Three races after it appeared Doug Coby’s efforts to repeat as NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion were in jeopardy, he’s back in the driver’s seat.
The Milford, Connecticut, driver rolled to his second straight win Sunday in the NAPA Fall Final 150 at Connecticut’s Stafford Motor Speedway and will head into the season finale as the championship points leader.
Ryan Preece, the 2013 champion who was the runner-up to Coby in 2012 and 2014, rebounded from an accident and pit road penalty to finish second at Stafford. Woody Pitkat, who entered the penultimate race weekend with the points lead, finished 12th after being involved in a late-race wreck.
The result is Coby will head to the season finale even in points with Preece. They are both four points (565) ahead of Pitkat (561) going into the Sunoco World Series 150 at Connecticut’s Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on Sunday, Oct. 18.
Coby has six wins to Preece’s four and Pitkat’s one.
It’s a dramatic turn of events for Coby, who wrecked on lap 2 at Bristol Motor Speedway on Aug. 19 and left the World’s Fastest Half-Mile 33 points out of the lead. He finished second at New York’s Riverhead Raceway before winning last week at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Sunday’s race at Stafford.
Coby also earned the Coors Light Pole Award for the NAPA Fall Final 150 in qualifying on Saturday. With Sunday’s win he became the first Whelen Modified Tour driver since Donny Lia in 2007 to win six events in a season.
Timmy Solomito was third on Sunday, followed by Lia and Shawn Solomito.
Rookies Chase Dowling and Matt Swanson were sixth and seventh, respectively, followed by Jamie Tomaino, Ken Heagy and Todd Szegedy.
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
Stafford Speedway – Stafford, CT
NAPA Fall Final 150 – Oct. 4, 2015
Fin | Str | Car | Driver | Team | Laps | Points | B/Points | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | 2 | Doug Coby | Dunleavy’s Repair/HEX Performance Chevrolet | 150 | 47 | 4 | Running |
2 | 2 | 6 | Ryan Preece | TS Haulers/East West Marine Chevrolet | 150 | 44 | 2 | Running |
3 | 3 | 16 | Timmy Solomito | Diversified Metals /R.B. Enterprises Ford | 150 | 41 | Running | |
4 | 5 | 8 | Donny Lia | Sypher Construction/Bardahl Chevrolet | 150 | 41 | 1 | Running |
5 | 14 | 75 | Shawn Solomito | Eastport Feeds/Axel Anderson Inc. Chevrolet | 150 | 39 | Running | |
6 | 7 | 9 | Chase Dowling * | S&S Asphalt Paving/Dunleavy’s Repair Chevrolet | 150 | 38 | Running | |
7 | 19 | 89 | Matt Swanson * | Spafco Race Chassis/FMR Racing Chevrolet | 150 | 37 | Running | |
8 | 18 | 99 | Jamie Tomaino | Dunleavy’s Repair/Atlantic Sprinkler Chevrolet | 150 | 36 | Running | |
9 | 22 | 18 | Ken Heagy | Buoy One Seafood/East End Statuary Chevrolet | 150 | 35 | Running | |
10 | 15 | 4 | Todd Szegedy | Montanari Fuel Dodge | 150 | 34 | Running | |
11 | 13 | 14 | Max Zachem * | Trowbridge Transport/Dunleavy’s Chevrolet | 150 | 33 | Running | |
12 | 10 | 88 | Woody Pitkat | Buzz Chew Chevrolet/Elbow East Restaurant | 150 | 32 | Running | |
13 | 17 | 64 | Anthony Nocella * | Nocella Reclamation/Fast Track Chevrolet | 150 | 31 | Running | |
14 | 9 | 58 | Eric Goodale | GAF Roofing/Supreme Skylights Chevrolet | 150 | 30 | Running | |
15 | 27 | 33 | Wade Cole | Performance Engines/Kendall Oil Chevrolet | 150 | 29 | Running | |
16 | 12 | 13 | James Civali | Cape Cod Aggregates/Seekonk GP Chevrolet | 149 | 28 | Running | |
17 | 25 | 26 | Gary McDonald | Lakeland Landscape/TRC Electric Chevrolet | 147 | 27 | Running | |
18 | 21 | 31 | Steve Masse * | SMR Racing Chevrolet | 144 | 26 | Running | |
19 | 6 | 22 | Ted Christopher | Canto Paving/Ferguson Waterworks Chevrolet | 136 | 25 | Accident | |
20 | 4 | 44 | Bobby Santos | Tinio Corp./Dan Kelley/Curb Records Chevrolet | 122 | 24 | Engine | |
21 | 11 | 51 | Justin Bonsignore | M3 Technology Chevrolet | 102 | 23 | Accident | |
22 | 16 | 07 | Patrick Emerling | Buffalo Auto Auction Chevrolet | 100 | 22 | Accident | |
23 | 23 | 46 | Jeff Goodale * | Riverhead Building Supply/Speedworld FX Chevrolet | 100 | 21 | Accident | |
24 | 8 | 59 | Ronnie Williams * | Advice One/Tick Free Organic Chevrolet | 100 | 20 | Accident | |
25 | 24 | 37 | Dave Salzarulo | Brickenmore Bricks Chevrolet | 48 | 19 | Accident | |
26 | 20 | 36 | Dave Sapienza * | Frankie’s Towing/Wine Country Chevrolet | 47 | 18 | Accident | |
27 | 26 | 01 | Melissa Fifield | Eastern Propane & Oil Chevrolet | 47 | 17 | Transmission |
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RACE STATISTICS
Fastest Qualifier: Doug Coby, Time: 18.329 Seconds, Speed: 98.205 mph
Time of Race: 1 hrs., 14 mins, 9 secs Average Speed: 60.688 mph Margin of Victory: 0.642 Seconds
Caution Flags: [Beneficiary] Laps 30-34 (Car #4 spinout (Turn 4) [37]); 49-56 (Car #46 spinout (Turn 4), Cars #36 & 37 accident (Turn 2) [4]); 95-98 (Car #89 spinout (Turn 2) [64]); 101-106 (Cars #13, 6, 59, 46, 07, 51, 75 accident (Backstretch) [89] {Red Flag 7 mins.}); 124-128 (Car #44 stopped on track (Turn 3) [18] {Red Flag 9 mins.}); 133-135 (Cars #22, 14 spinout (Turn 4) [4]); 137-139 (Cars #88, 14, 64, 22 accident (Backstretch) [33] {Red Flag 9 mins.}); 144-145 (Car #13 accident (Turn 3) [33]). 8 for 36 laps.
Lap Leaders: Ryan Preece 1-96, Donny Lia 97-105, Doug Coby 106-150.
Total Laps Led: Ryan Preece 96, Doug Coby 45, Donny Lia 9. 2 changes involving 3 drivers.
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