PRACTICE: Beers Leads Stafford Field
Points Leader Santos Second Fastest
Stafford Springs, CT — Eric Beers paced the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour field during practice Saturday in preparation for the CARQUEST Fall Final at Stafford Motor Speedway.
Beers, driver of the No. 76 Horwith Freightliner Chevrolet, toured the half-mile Stafford oval in 18.177 seconds (99.026 mph) during the 90-minute session Saturday morning.
Points leader Bobby Santos was second-fastest at 18.224 (98.771) followed by Glen Reen at 18.368 (97.997). Justin Bonsignore, Chuck Hossfeld, Ron Silk, Rowan Pennink, Todd Szegedy, Eric Goodale and Eric Berndt rounded out the top-10 fastest cars.
Mike Stefanik – second in points entering the race – was 18th on the speed chart.
Beers is a two-time pole winner at Stafford, and will get a chance to add to his total with qualifying starting at 2:15 p.m.
Sources: Jason Cunningham/NASCAR WMT PR
NWMT Stafford 10/3/10 Practice
Submitted by jcunningham on October 2, 2010 – 12:40pm
Pos No. Name Sponsor Time Speed
1 76 Eric Beers Horwith Freightliner 18.177 99.026
2 4 Bobby Santos “Mystic Missile” 18.224 98.771
3 17 Glen Reen “The People’s Car” 18.368 97.997
4 51 Justin Bonsignore* M3 Technology 18.395 97.853
5 59 Chuck Hossfeld Ed Bennett Properties 18.399 97.831
6 6 Ron Silk T.S Haulers/Calverton Tree Farm 18.415 97.746
7 93 Rowan Pennink Monk Mechanics Hand Cleaner 18.418 97.730
8 2 Todd Szegedy Wisk/Snuggle 18.450 97.561
9 58 Eric Goodale JT’s Lumber/Perimeters for the Home 18.454 97.540
10 54 Eric Berndt Northend Auto Parts 18.463 97.492
11 36 Ted Christopher Al-Lee Installations 18.466 97.476
12 3 Ryan Preece Davidson Co./Mizzy Construction 18.480 97.403
13 98 Erick Rudolph Mohawk Northeast/Original Pizza Logs 18.480 97.403
14 52 Dale Quarterley Furnace & Duct Supply 18.485 97.376
15 1 Rob Summers Frasco Fuel Oil/Merrill Electric 18.492 97.339
16 39 Richie Pallai Jr.* Bosch Spark Plugs 18.521 97.187
17 14 Jimmy Blewett Ling Trucking/Atlantic Sprinkler 18.526 97.161
18 16 Mike Stefanik Diversified Metals/R.B. Enterprises 18.548 97.046
19 8 Glenn Tyler Sypher Construction 18.556 97.004
20 50 Kevin Goodale Riverhead Building Supply 18.559 96.988
21 99 Jamie Tomaino Supreme Manufacturing 18.576 96.899
22 46 George Brunnhoelzl, III Cape Cod Aggregates/Viveiros Ins. 18.581 96.873
23 90 Renee Dupuis Union Insurance Group/SFI 18.586 96.847
24 28 Woody Pitkat Ramar-Hall/TSI Harley-Davidson 18.587 96.842
25 18 Ken Heagy Buoy One Seafood 18.634 96.598
26 05 Joe Hartmann USPA Nationwide Security 18.644 96.546
27 10 Ed Flemke Jr. Ron Bouchard’s Auto/Kleer Trimboards 18.661 96.458
28 5 Tom Rogers Jr. Frankies Towing/Steam Room 18.747 96.015
29 26 Gary McDonald Lakeland Landscape/TRC Electric 18.890 95.289
30 33 Wade Cole Perf. Engines/Kendall Oil/Ryan’s Oil 18.982 94.827
31 38 Jake Marosz Perf. Engines/Kendall Oil/Ryan’s Oil 19.622 91.734
*Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender