PRACTICE: Santos Still Fast at Stafford
Led CARQUEST 150 Whelen Mod Practice Friday Afternoon
STAFFORD, Conn. – Bobby Santos knows Stafford Motor Speedway.
The pole winner in three of the last five NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour races there, and victor of two of the last three, Santos once again pacing the field at the historic half mile after he led afternoon practice for the CARQUEST 150.
Santos, a native of Franklin, Mass., led the 26-car field with a fast lap of 18.465 seconds (97.482 mph) in the one-hour afternoon practice session.
Ron Silk finished second-fastest in practice at 18.526 (97.161) followed by defending race winner Doug Coby at 18.566 (96.951).
Todd Szegedy, Ted Christopher, Mike Stefanik, Cole Powell, Bryon Chew, Rowan Pennink and Donny Lia brought home the top 10.
Season points leader and winner of the last Stafford tour race, Ryan Preece finished 11th on the speed chart.
As the victor of the CARQUEST Spring Sizzler earlier this season, Santos is eligible for the CARQUEST Triple Crown bonus of $25,000 of the same driver wins all three Whelen Modified Tour races sponsored by the company at Stafford this season.
Coors Light Pole qualifying for the CARQUEST 150 is slated for 6 p.m., with the race set for approximately 9:15 p.m.
PRACTICE RESULTS
NWMT Stafford 8/2/13 Practice
Submitted by jcunningham on August 2, 2013 – 3:53pm
Pos No. Name Sponsor Time Speed In Lap Diff
1 44 Bobby Santos Tinio Racing/Brendan Kelley Music 18.465 97.482 23
2 6 Ron Silk TS Haulers/Calverton Tree Farm 18.526 97.161 37 0.061
3 52 Doug Coby Furnace & Duct Supply/Seekonk Grand Prix 18.566 96.951 26 0.101
4 2 Todd Szegedy Dunleavy Truck & Trailer/Montanari Fuel 18.567 96.946 36 0.102
5 3 Ted Christopher Silver Dollar Const/Cape Cod Copper 18.569 96.936 21 0.104
6 22 Mike Stefanik Robert B Our Co/Canto & Sons Paving 18.602 96.764 23 0.137
7 73 Cole Powell* Copps BuildAll/Tricar 18.604 96.753 26 0.139
8 88 Bryon Chew Buzz Chew Chevrolet/Elbow East 18.613 96.707 32 0.148
9 93 Rowan Pennink Monk Mechanics Hand Cleaner 18.618 96.681 33 0.153
10 4 Donny Lia Circle Track Magazine 18.622 96.660 27 0.157
11 16 Ryan Preece East West Marines/Diversified Metals 18.675 96.386 30 0.210
12 46 Eric Berndt North End Auto Parts/Cape Cod Agrgts 18.684 96.339 39 0.219
13 64 Ron Yuhas Jr. Fast Track Electric/Hughes Motors 18.712 96.195 37 0.247
14 07 Patrick Emerling Emerling Chevrolet Dealership 18.728 96.113 31 0.263
15 79 Woody Pitkat Mr. Rooter/Coors Light 18.755 95.974 26 0.290
16 58 Eric Goodale Riverhead Building Supply 18.758 95.959 23 0.293
17 39 Richie Pallai Jr. MAHLE Performance/Lucas Oil 18.764 95.928 35 0.299
18 89 Timmy Solomito* EMPower/Eastport Feeds 18.789 95.801 37 0.324
19 51 Justin Bonsignore M3 Technology 18.801 95.740 32 0.336
20 59 Renee Dupuis Space Fitters 18.829 95.597 34 0.364
21 28 Ed Flemke, Jr. Ron Bouchards Auto Stores 18.885 95.314 28 0.420
22 99 Jamie Tomaino Supreme Manufacturing 18.938 95.047 14 0.473
23 18 Ken Heagy Buoy One Seafood/Mehner Racing 19.071 94.384 19 0.606
24 26 Gary McDonald Lakeland Landscape Supply/TRC Elec 19.169 93.902 33 0.704
25 33 Wade Cole Perf Engines/Kendall Oil/Ryan’s 19.325 93.144 16 0.860
26 38 Brian Schofield Perf Engines/Kendall Oil/Ryan’s 19.647 91.617 9 1.182
Sources: Jason Cunningham/ NASCAR WMT PR