The defending Sunoco Rookie of the Year wants to win.
After posting the second fastest lap in the morning practice
session at South Boston Speedway, Tommy Catalano scored his first career NASCAR
Whelen Modified Tour Mayhew Tools Dominator pole award in qualifying.
The Ontario, New York, driver, posted a fast time of 13.849 seconds (103.979 mph) around the .4-mile Virginia oval. Previous to Saturday, his best starting position in a Whelen Modified Tour event was third at Myrtle Beach two weeks ago.
“This is so huge for us,” he said in the Mayhew Tools pole zone after the session. “We thought we were okay sometimes and then we would end up 15th to 20th. We struggled.
“To come here and qualify on pole is huge. We finished third at Myrtle Beach and were hoping it wouldn’t be a fluke and that this would be a good year. We came here in practice and was .030 off first in practice. We knew we had something. Hopefully we can do this more often. This is awesome.”
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Chase Dowling, who returns to action driving a part-time
slate with Jamie Tomaino this season, was second with a time of 13.977 seconds
(103.026 mph). Ron Silk, a former Whelen Modified Tour champion, drove the No.
85 Stuart’s Automotive Chevrolet to the third spot.
Jon McKennedy, who is driving for Gary Putnam, was fourth,
followed by Matt Swanson. Defending Whelen Modified Tour champion Justin
Bonsignore was sixth, followed by Burt Myers, Anthony Nocella, Kyle Bonsignore
and Doug Coby.
The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour returns to the track for the South Boston 150 at 2:45 p.m. The race will air via a live stream on FansChoice.TV.
The starting lineup can be viewed below.
- Tommy Catalano
- Chase Dowling
- Ron Silk
- Jon McKennedy
- Matt Swanson
- Justin Bonsignore
- Burt Myers
- Anthony Nocella
- Kyle Bonsignore
- Doug Coby
- Chris Pasteryak
- Blake Barney
- Timmy Solomito
- Jimmy Blewett
- Rob Summers
- Calvin Carroll
- Eric Goodale
- Dave Sapienza
- Patrick Emerling
- James Civali
- Timmy Catalano
- Frank Fleming
- Sam Rameau
- Jeremy Gerstner
- Craig Lutz
- Woody Pitkat
- Ken Heagy
- Kyle Ebersole
- J.B. Fortin
- Walter Sutcliffe, Jr.
- Wade Cole
- Melissa Fifield
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