Coby Continues Stafford Roll

Posted by Wayne G. Barber

STAFFORD, Conn. (Oct. 9, 2016) – Doug Coby is the modern day dominator of Stafford Motor Speedway. Nothing that happened Sunday changed that fact.
Despite a delay of a week, and nearly seven more hours during a rain-drenched Sunday, Coby still reigns supreme with a victory in the NAPA Fall Final 150.

Coby rolled to his 10th career victory at the historic half-mile – now trailing only Ted Christopher’s 12 – and extended his lead in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship standings to 20 points with one race to go.
It was Coby’s fourth win in the last five tour races at Stafford behind the wheel of the No. 2 Dunleavy's Repair/A&J Romano Construction Chevrolet. It also marked his fifth overall in 2016, and 22nd of his career.
Justin Bonsignore entered the race trailing Coby by 13 tallies. The pair started the rain-delayed race 1-2 and traded the lead early, but Bonsignore experienced a mechanical issue and lost a lap on pit road. He was able to earn the subsequent free pass, and made it back to fourth to salvage a good finish considering the circumstances, but lost seven points on Coby in the process.
Following Coby across the finish line was Timmy Solomito and Jimmy Blewett. Bonsingore, Chase Dowling, Roan Pennink, Max Zachem, Matt Swanson, Woody Pitkat and Shawn Solomito brought home the top 10.
The NAPA Fall Final 150 will be telecast on NBCSN on Oct. 16 at 9:30 p.m.
The Whelen Modified Tour will conclude its season and crown a champion in the Sunoco World Series 150 on Oct. 16 at Connecticut’s Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park.

1	1	2	Doug Coby	Dunleavy Repair/A&J Romano Const Chevrolet	150	48	5	Running
2	14	16	Timmy Solomito	Diversified Metals Ford	150	42		Running
3	5	4	Jimmy Blewett	Starrett Tools/Mayhew Tools Dodge	150	42	1	Running
4	2	51	Justin Bonsignore	Phoenix Communications Inc. Chevrolet	150	41	1	Running
5	9	9	Chase Dowling	S&S Asphalt Paving/Dunleavy's Repair Chevrolet	150	39		Running
6	7	3	Rowan Pennink	Cape Cod Copper/Canto Paving Chevrolet	150	38		Running
7	11	20	Max Zachem	Lu-Mac's Package Store/VWS Chevrolet	150	37		Running
8	19	89	Matt Swanson *	Central Mass Tree Chevrolet	150	36		Running
9	6	85	Woody Pitkat	Stuart's Automotive Chevrolet	150	35		Running
10	10	75	Shawn Solomito	Eastport Feeds Chevrolet	150	34		Running
11	3	82	Ron Silk	Horton Avenue Materials Chevrolet	150	34	1	Running
12	12	46	Jeff Goodale	Riverhead Building Supply Chevrolet	150	32		Running
13	16	56	Craig Lutz *	Lutz Motorsports Chevrolet	150	31		Running
14	17	36	Dave Sapienza	SAP Enterprise Chevrolet	150	30		Running
15	18	99	Jamie Tomaino	Dunleavy's Repair/Atlantic Sprinkler Chevrolet	150	29		Running
16	20	33	Wade Cole	Perf. Engines/Kendall Oil Chevrolet	150	28		Running
17	21	78	Walter Sutcliffe Jr. *	Last Minute Racing Chevrolet	147	27		Running
18	8	44	Bobby Santos	Tinio Corp./Dan Kelley/Curb Records Chevrolet	121	26		Handling
19	13	58	Eric Goodale	GAF Roofing Chevrolet	100	25		Fuel Pump
20	24	1	Melissa Fifield	Eastern Propane & Oil Chevrolet	80	24		Engine
21	15	17	Kyle Ellwood	Chevrolet	79	23		Engine
22	25	18	Ken Heagy	Buoy One Seafood Chevrolet	62	22		Accident
23	4	8	Donny Lia	Sypher Construction/Bardahl Chevrolet	49	21		Accident
24	22	26	Gary McDonald	Lakeland Landscape /TRC Electric Chevrolet	35	20		Accident
25	23	38	Dave Salzarulo	Perf. Engines/Kendall Oil Chevrolet	20	19		Engine

Fastest Qualifier: Doug Coby, Time: 18.607 Seconds, Speed: 96.738 mph
Time of Race: 1 hrs., 14 mins, 52 secs    Average Speed: 60.107 mph    Margin of Victory: 0.241 Seconds
Caution Flags: Laps 24-27; 30-34; 48-50; 56-59; 63-66; 113-116; 138-141. 7 for 28 laps.
Lap Leaders: Doug Coby 1-4, Justin Bonsignore 5-34, Doug Coby 35-40, Ron Silk 41, Doug Coby 42-52, Jimmy Blewett 53-59, Doug Coby 60-150.
Total Laps Led: Doug Coby 112, Justin Bonsignore 30, Jimmy Blewett 7, Ron Silk 1. 6 changes involving 4 drivers.

Standings with one to go !

1	Doug Coby	645	16	5	10	13
2	Justin Bonsignore	625	16	3	12	13
3	Timmy Solomito	597	16	4	8	10
4	Max Zachem	545	16	0	2	11
5	Ron Silk	539	16	1	4	9
6	Donny Lia	537	16	0	4	9
7	Eric Goodale	534	16	1	4	9
8	Jimmy Blewett	533	15	1	6	11
9	Chase Dowling	521	16	0	3	7
10	Matt Swanson *	508	16	0	2	6
11	Rowan Pennink	503	16	0	2	8
12	Bobby Santos	478	16	1	3	6
13	Jeff Goodale	467	16	0	2	5
14	Jamie Tomaino	448	16	0	0	1
15	Rob Summers	418	15	0	2	3
16	Craig Lutz *	418	15	0	0	3
17	Dave Sapienza	404	15	0	1	1
18	Gary McDonald	390	16	0	0	0
19	Wade Cole	369	16	0	0	0
20	Brendon Bock	354	11	0	1	5