Doug Coby Dominates the Whelen Series at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park

All Photos by Wayne G. Barber

           Posted by Wayne G. Barber
 THOMPSON, Conn. – Doug Coby bounced back in a big way Wednesday night.
Five days after his worst outing of the season, the defending NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion led all but the first lap in the No. 2 Dunleavy's Repair/HEX Performance Chevrolet en route to the win in the Mr. Rooter 125 at Thompson Motorsport Park.
It was the 12th career win and third at Thompson for the Milford, Connecticut, driver. Coby, who also won the season-opening Icebreaker 125 at Thompson, was coming off a 13th-place finish last Friday at Connecticut's Stafford Motor Speedway.
Justin Bonsignore finished second, followed by Todd Szegedy – who dropped to the rear of the field to start the race due to unapproved changes following qualifying – and Keith Rocco. Woody Pitkat, who won the Coors Light Pole Award earlier in the day, came home fifth.
Bobby Santos was sixth, while championship points leader Ryan Preece rallied to finish seventh. Preece qualified 12th and dropped to the rear of the field to start the race due to unapproved changes following qualifying. He saw his lead cut to five over Pitkat and six over Coby.
Eric Goodale, Timmy Solomito and Ted Christopher rounded out the top 10.
The Mr. Rooter 125 will air on NBCSN on Thursday, June 18 at 6 p.m.

Following a run of three races in 12 days, the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour will catch its breath before getting back to the track on Saturday, June 27 with the Riverhead Hoosier Tire East 200 at New York's Riverhead Raceway.
Source NASCAR Home Tracks Media Press Release

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Laps	Points	B/Points	Status
1	2	2	Doug Coby	Dunleavy's Repair/HEX Performance Chevrolet	125	48	5	Running
2	7	51	Justin Bonsignore	M3 Technology Chevrolet	125	42		Running
3	20	4	Todd Szegedy	Mystic Missile Racing Dodge	125	41		Running
4	3	22	Keith Rocco	Canto Paving/Milton Caterpillar Chevrolet	125	40		Running
5	1	88	Woody Pitkat	Buzz Chew Chevrolet/Elbow East Chevrolet	125	40	1	Running
6	16	44	Bobby Santos	Tinio Corp./Dan Kelley/Curb Records Chevrolet	125	38		Running
7	12	6	Ryan Preece	TS Haulers/East West Marine Chevrolet	125	37		Running
8	8	58	Eric Goodale	GAF Roofing/Supreme Skylights Chevrolet	125	36		Running
9	5	16	Timmy Solomito	Diversified Metals /R.B. Enterprises Ford	125	35		Running
10	10	13	Ted Christopher	Mr. Rooter/Cape Cod Aggregates Chevrolet	125	34		Running
11	14	35	Derek Ramstrom *	Matthew's Truck Svc./Seekonk GP Chevrolet	125	33		Running
12	11	07	Patrick Emerling	Buffalo Auto Auction Chevrolet	125	32		Running
13	17	93	Rowan Pennink	Van Wickle Auto Supply Chevrolet	125	31		Running
14	4	15	Corey LaJoie	15-40 Connection/LFR Chassis Chevrolet	125	30		Running
15	6	3	Troy Talman *	Cape Cod Copper/Harvest Moon Chevrolet	124	29		Running
16	22	14	Max Zachem *	Lu-Mac's Package Store/Dunleavy's Chevrolet	124	28		Running
17	9	9	Chase Dowling *	S&S Asphalt Paving/Dunleavy's Repair Chevrolet	124	27		Running
18	19	29	Brendon Bock *	Pro-System Brakes/Robert B. Our Co. Ford	124	26		Running
19	21	36	Dave Sapienza *	Frankie's Towing/Wine Country Chevrolet	124	25		Running
20	15	8	Donny Lia	Sypher Construction/Bardahl Chevrolet	124	24		Running
21	23	46	Jeff Goodale *	Riverhead Building Supply Chevrolet	123	23		Running
22	24	99	Jamie Tomaino	Dunleavy's Repair/Atlantic Sprinkler Chevrolet	123	22		Running
23	26	33	Wade Cole	Performance Engines/Kendall Oil Chevrolet	122	21		Running
24	18	79	Spencer Davis	Hillbilly Racing/Coors 21 Means 21 Pontiac	119	20		Handling
25	28	26	Gary McDonald	Lakeland Landscape/TRC Electric Pontiac	119	19		Running
26	29	64	Anthony Nocella *	Nocella Reclamation/Complete Const. Chevrolet	113	18		Running
27	13	40	Ron Silk	15-40 Connection/LFR Chassis Chevrolet	92	17		Mechanical
28	30	01	Melissa Fifield	Big Moose RV Chevrolet	54	16		Handling
29	25	37	Dave Salzarulo	Brickenmore Bricks Chevrolet	40	15		Engine
30	27	75	Jerry Solomito *	Eastport Feeds/Axel Anderson Inc. Chevrolet	2	14		Handling