Coby Outlasts Whelen Modified Field For Stafford Victory

Doug Coby emergeed victorious in Friday night’s NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour race at Stafford Motor Speedway. Photo by Andy Marlin/Getty Images for NASCAR

STAFFORD, CT – It took a little longer, but Doug Coby finally took the checkered flag for the TSI Harley-Davidson 125 Friday night at Stafford Motor Speedway in Stafford, CT in NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour action.

The race was postponed twice by rain and then Coby, piloting the No. 2 Dunleavy’s Repair/HEX Performance Chevrolet, had to outlast Justin Bonsignore and Bobby Santos in a green-white-checkered finish that pushed the race to 130 laps.

It is Coby’s 10th career win and sixth at the historic Connecticut half-mile. He took the lead Friday on lap 7. Santos edged Coby at the line on the final restart but Coby powered back into the lead en route to winning for the fifth time in the last 10 races at Stafford.

Bonsignore got past Santos for second on the final lap. Santos had won the Coors Light Pole Award when qualifying was originally held on May 23.

Rowan Pennink and Woody Pitkat were fourth and fifth, respectively.
Ron Silk finished sixth, followed by Patrick Emerling, Ted Christopher, Ryan Preece and Glen Reen.

It’s been quite the start to 2014 for Coby since he moved to MSIII Racing in the off season. They won on the short track at Daytona International Speedway in their first outing together during Speedweeks, and since the points season started they’ve recorded finishes of third, second and now first.

“This car has been awesome every time we’ve taken it out, we’re really clicking” Coby said. “It was a move that was difficult for me to make, but I’m happy with this (No.) 2 car.”

With the win, Coby took over the points lead from Bonsignore, 132-128. Pitkat is third in the standings after three races at 123.

The win for Coby also broke a streak of 11-consecutive seasons in which a different driver has won the second Stafford race on the Whelen Modified Tour schedule. The Milford, Connecticut driver also won this event in 2012 during his championship campaign.

The race was slowed by caution just three times, and the first didn’t come out until Lap 104. In 112 all-time Whelen Modified Tour races at Stafford, there still has yet to be a caution-free contest.

The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour will be back in action Saturday, June 21 with the Mr. Rooter 161 at Connecticut’s Waterford Speedbowl.

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
Stafford Motor Speedway – Stafford, CT
TSI Harley-Davidson 125 – June 6, 2014

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Laps	Points	B/Points	Status
1	2	2	Doug Coby	Dunleavy’s Repair/HEX Performance Chevrolet	130	48	5	Running
2	9	51	Justin Bonsignore	chem3.com Chevrolet	130	42		Running
3	1	44	Bobby Santos	Tinio Racing/ImperialCars.com Chevrolet	130	42	1	Running
4	6	93	Rowan Pennink	Monk Mechanics Hand Cleaner Chevrolet	130	40		Running
5	10	88	Woody Pitkat	Buzz Chew Chev./TSI Harley-Davidson Chevrolet	130	39		Running
6	4	6	Ron Silk	TS Haulers/Calverton Tree Farm Chevrolet	130	38		Running
7	5	07	Patrick Emerling	Emerling Chev./Buffalo Auto Auction Chevrolet	130	37		Running
8	17	13	Ted Christopher	J&R Pre-Cast/Cape Cod Aggregates Chevrolet	130	36		Running
9	13	16	Ryan Preece	East West Marine/Diversified Metals Ford	130	35		Running
10	15	8	Glen Reen	Reflex Energy/Baja Construction Chevrolet	130	34		Running
11	3	58	Eric Goodale	GAF Roofing/RBSCorp.com Chevrolet	130	33		Running
12	12	64	Ron Yuhas, Jr.	Fast Track Electric/Scorpion Const Chevrolet	130	32		Running
13	11	75	Timmy Solomito *	Eastport Feeds/Axel Anderson Inc. Chevrolet	130	31		Running
14	16	52	Matt Hirschman	Furnace & Duct/Seekonk Grand Prix Chevrolet	129	30		Running
15	8	4	Donny Lia	Mystic Missile Racing Dodge	129	29		Running
16	21	89	Shawn Solomito *	Cystic Fibrosis Fdn./Acme Sanitary Chevrolet	127	28		Running
17	18	38	Dave Salzarulo *	Performance Engines/Kendall Oil Chevrolet	126	27		Running
18	23	26	Gary McDonald	Lakeland Landscape/TRC Electric Pontiac	124	26		Running
19	22	33	Wade Cole	Performance Engines/Kendall Oil Chevrolet	123	25		Running
20	7	22	Tommy Barrett, Jr. *	Canto Paving/Ferguson/Waterworks Chevrolet	112	24		Accident
21	19	99	Jamie Tomaino	Dunleavy’s Repair/N.A. Contractors Chevrolet	112	23		Accident
22	24	01	Melissa Fifield *	Allstate Insurance/Easter Boats Chevrolet	108	22		Running
23	20	18	Ken Heagy	Buoy One Seafood Ford	101	21		Steering
24	14	48	Keith Rocco	Wheelers Auto/Mr. Rooter Chevrolet	81	20		Engine

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RACE STATISTICS
Fastest Qualifier: Bobby Santos, Time: 18.327 Seconds, Speed: 98.216 mph
Failed to Qualify: (1) Richie Pallai, Jr. (#39).
Time of Race: 0 hrs., 53 mins, 6 secs Average Speed: 73.446 mph Margin of Victory: 0.394 Seconds
Caution Flags: [Beneficiary in brackets] Laps 104-111 (Cars #4, 18 accident (Turn 1) [8]); 113-117 (Cars #22, 99 accident (Turn 3) (Red Flag 3 mins.) [none]); 122-127 (Car #52 spinout (Turn 4) [75]). 3 for 19 laps.
Lap Leaders: Bobby Santos 1-6, Doug Coby 7-126, Bobby Santos 127-128, Doug Coby 129-130.
Total Laps Led: Doug Coby 122, Bobby Santos 8. 3 changes involving 2 drivers.