Preece Edges Coby For Whelen Modified Win At Stafford

Ryan Preece scored his first career Spring Sizzler victory Sunday for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour at Stafford Motor Speedway. Photo by Michael Ivins/NASCAR

Returning to the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour full-time this year, Ryan Preece was itching to get back into victory lane.

He accomplished that goal Sunday in the 46th running of the NAPA Spring Sizzler at Connecticut’s Stafford Motor Speedway.

He took the lead from race leader Doug Coby with 13 laps to go and drove away with his first career Spring Sizzler victory behind the wheel of his No. 6 TS Haulers Chevrolet.

The win was his first since August of 2015 at Bristol Motor Speedway and his first of the newly unified Whelen Modified Tour. Preece, who previously had won 15 times on the Whelen Modified Tour and three times on the Whelen Southern Modified Tour, spent last year driving full-time on the NASCAR Xfinity Series and made just 10 starts between the two tours.

More importantly for Preece, his sixth victory at the Stafford half-mile came in the track’s prestigious spring race.

“This means more to me than my first tour win, it was so much hard work,” said an emotional Preece in the press box after the win. “My grandfather has won this race. There are just so many things that come to my head right now. I started racing a modified when I was 12 or 13 years old.”

Preece led 55 laps. Doug Coby, who set the track record en route to his sixth straight Coors Light Pole at the track Saturday, led a race-high 142. But a late caution helped set up Preece’s pass for the lead. While Coby snagged the lead back on the lap 192 restart, Preece quickly powered back to the front.

Chase Dowling finished third. The 18-year-old won the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series 40-lap SK Modified division feature earlier in the day.

Eric Goodale led three laps and finished fourth, and Ted Christopher was fifth.

Rowan Pennink, Craig Lutz, Ron Silk, Justin Bonsignore and David Sapienza rounded out the top 10.

Pennink took the championhip points lead by one over Timmy Solomito. Bonsignore is third, 16 behind Pennink and leading a pack of six drivers — including Preece in fifth — separated by just eight points.

The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour returns to the track at Langley Speedway in Hampton, Virginia, on May 13.

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
Stafford Motor Speedway – Stafford, CT
NAPA Spring Sizzler – April 30, 2017

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Laps	Points	B/Points	Status
1	4	6	Ryan Preece	TS Hauler Chevrolet	200	47	4	Running
2	1	2	Doug Coby	Mayhew Tools Chevrolet	200	44	2	Running
3	6	15	Chase Dowling	15-40 Connection Chevrolet	200	41		Running
4	3	58	Eric Goodale	GAF Roofing Chevrolet	200	41	1	Running
5	9	0	Ted Christopher	Brad Brady Racing Chevrolet	200	39		Running
6	8	3	Rowan Pennink	Cape Cod Copper Chevrolet	200	38		Running
7	13	56	Craig Lutz	Lutz Motorsports Chevrolet	200	37		Running
8	7	82	Ron Silk	Horton Avenue Materials Chevrolet	200	36		Running
9	5	51	Justin Bonsignore	Phoenix Communications Inc. Chevrolet	200	35		Running
10	16	36	Dave Sapienza	SAP Enterprise Chevrolet	200	34		Running
11	12	16	Timmy Solomito	Starrett Tools Ford	200	33		Running
12	17	46	Woody Pitkat	Riverhead Building Supply Chevrolet	200	32		Running
13	15	64	Rob Summers	Hoosier Tire East/Fast Track Elect/Hughes Motors	200	31		Running
14	19	89	Matt Swanson	Starrett Tools Ford	199	30		Running
15	22	4	Gary Putnam	Curb Records Chevrolet	198	29		Running
16	21	17	Kyle Ellwood	First Data/Clover Chevrolet	198	28		Running
17	24	33	Wade Cole	Perf. Engines/Kendall Oil Ford	197	27		Running
18	26	78	Walter Sutcliffe Jr. *	Last Minute Racing Chevrolet	193	26		Mechanical
19	10	48	Shawn Solomito	Eastport Feeds Chevrolet	189	25		Running
20	18	28	George Brunnhoelzl III	Dunleavys Repair Chevrolet	186	24		Running
21	14	20	Max Zachem	MPZ Motorsports/Lu-Macs Chevrolet	175	23		Accident
22	11	7	Donny Lia	Bardahl Chevrolet	169	22		Accident
23	2	85	Todd Szegedy	Montanari Fuel/Stuarts Auto/J&R Pre-Cast Chevrolet	148	21		Brakes
24	27	1	Melissa Fifield	Eastern Propane & Oil Chevrolet	83	20		Mechanical
25	23	39	Calvin Carroll *	Power with Prestige/Cruising w/Betty Chevrolet	79	19		Overheating
26	20	24	Andrew Krause	Supreme Manufacturing Chevrolet	64	18		Mechanical
27	28	92	Anthony Nocella	Nocella Paving/Airgas Chevrolet	50	17		Mechanical
28	25	38	Gary Byington *	Perf Engines/Kendall Oil/Ryan’s Chevrolet	5	16		Accident

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RACE STATISTICS

Fastest Qualifier: Doug Coby, Time: 17.896 Seconds, Speed: 100.581 mph
Time of Race: 1 hrs., 29 mins, 9 secs Average Speed: 67.302 mph Margin of Victory: 0.220 Seconds
Caution Flags: Laps 6-11; 42-47; 61-65; 74-77; 81-85; 155-160; 168-172; 176-181; 189-191. 9 for 46 laps.
Lap Leaders: Doug Coby 1-44, Ryan Preece 45-86, Doug Coby 87-162, Eric Goodale 163-165, Doug Coby 166-186, Ryan Preece 187-191, Doug Coby 192, Ryan Preece 193-200.
Total Laps Led: Doug Coby 142, Ryan Preece 55, Eric Goodale 3. 7 changes involving 3 drivers.
Top 10 Driver Points: Rowan Pennink 124, Timmy Solomito 123, Justin Bonsignore 108, Eric Goodale 106, Ryan Preece 104, Woody Pitkat 104, Max Zachem 103, Matt Swanson 100, Ron Silk 96, Rob Summers 92
Next Race:Langley Speedway, May 13