NASCAR Silicon Motor Speedway Champ Crowned: Eric Weithop of Birmingham, AL, has beaten out thousands of other competitors to be the top NASCAR Silicon Motor Speedway simulator racer in the country. Weithop, who regularly races in the NASCAR Silicon Motor Speedway location in Birmingham’ Riverchase Galleria, won the Bristol Challenge competition that ended recently. Weithop received $2,000 after winning the finals competition held at the Concord Mills mall location of NASCAR Silicon Motor Speedway near Charlotte, N.C. He won two 75-lap races and one 100-lap event to give him a sweep of the three segments of the finals. Brian Decker, a 13-year-old who races at the Albany, NY, location of NASCAR Silicon Motor Speedway, finished second in the finals competition and won $1,000, while Patrick Wyrick, representing the Universal City Walk location in Los Angeles, finished third and won $500.(SMSonline PR)(1-1-2003) (12-30-2002)
