Coby Takes Mod Crown, Bonsignore Wins At Thompson

Doug Coby celebrates his fourth NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship Sunday afternoon at Connecticut’s Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park. Photo by Fran Lawlor/NASCAR

It took 10 seasons, bouncing between full and part-time rides, for Doug Coby to get his second career NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour victory.

Since then, though, the Milford, Connecticut, driver has compiled a resume that puts him among the elite Modified drivers of all-time.

Coby drove his No. 2 Dunleavy Repair/A&J Romano Construction Chevrolet to a sixth-place finish in Sunday’s Sunoco World Series 150 at Connecticut’s Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park to cap off his fourth career championship. He finished 12 points ahead of race winner Justin Bonsignore to claim the trophy.

In the process, Coby joined NASCAR Hall of Famers Jerry Cook and Richie Evans, as well as NASCAR Hall of Fame nominee Mike Stefanik and Tony Hirschman, Jr., as the only drivers in NASCAR Modified 69-year history to win four or more championships.

He also became the first driver in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour era, which began in 1985, to win three straight titles. All three have come since he teamed up with car owner Mike Smeriglio III. Over the last six seasons, he’s collected 21 wins. In the two years he didn’t win the championship, he was fifth in 2011 and second in 2013.

Coby won five times this season, to move to seventh all-time on the tour’s win list. He entered the finale with a 20-point cushion on Bonsignore and needed to only finish 17th or better to wrap up the title.

Justin Bonsignore collected his fourth NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour win of the season on Sunday at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park. Photo by Fran Lawlor/NASCAR

Bonsignore qualified seventh and drove his No. 3 Chevrolet to the lead past Coors Light Pole Award winner Timmy Solomito with 21 laps remaining. But Coby, who started second and had drifted as far back as 14th, picked off enough positions in the closing laps to secure the crown.

Sunday was Bonsignore’s fourth win of the season.

Former tour champion and current NASCAR Xfinity Series regular Ryan Preece finished second at Thompson, followed by Jimmy Blewett, Donny Lia and Solomito.

After Coby, Woody Pitkat, Eric Goodale, Matt Swanson and Dave Sapienze rounded out the top 10. Swanson began the weekend having already clinched Sunoco Rookie of the Year honors.

Coby, Bonsignore, Swanson and other top performers from the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour will be honored on Saturday, Dec. 10 in Charlotte, North Carolina for the NASCAR Night of Champions Touring Awards celebration. The event will be held at the NASCAR Hall of Fame at the Charlotte Convention Center for the seventh consecutive year.

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park – Thompson, CT
Sunoco World Series 150 – Oct. 16, 2016

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Laps	Points	B/Points	Status
1	7	51	Justin Bonsignore	Phoenix Communications Inc. Chevrolet	150	47	4	Running
2	11	6	Ryan Preece	T.S. Haulers, Inc./Riverhead Raceway Inc. Chevrolet	150	42		Running
3	10	4	Jimmy Blewett	Starrett Tools/Mayhew Tools Dodge	150	41		Running
4	12	8	Donny Lia	Sypher Construction/Bardahl Chevrolet	150	40		Running
5	1	16	Timmy Solomito	Diversified Metals Ford	150	41	2	Running
6	2	2	Doug Coby	Dunleavy Repair/A&J Romano Const Chevrolet	150	39	1	Running
7	3	85	Woody Pitkat	Stuart’s Automotive Chevrolet	150	37		Running
8	5	58	Eric Goodale	GAF Roofing Chevrolet	150	36		Running
9	17	89	Matt Swanson *	Central Mass Tree Chevrolet	150	35		Running
10	15	36	Dave Sapienza	SAP Enterprise Chevrolet	150	34		Running
11	21	99	Jamie Tomaino	Dunleavy’s Repair/Atlantic Sprinkler Chevrolet	150	33		Running
12	20	46	Jeff Goodale	Riverhead Building Supply Chevrolet	150	32		Running
13	19	20	Max Zachem	Lu-Mac’s Package Store/East End Statuary Chevrolet	150	31		Running
14	8	3	Rowan Pennink	Cape Cod Copper/Canto Paving Chevrolet	149	30		Running
15	9	44	Bobby Santos	Tinio Corp./Dan Kelley/Curb Records Chevrolet	148	29		Running
16	26	26	Gary McDonald	Lakeland Landscape /TRC Electric Chevrolet	148	28		Running
17	22	33	Wade Cole	Performance Engines/Kendall Oil Chevrolet	146	28	1	Running
18	13	82	Ron Silk	Horton Avenue Materials Chevrolet	143	26		Running
19	25	1	Melissa Fifield	Eastern Propane & Oil Chevrolet	124	25		Handling
20	24	78	Walter Sutcliffe Jr. *	Last Minute Racing Chevrolet	119	24		Handling
21	4	64	Rob Summers	HTE/Dell Electric/Complete Const. Chevrolet	108	23		Steering
22	14	9	Chase Dowling	S&S Asphalt Paving/Dunleavy’s Repair Chevrolet	101	22		Engine
23	18	17	Kyle Ellwood	Eastside Building Chevrolet	81	21		Carburetor
24	27	38	Gary Byington *	Performance Engines/Kendall Oil Chevrolet	75	20		Handling
25	16	56	Craig Lutz *	Lutz Motorsports Chevrolet	45	19		Accident
26	23	39	Calvin Carroll *	Power with Prestige Chevrolet	39	18		Accident
27	6	75	Shawn Solomito	Eastport Feeds Chevrolet	25	17		Engine

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RACE STATISTICS
Fastest Qualifier: Timmy Solomito, Time: 18.643 Seconds, Speed: 120.689 mph
Time of Race: 1 hrs., 7 mins, 44 secs Average Speed: 83.046 mph Margin of Victory: 1.241 Seconds
Caution Flags: Laps 5-9; 26-31; 40-44; 46-50; 71-76; 102-105. 6 for 31 laps.
Lap Leaders: Timmy Solomito 1-50, Doug Coby 51, Timmy Solomito 52-73, Wade Cole 74-76, Timmy Solomito 77-129, Justin Bonsignore 130-150.
Total Laps Led: Timmy Solomito 125, Justin Bonsignore 21, Wade Cole 3, Doug Coby 1. 5 changes involving 4 drivers.
Top 10 Driver Points: Doug Coby 684, Justin Bonsignore 672, Timmy Solomito 638, Donny Lia 577, Max Zachem 576, Jimmy Blewett 574, Eric Goodale 570, Ron Silk 565, Matt Swanson * 543, Chase Dowling 543