Doug Coby wants to be the driver to break Justin Bonsignore’s winning streak at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park.
The Milford, Connecticut, driver is no stranger to Victory Lane at the Connecticut oval — he’s celebrated at the track five times before, and has 10 career poles, including both this season. He’s also clinched all of his five NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championships at the .625-mile track.
Wednesday, in the only practice session ahead of the Bud ‘King of Beers’ 150, Coby paced the only practice session of the day with a lap of 18.676 seconds (120.475 mph).
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Bonsignore, who has six consecutive Whelen Modified Tour victories at Thompson, wasn’t far behind. He drove the No. 51 Phoenix Communications Inc. Chevrolet to the second spot with a time of 18.857 seconds (119.319 mph). He’s the only driver in the history of the track to win five, and six, straight races in the 144-race history — and will look to add to his record in the 11th race of the season.
Matt Swanson, who drivers for Boehler Racing, was third. His speed of 18.887 seconds (119.130 mph) was posted early in the session. Patrick Emerling and Ron Silk rounded out the top five.
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Silk has two consecutive Whelen Modified Tour wins at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Stafford Motor Speedway.
Bobby Santos III was sixth, followed by Jimmy Blewett, Craig Lutz, Jon McKennedy and Timmy Solomito.
The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour returns to the track for qualifying ahead of the Bud ‘King of Beers’ 150 at 7 p.m. on Wednesday night. Fans can watch both the qualifying session, and the 11th race of the season, via a live stream on FansChoice.TV.
The results of practice can be found below.
- Doug Coby
- Justin Bonsignore -.181
- Matt Swanson -.211
- Patrick Emerling -.231
- Ron Silk -.266
- Bobby Santos III -.271
- Jimmy Blewett -.297
- Craig Lutz -.355
- Jon McKennedy -.376
- Timmy Solomito -.382
- Chris Pasteryak -.385
- Andrew Krause -.388
- Woody Pitkat -.399
- Tommy Catalano -.421
- Kyle Bonsignore -.454
- Rob Summers -.462
- Eric Goodale -.502
- Joey Mucciacciaro -.505
- Andrew Molleur -.508
- J.B. Fortin -.516
- Calvin Carroll -.532
- Blake Barney -.548
- Timmy Catalano -.671
- Sam Rameau -.680
- Mike Rutkoski -.801
- Kyle Ellwood -.812
- Walter Sutcliffe Jr. -1.163
- Ken Heagy -1.518
- Wade Cole -1.756
- Melissa Fifield -1.909
- Kevin Shea -2.260
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Mike Ray
August 14, 2019 at 6:22 pm
Thanks for your hard work and coverage!