Coby Finds Form at Stafford
Picks Up Second Whelen Modified Tour Win Of Season
STAFFORD, Conn. – Doug Coby captured the checkered flag in the CARQUEST 150 in NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour action on Friday night at Stafford Motor Speedway.
Coby of Milford, Conn., took the lead from pole sitter Bobby Santos on Lap 27 and never looked back en route to his second win of the season. Those two victories have come in the last three tour events after he claimed his first 2013 triumph on July 13 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon. It was the 10th career win for the defending tour champion and fifth at Stafford.
Donny Lia crossed the line 1.626 seconds behind Coby in second followed by Ted Christopher in third. Santos finished fourth while Ron Silk rounded out the top five. Eric Goodale, Woody Pitkat, Mike Stefanik, Cole Powell and Ron Yuhas Jr. completed the top 10.
Coby dominated at Stafford a season ago by winning three times, but had not experienced the same success this season. This was the first race in three trips to the half-mile track this year that he led a lap.
Points leader Ryan Preece spun while coming to the White Flag and settled for a 16th-place finish. He still holds a 25-point lead over Coby, who overtook second from Rowan Pennink. Preece carried a 42-point advantage over Pennink into the event. Pennink, who finished 13th, fell to the third spot – 39 points behind the leader.
The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour hits the track next on Thursday, Aug. 15 for the Budweiser 150 at Thompson (Conn.) Speedway.
RESULTS | LAP-BY-LAP RECAP | AUDIO: WINNER DOUG COBY | AUDIO: 2ND-PLACE DONNY LIA | AUDIO: 3RD-PLACE TED CHRISTOPHER
Sources: Shon Sbarra/NASCAR WMT PR
NWMT Stafford 8/2/13 Results
Whelen Modified Tour
Race: NWMT Stafford 8/2/13
Fin Str Car Driver Team Laps Points B/Points Status
1 3 52 Doug Coby Furnace & Duct/Seekonk GP Chevrolet 150 48 5 Running
2 5 4 Donny Lia Circle Track Magazine Dodge 150 42 Running
3 11 3 Ted Christopher Silver Dollar Const/Cape Cod Copper Chevrolet 150 41 Running
4 1 44 Bobby Santos Tinio Racing/Brendan Kelley Music Chevrolet 150 41 1 Running
5 2 6 Ron Silk T S Haulers/ Calverton Tree Farm Chevrolet 150 39 Running
6 8 58 Eric Goodale Riverhaed Bldg Supply Chevrolet 150 38 Running
7 15 79 Woody Pitkat Mr. Rooter/Coors Light Pontiac 150 37 Running
8 4 22 Mike Stefanik Robert B Our Co/Canto & Sons Paving Chevrolet 149 36 Running
9 16 73 Cole Powell * Copps BuildAll/Tricar Chevrolet 149 35 Running
10 12 64 Ron Yuhas, Jr. Fast Track Electric/Hughes Motors Chevrolet 149 34 Running
11 14 2 Todd Szegedy Dunleavy Repair/Montanari Fuel Ford 149 33 Running
12 18 39 Richie Pallai,, Jr. MAHLE Performance/Lucas Oil Chevrolet 149 32 Running
13 7 93 Rowan Pennink Monk Mechanics Hand Cleaner Chevrolet 149 31 Running
14 17 07 Patrick Emerling Emerling Chevrolet Dealership Chevrolet 149 30 Running
