Preece Makes It Two In A Row on the Whelen Modified Tour

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Posted by Wayne G. Barber        

STAFFORD, Conn. – Ryan Preece captured his second straight victory Friday night in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour TSI Harley-Davidson 125 at Stafford Speedway.
The 24-year-old from Berlin, Connecticut, earned his first win of the season last Saturday at New London-Waterford Speedbowl, when he edged past Doug Coby for the win. Friday on the half-mile oval of Stafford, he repeated the same fate. Preece, the quickest in practice, took the lead on Lap 2 from Coby and led all but six laps.

POS	DRIVER
1	Ryan Preece
2	Woody Pitkat
3	Timmy Solomito
4	Todd Szegedy
5	Bobby Santos

This win could be a good omen for Preece with each of the last five winners of the TSI Harley-Davidson 125 having gone one to win the Whelen Modified Tour title that year, including Preece in 2013.
Woody Pitkat and Timmy Solomito finished second and third, respectively. Preece finished 0.728 seconds in front of Pitkat to earn his 13th Whelen Modified Tour victory.
Todd Szegedy finished fourth and Bobby Santos in fifth.
Ted Christopher, Rowan Pennink, Keith Rocco, Patrick Emerling and Tom Rogers Jr. rounded out the top 10.
Defending champion Doug Coby was penalized late in the race for rough driving and finished 13th after winning the Coors Light Pole Award.
With Friday's result, Preece increased his lead in the championship standings to eight points over Pitkat while Coby slipped one spot to third, 17 tallies behind.

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The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour will return to the track on Wednesday, June 10 for the Mr. Rooter 125 at Connecticut’s Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Laps	Points	B/Points	Status
1	2	6	Ryan Preece	TS Haulers/East West Marine Chevrolet	125	48	5	Running
2	4	88	Woody Pitkat	TSI Harley Davidson/Buzz Chew Chevy Chevrolet	125	42		Running
3	7	16	Timmy Solomito	Diversified Metals /R.B. Enterprises Ford	125	41		Running
4	11	4	Todd Szegedy	Mystic Missile Racing Dodge	125	40		Running
5	3	44	Bobby Santos	Tinio Corp./Dan Kelley/Curb Records Chevrolet	125	40	1	Running
6	14	13	Ted Christopher	Mr. Rooter/Cape Cod Aggregates Chevrolet	125	38		Running
7	8	93	Rowan Pennink	Van Wickle Auto Supply Chevrolet	125	37		Running
8	15	22	Keith Rocco	Canto Paving/Milton Caterpillar Chevrolet	125	36		Running
9	5	7	Patrick Emerling	Buffalo Auto Auction Chevrolet	125	35		Running
10	17	63	Tom Rogers, Jr.	East End Statuary Chevrolet	125	34		Running
11	10	31	Steve Masse *	El Gee Products/Dunleavy's Chevrolet	125	33		Running
12	6	9	Chase Dowling *	S&S Asphalt Paving/Dunleavy's Repair Chevrolet	125	32		Running
13	1	2	Doug Coby	Dunleavy's Repair/HEX Performance Chevrolet	125	32	1	Running
14	21	17	Kyle Ellwood *	Riverhead Building Supply Chevrolet	125	30		Running
15	23	75	Shawn Solomito	Eastport Feeds/Axel Anderson Inc. Chevrolet	124	29		Running
16	22	3	Troy Talman *	Cape Cod Copper/B&G Toys & Trains Chevrolet	124	28		Running
17	20	99	Jamie Tomaino	Dunleavy's Repair/Atlantic Sprinkler Chevrolet	124	27		Running
18	24	46	Jeff Goodale *	Riverhead Building Supply Chevrolet	124	26		Running
19	25	14	Max Zachem *	Lu-Mac's Package Store/Dunleavy's Chevrolet	124	25		Running
20	18	36	Dave Sapienza *	Frankie's Towing/Wine Country Chevrolet	123	24		Running
21	27	18	Ken Heagy	Buoy One Seafood Chevrolet	123	23		Running
22	26	37	Dave Salzarulo	Brickenmore Bricks Chevrolet	123	22		Running
23	29	26	Gary McDonald	Lakeland Landscape/TRC Electric Pontiac	123	21		Running
24	19	64	Anthony Nocella *	Nocella Reclamation/Complete Const. Chevrolet	122	20		Running
25	9	8	Donny Lia	Sypher Construction/Bardahl Chevrolet	118	19		Accident
26	12	58	Eric Goodale	GAF Roofing/Supreme Skylights Chevrolet	112	18		Accident
27	28	29	Brendon Bock *	Pro-System Brakes Ford	100	17		Engine
28	13	51	Justin Bonsignore	M3 Technology Chevrolet	99	16		Accident
29	31	33	Wade Cole	Performance Engines/Kendall Oil Chevrolet	95	15		Accident
30	30	1	Melissa Fifield	Big Moose RV Chevrolet	43	14		Power Steering
31	16	79	Spencer Davis	Hillbilly Racing/Coors 21 Means 21 Pontiac Top 10 Driver Points: Ryan Preece 178, Woody Pitkat 170, Doug Coby 161, Bobby Santos 152, Todd Szegedy 142, Rowan Pennink 141, Patrick Emerling 141, Ted Christopher 139, Timmy Solomito 139, Eric Goodale 128	23	13		Engine

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