Stefanik Adds Bristol To Whelen Modified Wins List

Mike Stefanik (22) passes Todd Szegedy (2) for the lead with 11 laps to go in the Whelen Modified Tour race at Bristol Motor Speedway Wednesday. Stefanik would go on to score the victory. Photo by Getty Images for NASCAR

Mike Stefanik says he is coming to the end of the road, but showed his old form Wednesday night at Bristol Motor Speedway.

The 55-year-old seven-time NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion took the lead from Todd Szegedy with 11 laps to go in the TitanRoof 150 and went on to collect his second win of the season in the annual combination event with the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour. The victory also extended his Whelen Modified Tour career record for wins to 74.

“I’m playing it cool right now, but I’m freaking out inside,” said Stefanik. “This is a huge, huge win in my career. This is right at the top of the list, if not the top.”

Szegedy settled for second place for his second runner-up finish at Bristol in as many years. Ron Yuhas Jr. followed in third which equals his best career finish first established at Thompson (CT) Speedway in 2007. Whelen Modified Tour points leader Ryan Preece finished in the fourth position with NASCAR Sprint Cup Series competitor Ryan Newman just behind in fifth.

Woody Pitkat, Eric Goodale, Justin Bonsignore, Burt Myers and Jimmy Zacharias completed the top 10. Myers was the top-finishing Southern Modified Tour competitor.

Coors Light Pole Award winner Donny Lia led the first 91 circuits but was involved in an accident on lap 92 and was scored in 30th in the final rundown.

The race had three lead changes among four drivers with 10 caution periods. The race was shortened from the scheduled 150 laps to 135 due to time constraints.

In the Whelen Modified Tour championship standings Preece extended his lead on Doug Coby to 28 points with four races to go in the season while George Brunnhoelzl III leads Kyle Ebersole by 20 tallies in the Southern Modified Tour season standings with Burt Myers trailing at 21 points off the pace.

The NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour is back on the track on Saturday, Aug. 31 for the Newport News Shipbuilding/Bayport Credit Union 150 on Saturday, Aug. 31 at Langley Speedway in Hampton, VA, while the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour will return to Riverhead (NY) Raceway for the Green Earth Technologies 200 on Saturday, Sept. 14.

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
Bristol Motor Speedway – Bristol, TN
TitanRoof 150 – Aug. 21, 2013

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Fastest Qualifier: Donny Lia

Time: 14.806 Seconds

Speed: 128.867 mph

Failed to Qualify: 20 Steve Park, 07 Patrick Emerling, 54 Jeff Fultz, 8 Dalton Baldwin, 04 David Calabrese

Time of Race: 1 hrs., 14 mins, 46 secs    Average Speed: 57.744 mph    Margin of Victory: 0.092 Seconds

Caution Flags: Laps 2-4; 10-16; 32-39; 76-77; 86-91; 93-95; 98-101; 105-109; 115-118; 126-132. 10 for 49 laps.

Lap Leaders: Donny Lia 1-91, Ryan Preece 92-102, Todd Szegedy 103-124, Mike Stefanik 125-135.

Total Laps Led: Donny Lia 91, Todd Szegedy 22, Ryan Preece 11, Mike Stefanik 11. 3 changes involving 4 drivers.