Paulie Hartwig III Makes SMART Mod History; Now Youngest Winner Ever, Taking The Hickory Hundred

Information By: SMART MODIFIED TOUR – NEWTON, NC – The eighth grader scored a big win Saturday at Hickory Motor Speedway.

Paulie Hartwig III became the youngest winner in the history of the SMART Modified Tour on Saturday as the 14-year-old captured the Hickory Hundred at the historic track.

Luke Baldwin was second with Bryce Bailey, Matt Hirschman and Joey Braun completing the top five.

PaceOMatic Pace-O-Matic 99 (100 Laps): 1. 73-Paulie Hartwig III[5]; 2. 7VA-Luke Baldwin[2]; 3. 15-Bryce Bailey[4]; 4. 60-Matt Hirschman[6]; 5. 79-Joey Braun[3]; 6. 99-Jake Crum[1]; 7. 02-Joey Coulter IV[12]; 8. 21CT-Jacob Perry[9]; 9. 5-Tom Buzze[15]; 10. 16VA-Jonathan Cash[17]; 11. 14-Jake Lutz[11]; 12. 40-Carter McMurray[8]; 13. 21-Jimmy Wallace[18]; 14. 2-Ryan Newman[10]; 15. 7NY-Jack Baldwin[13]; 16. 77-Gary Putnam[16]; 17. 18-Daniel Yates[20]; 18. 48-Jonny Kievman[19]; 19. 1-Burt Myers[14]; 20. 4-Slate Myers[7]

PaceOMaticatic Pole Qualifying: 1. 15-Bryce Bailey, 00:14.141[9]; 2. 79-Joey Braun, 00:14.178[14]; 3. 99-Jake Crum, 00:14.198[10]; 4. 7VA-Luke Baldwin, 00:14.209[20]; 5. 73-Paulie Hartwig III, 00:14.244[8]; 6. 60-Matt Hirschman, 00:14.256[19]; 7. 4-Slate Myers, 00:14.286[2]; 8. 40-Carter McMurray, 00:14.307[13]; 9. 21CT-Jacob Perry, 00:14.330[18]; 10. 2-Ryan Newman, 00:14.373[17]; 11. 14-Jake Lutz, 00:14.392[15]; 12. 02-Joey Coulter IV, 00:14.392[7]; 13. 7NY-Jack Baldwin, 00:14.419[11]; 14. 1-Burt Myers, 00:14.434[12]; 15. 5-Tom Buzze, 00:14.465[16]; 16. 77-Gary Putnam, 00:14.475[4]; 17. 16VA-Jonathan Cash, 00:14.476[6]; 18. 21-Jimmy Wallace, 00:14.517[5]; 19. 48-Jonny Kievman, 00:14.557[1]; 20. 18-Daniel Yates, 00:14.636[3]

PaceOMatic SMART Modified Practice: 1. 7VA-Luke Baldwin, 00:14.242[3]; 2. 60-Matt Hirschman, 00:14.248[10]; 3. 21CT-Jacob Perry, 00:14.262[17]; 4. 2-Ryan Newman, 00:14.298[16]; 5. 5-Tom Buzze, 00:14.328[5]; 6. 14-Jake Lutz, 00:14.339[12]; 7. 79-Joey Braun, 00:14.344[4]; 8. 40-Carter McMurray, 00:14.358[13]; 9. 1-Burt Myers, 00:14.378[14]; 10. 7NY-Jack Baldwin, 00:14.379[2]; 11. 99-Jake Crum, 00:14.415[8]; 12. 15-Bryce Bailey, 00:14.427[1]; 13. 73-Paulie Hartwig III, 00:14.428[9]; 14. 02-Joey Coulter IV, 00:14.442[7]; 15. 16VA-Jonathan Cash, 00:14.494[6]; 16. 21-Jimmy Wallace, 00:14.510[19]; 17. 77-Gary Putnam, 00:14.536[18]; 18. 18-Daniel Yates, 00:14.587[20]; 19. 4-Slate Myers, 00:14.591[15]; 20. 48-Jonny Kievman, 00:14.609[11]