Coby Sweeps Thompson To Win Third Whelen Mod Title

Doug Coby celebrates after winning the 2015 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship after he won Sunday’s season finale at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park. Photo by Billy Weiss/Getty Images for NASCAR

The season finale for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour featured three drivers in contention for the championship in the Sunoco World Series 150 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park in Thompson, CT.

It was unfortunate that two of those competitors had to go up against Doug Coby.

Coby dominated the event in his No. 2 Dunleavy’s/HEX/A&J Romano Construction Chevrolet, and despite having to just finish second to Justin Bonsignore to clinch the title, made a daring pass on Lap 145 to sweep all four races this season at the track and win his third tour championship.

Coby dominated the first half of the race leading up until the leaders all pitted on lap 92. Patrick Emerling stayed on the track to inherit the lead and was passed by Bonsignore on the restart on lap 103.

Timmy Solomito followed Bonsignore in third at the checkered flag with Todd Szegedy fourth. Woody Pitkat, who entered the race just four points behind co-leaders Coby and Ryan Preece in contention for the title, rebounded from an early caution and penalty that put him a lap down to finished fifth.

Emerling was sixth with Preece seventh. Ted Christopher, Chase Dowling and Donny Lia completed the top 10.

The win and championship add to an already impressive resume for the Milford, Connecticut, native Coby. He joined Mike Stefanik (seven) and Tony Hirschman (five) to become just the third driver in the 31-year history of the tour to win three or more championships. He also joins Stefanik (1998) and Steve Park (1996) as the only drivers to record a season sweep at Thompson.

The final championship margin for the trio was Coby at 613, Preece at 602 and Pitkat at 600. The 11-point margin for Coby tied his 2012 mark for the third-closest championship chase in Whelen Modified Tour history, also over Preece.

Coby and Preece have finished 1-2 in the points standings in each of the last four seasons. Preece’s title came in 2013.

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park – Thompson, CT
Sunoco World Series 150 – Oct. 18, 2015

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Laps	Points	B/Points	Status
1	1	2	Doug Coby	Dunleavy’s/HEX/A&J Romano Const. Chevrolet	150	48	5	Running
2	8	51	Justin Bonsignore	M3 Technology Chevrolet	150	43	1	Running
3	2	16	Timmy Solomito	Diversified Metals /R.B. Enterprises Ford	150	41		Running
4	13	4	Todd Szegedy	Montanari Fuel Dodge	150	40		Running
5	3	88	Woody Pitkat	Buzz Chew Chevrolet/Elbow East Restaurant	150	39		Running
6	19	07	Patrick Emerling	Buffalo Auto Auction Chevrolet	150	39	1	Running
7	5	6	Ryan Preece	TS Haulers/East West Marine Chevrolet	150	37		Running
8	4	22	Ted Christopher	Canto Paving/Ferguson Waterworks Chevrolet	150	36		Running
9	15	9	Chase Dowling *	S&S Asphalt Paving/Dunleavy’s Repair Chevrolet	150	35		Running
10	6	8	Donny Lia	Sypher Construction/Bardahl Chevrolet	150	34		Running
11	7	46	Jeff Goodale *	Riverhead Building Supply/Speedworld FX Chevrolet	150	33		Running
12	21	57	Keith Rocco	M&M Stone Creations Chevrolet	150	32		Running
13	18	75	Shawn Solomito	Eastport Feeds/Axel Anderson Inc. Chevrolet	150	31		Running
14	26	64	Anthony Nocella *	Nocella Reclamation/Fast Track Chevrolet	150	30		Running
15	10	14	Max Zachem *	Trowbridge Transport/Dunleavy’s Chevrolet	150	29		Running
16	16	44	Bobby Santos	Tinio Corp./Dan Kelley/Curb Records Chevrolet	149	28		Running
17	27	41	Kyle Soper *	Elsasser Race Engines Chevrolet	149	27		Running
18	28	99	Jamie Tomaino	Dunleavy’s Repair/Atlantic Sprinkler Chevrolet	149	26		Running
19	25	18	Ken Heagy	Buoy One Seafood/East End Statuary Chevrolet	149	25		Running
20	30	26	Gary McDonald	Lakeland Landscape/TRC Electric Chevrolet	148	24		Running
21	23	56	Craig Lutz *	American Motor Products Chevrolet	147	23		Running
22	9	11	John Beatty, Jr. *	Metal Tec/Meadowview Collision Chevrolet	118	22		Handling
23	11	58	Eric Goodale	GAF Roofing/Supreme Skylights Chevrolet	98	21		Accident
24	32	82	Danny Watts, Jr.	Horton Avenue Materials Chevrolet	89	20		Accident
25	31	01	Melissa Fifield	Eastern Propane & Oil Chevrolet	83	19		Suspension
26	14	13	James Civali	Cape Cod Aggregates/Seekonk GP Chevrolet	74	18		Rear End
27	20	89	Matt Swanson *	Spafco Race Chassis/FMR Racing Chevrolet	53	17		Rear End
28	12	17	Kyle Ellwood *	Riverhead Building Supply Chevrolet	51	16		Accident
29	29	33	Wade Cole	Performance Engines/Kendall Oil Chevrolet	41	15		Accident
30	24	15	Ray Graham *	15-40 Connection/LFR Chassis Chevrolet	40	14		Accident
31	17	31	Steve Masse *	Dunleavy’s Truck & Trailer Repair Chevrolet	2	13		Accident
32	22	36	Dave Sapienza *	Frankie’s Towing/Wine Country Chevrolet	2	12		Accident

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RACE STATISTICS

Fastest Qualifier: Doug Coby, Time: 18.566 Seconds, Speed: 121.189 mph
Failed to Qualify: (1) George Perreault * (#38).

Time of Race: 1 hrs., 13 mins, 9 secs Average Speed: 76.897 mph Margin of Victory: 0.690 Seconds

Caution Flags: Laps 3-5 (Car #31 accident (Frontstretch) [none]); 18-24 (Car #88 accident (Turn 2) [none]); 42-46 (Cars #15, 33 accident (Turn 1) [26]); 52-62 (Car #17 accident (Turn 2) [88]); 91-96 (Cars #26, 82 accident (Frontstretch) [none]); 99-102 (Car #58 accident (Backstretch) [11]). 6 for 36 laps.

Lap Leaders: Doug Coby 1-93, Patrick Emerling 94-102, Justin Bonsignore 103-144, Doug Coby 145-150.

Total Laps Led: Doug Coby 99, Justin Bonsignore 42, Patrick Emerling 9. 3 changes involving 3 drivers.

* – Denotes Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender