Pitkat Scores Hometown Whelen Mod Win At Stafford

Woody Pitkat celebrates his NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour win Sunday at Stafford Motor Speedway. Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images for NASCAR

Woody Pitkat completed a picture perfect homecoming Sunday afternoon.

The 35-year-old Stafford, CT, driver powered to the victory in the NAPA Spring Sizzler 200, the traditional season-opening event for Stafford Motor Speedway. In the process, the driver of the No. 88 Buzz Chew Chevrolet/Elbow East Chevrolet became the first hometown driver to win the prestigious NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour event.

It was Pitkat’s third career tour win. He scored his first career win last year in the August event at Stafford before following it up with a win a month later at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

“To have a car that’s that good – and it’s been that good since I’ve been with these guys – it’s just unreal,” Pitkat said. “I never thought at 16 years old racing a DARE Stock that one day I’d come here and win a tour race, especially the Spring Sizzler with how big it is.”

Sunday, Pitkat led the last 40 laps after muscling his way past Todd Szegedy through the bottom of turn 3. It was the last of 11 lead changes.

Szegedy held onto the runner-up spot, followed by Ryan Preece. Preece won the Coors Light Pole Award in Saturday’s qualifying, just edging Pitkat for the top spot. Preece led four times for a race-high 69 laps, while Pitkat led 49.

Eric Goodale and Donny Lia were fourth and fifth, respectively, in Sunday’s race.

“I would say that Woody just won the race of his life,” said Szegedy. “To win at his home track, to win the Spring Sizzler, that has to be amazing. He’s mastered this track and he’s come a long way.”

Doug Coby, Rowan Pennink, Patrick Emerling, Jamie Tomaino and Sunoco Rookie of the Race Brandon Bock rounded out the top 10.

Pitkat assumed the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship points lead for the first time in his career, three points ahead of Coby and seven over Preece. Szegedy and Goodale are both 12 points behind Pitkat.

The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour will return to the track Saturday, May 30 with the Mr. Rooter 161 at Connecticut’s New London-Waterford Speedbowl.

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
Stafford Motor Speedway – Stafford, CT
Spring Sizzler 200 – April 26, 2015

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Laps	Points	B/Points	Status
1	2	88	Woody Pitkat	Buzz Chew Chevrolet/Elbow East Chevrolet	200	47	4	Running
2	9	4	Todd Szegedy	Mystic Missile Racing Dodge	200	43	1	Running
3	1	6	Ryan Preece	TS Haulers/East West Marine Chevrolet	200	43	2	Running
4	15	58	Eric Goodale	GAF Roofing/Supreme Skylights Chevrolet	200	40		Running
5	4	8	Donny Lia	Sypher Construction/Bardahl Chevrolet	200	39		Running
6	11	2	Doug Coby	Dunleavy’s Repair/HEX Performance Chevrolet	200	38		Running
7	3	93	Rowan Pennink	Van Wickle Auto Supply Chevrolet	200	37		Running
8	12	07	Patrick Emerling	Buffalo Auto Auction Chevrolet	200	36		Running
9	24	99	Jamie Tomaino	Dunleavy’s Repair/Atlantic Sprinkler Chevrolet	200	35		Running
10	18	29	Brendon Bock *	Pro-System Brakes Ford	200	34		Running
11	7	44	Bobby Santos	Tinio Corp./Dan Kelley/Curb Records Chevrolet	200	33		Running
12	10	22	Keith Rocco	Canto Paving/Milton Caterpillar Chevrolet	199	32		Running
13	33	77	Gary Putnam	Curb Records Chevrolet	199	31		Running
14	13	3	Troy Talman *	Cape Cod Copper/DCU/NAPA Chevrolet	199	30		Running
15	23	18	Ken Heagy	Buoy One Seafood Chevrolet	199	29		Running
16	8	16	Timmy Solomito	Diversified Metals /R.B. Enterprises Chevrolet	199	28		Running
17	27	75	Shawn Solomito	Eastport Feeds/Axel Anderson Inc. Chevrolet	199	27		Running
18	25	36	Dave Sapienza *	Frankie’s Towing/Wine Country Chevrolet	197	26		Running
19	29	33	Johnny Bush	Performance Engines/Kendall Oil Chevrolet	197	25		Running
20	5	51	Justin Bonsignore	M3 Technology Chevrolet	197	25	1	Running
21	19	14	Max Zachem *	Lu-Mac’s Package Store/Broadbrook Chevrolet	196	23		Running
22	28	19	Brandon Oltra *	K&K Racing/Ruby’s Inn Chevrolet	196	22		Running
23	22	46	Jeff Goodale *	Riverhead Building Supply Chevrolet	193	21		Running
24	6	13	Ted Christopher	Mr. Rooter/Cape Cod Aggregates Chevrolet	190	20		Running
25	16	31	Steve Masse *	El Gee Products Chevrolet	183	19		Steering
26	21	64	Anthony Nocella *	Nocella Reclamation/Complete Const. Chevrolet	179	18		Running
27	31	37	Dave Salzarulo	Brickenmore Bricks Chevrolet	146	17		Accident
28	30	26	Gary McDonald	Lakeland Landscape/TRC Electric Pontiac	140	16		Accident
29	32	01	Melissa Fifield	Big Moose RV Chevrolet	104	15		Handling
30	26	79	Spencer Davis	Hillbilly Racing/Coors 21 Means 21 Pontiac	89	14		Running
31	14	63	Tom Rogers, Jr.	East End Statuary Chevrolet	79	13		Alternator
32	17	9	Chase Dowling *	S&S Asphalt Paving/Dunleavy’s Repair Chevrolet	55	12		Steering
33	20	17	Kyle Ellwood *	Riverhead Building Supply Chevrolet	26	11		Steering

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RACE STATISTICS

Fastest Qualifier: Ryan Preece, Time: 17.96 Seconds, Speed: 100.223 mph

Time of Race: 1 hrs., 28 mins, 35 secs Average Speed: 67.733 mph Margin of Victory: 2.616 Seconds

Caution Flags: [Beneficiary] Laps 19-22 (Car #19 stalled (Frontstretch [01]); 29-32 (Car #37 spinout (Turn 2) [none]); 34-39 (Cars #3 & 79 accident (Turn 4) [36]); 66-71 (Car #26 spin (Turn 2), #13 accident [36]); 97-102 (Cars #07, 13, 58 spinout (Turn 4) [33]); 111-115 (Car #16 & 46 spinout (Turn 2) [36]); 137-142 (Car #37 spinout (Turn 4) [none]); 144-147 (Car #44 accident (Turn 4) [16]). 8 for 41 laps.

Lap Leaders: Ryan Preece 1-21, Woody Pitkat 22, Justin Bonsignore 23, Woody Pitkat 24-30, Justin Bonsignore 31-68, Ryan Preece 69-98, Woody Pitkat 99, Ryan Preece 100-116, Todd Szegedy 117-138, Ryan Preece 139, Todd Szegedy 140-160, Woody Pitkat 161-200.

Total Laps Led: Ryan Preece 69, Woody Pitkat 49, Todd Szegedy 43, Justin Bonsignore 39. 11 changes involving 4 drivers.

* Denotes Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender