Preece Charges Late To Whelen Mod Win At Thompson

Ryan Preece captured his fourth NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour win of the season on Wednesday night at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park. Photo by Michael Ivins/NASCAR

The wave of momentum for Ryan Preece continued on Wednesday night at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park.

Preece charged to the front of the 28th Annual Bud “King of Beers” 150 for his second straight NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour victory and fourth of the season.

The Berlin, Connecticut, driver passed defending champion Doug Coby with just 16 laps remaining en route to the win. In his last six Whelen Modified Tour starts, he has four wins, a second and a fourth. It was his 19th career tour victory.

“Doug put a lot more pressure on me at the end then I thought he was going too,” Preece said following his win. “I have to keep winning races. My career depends on that. We had a really good car tonight.”

Wednesday’s drive was filled with plenty of drama. While some of the top challengers pitted before the haflway point, Preece decided to wait things out and make a late pit stop for fresh rubber. However, on lap 114, his No. 6 TS Haulers/Hoosier Tire of Calverton Chevrolet went spinning in turn 2. Preece fired the car before going a lap down and pitted for tires two laps later.

From there, it was a hard charge to the front.

Preece worked his way into the top five and then passed leader Coby with just 16 laps remaining. While Preece showed the way for the final laps, Coby was not about to let him get away. However, on the final lap, Coby made contact with the Turn 1 wall. Coby was able to continue on and was scored as the runner-up as the race ended under caution. The yellow flag froze the field on the final lap, and NASCAR officials ruled Coby maintained a reasonable speed under caution given the track conditions.

Ted Christopher finished third, followed by Timmy Solomito and Bobby Santos.

Andrew Krause, Rowan Pennink, Eric Goodale, Jon McKennedy and Woody Pitkat rounded out the top ten.

Solomito increased his championship points lead to 10 over Pennink, while Preece moved up to third – 19 back of Solomito – despite missing a race earlier in the season to get married. Coby and Goodale are each 11 points back of Preece.

The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour returns to the track on Wednesday night at Bristol Motor Speedway with the running of the Bush’s Beans 150.

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park – Thompson, CT
Bud King of Beers 150 – August 9, 2017

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Laps	Points	B/Points	Status
1	3	6	Ryan Preece	TS Haulers Inc/Hoosier Tire of Calverton Chevrolet	150	48	5	Running
2	7	2	Doug Coby	Mayhew Tools/Dunleavy/AJ Romano Chevrolet	150	43	1	Running
3	5	82	Ted Christopher	Horton Avenue Materials Chevrolet	150	41		Running
4	2	16	Timmy Solomito	Starrett Tools Ford	150	41	1	Running
5	8	44	Bobby Santos	Sully Tinio/Brendan Kelley Music Chevrolet	150	39		Running
6	6	24	Andrew Krause	Supreme Manufacturing Chevrolet	150	38		Running
7	1	3	Rowan Pennink	Cape Cod Copper/USNE Chevrolet	150	38	1	Running
8	15	58	Eric Goodale	GAF Roofing Chevrolet	150	36		Running
9	4	0	Jon McKennedy	Copeland Toyota & Chevrolet/True City Auto Sales	150	35		Running
10	13	52	Woody Pitkat	Gunsmoke Stebbins Racing Chevrolet	150	34		Running
11	14	51	Justin Bonsignore	Phoenix Communications Inc. Chevrolet	150	34	1	Running
12	12	46	Craig Lutz	Riverhead Building Supply Chevrolet	150	32		Running
13	18	29	Brendon Bock	Meadow Brook Collision Chevrolet	150	31		Running
14	9	15	Chase Dowling	15-40 Connection Chevrolet	150	30		Running
15	10	20	Max Zachem	Anytime Rental/u-Macs Chevrolet	149	29		Running
16	11	36	Dave Sapienza	Sapienza Enterprise Chevrolet	149	28		Running
17	16	89	Matt Swanson	Starrett Tools Ford	149	27		Running
18	23	64	Rob Summers	Hoosier Tire East/Fast Track Elect/Hughes Motors	147	26		Running
19	17	74	CJ Lehmann *	IGA Food Markets Chevrolet	146	25		Running
20	20	39	Calvin Carroll *	Power with Prestige/Cruising w/Betty Chevrolet	145	24		Running
21	22	33	Wade Cole	Perf. Engines/Kendall Oil Chevrolet	143	23		Running
22	21	45	Dillon Steuer *	Coram Materials Chevrolet	125	22		Running
23	19	85	Jeff Rocco *	Stuarts Automotiive/J&R Pre-Cast Chevrolet	100	21		Power Steering
24	26	78	Walter Sutcliffe Jr. *	Last Minute Racing Chevrolet	83	20		Clutch
25	24	1	Melissa Fifield	Eastern Propane & Oil Chevrolet	55	19		Power Steering
26	25	38	Dave Salzarulo	Perf Engines/Kendall Oil/Ryan’s Chevrolet	12	18		Handling

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RACE STATISTICS

Fastest Qualifier: Rowan Pennink, Time: 18.697 Seconds, Speed: 120.340 mph

Time of Race: 0 hrs., 59 mins, 35 secs Average Speed: 94.406 mph Margin of Victory: Under caution

Caution Flags: Laps 58-64; 75-80; 114-118; 150. 4 for 19 laps.

Lap Leaders: Rowan Pennink 1-6, Ryan Preece 7-82, Justin Bonsignore 83-87, Timmy Solomito 88-126, Doug Coby 127-133, Ryan Preece 134-150.

Total Laps Led: Ryan Preece 93, Timmy Solomito 39, Doug Coby 7, Rowan Pennink 6, Justin Bonsignore 5. 5 changes involving 5 drivers.

Top 10 Driver Points: Timmy Solomito 351, Rowan Pennink 341, Ryan Preece 332, Doug Coby 321, Eric Goodale 321, Justin Bonsignore 319, Max Zachem 301, Dave Sapienza 289, Woody Pitkat 283, Rob Summers 275

* Denotes Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender