Late Pass Gives Goodale Whelen Modified Win At Stafford

Eric Goodale’s third career NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour victory came Sunday at Stafford Motor Speedway. Photo by Adam Glanzman/NASCAR

Coming from the 18th position, Eric Goodale knew it would take a stout car for him to travel to the front in Sunday’s NAPA Fall Final 150 at Connecticut’s Stafford Motor Speedway.

When it came down to the final laps, Goodale had the car he needed to get the job done. The Riverhead, New York, driver scored his third career NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour win by passing Ryan Preece with just three laps remaining. The victory was his first at the half-mile oval.

“Stafford is one of those places that you dream of winning at when you’re a little kid,” Goodale said. “I came up here and watched races when I was a kid. To be here and finally win a race, we have so many races under our belt here and we have come close here so many times. It feels good to finally seal the deal.”

Goodale’s run to the front of the field after his qualifying effort was not an easy one. He maneuvered his way to the front and was working the back bumper of Preece for the race lead in lapped traffic when a caution at lap 111 set up the final pit stops of the day. Goodale’s team went to work to help get him out at the front.

He took the lead from lap 120-125, but then lost it and had to follow Preece in the final circuits. A late move to the bottom of turn four got him the lead with just three laps to go and he never looked back.

Goodale beat Preece to the line by 0.389 seconds. Preece came up one spot short of sweeping the 2017 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour races at Stafford. He led a race-high 115 laps. Ron Silk finished third, while Chase Dowling and Timmy Solomito rounded out the top five.

Justin Bonsignore was sixth, followed by Doug Coby, Bobby Santos, Craig Lutz and Kyle Bonsignore.

With just one race left on the schedule, four-time champion Coby has a 10 point lead over Justin Bonsingore in the championship standings. Solomito is third, 12 markers back, while Preece is fourth, 19 back from the lead.

The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour will return to the track on Sunday Oct. 15 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, where the 2017 champion will be crowned.

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
Stafford Motor Speedway – Stafford, CT
NAPA Fall Final 150 – Oct. 1, 2017

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Laps	Points	B/Points	Status
1	18	58	Eric Goodale	GAF Roofing Chevrolet	150	47	4	Running
2	1	6	Ryan Preece	T.S. Haulers Chevrolet	150	44	2	Running
3	3	85	Ron Silk	Stuarts Automotiive/J&R Pre-Cast Chevrolet	150	41		Running
4	8	15	Chase Dowling	15-40 Connection/Evolution Sports Chevrolet	150	40		Running
5	4	16	Timmy Solomito	Starrett Racing Ford	150	39		Running
6	15	51	Justin Bonsignore	Phoenix Communications Inc. Chevrolet	150	38		Running
7	2	2	Doug Coby	Mayhew Tools/Dunleavy/AJ Romano Chevrolet	150	37		Running
8	10	44	Bobby Santos	Sully Tinio/Brendan Kelley Music Chevrolet	150	36		Running
9	17	46	Craig Lutz	Riverhead Building Supply Chevrolet	150	35		Running
10	6	22	Kyle Bonsignore	Snap-On Tools/Checker Perf Chevrolet	150	34		Running
11	13	92	Anthony Nocella	Nocella Paving/Airgas Chevrolet	150	33		Running
12	9	36	Dave Sapienza	Sapienza Enterprise Chevrolet	150	32		Running
13	27	24	Andrew Krause	Supreme Manufacturing Chevrolet	150	31		Running
14	7	0	Jon McKennedy	Brady Bunch Racing/Copeland Toyota Chevrolet	149	30		Running
15	23	39	Calvin Carroll *	Power with Prestige/Cruising w/Betty Chevrolet	148	29		Running
16	20	38	Kyle Ellwood	Perf Engines/Kendall Oil/Ryan’s Chevrolet	148	28		Running
17	19	63	Austin Pickens *	LFR Chassis Chevrolet	148	27		Running
18	21	18	Ken Heagy	Buoy One Seafood Chevrolet	147	26		Running
19	11	64	Rob Summers	Hoosier Tire East/Fast Track Elect/Hughes Motors	147	25		Running
20	22	33	Wade Cole	Perf. Engines/Kendall Oil Ford	145	24		Running
21	24	26	Gary McDonald	Lakeland Landscape /TRC Electric Chevrolet	144	23		Running
22	25	1	Melissa Fifield	Eastern Propane & Oil Chevrolet	143	22		Running
23	5	3	Rowan Pennink	Cape Cod Copper/JDL/USNE Chevrolet	141	21		Running
24	12	21	Ronnie Williams *	Gershow Recycling Chevrolet	136	21	1	Right front
25	14	82	Woody Pitkat	Horton Avenue Materials Chevrolet	127	19		Rear End
26	26	78	Walter Sutcliffe Jr. *	Last Minute Racing Chevrolet	74	18		Clutch
27	16	89	Matt Swanson	Starrett Tools Ford	52	17		Fuel Pump

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RACE STATISTICS

Fastest Qualifier: Ryan Preece, Time: 18.513 Seconds, Speed: 97.229 mph

Time of Race: 1 hrs., 1 mins, 46 secs Average Speed: 72.855 mph Margin of Victory: 0.389 Seconds

Caution Flags: Laps 5-8; 55-59; 112-118; 122-125; 127-131. 5 for 25 laps.

Lap Leaders: Ryan Preece 1-115, Eric Goodale 116, Ronnie Williams * 117-119, Eric Goodale 120-125, Ryan Preece 126, Eric Goodale 127-150.

Total Laps Led: Ryan Preece 116, Eric Goodale 31, Ronnie Williams * 3. 5 changes involving 3 drivers.

Top 10 Driver Points: Doug Coby 563, Justin Bonsignore 553, Timmy Solomito 551, Ryan Preece 544, Eric Goodale 538, Rowan Pennink 530, Dave Sapienza 475, Matt Swanson 454, Rob Summers 442, Craig Lutz 404

* Denotes Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender