Statistical Advance: Delaware 150
Selected Driver Highlights:
Eric Beers (No. 45 Chevrolet)
• Has two wins, nine poles and 67 top 10s in 164 career NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour starts.
• Is fourth in points with six top 10s in 10 races.
• Leads all drivers in laps completed with 1,479, one shy of the entire season’s total.
Justin Bonsignore (No. 51 Chevrolet)
• The 2010 Sunoco Rookie of the Year.
• Has a win, two poles and 11 top 10s in 26 starts.
• Is up to a career-best 10th in points with a win and five top-fives.
James Civali (No. 79 Pontiac)
• Has four wins a pole and 34 top 10s in 67 career NWMT starts. Also has two wins, three poles and 12 top 10s in 16 career NWSMT appearances.
• Is 12th in the 2011 NWMT standings with four top 10s in 10 races.
• Has competed in four of six NWSMT races this year and is 16th in points with three top 10s.
Doug Coby (No. 52 Chevrolet)
• Has a win, four poles and 42 top 10s in 110 career starts.
• Is sixth in points with seven top 10s in 10 races this year.
Matt Hirschman (No. 3 Chevrolet)
• Has two wins, three poles and 34 top 10s in 67 career starts.
• Is seventh in points with top-10 finishes in five of 10 races this year.
D.J. Kennington (No. 17)
• The 2010 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series champion.
• Has 10 wins, nine poles and 48 top 10s in 60 career NCATS starts.
• Is second in the current NCATS standings with a win and top 10s in seven of nine events.
• Has won two of the three all-time NCATS races in Delaware.
• Has made 47 career NASCAR Nationwide Series starts.
• An Ontario native, this will be his NWMT debut.
Rowan Pennink (No. 93 Chevrolet)
• Has a win and 33 top 10s in 67 career starts.
• Is second in points – 41 behind Ron Silk – with eight top 10s in 10 events.
• For the first time this year he did not finish on the lead lap last time out at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Cole Powell (No. 73 Chevrolet)
• An Ontario native who has run in CRA and ACT Late Models.
• Has competed in the Late Model division at Kawartha Speedway.
• This will be his NWMT debut.
Erick Rudolph (No. 98 Chevrolet)
• Has a win, a pole and 24 top 10s in 45 career starts.
• Is 11th in points with five top 10s in 10 outings.
• The closest regular NWMT driver to Ontario, he hails from Ransomville, N.Y.
Bobby Santos (No. 4 Dodge)
• Earned the 2010 NWMT championship in his first full-time season.
• Has six wins, seven poles and 29 top 10s in 53 career starts.
• Is fifth in points this year with a win, three poles and six top 10s in 10 outings.
Ron Silk (No. 6 Chevrolet)
• Has five wins, four poles and 48 top 10s in 91 career starts.
• Tops the standings by 41 point on Rowan Pennink. Has a win and six top fives in 10 races.
• Has led more laps than any driver in 2011.
Mike Stefanik (No. 16 Pontiac)
• The 1989, 1991, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002 and 2006 NWMT champion.
• Holds NWMT records for most titles (7), wins (71), poles (46), top fives (215) and top 10s (281).
• Is eighth in points with five top 10s and a win at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Todd Szegedy (No. 2 Ford)
• The 2003 NWMT champion.
• Has 16 wins, eight poles and 93 top 10s in 147 career starts.
• Is third in points with seven top 10s, including wins at Monadnock Speedway and NHMS in July. The NHMS win was the result of the disqualification of Ryan Newman.
At Delaware Speedway:
• Has been in operation for more than 55 racing seasons.
• Is a sanctioned member of the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series.
• Has played host to the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series since 2009.
• Will welcome the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour for the first international race in the Tour’s 27-year history.
Up to Speed:
• The 2011 schedule features 16 races at eight tracks across four states.
• Bobby Santos broke his own track record in qualifying for the season opener at Thompson International Speedway while Ted Christopher took the checkered flag on April 10.
• Doug Coby was the pole winner at Stafford Motor Speedway for the Spring Sizzler and Santos took home the checkered flag on May 1.
• Ron Silk won from the pole at SMS on May 27.
• Todd Szegedy followed Silk’s example as he captured the pole and led all 175 laps en route to victory at Monadnock Speedway on June 26. The race was postponed a day due to rain.
• In the second of four races at TIS this year, Christopher earned the pole and then came from outside the top 15 with 25 laps left to earn the victory on June 30.
• Ryan Newman took the pole and the checkered flag at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on July 16, but Szegedy was awarded the victory after Newman was disqualified due to post-race technical violations.
• Justin Bonsignore earned his first NWMT victory at his home track when he took the checkers at Riverhead (N.Y.) Raceway on July 30. Local competitor Howie Brode also captured his first NWMT pole award prior to the race.
• Christopher retuned to Victory Lane once again at Stafford when he took the Town Fair Tire 150 checkered flag on Aug. 5. Coby earned the pole earlier in the day.
• Mike Stefanik tied Tony Hirschman for the most NWMT career wins at NHMS with his seventh on Aug. 13. Santos earned the pole as the NWMT shared the race weekend at ‘Magic Mile’ with the IZOD IndyCar Series.
• Santos earned his third pole and Newman once again proved to be unbeatable as he led 109 of 150 laps in the NWMT-NWSMT combination race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Aug. 24.
Delaware Speedway Data
Race: #11 of 16
Track Layout: .5-mile asphalt oval
Race Length: 150 laps/75 miles
2011 Points Leaders
1. Ron Silk … 1,551
2. Rowan Pennink … 1,510
3. Todd Szegedy … 1,494
4. Eric Beers … 1,434
5. Bobby Santos … 1,401
Wins Leaders
Ted Christopher … 3
Todd Szegedy … 2
Poles Leaders
Bobby Santos … 3
Doug Coby … 2
Top Fives Leaders
Ron Silk … 6
Three drivers with … 5
Top 10s Leaders
Ron Silk … 8
Rowan Pennink … 8
Laps Led Leaders
Ron Silk … 218
Bobby Santos … 216
Laps Completed Leaders
Eric Beers … 1,479
Rowan Pennink … 1,461