Coby Cracks Whelen Mod Icebreaker Victory Lane

Doug Coby opened the defense of his Whelen Modified Tour championship with a win Sunday afternoon at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park. Photo by Tim Bradbury/Getty Images for NASCAR

After a bitter winter marked by record-setting snowfall, the sunny skies and near-70 degree temperatures at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park in Thompson, CT on Sunday were celebrated by fans in the packed grandstands.

The only thing better than the weather in northeastern Connecticut was the racing.

Reigning tour champion Doug Coby displayed the consistent dominance that led to last season’s title, leading 127 of 150 laps in the 41st Annual Icebreaker 150 to capture the checkered flag in the season-opening NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour event.

The win was Coby’s second in 43 career Thompson starts and first in the Icebreaker. Driving the No. 2 Dunleavy’s Repair/HEX Performance Chevrolet, Coby started from the pole and stayed in the front of the 35-car field to avoid trouble in a race marked by 10 cautions and two red flags.

Woody Pitkat tied his career best Icebreaker finish with a second place effort in the No. 88 Buzz Chew Chevrolet/Elbow East Chevrolet, overcoming an oil leak discovered during the second red flag period that sent him to the rear of the field after having too many crew members over the wall to make repairs.

Bobby Santos, winner of the 2010 Icebreaker and season championship, powered the No. 44 Curb Records/Tinio Corp./Dan Kelley Chevrolet to third place after getting to a race-high second with 11 laps remaining.

Ted Christopher wasn’t able to add to his collection of four Icebreaker trophies, but did get his 46th top-10 finish in 85 career Whelen Modified Tour starts at Thompson. Ryan Preece, who won the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Sunoco Modified 75 earlier Sunday, earned his first top five finish with his new team in the No. 6 TS Haulers/East West Marine Chevrolet.

Timmy Solomito, Eric Goodale, Donny Lia, Ron Silk and Todd Szegedy rounded out the top ten.

Dawsonville, GA’s Spencer Davis, who completed the “modified double” after a 14th place finish in Saturday night’s NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour race at Langley Speedway in Virginia, just missed a top-10, finishing 12th in the No. 79 Hillbilly Racing/Coors 21 Means 21 Pontiac after starting at the rear of the field due to the driver change.

The race featured two leaders – Coby and Silk – and two lead changes.

Justin Bonsignore, last year’s Icebreaker 150 winner, went to pit road during the second caution period with his engine misfiring, then was involved in a Lap 74 spin with Brandon Oltra and Anthony Nocella. He settled for a 27th place finish, 22 laps down.

The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour returns to action on April 26 at Connecticut’s Stafford Motor Speedway for the NAPA Spring Sizzler 200.

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park – Thompson, CT
Icebreaker 150 – April 12, 2015

