CONCORD, N.C. — Eight-year-old John Blewett IV was on the microphone Saturday night. He introduced his uncle and John Blewett III Memorial North-South Shootout modified pole-sitter Jimmy Blewett before giving the command to start engines.
The younger Blewett was also the recipient of a $10,000 check that will go into his educational fund.

• In other races during the John Blewett III Memorial weekend:
Glenn Reen, of Wilbraham, Mass., was the winner in the crate SK modified 30-lap feature. Chris Matthews was second and Robert Geibel third.
Randy Freeze of Salisbury, N.C., won the 30-lap four-cylinder feature. A.J. Sanders followed in second and Michael Brown in third.
In the vintage modified 25-lap feature, Randy Smith brought home the win, followed by Darrel Lacks and Brian Janik.

• Race officials announced attendance for this year’s North-South Shootout set a new record for Concord Motorsport Park.
Official totals were unavailable late Saturday night, but organizers estimated the attendance as around 6,500.

• A total of 38 supermodifieds attempted to qualify for the East-West Shootout, with nine teams making the trip from west of the Rockies. In addition to the Barnes accident, Utah’s Jim Pasquin crashed hard in Saturday’s consolation, but walked away after a few anxious moments.

• Burt Myers was the only NASCAR Whelen Modified Southern Tour regular to start in the top 24 of Saturday night’s 100-lap modified feature. Southern heavyweights such as champion L.W. Miller and Junior Miller did not race.

• The eastern supermodifieds, whether sanctioned by the New England-based ISMA or Ohio’s MSA, run 467-cubic-inch big blocks to an 1,800-pound weight limit, usually mounting the trademark movable wing that flattens from the airflow on the straights and pops up for increased downforce in the turns.
The western variety are 410 small blocks weighing 200 pounds less and using fixed wings.
A notable exception to the norm is New Yorker Joe Gosek, who prefers the fixed wing.

• Chris Perley’s fast qualifying time was 13.23 seconds on the near half-mile tri-oval.
Race laps for the leaders were in the 13.8 second range.

(Al Robinson contributed to this story.)