PRACTICE: Lia Leads in Loudon
Fastest In Morning Session At “Magic Mile”
LOUDON, N.H. – Donny Lia led the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour field Friday morning in Town Fair Tire 100 practice at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Lia, from Jericho, N.Y., posted a fast lap of 130.891 mph late in the nearly two-hour practice session.
The driver of the No. 4 Circle Track Magazine Dodge, Lia will look for his third career win at NHMS this weekend. His first two came in his championship seasons of 2007 and 2009. He was also the Coors Light Pole winner in the tour’s last trip to Loudon in September 2012.
Also making a late charge up the speed chart in practice, Bryon Chew finished second on the board at 129.732 mph. Ted Christopher, who led the majority of the session, finished third at 129.644 mph.
Todd Szegedy, Ron Yuhas Jr., Andy Seuss, Bobby Santos, Ryan Preece, Doug Coby and Eric Goodale rounded out the top 10 of 32 cars that participated in practice.
Three cars had trouble during the session. Defending race winner Mike Stefanik and Justin Bonsignore both suffered engine issues and are going to back-ups while Jacob Dore – a first-time tour participant – suffered an accident with right front damage.
Coors Light Pole qualifying for the Whelen Modified Tour is slated for later today at approximately 4:45 p.m.
The Town Fair Tire 100 is scheduled for Saturday at 1 p.m., and will air live on SPEED.
PRACTICE RESULTS
NWMT New Hampshire 7/13/13 Practice
Submitted by jcunningham on July 12, 2013 – 11:27am
Pos No. Name Sponsor Time Speed In Lap Laps Diff
1 4 Donny Lia Circle Track Magazine 29.099 130.891 50 51
2 88 Bryon Chew Buzz Chew Chevrolet/Elbow East 29.359 129.732 36 36 0.260
3 3 Ted Christopher Silver Dollar Const/Cape Cod Copper 29.379 129.644 14 29 0.280
4 2 Todd Szegedy Dunleavy Repair/A&J Romano Const. 29.426 129.437 58 59 0.327
5 64 Ron Yuhas Jr. Fast Track Electric/Scorpion Const. 29.426 129.437 41 41 0.327
6 11 Andy Seuss Tammie Davis/Phoenix Pre-Owned 29.463 129.274 54 55 0.364
7 44 Bobby Santos Tinio Racing/Brendan Kelley Music 29.467 129.256 22 26 0.368
8 16 Ryan Preece East West Marine/Diversified Metals 29.478 129.208 27 30 0.379
9 52 Doug Coby Furnace & Duct/Seekonk Grand Prix 29.499 129.116 38 39 0.400
10 58 Eric Goodale Riverhead Building Supply 29.507 129.081 72 72 0.408
11 72 Chuck Hossfeld Jerry Gradl Motors 29.519 129.029 25 32 0.420
12 93 Rowan Pennink Monk Mechanics Hand Cleaner 29.541 128.933 41 50 0.442
13 76 Jimmy Blewett John Blewett Inc./Sims Metal Mgmt. 29.563 128.837 25 32 0.464
14 6 Ron Silk TS Haulers/Calverton Tree Farm 29.564 128.832 43 47 0.465
15 7 Ryan Newman Menards/Wix Filters 29.582 128.754 43 43 0.483
16 79 Woody Pitkat Mr. Rooter/Coors Light 29.600 128.676 15 46 0.501
17 51 Justin Bonsignore SEM/M3 Technology 29.769 127.945 27 29 0.670
18 46 Eric Berndt Cape Cod Aggts/North End Auto Parts 29.772 127.932 32 34 0.673
19 07 Patrick Emerling Emerling Chevrolet Dealership 29.776 127.915 19 37 0.677
20 28 Ed Flemke, Jr. Ron Bouchards Auto Stores 29.779 127.902 15 35 0.680
21 39 Richie Pallai Jr. MAHLE Performance/Lucas Oil 29.925 127.278 18 56 0.826
22 15 Rob Fuller 15-40 Connection 29.983 127.032 33 47 0.884
23 73 Cole Powell* Copps BuildAll/Tricar 30.039 126.795 22 48 0.940
24 22 Mike Stefanik Robert B Our Co/Canto & Sons Paving 30.123 126.442 5 8 1.024
25 99 Jamie Tomaino Supreme Manufacturing 30.156 126.303 15 26 1.057
26 18 Ken Heagy Buoy One Seafood/Mehner Racing 30.377 125.384 22 23 1.278
27 26 Gary McDonald Lakeland Landscape/TRC Electric 30.565 124.613 33 37 1.466
28 5 Kyle Ebersole Ebersole Excavating 30.820 123.582 35 38 1.721
29 97 Bryan Dauzat O.B. Builders 30.914 123.206 63 72 1.815
30 19 Jacob Dore* Harold Estey Lumber/Perkins Paving 31.301 121.683 12 15 2.202
31 33 Wade Cole Perf. Engines/Kendall Oil/Ryan’s 31.471 121.026 14 17 2.372
32 38 Brian Schofield Perf. Engines/Kendall Oil/Ryan’s 31.624 120.440 19 27 2.525
Sources: Jason Cunningham/NASCAR WMT PR