PRACTICE: Pitkat On A Roll
Led Practice In Preparation For Thompson World Series
THOMPSON, Conn. – Woody Pitkat paced practice Saturday morning at Thompson International Speedway in preparation for Sunday’s Sunoco-Town Fair Tire World Series NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season finale.
Pitkat, from Stafford, Conn., posted a fast lap of 18.602 seconds (120.955 mph) during the one hour practice session at the .625-mile speedway. Pitkat led a career-high 128 laps last time out at Stafford Motor Speedway and tied his career-best finish with a runner-up effort.
Pitkat will be gunning for his first career Coors Light Pole Award later today in Whelen Modified Tour qualifying at 2:15 p.m.
Like Pitkat, Stafford race winner Bobby Santos also kept the momentum going at Thompson. He posted a fast lap of 18.621 (120.831) to finish second on the speed chart. Eric Berndt was third at 18.698 (120.334).
Ryan Preece, Bryon Chew, Keith Rocco, Rowan Pennink, Tom Rogers Jr., Justin Bonsigore and Ron Silk brought home the top 10 in the practice session.
The Sunoco-Town Fair Tire World Series will feature a three-way battle for the 2012 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour title. Doug Coby, who finished 12th on the speed chart in practice, leads Preece by 17 points and defending champ Silk by 18.
The finale is set to go green at approximately 3:15 p.m., on Sunday.
PRACTICE
NWMT Thompson 10/14/12 Practice
Submitted by jcunningham on October 13, 2012 – 12:47pm
Pos No. Name Team Speed Time In Lap Laps Diff
1 79 Woody Pitkat Hill Enterprises/Coors Light 120.955 18.602 24 26
2 44 Bobby Santos ImperialCars.com/Tinio Corp 120.831 18.621 14 14 0.019
3 46 Eric Berndt Cape Cod Agts/North End Auto Parts 120.385 18.690 26 36 0.088
4 16 Ryan Preece East West Marine/Diversified Metals 120.334 18.698 33 33 0.096
5 88 Bryon Chew Buzz Chew Chevrolet/Elbow East 120.321 18.700 5 31 0.098
6 3 Keith Rocco* Cape Cod Copper/Silver Dollar Const. 120.250 18.711 20 25 0.109
7 93 Rowan Pennink Monk Mechanics Hand Cleaner 120.224 18.715 23 33 0.113
8 9 Tom Rogers, Jr. Planet Earth Recycling & Recovery 120.167 18.724 31 33 0.122
9 51 Justin Bonsignore M3 Technology 120.128 18.730 24 30 0.128
10 6 Ron Silk T.S. Haulers/Calverton Tree Farm 120.019 18.747 28 30 0.145
11 2 Todd Szegedy Dunleavy Repair/A&J Romano Const. 119.942 18.759 35 37 0.157
12 52 Doug Coby Reynolds Auto Wrkg/Furnace & Duct 119.923 18.762 32 32 0.160
13 07 Patrick Emerling Emerling Chevrolet Dealership 119.840 18.775 18 28 0.173
14 10 Tommy Barrett Jr.* Friends of Teto Racing/Make-A-Wish 119.547 18.821 41 41 0.219
15 11 Andy Seuss Rahmoc Racing Eng/Phoenix Pre-Owned 119.477 18.832 33 33 0.230
16 50 Kevin Goodale Heritage Wide Plank Flooring 119.281 18.863 30 32 0.261
17 45 Eric Beers Horwith Freightliner/John Blewett Inc. 119.136 18.886 5 34 0.284
18 71 Rob Fuller Draco Springs 118.859 18.930 15 16 0.328
19 4 Donny Lia Mystic Missile Racing 118.809 18.938 11 24 0.336
20 64 Ron Yuhas Jr. Hughes Motors/Complete Construction 118.552 18.979 4 8 0.377
21 57 Shawn Solomito Acme Sanitay Service/Empower Capital/SS Motorsports 118.508 18.986 49 49 0.384
22 99 Jamie Tomaino Supreme Manufacturing 118.321 19.016 12 13 0.414
23 28 Ed Flemke Jr. Ron Bouchard's Auto/Raceworks TV 118.284 19.022 12 26 0.420
24 82 Ted Christopher M&T Enterprises 118.259 19.026 14 27 0.424
25 18 Ken Heagy Buoy One Seafood/MacLad Drywall 118.110 19.050 31 40 0.448
26 73 Cole Powell* Tricar/Copps BuildAll 117.925 19.080 19 45 0.478
27 68 Johnny Bush Two Brothers Scrap Metal 115.788 19.432 30 30 0.830
28 66 Mike Stefanik Town Line Farm/Cady's Tavern 115.025 19.561 2 3 0.959
29 58 Eric Goodale Riverhead Building Supply 113.253 19.867 10 13 1.265
30 33 Wade Cole Perf Engines/Kendall Oil/Ryan's 111.724 20.139 5 9 1.537
31 38 Steve Dickey* Perf Engines/Kendall Oil/Ryan's 57.220 39.322 1 1 20.720
Sources: Jason Cunningham/NASCAR WMT PR