN;46
22;31;CHASE ROBERTSON;44
23;88;CHRIS TAYLOR;42
24;55;OLLIE FERGUSON;36
25;01;MARTY WILMOTH;24
26;07;KENNETH STIMPSON;21
RANK;NO.;DRIVER;PTS.
1;16;BRAD LEWIS;182
2;5;CONNOR KEATON;174
3;1;CHRISTIAN JOYCE;162
4;21;WES GLASCOE;142
5;00;DONNIE MARTIN;132
6;7;KYLER STALEY;130
7;9;BRANDON BROWN;122
8;13;KEVIN GILBERT;120
9;72;BRYANT ROBERTSON;118
10;10;CRAIG HARTLESS;112
11;30;ZAC COGAR;110
12;57;SPENCER MARTIN;106
13;68;EMILEE LEWIS;104
14;37;MATT PREVETTE;90
15;35;ANDY AVERY;82
16;97;BRYAN SYKES SR.;76
17;88;BRIAN SHUPE;72
18;19;T.J. WHALEY;66
19;98;JAYDEN CORDELL;62
20;14;DEAVEN PENDERGRASS;38
21;15;JORDAN ATKINS;36
22;47;VICTOR FLORES;28
23;25;CHASE PIERCE;26
24;25;COOPER LOWE;24
25;8;BRADEN STALEY;20
26;97;JUSTIN CUMMINGS;18
27;05;HAYDEN HALL;4
28;18;CHASE MURPHY;20
RANK;NO.;DRIVER;PTS.
1;80;LUKE SMITH;200
2;60;BRAD MICKALOWSKI;176
3;88;ZAK TAYLOR;172
4;44;BLAZE SANDERS;158
T-5;7/01;CHRIS ALLISON;156
T-5;24;A.J. SANDERS;156
T-5;16 STEPHEN SANDERS;156
8;2;CARSON REED;154
9;81;CHUCK WALL;150
T-10;22;ADAM BAKER JR.;148
T-10;43;BRANDON BRENDLE;148
12;8;JAYDEN ANDREWS;136
13;02;FUZZY DINKLES;132
14;95;LEVI HOLT;130
15;51;ANDREW CATES;122
T-16;29;CHRISTIAN BOWENS;114
T-16;18;BILLY ANDREWS;114
T-18;03;GRAYSON LEE;106
T-18;46;COLTON BROWN;106
T-20;14;BRANDON VAUGHN;100
T-20;45;KEITH BRYANT;100
22;66;TIM GIESEN;94
23;83;MICHAEL CATES;92
24;27;CODY LIVENGOOD;72
25;64;RICKY WALL;68
26;71;JAMES ALLISON;66
27;12;TYLER ROSE;64
28;5;ANDRE CHAVEZ;60
29;10;J.B. LINEBERRY;54
30;27;AUSTIN CATES;52
31;0;JACOB HAYES;46
32;63;HUNTER ROSE;40
33;12;JEREMY SMITH;36
34;28;ROBERT MABE;30
35;32;JACOB SMITH;26
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This story was originally published May 18, 2026 at 1:05 PM.