Solomito Makes Move When It Counts
Late Pass at Seekonk Earns Him Fourth Whelen Modified Victory
SEEKONK, Massachusetts — When it was go-time, Timmy Solomito didn’t hesitate.
The Islip, New York, driver muscled his way past Doug Coby on Lap 114 and then held off the three-time champion as well as championship contender Justin Bonsignore to win Saturday night’s AnytimeRealty.com 150 at Seekonk Speedway.
It was Solomito’s fourth NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour win of the season.
Solomito started alongside Coby on the Lap 112 restart. After failing to get by on the outside on the first lap, Solomito fell into line behind Coby coming off Turn 4 and then drove low into Turn 1. Solomito’s left side tires kicked up dirt and grass and the two banged side nerf bars as Solomito emerged from Turn 2 with the lead.
“It was time to go,” said Solomito. “There was 30-something laps to go and you’re racing on a tight track. Yea, I got down on the grass there, got a little sideways. But we were able to sneak by him. That’s all that mattered. At the end of the day, we were able to do it.”
A late caution set up a green-white-checkered finish that pushed the race to 151 laps. Solomito was able to get away on the final restart as Bonsignore edged Coby for second.
Coby won his eighth Coors Light Pole Award of the season earlier in the day and led a race-high 108 laps. The finish allowed Coby to maintain his 20-point lead over Bonsignore, while Solomito moved four points closer and sits 36 points out with three races remaining.
Matt Hirschman finished fourth at Seekonk, followed by Bobby Santos.
Eric Goodale, Jimmy Blewett, Rowan Pennink, Chase Dowling and Jeff Goodale completed the top 10.
The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour will run in the F.W. Webb 100 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday, Sept. 24.
RESULTS | RACE CENTRAL REPLAY
NWMT Seekonk 9/10/16 Results
Whelen Modified Tour
Race: NWMT Seekonk 9/10/16
PRINTABLE FORMAT (PDF)
Fin Str Car Driver Team Laps Points B/Points Status
1 6 16 Timmy Solomito Diversified Metals Ford 151 47 4 Running
2 3 51 Justin Bonsignore Phoenix Communications Inc. Chevrolet 151 43 1 Running
3 1 2 Doug Coby Dunleavy Repair/A&J Romano Const Chevrolet 151 43 2 Running
4 8 60 Matt Hirschman Boykins Spaniel Rescue Chevrolet 151 40 Running
5 7 44 Bobby Santos Tinio Corp. /Dan Kelley/Curb Records Chevrolet 151 39 Running
6 5 58 Eric Goodale GAF Roofing Chevrolet 151 38 Running
7 17 4 Jimmy Blewett Starrett Tools/Mayhew Tools Dodge 151 37 Running
8 18 3 Rowan Pennink Cape Cod Copper/Canto Paving Chevrolet 151 36 Running
9 14 9 Chase Dowling Cape Cod Aggregates/J&R Pre-Cast/S&S/Dunleavy’s 151 35 Running
