PRACTICE: Szegedy Sets Pace In Practice
Whelen Modified Tour at Lime Rock for lone road race this year
Szegedy’s lap of 53.909 seconds (100.169 mph) was quickest during Friday’s two practice sessions as teams prepared for the NASCAR Whelen Modified 66/99 presented by Town Fair Tire.
The Ridgefield, Conn., driver won the pole winner and led all but the last four laps, settling for second, when the tour made its inaugural visit to the 1.5-mile, eight-turn road course last year.
Justin Bonsignore was second quickest in the second practice session, with a lap of 54.178 seconds (99.671 mph). He was followed by Mike Stefanik and Ron Silk. James Civali was fifth fastest in the 45-minute session. Richie Pallai Jr., Rowan Pennink, Erick Rudolph, Kevin Goodale and Eric Goodale rounded out the top 10 for the second session.
Ted Christopher was ninth quickest in the first round of practice, but went off course and bent the left front spindle on his No. 36 Al-Lee Installations/M&T Enterprises Chevrolet. He missed the second round, waiting on his crew to retrieve a replacement spindle from their shop.
Christopher and Stefanik are both former winners at Lime Rock Park in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East.
Qualifying is slated to begin at 4 p.m. on Friday afternoon.
A final practice session is set for 9:45 a.m. on Saturday, with the green flag for the NASCAR Whelen Modified 66/99 presented by Town Fair Tire set for 1:30 p.m.
NWMT Lime Rock 9/17/11 Practice
Submitted by jcunningham on September 16, 2011 – 12:00pm
Second Practice
Pos No. Name Sponsor Speed Time
1 2 Todd Szegedy Wisk Detergent/A&J Romano Const. 100.169 53.909
2 51 Justin Bonsignore M3 Technology 99.671 54.178
3 16 Mike Stefanik Diversified Metals/R.B. Enterprises 99.585 54.225
4 6 Ron Silk T.S Haulers/Calverton Tree Farm 99.431 54.309
5 79 James Civali Hill Enterprises/Coors Light 98.699 54.712
6 39 Richie Pallai Jr. Bosch Spark Plugs 98.686 54.719
7 93 Rowan Pennink Monk Mechanics Hand Cleaner 98.569 54.784
8 98 Erick Rudolph Mohawk N.E./Original Pizza Logs 98.562 54.788
9 50 Kevin Goodale Riverhead Building Supply 97.745 55.246
10 58 Eric Goodale Perimeters for the Home 97.711 55.265
11 4 Bobby Santos Mystic Missile 97.440 55.419
12 45 Eric Beers John Blewett Inc./Horwith Freightliner 97.336 55.478
13 07 Patrick Emerling* Emerling Chevrolet 97.084 55.622
14 52 Doug Coby Reynolds Auto Wrecking/Johnson Landscaping 96.807 55.781
15 99 Jamie Tomaino Supreme Manufacturing 95.592 56.490
16 10 Ed Flemke Jr. Ron Bouchard’s Auto Stores 95.472 56.561
17 3 Matt Hirschman Cape Cod Copper/Riverview 95.248 56.694
18 33 Wade Cole Perf. Engines/Kendall Oil/ Ryan’s Oil 94.091 57.391
19 46 Eric Berndt Cape Cod Agts./North End Auto Parts 93.978 57.460
20 88 Bryon Chew* Buzz Chew Chevrolet/GT Vodka 92.790 58.196
First Practice
Pos No. Name Sponsor Speed Time
1 2 Todd Szegedy Wisk Detergent/A&J Romano Const. 98.926 54.586
2 6 Ron Silk T.S Haulers/Calverton Tree Farm 98.917 54.591
3 16 Mike Stefanik Diversified Metals/R.B. Enterprises 98.325 54.920
4 58 Eric Goodale Perimeters for the Home 97.876 55.172
5 98 Erick Rudolph Mohawk N.E./Original Pizza Logs 97.690 55.277
6 51 Justin Bonsignore M3 Technology 97.640 55.305
7 52 Doug Coby Reynolds Auto Wrecking/Johnson Landscaping 97.579 55.340
8 39 Richie Pallai Jr. Bosch Spark Plugs 97.520 55.373
9 36 Ted Christopher Al-Lee Installations/M&T Enterprises 97.317 55.489
10 79 James Civali Hill Enterprises/Coors Light 97.317 55.489
11 50 Kevin Goodale Riverhead Building Supply 96.712 55.836
12 4 Bobby Santos Mystic Missile 96.611 55.894
13 07 Patrick Emerling* Emerling Chevrolet 96.446 55.990
14 93 Rowan Pennink Monk Mechanics Hand Cleaner 96.423 56.003
15 45 Eric Beers Horwith Freightliner/John Blewett Inc. 93.866 57.529
16 88 Bryon Chew* Buzz Chew Chevrolet/GT Vodka 93.851 57.538
17 3 Matt Hirschman Cape Cod Copper/Riverview 93.537 57.731
18 99 Jamie Tomaino Supreme Manufacturing 92.839 58.165
19 46 Eric Berndt Cape Cod Agts./North End Auto Parts 92.238 58.544
20 33 Wade Cole Perf. Engines/Kendall Oil/Ryan’s Oil 91.832 58.803
21 10 Ed Flemke Jr. Ron Bouchard’s Auto Stores 91.529 58.998
*Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender
Sources: Kevin W. Green/NASCAR WMT PR