15 13 51 Justin Bonsignore M3 Technology Chevrolet 149 29 Running
16 9 16 Ryan Preece East West Marine/Diversified Metals Ford 148 28 Flat Tire
17 22 99 Jamie Tomaino Supreme Manufacturing Chevrolet 148 27 Running
18 19 46 Eric Berndt North End Auto Parts/Cape Cod Agrgts Chevrolet 148 26 Running
19 10 89 Timmy Solomito * EMPower/Eastport Feeds Chevrolet 148 25 Running
20 6 88 Bryon Chew Buzz Chew Chevrolet/Elbow East Chevrolet 148 24 Running
21 24 33 Wade Cole Perf Engines/Kendall Oil/Ryan’s Oil Chevrolet 145 23 Running
22 26 38 Brian Schofield Perf Engines/Kendall Oil/Ryan’s Oil Chevrolet 140 22 Running
23 23 18 Ken Heagy Buoy One Seafood/ Mehner Racing Ford 116 21 Brakes
24 25 26 Gary McDonald Lakeland Landscape /TRC Electric Pontiac 47 20 Accident
25 21 28 Ed Flemke, Jr. Ron Bouchard’s Auto Stores Chevrolet 28 19 Mechanical
26 20 59 Renee Dupuis Space Fitters Chevrolet 5 18 Accident
RACE STATISTICS
Fastest Qualifier: Bobby Santos, Time: 18.374 Seconds, Speed: 97.965 mph
Time of Race: 1 hrs., 4 mins, 33 secs Average Speed: 69.713 mph Margin of Victory: 1.626 Seconds
Caution Flags: Laps 2-4 (Cars #93, 33, 38 spin Turn 1); 6-8 (Car #59 accident Turn 1 [Red Flag 7 mins.]); 28-35 (Fluid on the track [Red Flag 7 mins.]); 38-42 (Cars #88, 38 spin Turn 1); 48-53 (Cars #26, 38 accident Backstretch). 5 for 25 laps.
Lap Leaders: Bobby Santos 1-26, Doug Coby 27-150.
Total Laps Led: Doug Coby 124, Bobby Santos 26. 1 changes involving 2 drivers.
Top 5 Driver Points: Ryan Preece 334, Doug Coby 309, Rowan Pennink 295, Mike Stefanik 278, Ted Christopher 276
Next Race: Budweiser King of Beers 150 – Thompson (Conn.) Speedway – Aug. 15
* Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender
STANDINGS
2013 Official Driver Standings: Stafford
Whelen Modified Tour
Race: NWMT Stafford 8/2/13
Pos Driver Name Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10
1 Ryan Preece 334 8 3 7 7
2 Doug Coby 309 8 2 4 7
3 Rowan Pennink 295 8 0 4 5
4 Mike Stefanik 278 8 1 2 5
5 Ted Christopher 276 8 0 4 4
6 Justin Bonsignore 264 8 1 3 5
7 Ron Silk 262 8 0 3 5
8 Donny Lia 261 8 0 3 4
9 Woody Pitkat 255 8 0 0 5
10 Todd Szegedy 241 8 0 0 1
11 Eric Goodale 238 8 0 1 3
12 Cole Powell * 235 8 0 0 1
13 Ron Yuhas, Jr. 230 8 0 0 2
14 Eric Berndt 228 8 0 0 2
15 Bryon Chew 224 8 0 1 3
16 Jamie Tomaino 219 8 0 0 1
17 Ken Heagy 216 8 0 0 1
18 Bobby Santos 213 6 1 4 4
19 Patrick Emerling 209 8 0 0 0
20 Ed Flemke, Jr. 199 8 0 0 1
21 Richie Pallai,, Jr. 195 7 0 0 2
22 Wade Cole 188 8 0 0 0
23 Gary McDonald 173 8 0 0 0
24 Jimmy Blewett 164 5 0 0 3
25 Brian Schofield 133 6 0 0 0
26 Timmy Solomito * 97 4 0 0 1
27 Chuck Hossfeld 90 3 0 0 2
28 Andy Seuss 77 2 0 1 2
29 Shawn Solomito * 68 2 0 1 1
30 John Beatty, Jr. * 42 1 0 1 1
31 Ryan Newman 39 1 0 1 1
32 Rob Fuller 37 2 0 0 0
33 Frank Vigliarolo, Jr. 36 1 0 0 1
34 Matt Hirschman 32 1 0 0 0