10 24 46 Jeff Goodale Riverhead Building Supply Chevrolet 151 34 Running
11 16 36 Dave Sapienza Frankie’s Towing/Wine Country Chevrolet 151 33 Running
12 11 89 Matt Swanson * Central Mass Tree Chevrolet 151 32 Running
13 9 20 Max Zachem Lu-Mac’s Package Store/VWS Chevrolet 151 31 Running
14 19 56 Craig Lutz * Lutz Motorsports Chevrolet 151 30 Running
15 4 8 Donny Lia Sypher Construction/Bardahl Chevrolet 151 29 Running
16 10 82 Ron Silk Horton Avenue Materials Chevrolet 151 28 Running
17 2 64 Rob Summers HTE/Dell Electric/Complete Const. Chevrolet 151 27 Running
18 13 59 Nick Salva * Seekonk Grand Prix Chevrolet 151 26 Running
19 20 99 Jamie Tomaino Dunleavy’s Repair/Atlantic Sprinkler Chevrolet 151 25 Running
20 15 85 Woody Pitkat Stuart’s Automotive Chevrolet 151 24 Running
21 23 26 Gary McDonald Lakeland Landscape /TRC Electric Chevrolet 151 23 Running
22 12 13 Anthony Nocella * Cape Cod Aggregates/Nocella Paving Chevrolet 150 22 Running
23 27 38 Gary Byington * Perf. Engines/Kendall Oil Chevrolet 150 21 Running
24 26 68 Johnny Bush JB Stone Chevrolet 146 20 Running
25 21 39 Calvin Carroll * Power with Prestige Chevrolet 97 19 Running
26 25 1 Melissa Fifield Eastern Propane & Oil Chevrolet 87 18 Electrical
27 22 33 Wade Cole Perf. Engines/Kendall Oil Chevrolet 31 17 Leaking fluid
RACE STATISTICS
Fastest Qualifier: Doug Coby, Time: 12.179 Seconds, Speed: 97.545 mph
Time of Race: 0 hrs., 52 mins, 43 secs Average Speed: 56.715 mph Margin of Victory: 0.236 Seconds
Caution Flags: Laps 7-11; 24-28; 43-46; 68-75; 102-111; 118-127; 144-148. 7 for 47 laps.
Lap Leaders: Doug Coby 1-11, Justin Bonsignore 12, Doug Coby 13-28, Justin Bonsignore 29, Doug Coby 30-74, Timmy Solomito 75-76, Doug Coby 77-111, Timmy Solomito 112-113, Doug Coby 114, Timmy Solomito 115-147, Justin Bonsignore 148, Timmy Solomito 149-151.
Total Laps Led: Doug Coby 108, Timmy Solomito 40, Justin Bonsignore 3. 11 changes involving 3 drivers.
Top 10 Driver Points: Doug Coby 556, Justin Bonsignore 536, Timmy Solomito 520, Donny Lia 482, Eric Goodale 481, Max Zachem 472, Ron Silk 462, Jimmy Blewett 454, Chase Dowling 449, Rowan Pennink 440
Next Race: New Hampshire
STANDINGS
2016 Driver Standings: Seekonk
Whelen Modified Tour
Race:
NWMT Oswego 9/3/16
Print Version (PDF) | Owner Standings | Rookie & Contingency Award Standings
Pos Driver Name Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10
1 Doug Coby 556 14 4 8 11
2 Justin Bonsignore 536 14 2 10 11
3 Timmy Solomito 520 14 4 7 8
4 Donny Lia 482 14 0 4 8
5 Eric Goodale 481 14 1 4 9
6 Max Zachem 472 14 0 2 9
7 Ron Silk 462 14 1 3 8
8 Jimmy Blewett 454 13 1 5 9
9 Chase Dowling 449 14 0 2 6
10 Rowan Pennink 440 14 0 2 7
11 Bobby Santos 434 14 1 3 6
12 Matt Swanson * 432 14 0 1 4
13 Jeff Goodale 403 14 0 2 5
