Preece Rolls at Monadnock
Leads Every Lap For Fourth Career Whelen Modified Victory
WINCHESTER, N.H. — Ryan Preece converted his third Coors Light Pole Award into his first win of the season Saturday night with a victory in the Whitcomb 200 presented by Mobix & Town Fair Tire at Monadnock Speedway.
Preece led every lap of the season's third race and took the checkered flag 1.423 seconds in front of runner-up Doug Coby. Todd Szegedy, the 2011 race winner, finished third. Justin Bonsignore and Ron Silk finished fourth and fifth, respectively.
Silk, the points leader, maintained a one-point advantage in the standings over Coby. Preece is four points behind Silk.
It is Preece's fourth career win and earned him a locked-in spot at the UNOH Battle At The Beach on the .400-mile oval at Daytona International Speedway next February.
The 21-year-old Berlin, Conn., finished second (2009) and sixth (2010) in tour points before winning the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series SK Modified Division champion at Stafford (Conn.) Motor Speedway last year. His previous tour wins came at Martinsville in 2008, and Riverhead and Stafford in 2009.
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Donny Lia finished sixth at Monadnock, followed by Mike Stefanik, Eric Beers, Ed Flemke Jr., and rookie Keith Rocco.
The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour will next race at the TSI Harley-Davidson 125 at Stafford on Friday, May 25.
RESULTS | LAP-BY-LAP RECAP | DOUG COBY POST-RACE COMMENTS | TODD SZEGEDY POST-RACE COMMENTS
NWMT Monadnock 5/12/12 Results
Fin Str Car Driver Team Laps Points B/Points Status
1 1 16 Ryan Preece Diversified Metals /R.B. Enterprises Ford 175 48 5 Running
2 2 52 Doug Coby Reynolds Auto Wrkg/Furnace & Duct Chevrolet 175 42 Running
3 3 2 Todd Szegedy Dunleavy Repair/A&J Romano Const. Ford 175 41 Running
4 14 51 Justin Bonsignore M3 Technology Chevrolet 175 40 Running
5 8 6 Ron Silk Reynolds Auto Wrkg/Schnitzer Chevrolet 175 39 Running
6 17 4 Donny Lia Mystic Missile Racing Dodge 175 38 Running
7 9 66 Mike Stefanik Sheraton Harborside Portsmouth Chevrolet 175 37 Running
8 22 45 Eric Beers Howrith Freightliner/John Blewett Inc Ford 175 36 Running
9 20 28 Ed Flemke, Jr. Ron Bouchard's Autos/Raceworks TV Chevrolet 175 35 Running
10 6 3 Keith Rocco * Cape Cod Copper/Silver Dollar Const. Chevrolet 175 34 Running
11 19 99 Jamie Tomaino Supreme Manufacturing Chevrolet 175 33 Running
12 5 36 Ted Christopher Al-Lee Installations Chevrolet 175 32 Running
13 12 70 Andy Seuss Rockingham Boat/Lee Vinal Excavating Chevrolet 175 31 Running
14 16 76 Jimmy Blewett John Blewett Inc./Ling Trucking Chevrolet 175 30 Running
15 24 18 Ken Heagy Buoy One Seafood/MacLad Drywall Chevrolet 174 29 Running
16 7 64 Ron Yuhas, Jr. Hughes Motors/DreamRide.org Chevrolet 174 28 Running
17 10 88 Bryon Chew Buzz Chew Chevrolet/GT Vodka Chevrolet 174 27 Running
18 21 59 Renee Dupuis Union Insurance Group Chevrolet 172 26 Running
19 26 26 Gary McDonald Lakeland Landscape /TRC Electric Pontiac 171 25 Running
20 11 07 Patrick Emerling Emerling Chevrolet Ford 136 24 Accident
21 13 46 Eric Berndt Cape Cod Agts/North End Auto Parts Chevrolet 136 23 Running
22 15 0 Jerry Marquis Cliff Nelson/AARN/LIModManiac Chevrolet 134 22 Suspension
23 4 79 Jon McKennedy Hill Enterprises/Coors Light Pontiac 124 21 Accident
24 18 58 Eric Goodale Riverhead Building Supply Chevrolet 97 20 Engine
25 23 33 Wade Cole Perf. Engines/Kendall Oil,/Ryan's Chevrolet 81 19 Overheating
26 25 38 Kyle Spencer * Perf. Engines/Kendall Oil,/Ryan's Chevrolet 42 18 Suspension
RACE STATISTICS
Fastest Qualifier: Ryan Preece, Time: 12.315 Seconds, Speed: 73.082 mph
Time of Race: 1 hrs., 1 mins, 47 secs Average Speed: 42.487 mph Margin of Victory: 1.423 Seconds
Caution Flags: Laps 4-8 (#46 & #0 spin in Turn 3); 62-67 (#33 spins in Turn 2); 72-78 (#64 spins in Turn 2); 94-104 (#99 spins in Turn 2); 113-115 (#64 spins in Turn 4); 118-123 (#59 #36 spin on frontstretch and backstretch); 125-128 (#79 hits Turn 1 wall); 131-134 (#64 & #26 spin in Turn 3); 136-145 (#88, #18, #99, #64, #07, #59, #70, #3 spin in Turn 3); 147-150 (#59 stops on frontstretch). 10 for 60 laps.
Lap Leaders: Ryan Preece 1-175.
Total Laps Led: Ryan Preece 175. 0 changes involving 1 drivers.
Top 5 Driver Points: Ron Silk 126, Doug Coby 125, Ryan Preece 122, Mike Stefanik 113, Jimmy Blewett 109
* Denotes Rookie of the Year Contender
Sources: Jason Christley/NASCAR WMT PR