PRACTICE: Santos Still Tops at Stafford
Remains The Car To Beat For Tonight’s TSI Harley-Davidson 125
STAFFORD, Conn. – Neither Mother Nature or Father Time can slow down Bobby Santos in preparation for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour’s TSI Harley-Davidson 125 at Stafford Motor Speedway.
Santos had the fastest car in practice and qualifying on the original race date of May 23, and remained fastest in the second try at getting the event in on May 30. Both nights ended in rainouts before the Whelen Modified Tour hit the track, but in tonight’s third attempt little has changed on the track as Santos once again led the way.
Behind the wheel of the No. 44 Tinio Racing/ImperialCars.com Chevrolet, Santos paced the field with a fast lap of 18.271 seconds (98.517 mph) during the 30 minute session Friday evening at the historic half mile. Following three practices led and a Coors Light Pole since May 23, Santos will attempt to gain his seventh Whelen Modified Tour Stafford victory later tonight.
Rookie Tommy Barrett Jr. finished second on the speed chart at 18.299 (98.366) followed by 12-time Stafford winner Ted Christopher at 18.359 (98.045).
The remainder of the top 10 in Friday practice included: Patrick Emerling, Woody Pitkat, Donny Lia, Eric Goodale, Rowan Pennink, Ron Yuhas Jr. and Doug Coby.
Defending race winner Ryan Preece finished 13th.
The TSI Harley-Davidson 125 is set to go green at approximately 8:15 p.m.
NWMT Stafford 6/6/14 Practice
Submitted by jcunningham on May 23, 2014 – 5:03pm
6/6 FINAL PRACTICE
Pos No. Name Sponsor Best Tm Best Speed In Lap Laps Diff
1 44 Bobby Santos Tinio Racing/Imperialcars.com 18.271 98.517 4 9
2 22 Tommy Barrett Jr.* Canto Paving/Ferguson/Waterworks 18.299 98.366 6 10 0.028
3 13 Ted Christopher J&R Pre-Cast/Cape Cod Aggregates 18.359 98.045 4 18 0.088
4 07 Patrick Emerling Emerling Chev./Buffalo Auto Auction 18.364 98.018 23 28 0.093
5 88 Woody Pitkat Buzz Chew Chev./TSI Harley-Davidson 18.373 97.970 7 22 0.102
6 4 Donny Lia Mystic Missile Racing 18.399 97.831 5 36 0.128
7 58 Eric Goodale GAF Roofing/RBSCorp. 18.414 97.752 15 21 0.143
8 93 Rowan Pennink Monk Mechanics Hand Cleaner 18.455 97.535 33 34 0.184
9 64 Ron Yuhas Jr. Fast Track Electric/Scorpion Const. 18.458 97.519 26 30 0.187
10 2 Doug Coby Dunleavy’s Repair/HEX Performance 18.473 97.440 5 22 0.202
11 6 Ron Silk TS Haulers/Calverton Tree Farm 18.477 97.418 8 28 0.206
12 75 Timmy Solomito* Eastport Feeds/Axel Anderson Inc. 18.500 97.297 18 20 0.229
13 16 Ryan Preece East West Marine/Diversified Metals 18.532 97.129 6 27 0.261
14 89 Shawn Solomito Cystic Gibrosis Foundation/Acme Sanitary Services 18.538 97.098 32 34 0.267
15 52 Matt Hirschman Furnace & Duct/Seekonk Grand Prix 18.608 96.733 16 25 0.337
16 51 Justin Bonsignore chem3.com 18.616 96.691 18 26 0.345
17 48 Keith Rocco Wheelers Auto/Mr. Rooter 18.621 96.665 7 10 0.350
18 8 Glen Reen Reflex Energy/Baja Construction 18.816 95.663 7 41 0.545
19 99 Jamie Tomaino Dunleavy’s Repair/Atlantic Sprinkler 18.840 95.541 4 5 0.569
20 38 Dave Salzarulo* Perf Eng/Kendall Oil/Ryan’s Oil 19.021 94.632 5 28 0.750
21 18 Ken Heagy Buoy One Seafood 19.056 94.458 10 13 0.785
22 33 Wade Cole Perf Engines/Kendall Oil 19.081 94.335 4 10 0.810
23 26 Gary McDonald Lakeland Landscape/TRC Electric 19.159 93.951 13 29 0.888