14 Jamie Tomaino 392 14 0 0 1
15 Rob Summers 389 14 0 2 3
16 Craig Lutz * 365 13 0 0 3
17 Brendon Bock 354 11 0 1 5
18 Dave Sapienza 353 13 0 1 1
19 Gary McDonald 344 14 0 0 0
20 Wade Cole 316 14 0 0 0
21 Woody Pitkat 284 10 0 1 5
22 Shawn Solomito 274 9 0 1 3
23 Melissa Fifield 273 14 0 0 0
24 Ryan Preece 235 7 0 2 5
25 Ken Heagy 200 8 0 0 1
26 Andrew Krause * 195 8 0 0 0
27 Patrick Emerling 190 5 0 4 4
28 Todd Szegedy 120 3 0 2 3
29 Nick Salva * 78 4 0 0 0
30 Ryan Newman 72 2 0 1 1
31 Ted Christopher 61 2 0 0 0
32 Johnny Bush 57 2 0 0 0
33 Frank Vigliarolo, Jr. 54 2 0 0 1
34 Tom Rogers, Jr. 52 2 0 1 1
35 Vincent Biondolillo * 52 2 0 0 0
36 Gary Putnam 43 2 0 0 0
37 Matt Hirschman 40 1 0 1 1
38 Walter Sutcliffe Jr. * 39 2 0 0 0
39 Chuck Hossfeld 38 1 0 0 1
40 Jimmy Zacharias 33 1 0 0 0
41 Dave Salzarulo 29 2 0 0 0
42 Tom Adele, Jr. 28 1 0 0 0
43 Andy Seuss 28 1 0 0 0
44 George Brunnhoelzl III 27 1 0 0 0
45 Jr Bertuccio 27 1 0 0 0
46 Jason Agugliaro * 27 1 0 0 0
47 John Fortin 24 1 0 0 0
48 Kyle Soper * 22 1 0 0 0
49 Bryan Dauzat 22 1 0 0 0
50 Anthony Nocella * 22 1 0 0 0
51 Gary Byington * 21 1 0 0 0
52 Jerry Solomito * 20 1 0 0 0
53 Troy Talman 19 1 0 0 0
54 Calvin Carroll * 19 1 0 0 0
* Denotes Sunoco Rookie of the Year candidate
STANDINGS
2016 Owner Standings: Seekonk
Whelen Modified Tour
Race:
NWMT Riverhead 8/27/16
Print Version (PDF) | Driver Standings | Rookie & Contingency Award Standings
Pos Owner Name Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Attempts
1 Mike Smeriglio III #2 556 14 4 8 11 14
2 Ken Massa #51 536 14 2 10 11 14
3 Eric Sanderson #16 520 14 4 7 8 14
4 Robert Garbarino #4 492 14 1 5 10 14
5 Mark Sypher #8 482 14 0 4 8 14
6 Edgar Goodale #58 481 14 1 4 9 14
7 Ken Zachem #20 472 14 0 2 9 14
8 Danny Watts Jr. #82 462 14 1 3 8 14
9 Robert Katon Jr. #9 449 14 0 2 6 14
10 Jan Boehler #3 440 14 0 2 7 14
11 Mike Curb #44 434 14 1 3 6 14
12 John Swanson #89 432 14 0 1 4 14
13 Russell Goodale #46 403 14 0 2 5 14
14 Brittany Tomaino #99 392 14 0 0 1 14
15 Mike Murphy #64 389 14 0 2 3 14
16 Renee Lutz #56 365 13 0 0 3 13
17 George Bock #29 354 11 0 1 5 11
18 Judy Thilburg #36 353 13 0 1 1 13
19 Sean McDonald #26 344 14 0 0 0 14
20 Wade Cole #38 316 14 0 0 0 14
21 Kevin Stuart #85 284 10 0 1 5 10
22 Wayne Anderson #75 274 9 0 1 3 9
23 Kenneth Fifield #01 273 14 0 0 0 14
24 Constance Partridge #6 235 7 0 2 5 7
25 Robert Pollifrone #18 200 8 0 0 1 8
26 Cliff Krause #24 195 8 0 0 0 8
27 Jennifer Emerling #07 190 5 0 4 4 5
28 Rob Fuller #15 120 3 0 2 3 3
29 Linda Rodenbaugh #38 96 5 0 0 0 6
30 Ed Bennett, III #59 78 4 0 0 0 4
31 Mike Curb #77 76 3 0 0 0 3
32 Brian Brady #00 61 2 0 0 0 2
33 Michelle Biondolillo #06 52 2 0 0 0 2
34 Michael Loomis #68 42 2 0 0 0 2