35 Jacob Dore * 32 1 0 0 0
36 Zane Zeiner 29 1 0 0 0
37 Jimmy Zacharias * 23 1 0 0 0
38 David Brigati 19 1 0 0 0
39 Renee Dupuis 18 1 0 0 0
40 Rob Summers 17 1 0 0 0
41 David Roys * 17 1 0 0 0
42 Bryan Dauzat 17 1 0 0 0
43 Kyle Ebersole 15 1 0 0 0
* Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender
STANDINGS
2013 Official Owner Standings: Stafford
Whelen Modified Tour
Race: NWMT Stafford 8/2/13
Pos Owner Name Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Attempts
1 Eric Sanderson #16 334 8 3 7 7 8
2 Wayne Darling #52 309 8 2 4 7 8
3 Mark Pennink #93 295 8 0 4 5 8
4 Christopher Our #22 278 8 1 2 5 8
5 Jan Boehler #3 276 8 0 4 4 8
6 Ken Massa #51 264 8 1 3 5 8
7 Ed Partridge #6 262 8 0 3 5 8
8 Robert Garbarino #4 261 8 0 3 4 8
9 Sandra Hill #79 255 8 0 0 5 8
10 Mike Curb #44 245 7 1 4 4 7
11 Mike Smeriglio, III #2 241 8 0 0 1 8
12 Edgar Goodale #58 238 8 0 1 3 8
13 Todd Powell #73 235 8 0 0 1 8
14 Mike Murphy #64 230 8 0 0 2 8
15 Robert Katon, Jr. #46 228 8 0 0 2 8
16 Buzz Chew #88 224 8 0 1 3 8
17 Trey Tomaino #99 219 8 0 0 1 8
18 Robert Pollifrone #18 216 8 0 0 1 8
19 Jennifer Emerling #07 209 8 0 0 0 8
20 Don King #28 199 8 0 0 1 8
21 Rich Pallai #39 195 7 0 0 2 7
22 Beth Cole #33 188 8 0 0 0 8
23 Sean McDonald #26 173 8 0 0 0 8
24 John Blewett, Sr #76 164 5 0 0 3 5
25 Jerry Solomito #89 144 5 0 1 2 5
26 Linda Rodenbaugh #38 133 6 0 0 0 6
27 Chuck Hossfeld #72 90 3 0 0 2 3
28 William Deakin #14 42 1 0 1 1 1
29 Eddie Harvey #11 40 1 0 1 1 1
30 Mike Curb #7 39 1 0 1 1 1
31 Steve Seuss #70 37 1 0 0 1 1
32 Rob Fuller #15 37 2 0 0 0 2
33 Dave Sapienza #5 36 1 0 0 1 1
34 Erin Estey #19 32 1 0 0 0 1
35 Gary Cretty #25 29 1 0 0 0 1
36 Dave Delange #45 23 1 0 0 0 1
37 Wayne Anderson #15 21 1 0 0 0 1
38 Brian Schwarz #98 19 1 0 0 0 1
39 Kyle Bennett #59 18 1 0 0 0 1
40 Kelly Iverson #5 17 1 0 0 0 1
41 Darren Krantz #13 17 1 0 0 0 1
42 Bryan Dauzat #97 17 1 0 0 0 1
43 Bob Ebersole #5 15 1 0 0 0 1
STANDINGS
Rookie & Contingency Award Standings: Monadnock
Whelen Modified Tour
Race: NWMT Monadnock 7/27/13
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour official rookie and contingency award standings (unofficial until season is complete).
SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD
Driver Points
Cole Powell 67
Timmy Solomito 26
Shawn Solomito 18
John Beatty Jr. 10
Jacob Dore 9
Jimmy Zacharias 8
David Roys 6
SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD
Driver Awards
Cole Powell 5
John Beatty Jr. 1
Timmy Solomito 1
WHELEN WINNER OF THE RACE AWARD
Driver Awards
Ryan Preece 3
Doug Coby 1
Mike Stefanik 1
Justin Bonsignore 1
Bobby Santos 1
COCA-COLA MOVE OF THE RACE AWARD
Driver Awards
Donny Lia 2
Justin Bonsignore 1
Woody Pitkat 1
Ken Heagy 1
Chuck Hossfeld 1
Jacob Dore 1
COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD
Driver Awards
Bobby Santos 2
Mike Stefanik 1
Ron Silk 1
Todd Szegedy 1
Eric Goodale 1
Jimmy Blewett 1