PRACTICE: Santos Leads at Stafford
Winner Of Last Two SMS Tour Races At It Again
STAFFORD, Conn. – One gets the feeling that Bobby Santos has Stafford Motor Speedway figured out.
A winner of five of the last 11 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour races at the historic half-mile – including the previous two – Santos is once again looking like the car to beat for tonight’s TSI Harley-Davidson 125 presented by G-Oil.
Santos, from Franklin, Mass., posted a fast lap of 18.400 seconds (97.826 mph) in practice Friday afternoon at Stafford to lead the 27 entries for tonight’s event.
In the tour’s last race at Stafford on April 28 he led practice, won the pole and took the checkered flag in the race. That came on the heels of his win in the 2012 Stafford Fall Final.
Santos was followed closely on Friday’s practice speed chart by Rowan Pennink at 18.406 (97.794) and Jimmy Blewett at 18.414 (97.752).
Ron Silk, Todd Szegedy, Eric Goodale, Doug Coby, Ted Christopher, Mike Stefanik and Zane Zeiner rounded out the top 10 in the 60-minute session.
Coors Light Pole qualifying is slated for 6 p.m., with the TSI Harley-Davidson 125 set to go green at approximately 9:15 p.m.
PRACTICE RESULTS
NWMT Stafford 6/14/13 Practice
Submitted by jcunningham on June 14, 2013 – 3:43pm
Pos No. Name Sponsor Time Speed In Lap Laps Diff
1 44 Bobby Santos Tinio Racing/Brendan Kelley Music 18.400 97.826 13 13
2 93 Rowan Pennink Monk Mechanics Hand Cleaner 18.406 97.794 22 23 0.006
3 76 Jimmy Blewett John Blewett Inc/TS Haulers 18.414 97.752 36 40 0.014
4 6 Ron Silk TS Haulers/Calverton Tree Farm 18.416 97.741 30 31 0.016
5 2 Todd Szegedy Dunleavy Repair/A&J Romano Const. 18.441 97.609 38 39 0.041
6 58 Eric Goodale Riverhead Building Supply 18.445 97.587 28 28 0.045
7 52 Doug Coby Reynolds Auto Wrecking & Furnace & Duct Supply 18.446 97.582 30 30 0.046
8 3 Ted Christopher Silver Dollar Const/Cape Cod Copper 18.453 97.545 22 31 0.053
9 22 Mike Stefanik Robert B Our Co/Canto & Sons Paving 18.464 97.487 23 24 0.064
10 25 Zane Zeiner ATC 18.465 97.482 17 35 0.065
11 16 Ryan Preece East West Marines/Diversified Metals 18.472 97.445 37 46 0.072
12 51 Justin Bonsignore M3 Technology 18.488 97.360 30 32 0.088
13 4 Donny Lia Circle Track Magazine 18.488 97.360 18 41 0.088
14 89 Timmy Solomito EM Power/Eastport Feeds 18.500 97.297 30 54 0.100
15 88 Bryon Chew Buzz Chew Chevrolet/GT Vodka 18.544 97.066 38 38 0.144
16 79 Woody Pitkat TSI Harley-Davidson/Coors Light 18.563 96.967 31 34 0.163
17 64 Ron Yuhas Jr. Fast Track Electric/Scorpion Const 18.577 96.894 29 31 0.177
18 07 Patrick Emerling Emerling Chevrolet Dealership 18.577 96.894 28 28 0.177
19 28 Ed Flemke, Jr. Ron Bouchards Auto Stores 18.603 96.759 26 26 0.203
20 73 Cole Powell* Copps BuildAll/Tricar 18.622 96.660 30 34 0.222
21 18 Ken Heagy Buoy One Seafood/Mehner Racing 18.663 96.448 15 19 0.263
22 39 Richie Pallai Jr. MAHLE Performance/Lucas Oil 18.706 96.226 46 48 0.306
23 99 Jamie Tomaino Supreme Manufacturing 18.774 95.877 11 11 0.374
24 26 Gary McDonald Lakeland Landscape Supply/TRC Elec 18.850 95.491 19 22 0.450
25 38 Brian Schofield Perf Engines/Kendall Oil/Ryan’s 18.939 95.042 7 8 0.539
26 33 Wade Cole Perf Engines/Kendall Oil/Ryan’s 18.996 94.757 7 7 0.596
Sources: Jason Cunningham/NASCAR WMT PR