Santos Storms To Whelen Modified Victory At Stafford

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– October 2, 2012Posted in: Modifieds, NASCAR, Short Track, Stock Cars

Bobby Santos (44) makes the winning pass on Woody Pitkat (79) in Sunday’s Whelen Modified Tour event at Stafford Motor Speedway. Photo by 122 West Photo for NASCAR

Bobby Santos waited until the end to make his move and then powered past Woody Pitkat to win the CARQUEST Fall Final Sunday at Stafford Motor Speedway in Stafford, CT.

Santos made the winning pass with four laps to go en route to his first win of the season. It was the seventh career NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour win for the Franklin, MA, driver. Four of those wins have come at Stafford, including the 2010 Fall Final.

“I was taking care a little bit and saving for 10 to go, but Flemke held me up a little and that kind of motivated me,” said Santos, the 2010 Whelen Modified Tour champion.

Pitkat led a race-high 128 laps at his hometown track. The Stafford driver had a cushion of over a second late in the race before Santos cleared lapped traffic and tracked him down. Santos wound up winning by .644 seconds.

“I have to congratulate (Pitkat). He did an awesome jog,” stated Santos. “I really wish he could have gotten his first win, but it feels great to win for us, too.”

While Pitkat had to settle for second place, he was proud of his team’s performance.

“The car was really good. I wanted to stay out front so I wouldn’t have to abuse the car and that’s what we did,” said Pitkat. “But something happened toward the end. I think we started leaking power steering fluid or something. It was all over the front of the car there at the end.

“This team has worked really hard and it was nice to prove that we have a top-five car. It’s an honor to drive for these guys. Hopefully we can be one spot better at Thompson.”

Jimmy Blewett, who won his second career Coors Light Pole Award in qualifying Saturday, finished third. Blewett pitted early for tires but the strategy backfired when the race ran 93 laps under green. Neither Santos nor Pitkat pitted.

“The car was a little too free at the beginning. We came in put the tires on and made a chassis adjustment,” Blewett said. “We hoped that we’d get a late-race caution and everybody else would pit and pick up track position. We didn’t get that caution we really wanted. We had to go when we did and it was just a little too late in the game.”

Ron Silk and Ryan Preece finished fourth and fifth, respectively. Mike Stefanik was sixth, followed by Donny Lia, Bryon Chew, Doug Coby and Matt Hirschman.

With one race remaining Coby holds a 17-point lead over Ryan Preece and 18 over defending tour champion Silk. Lia and Justin Bonsignore round out the top five but are mathematically eliminated from championship contention.

With the victory, Santos locked up a spot in the NASCAR Whelen Modified race at the UNOH Battle At The Beach on the .4-mile oval at Daytona International Speedway next February during Speedweeks.

The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour concludes the season Sunday, Oct. 14 at Thompson (CT) International Speedway.

NASCAR Whelen Modified Series
Stafford Motor Speedway – Stafford, CT
CARQUEST Fall Final – Sept. 30

Fin Str Car Driver Team Laps Points B/Points Status
1 2 44 Bobby Santos Imperialcars.com/Tino Corp. Chevrolet 150 47 4 Running
2 4 79 Woody Pitkat Hill Enterprises/Coors Light Pontiac 150 44 2 Running
3 1 76 Jimmy Blewett John Blewett Inc./Ed Bennett Properties Chevrolet 150 42 1 Running
4 3 6 Ron Silk T.S.Haulers/Calverton Tree Farm Chevrolet 150 41 1 Running
5 10 16 Ryan Preece East West Marine/Diversified Metals Ford 150 39 Running
6 17 66 Mike Stefanik Canto & Sons/Robert B. Our Co. Ford 150 38 Running
7 9 4 Donny Lia Mystic Missile Racing Dodge 150 37 Running
8 8 88 Bryon Chew Buzz Chew Chevrolet/Elbow East Chevrolet 150 36 Running
9 11 52 Doug Coby Reynolds Auto Wrecking Chevrolet 150 35 Running
10 6 50 Matt Hirschman Heritage Wide Plank Flooring Chevrolet 150 34 Running
11 13 51 Justin Bonsignore M3 Technology Chevrolet 150 33 Running
12 14 64 Ron Yuhas, Jr. Hughes Motors/Complete Construction Chevrolet 150 32 Running
13 7 45 Eric Beers Horwith Freightliner/John Blewett Inc Ford 150 31 Running
14 16 39 Richie Pallai,, Jr. CARQUEST Filters Chevrolet 150 30 Running
15 12 93 Rowan Pennink Monk Mechanics Hand Cleaner Chevrolet 150 29 Running
16 24 99 Jamie Tomaino Supreme Manufacturing Chevrolet 150 28 Running
17 21 58 Eric Goodale Riverhaed Bldg Supply Chevrolet 150 27 Running
18 23 28 Ed Flemke, Jr. Ron Bouchard’s Autos/Raceworks TV Chevrolet 149 26 Running
19 15 10 Tommy Barrett, Jr. Friends of Teto Racing/Make-A-Wish Chevrolet 149 25 Running
20 20 3 Ted Christopher Cape Cod Agts/North End Auto Parts Chevrolet 149 24 Running
21 19 46 Eric Berndt Cape Cod Agts/North End Auto Parts Chevrolet 148 23 Running
22 25 33 Wade Cole Perf Engines/Kendall Oil/Ryan’s Chevrolet 142 22 Running
23 5 2 Todd Szegedy Dunleavy Repair/A&J Romano Const. Ford 128 21 Running
24 26 38 Steve Dickey Perf Engines/Kendall Oil/Ryan’s Chevrolet 70 20 Clutch
25 22 07 Patrick Emerling Emerling Chevrolet Chevrolet 50 19 Steering
26 18 11 Keith Rocco J & R Precast/Vivieros Insurance Ford 10 18 Engine

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