Last Lap Pass Gives Santos Whelen Mod Win At NHMS

Bobby Santos, seen here from earlier action, scored the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour victory Friday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Photo by Rich Schultz, Getty Images for NASCAR

LOUDON, NH – Bobby Santos entered the Sunoco 100 looking for a little extra magic to change his fortunes at the “Magic Mile.” He waited until the final lap, but he got it.

In a race that featured multiple lead changes on nearly every lap – 35 official lead changes – the Franklin, MA, driver made just one pass for the lead and led just one lap Saturday. Santos drove his No. 44 Tinio Racing/ImperialCars.com Chevrolet by Ted Christopher in turn 4 of the last lap en route to winning the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

It was Santos’ 13th career win but first in 16 career starts at the 1.058-mile oval.

Doug Coby also got by Christopher and finished second by just .065 seconds.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Ryan Newman was fourth and NASCAR Next driver Ryan Preece came home fifth. The top five cars finished within three-tenths of a second of the leader.

Justin Bonsignore finished sixth, followed by Sunoco Rookie of the Year candidate Tommy Barrett, Jr., NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour points leader Andy Seuss, Ron Silk and Chuck Hossfeld.

Silk, who won the Coors Light Pole Award in qualifying Saturday morning, led a race-high 36 laps. Preece led 30 laps and Christopher 28.

The 36 lead changes broke the Whelen Modified Tour all-time race record of 30, also at Loudon on July 7, 2000.

The race went into overtime – to a total of 110 laps – with two green-white-checkered finishes following late race cautions. The race had seven caution periods for 30 total laps.

During the first attempt at a green-white-checkered finish, Christopher and Newman exchanged the lead unofficially three times on the restart but a wreck by Donny Lia brought out the caution flag before the white flag was show. On the ensuing restart, Christopher initially got away before Santos and company chased him down on the final lap.

The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour’s next race, the O’Reilly Auto Parts 200, is scheduled for Saturday, July 19 at Monadnock Speedway in Winchester, New Hampshire.

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
New Hampshire Motor Speedway – Loudon, NH
Race Results – July 11, 2014

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