35 Joe Ambrose #0 40 1 0 1 1 1
36 Roy Hall #60 40 1 0 1 1 1
37 Mike Curb #77 39 1 0 1 1 1
38 Steven Sutcliffe #78 39 2 0 0 0 2
39 Tim Thilberg #5 35 1 0 0 1 1
40 Danny Watts, Jr. #71 33 1 0 0 0 1
41 Tom Adele, Sr. #32 28 1 0 0 0 1
42 Steve Seuss #70 28 1 0 0 0 1
43 George Brunnhoelzl Jr. #28 27 1 0 0 0 1
44 Joe Bertuccio, Sr. #21 27 1 0 0 0 1
45 Jason Blatz #69 27 1 0 0 0 1
46 Nicole Fortin #84 24 1 0 0 0 1
47 Tom Soper #34 22 1 0 0 0 1
48 Bryan Dauzat #97 22 1 0 0 0 1
49 Ashley Katon #13 22 1 0 0 0 1
50 Erin Solomito #10 20 1 0 0 0 1
51 Raymond Bouchard #5 19 1 0 0 0 1
52 Calvin Carroll #39 19 1 0 0 0 1
STANDINGS
Rookie & Contingency Award Standings: Riverhead
Whelen Modified Tour
Race:
NWMT Riverhead 8/27/16
Driver Standings | Owner Standings
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour official rookie and contingency award standings. All standings are unofficial until postseason review.
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COCA-COLA MOVE OF THE RACE AWARD
Driver Award
Justin Bonsignore 2
Max Zachem 2
Brendon Bock 1
Doug Coby 1
Donny Lia 1
Craig Lutz 1
Dave Sapienza 1
Timmy Solomito 1
Matt Swanson 1
Todd Szegedy 1
Jamie Tomaino 1
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COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD
Driver Award
Doug Coby 7
Eric Goodale 1
Ron Silk 1
Shawn Solomito 1
Timmy Solomito 1
Todd Szegedy 1
JR Bertuccio 1
HOOSIER TIRE FASTEST LAP AWARD
Driver Award
Doug Coby 3
Eric Goodale 3
Ryan Preece 3
Justin Bonsignore 1
Chase Dowling 1
Donny Lia 1
Bobby Santos 1
HOOSIER TIRE LAP LEADER AWARD
Driver Award
Doug Coby 5
Ryan Preece 2
Justin Bonsignore 2
Ron Silk 1
Woody Pitkat 1
Timmy Solomito 1
Todd Szegedy 1
HOOSIER TIRE MOST IMPROVED AWARD
Driver Award
Woody Pitkat 4
Matt Swanson 3
Andrew Krause 2
Craig Lutz 2
Vincent Biondolillo 1
SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD
Driver Awards
Matt Swanson 9
Craig Lutz 3
SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR STANDINGS
Driver Points
Matt Swanson 115
Craig Lutz 98
Andrew Krause 67
Nick Salva 20
Walter Sutcliffe Jr. 14
Vincent Biondolillo 16
Jason Agugliaro 9
Kyle Soper 7
Jerry Solomito 6
SUNOCO SPEC FUEL AWARD
Driver 1st 5th 10th
Doug Coby 3 3 2
Bobby Santos 2
Timmy Solomito 2
Ryan Newman 1 1
Justin Bonsignore 2 1
Dave Sapienza 2
Todd Szegedy 1
Jimmy Blewett 1
Eric Goodale 1 1 1
Ron Silk 1 1
Donny Lia 1
Craig Lutz 1
Ryan Preece 1
Jeff Goodale 1 2
Chase Dowling 1
Max Zachem 2
Ken Heagy 1
Woody Pitkat 1
Rob Summers 1
Jamie Tomaino 1
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WHELEN WINNER OF THE RACE AWARD
Driver Awards
Timmy Solomito 3
Doug Coby 3
Bobby Santos 2
Justin Bonsignore 2
Ron Silk 1
Jimmy Blewett 1
Eric Goodale 1
Sources: Jason Christley, NASCAR