Jimmy Blewett - 2006

2006

Blewett decided to race the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour for a full season. Not only the tour, he went to compete at Thompson and Stafford in the SK circuit. Prior to those events, Blewett headed down to New Symrna Speedway in Florida which was a ten night race. While there, he picked up a few victories which includes the Richie Evans Memorial (100 Laps), and won the SK Modified Title by one point after apparent winner Tommy Farrell III ended up a close second after a score protest. At the Icebreaker at Thompson, Blewett finished in the top 10 in the first SK race. In the second on Sunday, he ended up on two wreckers. In the Tour event, he finished in the top twenty while fighting an ill handling car. At the Spring Sizzler, in the SK event Blewett was removed from competition by slowing the race down three times. Tour event, ended up in the back of the wall with a dead battery, after completing 150 out of the scheduled 200 lap event.

Returning to Wall, Blewett won Opening Night, and John followed him in second. Blewett only raced a handful of races at Wall because he was competing mostly on the Tour. In September of that season, Blewett won his first ever Tour event at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia. When the tour ended, Blewett finished 15th in the points with one win.

TURKEY DERBY XXXIII, Blewett led the last 29 laps in the Tour Type Modified event, until a driver from the Connecticut area came out of nowhere, and tried to pass Blewett for the win but, two laps left Blewett pinched him in the wall, and Blewett won the race and he was showered with Bronx cheers because, they fans in the stands did not like the way he won. Finally, Blewett ignored the fans' displeasure, while he was being interviewed, after that rough event.