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Laps	Points	B/Points	Status
1	1	2	Doug Coby	Dunleavy’s Repair/HEX Performance Chevrolet	150	48	5	Running
2	7	88	Woody Pitkat	Buzz Chew Chevrolet/Elbow East Chevrolet	150	42		Running
3	2	44	Bobby Santos	Curb Records/ImperialCars.com Chevrolet	150	41		Running
4	4	13	Ted Christopher	Mr. Rooter/Cape Cod Aggregates Chevrolet	150	40		Running
5	8	6	Ryan Preece	TS Haulers/East West Marine Chevrolet	150	39		Running
6	5	16	Timmy Solomito	Diversified Metals /R.B. Enterprises Chevrolet	150	38		Running
7	6	58	Eric Goodale	GAF Roofing/Supreme Skylights Chevrolet	150	37		Running
8	12	8	Donny Lia	Sypher Construction/Bardahl Chevrolet	150	36		Running
9	11	40	Ron Silk	15-40 Connection/LFR Chassis Chevrolet	150	36	1	Running
10	17	4	Todd Szegedy	Mystic Missile Racing Dodge	150	34		Running
11	9	7	Patrick Emerling	Emerling Chevrolet Inc. Chevrolet	150	33		Running
12	23	79	Spencer Davis	Hillbilly Racing/Coors 21 Means 21 Pontiac	150	32		Running
13	18	93	Rowan Pennink	Van Wickle Auto Supply Chevrolet	150	31		Running
14	26	63	Tom Rogers, Jr.	East End Statuary Chevrolet	150	30		Running
15	10	35	Derek Ramstrom *	Matthew’s Truck Svc./Seekonk GP Chevrolet	150	29		Running
16	22	99	Jamie Tomaino	Dunleavy’s Repair/Atlantic Sprinkler Chevrolet	150	28		Running
17	20	9	Chase Dowling *	S&S Asphalt Paving/Dunleavy’s Repair Chevrolet	150	27		Running
18	21	29	Jon McKennedy	EXIT Realty/LH Wheeler Trucking Chevrolet	150	26		Running
19	13	22	Tommy Barrett, Jr.	Canto Paving/Ferguson Waterworks Chevrolet	149	25		Running
20	19	3	Troy Talman *	Cape Cod Copper/DCU Chevrolet	149	24		Running
21	24	36	Dave Sapienza *	Frankie’s Towing/Wine Country Chevrolet	148	23		Accident
22	27	46	Jeff Goodale *	Riverhead Building Supply Chevrolet	148	22		Running
23	33	26	Gary McDonald	Lakeland Landscape/TRC Electric Pontiac	148	21		Running
24	29	37	Dave Salzarulo	Brickenmore Bricks Chevrolet	147	20		Running
25	31	19	Brandon Oltra *	K&K Racing/Ruby’s Inn Chevrolet	145	19		Running
26	28	64	Anthony Nocella *	Hughes Motors/Complete Construction Chevrolet	136	18		Running
27	14	51	Justin Bonsignore	M3 Technology Chevrolet	128	17		Running
28	3	15	Corey LaJoie	15-40 Connection/LFR Chassis Chevrolet	126	16		nerf bar
29	34	1	Melissa Fifield	Big Moose RV Chevrolet	100	15		Clutch
30	30	18	Ken Heagy	Buoy One Seafood Chevrolet	72	14		Mechanical
31	25	14	Max Zachem *	Lu-Mac’s Package Store/Broadbrook Chevrolet	69	13		Engine
32	15	75	Shawn Solomito	Eastport Feeds/Axel Anderson Inc. Chevrolet	44	12		Fuel
33	16	31	Steve Masse *	El Gee Products Chevrolet	37	11		Vibration
34	32	33	Johnny Bush	Perf. Engines/Kendall Oil/Ryan’s Chevrolet	23	10		Ignition
35	35	82	Danny Watts, Jr.	Horton Avenue Materials Chevrolet	13	9		Accident

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RACE STATISTICS
Fastest Qualifier: Doug Coby, Time: 18.679 Seconds, Speed: 120.456 mph
Time of Race: 1 hrs., 23 mins, 19 secs Average Speed: 67.514 mph Margin of Victory: 2.085 Seconds
Caution Flags: Laps 15-19 (Car #82 accident (Turn 3) [01]); 31-36 (Car #19 spinout (Turn 2) [01]); 56-65 (Car #58 spinout (Turn 2)); 74-79 (Cars #19, 51, 64 spinout (Turn 1) [58]); 84-88 (Car #3 accident (Turn 2) [07]); 91-95 (Cars #4, 9, 36, 64 accident (Turn 1) [6]); 105-108 (Car #22 spinout (Backstretch) [07]); 112-116 (Multi-car accident (Turn 4)); 118-121 (Car #46 stalled (Turn 1) [36]); 134-137 (Car #37 accident (Turn 2) [22]). 10 for 54 laps.
Lap Leaders: Doug Coby 1-76, Ron Silk 77-99, Doug Coby 100-150.
Total Laps Led: Doug Coby 127, Ron Silk 23. 2 changes involving 2 drivers.