24 01 Melissa Fifield* Allstate Insurance/Eastern Boats 21.597 83.345 4 8 3.326
5/30 PRACTICE
Pos No. Name Sponsor Best Tm Best Speed
1 44 Bobby Santos Tinio Racing/Imperialcars.com 18.269 98.528
2 22 Tommy Barrett Jr.* Canto Paving/Ferguson/Waterworks 18.389 97.885
3 88 Woody Pitkat Buzz Chew Chev./TSI Harley-Davidson 18.432 97.656
4 2 Doug Coby Dunleavy’s Repair/HEX Performance 18.447 97.577
5 4 Donny Lia Mystic Missile Racing 18.461 97.503
6 93 Rowan Pennink Monk Mechanics Hand Cleaner 18.466 97.476
7 16 Ryan Preece East West Marine/Diversified Metals 18.466 97.476
8 6 Ron Silk TS Haulers/Calverton Tree Farm 18.490 97.350
9 48 Keith Rocco Wheelers Auto/Mr. Rooter 18.520 97.192
10 58 Eric Goodale GAF Roofing/RBSCorp. 18.544 97.066
11 64 Ron Yuhas Jr. Fast Track Electric/Scorpion Const. 18.548 97.046
12 51 Justin Bonsignore chem3.com 18.616 96.691
13 52 Matt Hirschman Furnace & Duct/Seekonk Grand Prix 18.651 96.510
14 75 Timmy Solomito* Eastport Feeds/Axel Anderson Inc. 18.670 96.411
15 99 Jamie Tomaino Dunleavy’s Repair/Atlantic Sprinkler 18.727 96.118
16 07 Patrick Emerling Emerling Chev./Buffalo Auto Auction 18.761 95.944
17 8 Glen Reen Reflex Energy/Baja Construction 18.838 95.552
18 13 Ted Christopher J&R Pre-Cast/Cape Cod Aggregates 18.839 95.546
19 89 Shawn Solomito Cystic Gibrosis Foundation/Acme Sanitary Services 18.853 95.476
20 18 Ken Heagy Buoy One Seafood 18.973 94.872
21 38 Dave Salzarulo* Perf Eng/Kendall Oil/Ryan’s Oil 19.061 94.434
22 26 Gary McDonald Lakeland Landscape/TRC Electric 19.094 94.270
23 33 Wade Cole Perf Engines/Kendall Oil 19.167 93.911
24 01 Melissa Fifield* Allstate Insurance/Eastern Boats 20.093 89.583
5/23 PRACTICE
Pos No. Name Sponsor Time Speed
1 44 Bobby Santos Tinio Racing/Imperialcars.com 18.344 98.125
2 2 Doug Coby Dunleavy’s Repair/HEX Performance 18.385 97.906
3 22 Tommy Barrett Jr.* Canto Paving/Ferguson/Waterworks 18.392 97.869
4 88 Woody Pitkat Buzz Chew Chev./TSI Harley-Davidson 18.428 97.677
5 4 Donny Lia Mystic Missile Racing 18.451 97.556
6 07 Patrick Emerling Emerling Chev./Buffalo Auto Auction 18.454 97.540
7 6 Ron Silk TS Haulers/Calverton Tree Farm 18.457 97.524
8 93 Rowan Pennink Monk Mechanics Hand Cleaner 18.503 97.282
9 51 Justin Bonsignore chem3.com 18.504 97.276
10 64 Ron Yuhas Jr. Fast Track Electric/Scorpion Const. 18.514 97.224
11 52 Matt Hirschman Furnace & Duct/Seekonk Grand Prix 18.547 97.051
12 75 Timmy Solomito* Eastport Feeds/Axel Anderson Inc. 18.562 96.972
13 58 Eric Goodale GAF Roofing/RBSCorp. 18.584 96.858
14 48 Keith Rocco Wheelers Auto/Mr. Rooter 18.625 96.644
15 16 Ryan Preece East West Marine/Diversified Metals 18.663 96.448
16 89 Shawn Solomito Cystic Gibrosis Foundation/Acme Sanitary Services 18.751 95.995
17 13 Ted Christopher J&R Pre-Cast/Cape Cod Aggregates 18.765 95.923
18 39 Richie Pallai, Jr. Mahle Performance/Lucas Oil 18.768 95.908
19 8 Glen Reen Reflex Energy/Baja Construction 18.792 95.785
20 99 Jamie Tomaino Dunleavy’s Repair/Atlantic Sprinkler 18.846 95.511
21 18 Ken Heagy Buoy One Seafood 18.863 95.425
22 38 Dave Salzarulo* Perf Eng/Kendall Oil/Ryan’s Oil 19.162 93.936
23 33 Wade Cole Perf Engines/Kendall Oil 19.168 93.907
24 26 Gary McDonald Lakeland Landscape/TRC Electric 19.379 92.884
25 01 Melissa Fifield* Allstate Insurance/Eastern Boats 19.975 90.113
Sources: Jason Cunningham/NASCAR WMT PR