Doug Coby Dominates In Stafford Springs Sizzler !

Posted by Wayne G. Barber

Defending Tour Champ Cruises To Third NAPA Spring Sizzler Win

STAFFORD, Conn. – Doug Coby didn’t win the season-opener a couple of weeks ago, but he made everyone aware Sunday at Stafford Motor Speedway he’s still the driver to beat to win the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship.
Coby started from the pole and led a race-high 193 laps to win the NAPA Spring Sizzler 200 for his 18th career win overall and third in the 45th annual spring event at the historic speedway located in Stafford, Connecticut.
The two-time defending tour champion pulled ahead at the start of the race and quickly built leads by as much as three seconds in the first half of the event. While Justin Bonsignore, Jamie Tomaino and Ted Christopher were each credited with laps led, Coby left little doubt through the afternoon he had the winning car.
Todd Szegedy followed in second with Rowan Pennink third. Timmy Solomito backed up his season-opening win with a fourth-place finish and Bonsignore was fifth.
Completing the top-10 were Shawn Solomito, Bobby Santos, Chase Dowling, Brendon Bock and Max Zachem.
The race was slowed five times for caution with the only multi-car incident occurring on Lap 106 after Bonsignore and Ryan Preece got together following a restart.
With the win Coby ascends to the top of the points standings by one over Timmy Solomito, 88-87.
The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour returns to action on May 14 at New London-Waterford Speedbowl for the New England Cycle Center 161.

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Laps	Points	B/Points	Status
1	1	2	Doug Coby	Dunleavy's Repair/A&J Romano Const. Chevrolet	200	48	5	Running
2	5	15	Todd Szegedy	15-40 Connection Chevrolet	200	42		Running
3	8	3	Rowan Pennink	Cape Cod Copper/Canto Paving Chevrolet	200	41		Running
4	12	16	Timmy Solomito	Diversified Metals /R.B. Enterprises Ford	200	40		Running
5	10	51	Justin Bonsignore	M3 Technology Chevrolet	200	40	1	Running
6	14	75	Shawn Solomito	Eastport Feeds/Alex Anderson Inc. Chevrolet	200	38		Running
7	13	44	Bobby Santos	Tinio Corp./Dan Kelley/Curb Records Chevrolet	200	37		Running
8	11	9	Chase Dowling	S&S Asphalt Paving/Dunleavy's Repair Chevrolet	200	36		Running
9	17	29	Brendon Bock	Pro System Brakes/L.I. Performance Chevrolet	200	35		Running
10	15	20	Max Zachem	Lu-Mac's Package Store/VWS Chevrolet	200	34		Running
11	18	89	Matt Swanson *	Spafco Race Chassis/FMR Racing Chevrolet	200	33		Running
12	9	64	Rob Summers	HTE/Fast Track Elect/Complete Const. Chevrolet	200	32		Running
13	25	36	Dave Sapienza	Frankie's Towing/Wine Country Chevrolet	200	31		Running
14	7	0	Ted Christopher	Dunleavy's Repair/M&T Enterprises Chevrolet	199	31	1	Running
15	22	8	Donny Lia	Sypher Construction/Bardahl Chevrolet	199	29		Running
16	23	99	Jamie Tomaino	Dunleavy's Repair/Atlantic Sprinkler Chevrolet	199	29	1	Running
17	3	28	George Brunnhoelzl III	Dunleavy Repair/Island Intl. Chevrolet	199	27		Running
18	21	18	Ken Heagy	Buoy One Seafood Chevrolet	197	26		Running
19	24	24	Andrew Krause *	Supreme Manufacturing Chevrolet	197	25		Running
20	26	77	Gary Putnam	Curb Records Chevrolet	197	24		Running
21	20	56	Craig Lutz *	Lutz Motorsports/Moroso Chevrolet	196	23		Running
22	30	26	Gary McDonald	Lakeland Landscape /TRC Electric Chevrolet	195	22		Running
23	28	33	Wade Cole	Performance Engines/Kendall Oil Chevrolet	194	21		Running
24	6	58	Eric Goodale	GAF Roofing/Supreme Skylights Chevrolet	175	20		Ignition
25	31	85	Woody Pitkat	Stuart's Automotive/Dunleavy's Repair Chevrolet	172	19		Accident
26	4	82	Ron Silk	Horton Avenue Materials Chevrolet	172	18		Accident
27	32	1	Melissa Fifield	Eastern Propane & Oil Chevrolet	122	17		Brakes
28	19	46	Jeff Goodale	Riverhead Building Supply Chevrolet	117	16		Power Steering
29	27	59	Nick Salva *	Seekonk GP/Ed Bennett Properties Chevrolet	110	15		Running
30	29	6	Ryan Preece	TS Haulers/Riverhead Raceway Chevrolet	106	14		Accident
31	2	4	Jimmy Blewett	Starrett Dodge	94	13		Accident
32	16	38	Tom Rogers, Jr.	Stakey's Pumpkin Farm/CAC Ind. Chevrolet	91	12		Rear End

RACE STATISTICS
Fastest Qualifier: Doug Coby, Time: 18.109 Seconds, Speed: 99.398 mph
Time of Race: 1 hrs., 27 mins, 16 secs Average Speed: 68.755 mph Margin of Victory: 1.131 Seconds
Caution Flags: Laps 54-64; 96-102; 107-112; 126-129; 173-176.  5 for 32 laps.
Lap Leaders: Doug Coby 1-64, Justin Bonsignore 65, Doug Coby 66-98, Jamie Tomaino 99, Ted Christopher 100-104, Doug Coby 105-200.
Total Laps Led: Doug Coby 193, Ted Christopher 5, Justin Bonsignore 1, Jamie Tomaino 1.  5 changes involving 4 drivers.