Coby Claims Whelen Modified Tour Win At New Hampshire

Doug Coby celebrates in victory lane after winning Saturday's NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.  Photo by Sarah Crabill/NASCAR via Getty Images

Doug Coby celebrates in victory lane after winning Saturday’s NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Photo by Sarah Crabill/NASCAR via Getty Images

By any measure, Doug Coby’s compiled quite a decorated career. But the three-time NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion is far from done piling up the accomplishments.

The 36-year-old from Milford, Connecticut, added to his length resume Saturday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Coby drove the No. 2 Dunleavy Repair/A&J Romano Construction Chevrolet to win in New England 100.

Coby led the final six laps and crossed the finish line .037 seconds ahead of Donny Lia.

The win was the 20th of Coby’s career, moving him into a tie with former champion Rick Fuller for seventh all-time. It was also Coby’s second straight win at “Magic Mile” and fourth overall.

“If you’re a New England Modified racer, this is what you race for: To win at Loudon,” Coby said.

Coby led eight times for 55 laps in a race that featured 22 lead changes among four drivers. Lia led 25 laps. The race was slowed by caution only once, for the halfway break.

Patrick Emerling finished third. Ron Silk, who won the Coors Light Pole Award earlier in the day, was fourth and NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Ryan Newman came home fifth.

Ryan Preece, Woody Pitkat, Justin Bonsignore, Eric Goodale and Todd Szegedy completed the top 10.

With his third win of the season, Coby extended his championship points lead to 32 points over Lia. Bonsignore is another eight points back.

It will be a quick turnaround for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, as it heads to Monadnock Speedway in Winchester, New Hampshire on July 23.

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
New Hampshire Motor Speedway – Loudon, NH
New England 100 – July 16, 2016

Fin Str Car Driver Team Laps Points B/Points Status
1 3 2 Doug Coby Dunleavy Repair/A&J Romano Const Chevrolet 100 48 5 Running
2 2 8 Donny Lia Sypher Construction/Bardahl Chevrolet 100 43 1 Running
3 12 7 Patrick Emerling Buffalo Auto Auction Chevrolet 100 41 Running
4 1 82 Ron Silk Horton Avenue Materials Chevrolet 100 41 1 Running
5 14 77 Ryan Newman Menards/Aggressive Hydraulics Chevrolet 100 39 Running
6 5 6 Ryan Preece T.S. Haulers, Inc./Riverhead Raceway Inc. Chevrolet 100 39 1 Running
7 10 85 Woody Pitkat Stuart’s Automotive/Dunleavy’s Repair Chevrolet 100 37 Running
8 11 51 Justin Bonsignore Phoenix Communications Inc. Chevrolet 100 36 Running
9 19 58 Eric Goodale GAF Roofing/RBSCorp.com Chevrolet 100 35 Running
10 33 15 Todd Szegedy 15-40 Connection Chevrolet 100 34 Running
11 15 9 Chase Dowling S&S Asphalt Paving/Dunleavy’s Repair Chevrolet 100 33 Running
12 6 16 Timmy Solomito Diversified Metals /R.B. Enterprises Ford 100 32 Running
13 17 89 Matt Swanson * Spafco Race Chassis/FMR Racing Chevrolet 100 31 Running
14 4 3 Rowan Pennink Cape Cod Copper/Canto Paving Chevrolet 100 30 Running
15 7 29 Brendon Bock Mosquito Free Organic Mosquito Control Chevrolet 100 29 Running
16 20 70 Andy Seuss Rockingham Boat Chevrolet 100 28 Running
17 23 21 Jr Bertuccio Gershow Recycling Chevrolet 100 27 Running
18 18 36 Dave Sapienza Frankie’s Towing Chevrolet 100 26 Running
19 8 64 Rob Summers HTE/Fast Track Elect/Complete Const. Chevrolet 100 25 Running
20 21 4 Jimmy Blewett Starrett Dodge 99 24 Running
21 22 56 Craig Lutz * Lutz Motorsports Chevrolet 99 23 Running
22 16 97 Bryan Dauzat O.B. Builders Chevrolet 99 22 Running
23 25 24 Andrew Krause * Supreme Manufacturing Chevrolet 98 21 Running
24 26 99 Jamie Tomaino Dunleavy’s Repair/Atlantic Sprinkler Chevrolet 98 20 Running
25 28 7 Gary Putnam Curb Records Chevrolet 98 19 Running
26 30 26 Gary McDonald Lakeland Landscape /TRC Electric Chevrolet 97 18 Running
27 9 44 Bobby Santos Tinio Corp./Dan Kelley/Curb Records Chevrolet 97 17 Running
28 24 46 Jeff Goodale Riverhead Building Supply Chevrolet 97 16 Running
29 27 33 Wade Cole Perf. Engines/Kendall Oil Chevrolet 94 15 Running
30 29 18 Ken Heagy Buoy One Seafood Chevrolet 94 14 Running
31 32 1 Melissa Fifield Eastern Propane & Oil Chevrolet 74 13 Handling
32 13 20 Max Zachem Lu-Mac’s Package Store/VWS Chevrolet 16 12 Rear End
33 31 38 Dave Salzarulo Perf. Engines/Kendall Oil Chevrolet 7 11 Handling

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RACE STATISTICS
Fastest Qualifier: Ron Silk, Time: 29.594 Seconds, Speed: 128.702 mph
Time of Race: 59 mins, 39 secs Average Speed: 106.421 mph Margin of Victory: 0.037 Seconds
Caution Flags: Laps 51-55 (Competition caution – FP #46).  1 for 5 laps.
Lap Leaders: Ron Silk 1-4, Doug Coby 5-12, Ryan Preece 13-14, Doug Coby 15-19, Ryan Preece 20-23, Doug Coby 24, Ryan Preece 25-26, Doug Coby 27-33, Ryan Preece 34, Doug Coby 35-56, Ryan Preece 57, Donny Lia 58, Ryan Preece 59, Donny Lia 60-62, Ryan Preece 63-64, Donny Lia 65, Ryan Preece 66-68, Donny Lia 69-80, Doug Coby 81, Donny Lia 82, Doug Coby 83-87, Donny Lia 88-94, Doug Coby 95-100.
Total Laps Led: Doug Coby 55, Donny Lia 25, Ryan Preece 16, Ron Silk 4.  22 changes involving 4 drivers.
Top 10 Driver Points: Doug Coby 290, Donny Lia 258, Justin Bonsignore 252, Timmy Solomito 246, Max Zachem 237, Matt Swanson * 234, Ron Silk 231, Jimmy Blewett 231, Rowan Pennink 230, Brendon Bock 228

* Denotes Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender

 

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