PRACTICE: Lia Sets Pace At New Hampshire
Whelen Modified Tour Teams Prepare For F.W. Webb 100
LOUDON, N.H. – Donny Lia topped the speed chart in NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour practice at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Friday.
The two-time tour champion from Jericho, N.Y., lapped the Magic Mile in 28.952 seconds at an average speed of 131.556 mph, as teams prepared for Saturday's F.W. Webb 100.
Rowan Pennink was second quickest in the 95-minute practice session, turning a lap of 29.196 seconds (130.456 mph). He was followed by Ron Silk, Ted Christopher and Patrick Emerling. Completing the top 10 were Eric Beers, Doug Coby, Jimmy Blewett, Mike Stefanik and NASCAR Sprint Cup Series regular Ryan Newman.
Two of Lia's 16 career wins came at NHMS, in his championship years of 2007 and 2009. He finished eighth in the July tour race at the 1.058-mile oval.
This event marks the 12th of 14 races on the 2012 tour schedule and is the second of two visits by the tour this year to New Hampshire.
Qualifying is set to begin at 5 p.m. ET on Friday. The green flag for the F.W. Webb 100, which will be televised live on SPEED, is slated for 12:15 p.m. on Saturday.
NWMT New Hampshire 9/21/12 Practice
Pos No. Name Sponsor Best Tm Best Speed In Lap Laps Diff
1 4 Donny Lia Mystic Missile Racing 28.952 131.556 32 53
2 93 Rowan Pennink Monk Mechanics Hand Cleaner 29.196 130.456 29 50 0.244
3 6 Ron Silk T.S. Haulers/Calverton Tree Farm 29.252 130.206 21 39 0.300
4 3 Ted Christopher Cape Cod Copper/Silver Dollar Const 29.316 129.922 20 37 0.364
5 07 Patrick Emerling Emerling Chevrolet Dealership 29.325 129.882 59 59 0.373
6 45 Eric Beers Horwith Freightliner/John Blewett Inc. 29.333 129.847 18 68 0.381
7 52 Doug Coby Reynolds Auto Wrkg/Furnace & Duct 29.335 129.838 45 45 0.383
8 76 Jimmy Blewett John Blewett Inc/Atlantic Sprinkler 29.351 129.767 20 49 0.399
9 66 Mike Stefanik Canto & Sons/Robert B. Our Co. 29.353 129.758 23 34 0.401
10 7 Ryan Newman Menards, Aggressive Hydraulics 29.371 129.679 19 38 0.419
11 58 Eric Goodale Riverhead Building Supply 29.381 129.635 28 56 0.429
12 51 Justin Bonsignore M3 Technology 29.409 129.511 16 45 0.457
13 16 Ryan Preece East West Marine/Diversified Metals 29.423 129.450 47 54 0.471
14 2 Todd Szegedy Dunleavy Repar/A&J Romano Const 29.433 129.406 30 51 0.481
15 39 Richie Pallai Jr. CARQUEST Filters 29.462 129.278 34 45 0.510
16 79 Woody Pitkat Hill Enterprises/Coors Light 29.471 129.239 34 67 0.519
17 44 Bobby Santos ImperialCars.com/Tinio Corp 29.495 129.134 18 35 0.543
18 46 Eric Berndt Cape Cod Agts/North End Auto Parts 29.527 128.994 10 43 0.575
19 70 Andy Seuss Lee Vival Excavating/GEX 29.596 128.693 44 47 0.644
20 28 Ed Flemke Jr. Ron Bouchard's Auto/Raceworks TV 29.600 128.676 27 60 0.648
21 50 Matt Hirschmann Heritage Wide Plank Flooring 29.618 128.597 25 53 0.666
22 71 Rob Fuller Draco Springs 29.646 128.476 11 34 0.694
23 88 Bryon Chew Buzz Chew Chevrolet/Elbow East 29.653 128.446 10 18 0.701
24 64 Ron Yuhas Jr. Hughes Motors/Complete Const 29.662 128.407 24 49 0.710
25 18 Ken Heagy Buoy One Seafood/MacLad Drywall 29.769 127.945 5 22 0.817
26 99 Jamie Tomaino Supreme Manufacturing 29.973 127.074 21 24 1.021
27 82 Mike Christopher Conn. Trailers/Martino & Binzer 30.060 126.707 27 30 1.108
28 73 Cole Powell* Tricar/Copps Buildall 30.239 125.957 66 69 1.287
29 68 Johnny Bush III Two Brothers Scrap Metal 30.307 125.674 14 24 1.355
30 38 Steve Dickey* Perf Engines/Kendall Oil/Ryan's 31.025 122.766 40 40 2.073
31 33 Wade Cole Perf Engines/Kendall Oil/Ryan's 31.082 122.540 11 20 2.130
* Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender
Sources: Kevin W. Green/NASCAR PR