Rain Halts Action At Stafford

By admin October 3, 2009 NASCAR WMT, Stafford

Practice, Qualifying Rescheduled For Sunday

Stafford Springs, CT — NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour practice and qualifying has been postponed until Sunday at the CARQUEST Fall Final as rain washed out most activities at Stafford Motor Speedway on Saturday.

After an extensive effort by speedway staff, the Whelen Modified Tour was able to get on the track for 26 minutes of practice Saturday, but persistent precipitation forced and end to the day by mid-afternoon.

Of the 32 entries for Sunday’s 150-lap race, 28 were able to record laps during the rain-shortened practice, and James Civali was the fastest car at 18.627 seconds (96.634 mph). Eric Berndt, the pole winner in the last Whelen Modified Tour event at Stafford – was second fastest at 18.721 (96.149).

Rob Summers (18.745/96.026), Eric Goodale (18.814/95.673) and Erick Rudolph (18.820/95.643) rounded out the five fastest cars during the abbreviated practice.

Sunday’s CARQUEST Fall Final will feature an intense points battle between the top four Whelen Modified Tour standings. With just two races remaining in 2009, Ted Christopher leads Donny Lia by one point with Ryan Preece 12 tallies out of first. Todd Szegedy is in fourth, just 37 points behind Christopher.

Sunday’s revised schedule calls for the Whelen Modified Tour to practice at 10 a.m. and qualify at 1:30 p.m. with the race set for approximately 4 p.m.

PRACTICE TIMES | LAP-BY-LAP

Sources: Jason Cunningham/NASCAR WMT PR