Coby Keeps Modified Title Hopes Alive With Stafford Win

Doug Coby celebrates his sixth NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour win of the season Sunday at Stafford Motor Speedway. Photo by Getty Images for NASCAR

Doug Coby celebrates his sixth NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour win of the season Sunday at Stafford Motor Speedway. Photo by Getty Images for NASCAR

Three races after it appeared Doug Coby’s efforts to repeat as NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion were in jeopardy, he’s back in the driver’s seat.

The Milford, Connecticut, driver rolled to his second straight win Sunday in the NAPA Fall Final 150 at Connecticut’s Stafford Motor Speedway and will head into the season finale as the championship points leader.

Ryan Preece, the 2013 champion who was the runner-up to Coby in 2012 and 2014, rebounded from an accident and pit road penalty to finish second at Stafford. Woody Pitkat, who entered the penultimate race weekend with the points lead, finished 12th after being involved in a late-race wreck.

The result is Coby will head to the season finale even in points with Preece. They are both four points (565) ahead of Pitkat (561) going into the Sunoco World Series 150 at Connecticut’s Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on Sunday, Oct. 18.

Coby has six wins to Preece’s four and Pitkat’s one.

It’s a dramatic turn of events for Coby, who wrecked on lap 2 at Bristol Motor Speedway on Aug. 19 and left the World’s Fastest Half-Mile 33 points out of the lead. He finished second at New York’s Riverhead Raceway before winning last week at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Sunday’s race at Stafford.

Coby also earned the Coors Light Pole Award for the NAPA Fall Final 150 in qualifying on Saturday. With Sunday’s win he became the first Whelen Modified Tour driver since Donny Lia in 2007 to win six events in a season.

Timmy Solomito was third on Sunday, followed by Lia and Shawn Solomito.

Rookies Chase Dowling and Matt Swanson were sixth and seventh, respectively, followed by Jamie Tomaino, Ken Heagy and Todd Szegedy.

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
Stafford Speedway – Stafford, CT
NAPA Fall Final 150 – Oct. 4, 2015

Fin Str Car Driver Team Laps Points B/Points Status
1 1 2 Doug Coby Dunleavy’s Repair/HEX Performance Chevrolet 150 47 4 Running
2 2 6 Ryan Preece TS Haulers/East West Marine Chevrolet 150 44 2 Running
3 3 16 Timmy Solomito Diversified Metals /R.B. Enterprises Ford 150 41 Running
4 5 8 Donny Lia Sypher Construction/Bardahl Chevrolet 150 41 1 Running
5 14 75 Shawn Solomito Eastport Feeds/Axel Anderson Inc. Chevrolet 150 39 Running
6 7 9 Chase Dowling * S&S Asphalt Paving/Dunleavy’s Repair Chevrolet 150 38 Running
7 19 89 Matt Swanson * Spafco Race Chassis/FMR Racing Chevrolet 150 37 Running
8 18 99 Jamie Tomaino Dunleavy’s Repair/Atlantic Sprinkler Chevrolet 150 36 Running
9 22 18 Ken Heagy Buoy One Seafood/East End Statuary Chevrolet 150 35 Running
10 15 4 Todd Szegedy Montanari Fuel Dodge 150 34 Running
11 13 14 Max Zachem * Trowbridge Transport/Dunleavy’s Chevrolet 150 33 Running
12 10 88 Woody Pitkat Buzz Chew Chevrolet/Elbow East Restaurant 150 32 Running
13 17 64 Anthony Nocella * Nocella Reclamation/Fast Track Chevrolet 150 31 Running
14 9 58 Eric Goodale GAF Roofing/Supreme Skylights Chevrolet 150 30 Running
15 27 33 Wade Cole Performance Engines/Kendall Oil Chevrolet 150 29 Running
16 12 13 James Civali Cape Cod Aggregates/Seekonk GP Chevrolet 149 28 Running
17 25 26 Gary McDonald Lakeland Landscape/TRC Electric Chevrolet 147 27 Running
18 21 31 Steve Masse * SMR Racing Chevrolet 144 26 Running
19 6 22 Ted Christopher Canto Paving/Ferguson Waterworks Chevrolet 136 25 Accident
20 4 44 Bobby Santos Tinio Corp./Dan Kelley/Curb Records Chevrolet 122 24 Engine
21 11 51 Justin Bonsignore M3 Technology Chevrolet 102 23 Accident
22 16 07 Patrick Emerling Buffalo Auto Auction Chevrolet 100 22 Accident
23 23 46 Jeff Goodale * Riverhead Building Supply/Speedworld FX Chevrolet 100 21 Accident
24 8 59 Ronnie Williams * Advice One/Tick Free Organic Chevrolet 100 20 Accident
25 24 37 Dave Salzarulo Brickenmore Bricks Chevrolet 48 19 Accident
26 20 36 Dave Sapienza * Frankie’s Towing/Wine Country Chevrolet 47 18 Accident
27 26 01 Melissa Fifield Eastern Propane & Oil Chevrolet 47 17 Transmission

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RACE STATISTICS
Fastest Qualifier:
Doug Coby, Time: 18.329 Seconds, Speed: 98.205 mph
Time of Race: 1 hrs., 14 mins, 9 secs Average Speed: 60.688 mph Margin of Victory: 0.642 Seconds
Caution Flags: [Beneficiary] Laps 30-34 (Car #4 spinout (Turn 4) [37]); 49-56 (Car #46 spinout (Turn 4), Cars #36 & 37 accident (Turn 2) [4]); 95-98 (Car #89 spinout (Turn 2) [64]); 101-106 (Cars #13, 6, 59, 46, 07, 51, 75 accident (Backstretch) [89] {Red Flag 7 mins.}); 124-128 (Car #44 stopped on track (Turn 3) [18] {Red Flag 9 mins.}); 133-135 (Cars #22, 14 spinout (Turn 4) [4]); 137-139 (Cars #88, 14, 64, 22 accident (Backstretch) [33] {Red Flag 9 mins.}); 144-145 (Car #13 accident (Turn 3) [33]). 8 for 36 laps.
Lap Leaders: Ryan Preece 1-96, Donny Lia 97-105, Doug Coby 106-150.
Total Laps Led: Ryan Preece 96, Doug Coby 45, Donny Lia 9. 2 changes involving 3 drivers.

 

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