Seventeen year old Ryan Preece of Berlin won his first Whelen Modified Tour event in Saturday's Made in American Whelen 300 at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Va.

Preece, who has been a threat to win numerous times this season on the Whelen Modified Tour, is now the youngest winner in the history of the division, bettering former youngest winner Tom Cravenho Jr., who won his first race in 1995.

The historic victory comes for Preece in a milestone event for the division. It was the 500th race in the history of the Whelen Modified Tour, which ran its first season in 1985.

Oh by the way, Preece's "victory" has nothing to do with anything that is going on with "race winner" Burt Myers.

A NASCAR spokesperson did confirm Sunday that Whelen Modified Tour inspectors confiscated parts from Myers' car after the race and that those parts will be further inspected at NASCAR's research and development center. An announcement concerning that issue is expected by Wednesday.

But then there's the NASCAR lunacy that is Preece's "first career victory."

No matter what happens regarding the further inspection of Myers' car, Preece, who finished second to Myers, will still go down as having won a Whelen Modified Tour event.

Because Myers was representing the Whelen Southern Modified Tour in the combination event, Preece was awarded "victory" for the Whelen Modified Tour.

Simply, it's an idiotic system that awards a "victory" to a driver that finished in second place, and probably not the way Preece wanted to "win his first event."

Leave it to NASCAR to screw up even the most simplest of record keeping. Can't wait for that trivia question years from now. Who won the 500th Whelen Modified Tour event? Ryan Preece? Well, he finished second, but he really won.

Coming up next, NASCAR explains how Dale Earnhardt Jr. really has won 28 Sprint Cup Series events this season, they just haven't told us yet that they came in the double secret Junior Only Sprint Cup division.