Coby Finds Form At Stafford For Second Whelen Mod Win

Doug Coby celebrates his fifth career Stafford win after scoring the NASCAR Whelen Modified victory Friday night. Photo by Jim Rogash/Getty Images for NASCAR

Doug Coby captured the checkered flag in the CARQUEST 150 in NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour action on Friday night at Stafford Motor Speedway in Stafford, CT.

Coby of Milford, CT, 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 his No. 52 Furnace & Duct Supply/Seekonk Grand Prix Chevrolet had led laps.

After five cautions – including two red flags – in the first one-third of the race, the final 98 circuits were contested under green flag conditions. While the long run saw plenty of competition amongst the rest of the top five, Coby was able to check out on the field, with the only challenges coming from navigating lap traffic.

By the time the checkered flag dropped, Coby had lapped all but six of the other 25 cars in the race, and at one point late in the event his lead had ballooned to four seconds.

“My guys just showed tonight why the 52 was the championship team last year,” Coby said. “What a great car – probably the best tour car you could hope for at this race track. It was so good at the end that I was just riding around.”

A three-time winner at Stafford during his career, Lia’s runner-up finish was his No. 4 Circle Track Magazine Dodge’s best result of the season. Although he was able to keep Coby in his sights, especially through heavy lap traffic, Lia was never able to challenge for the lead following the last caution restart on lap 54.

“Doug had a great car tonight, and even with a (potential late race) caution I don’t know what we could have done with him,” Lia said. “With that being said, I think us and the 52 were a good bit better than the rest of the field anyway. It would have been fun, but we’ll take second right now.”

After running in the top five the majority of the night, season 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.

Coby, the reigning Whelen Modified Tour champion, ranked fifth in the standings and was 53 points out just three races ago, but with two wins and a second-place since, he’s now back squarely in the hunt to defend his title.

Preece had finished in the top five in each of the first seven races during the season’s first half. Prior to the late-race cut tire that sent him spinning into the grass inside turn 4 and two laps down when the checkered flag flew, he was also the only driver that had completed every lap on the year.

The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour hits the track next on Thursday, Aug. 15 for the Budweiser King of Beers 150 at Thompson (CT) Speedway.

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
Stafford Motor Speedway – Stafford, CT
CARQUEST 150 – Aug. 2, 2013

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

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