Burt Myers pays tribute to the late Kyle Busch after winning at Bowman Gray Stadium

Of course, Burt Myers paid tribute to the late Kyle Busch after winning the Elite Underground Utility 100-lap Modified race in front of around 10,000 at Bowman Gray Stadium on Saturday night.

Myers broke the protocol in Victory Lane by grabbing the checkered flag, breaking away from the pack of people around his car, and taking a bow that the late Busch made famous.

It was Myers 103rd career win and the 223rd by his famous family. To cap off the special night, Myers' 17-year-old son, Slate, finished second.

"I forgot what this is like," Myers said of his first win of the season. "We've been right there, but tonight the car was awesome."

Myers, who had the fastest car in qualifying but started 22nd on the redraw, made a bold pass on Trey Hutchins on lap 71 to take the lead. And Myers never looked back even though his son worked his way just behind his father but never really threatened.

"He's in another stratosphere," Slate Myers said, referring to his father. "I couldn't keep up. This is just such a great night, and I thought when I won two weeks ago that was big, but this is tremendous."

Burt said starting in the 22nd spot but knowing he had the fastest car in qualifying was a big factor.

"We were fortunate tonight because the 10 (Mike Speeney) fell out, the 4 (his brother Jason) fell out and the 51 (Junior Snow) had trouble," Myers said, "so things kind of went our way."

Chris Fleming, who took on the Fan's Challenge, started 25th and finished fourth to win the extra $3,000.

It wasn't all good for the Myers family. Jason had the lead for most of the race until lap 64. It took two tow trucks to get his car back to the pits. Adding insult to his injured car was Jason having to make the long walk across the football field to his pit area.

Burt Myers said hearing the number of wins by the Myers family in track history is quite a feat.

"That's fantastic, and Jason was leading before he broke and Slate finishing right behind me," Burt said. "What a night."

Sterling Plemmons, who overtook polesitter Mitch Gales on lap 11 of the first 20-lap Sportsman race, stayed in front to win his eighth career race.

Plemmons looked around in Victory Lane at the 10,000 or so fans, and his smile said it all.

"This means everything," he said. "You look around and see this, and it's just an awesome feeling."

Gales led early in the race, but Plemmons made a pass as Gales slowed and stayed in front of Nate Gregg to get the win.

Points' leader Billy Gregg had to race in Bryan Sykes Jr.'s car because of issues in his car.

In the second Sportsman race, Zack Ore passed Nate Gregg on the final lap after a restart to get the win.

"We tore up the car in the first race, so we needed a break," Ore said.

Kevin "-Train" Gilbert summed it up best in Victory Lane after he won the Street Stock race that was shortened to 15 laps because of the time limit.

Gilbert, who suffered a heart attack earlier this season, held off Christian Joyce for his second career win.

"Knowing I was almost dead a month ago and here I am in Victory Lane," Gilbert said. "It doesn't get any better than this, and my two girls are here to see so this is special."

Gilbert had to withstand three different restarts after cautions with Joyce on his bumper, but Gilbert never flinched.

After suffering the heart attack, he had two stents put in his heart and after a couple of weeks of recovery was back at the track. Getting a win this soon surprised him.

"I can't thank God enough, and this is just a blessing for me to be standing here at all," he said.

So what does a 17-year-old do after a historic win? For Slate Myers, he did what most his age have to do at home.

"I had to take out the dogs and do a little laundry," Myers said sheepishly about the night that he won his historic race.

Myers, a son of Burt Myers, became the youngest in the Modified Division to win a race at the stadium, and he's the first fourth-generation driver to win.

Slate graduated last Friday from Triad Baptist Christian Academy in Kernersville, and the principal did a little something extra as Slate walked across the stage.

"I went to school on Friday for graduation, and the principal talked about it when I got to the stage," Myers said.

Slate also got to be a guest on his father's podcast, called "The Orange Bumper."

"I got to go on that show because I finally won," Myers said.

While Slate was thrilled about his first win in his third full season at the stadium, he's also looking to race elsewhere.

"I need to move away from this place," Myers said. "Next Friday, we are doing a Limited Late Model race at Ace Speedway with Boo Boo Dalton and his group, and we put that together. I'm excited about that opportunity."

A short video during prerace festivities was played to honor Kyle Busch. Drivers Burt Myers and Tim Brown commented on Busch, who died at the age of 41.

"He was a grassroots racer," Myers said.

In the tribute, Brown said Busch did it his way.

"It's a sad thing that he left us so young," Brown said.

Busch raced in the All-Star races at Bowman Gray Stadium in 2025 and this past February.

Track announcer Randy Pulliam also offered a moment of silence after the video tribute was over.

For week eight of the 18-week season, the Sportsman Division will run a 100-lap race on double points night. The Stadium Stock will also have its longest race of the season with a 50-lap event.

There will be two 25-lap races for the Modified drivers and a 20-lap Street Stock race.

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This story was originally published May 31, 2026 at 4:10 AM.