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Modified standout Ryan Preece enters the Atlantic City Boardwalk TQ midget race

Modified standout Ryan Preece hopes that he can win another TQ Midget race at the end of January. (Cedit: Speed 51 photo)

Modified standout Ryan Preece hopes that he can win another TQ Midget race at the end of January. This time at Atlantic City, NJ.  (Credit: Speed 51 photo)

By Lou Modestino

The entire equation of the NAPA Know How Racing Weekend inside Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall changed dramatically this past week with confirmation of the entry of Ryan Preece into the Three Quarter (TQ) Midget field. The two-day race program is set for Friday and Saturday, January 30-31, 2015 and is the latest event under the promotional endeavors of Len Sammons Motorsports Productions (LSMP). Continue reading

Atlantic City Indoor Race Weekend on Jan. 30-31 boasts 183 entries

Kingston's Randy Cabral was disappointed that he couldn't race in the indoor TQ midget Battle of Trenton. But, he will be able to make the Jan.30-31 event to be held at the Atlantic City Convention Hall.  (Credit: NEMA Photo)

Kingston’s Randy Cabral was extremely disappointed that he couldn’t race in the indoor TQ midget Battle of Trenton, NJ  in December. But, he will be able to make the Jan.30-31 event to be held at the Atlantic City Convention Hall. (Credit: NEMA Photo)

By Lou Modestino

Three Quarter (TQ) Midget driver Anthony Sesely has had the last weekend in January circled on his racing calendar – in red – ever since January 25 of 2014. Continue reading

Full field of 70 TQ Midgets ready for the Battle of Trenton

Connecticut's Ted Christopher is ready to take on all of the top paved and dirt track drivers in the upcoming   indoor TQ Midget races  in the Battle of Trenton. (Credit: Len Sammon Productions photo)

Connecticut’s Ted Christopher is ready to take on all of the top paved and dirt track drivers in the upcoming indoor TQ Midget races in the Battle of Trenton. (Credit: Len Sammon Productions photo)

By Lou Modestino

With a full field of seventy Three Quarter Midgets ready to ‘Battle’ in ‘Trenton’ on Friday and Saturday, December 19, and 20, 2014, Len Sammons Motorsports Productions (LSMP) has decided to fill the grandstands to capacity as well by offering an advance purchase discount ticket sale that kicked off today, December 10, and will last through Saturday, December 13. Continue reading

Ted Christopher wins his 9th Sk Modified Championship at Stafford Motor Speedway

 

 

 

Consistency really paid off for Ted Christopher right up through the Fall Final where he won his 9th Sk Modified Championship at Stafford Motor Speedway. (Credit: NASCAR Home Tracks photo)

Consistency really paid off for Ted Christopher (left) right up through the Fall Final where he won his 9th Sk Modified Championship at Stafford Motor Speedway. (Credit: NASCAR Home Tracks photo)

By Lou Modestino

The 2014 SK Modified season at Stafford Motor Speedway was a season full of excellent competition on the track and the race for the championship came down to an ultra-tight race between Ted Christopher and Ryan Preece. Preece was the more dominant car with 6 wins and 4 second place finishes over the 17-race schedule, while Christopher was able to win just once. Preece also had 12 top-5 finishes while Christopher had 8, but the difference in the final points table showed up where Christopher’s worst finish of the season was 9th while Preece had 3 finishes outside the top-10. Continue reading

Ryan Preece hits the winner’s circle for the first time this season at Stafford

Ryan Preece broke into victory lane for the first time this year at Stafford's Fall Final. (Credit: NASCAR.com photo)

Ryan Preece broke into victory lane for the first time this year at Stafford’s Fall Final in the NASCAR WMT event.. (Credit: NASCAR.com photo)

 

By Lou Modestino

Ryan Preece broke through Sunday after a season-long absence from Victory Lane, and collected his 10th career NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour victory by holding off Ted Christopher at Stafford Motor Speedway.

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Pitkat takes his second career NASCAR WMT victory at NHMS

Woody Pitkat proved his worth by winning at NHMS for his second career NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour win. (Credit: NASCAR Home Track photo)

Woody Pitkat proved his worth by winning at NHMS for his second career NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour victory (Credit: NASCAR Home Track photo)

By Lou Modestino

Woody Pitkat held off Todd Szegedy on a green-white-checkered finish to earn his second NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour victory in Saturday’s F.W. Webb 100 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Continue reading

Rookie Barrett out shined Santos and Bonsignore in Bristol’s Modified go!

 

 

 

 

Rookie Tommy Barrett, Jr. of Millis was the surprise winner in the Bush Beans Whelen Modified Tour race at Bristol. (Credit:racechasersonline photo.)

Rookie Tommy Barrett, Jr. of Millis was the surprise winner in the Bush Beans Whelen Modified Tour race at Bristol. (Credit:racechasersonline photo.)

By Lou Modestino

Rookie Tommy Barrett Jr. out-muscled veterans Bobby Santos and Justin Bonsignore with a dozen laps to go and drove on to his first NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour victory in Wednesday’s Bush’s Beans 150 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Continue reading

Bonsignore had both skill and luck by winning the Bud 150 at Thompson Motorsports Park

 

 

Justin Bonsignore can now lay claim that he's won both the Icebreaker and the Bud 150 at Thompson.  (Credit: NASCAR Home Tracks photo)

Justin Bonsignore can now lay claim that he’s won both the Icebreaker and the Bud 150 at Thompson Motorsports Park. (Credit: NASCAR Home Tracks photo)

By Lou Modestino

Sometimes it is better to be lucky than good and sometimes a driver can be both.

Justin Bonsignore was just that as he was able to miss the late accidents that collected some of the lead pack cars and hold off a strong challenge by Matt Hirschman on a green-white-checkered finish to win the Budweiser King of Beers 150 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park.

It was the second consecutive NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour win for the Holtsville, New York native at Thompson and his third of the season. Doug Coby followed Hirschman in third with Ryan Preece and Ron Silk completing the top five.

Bonsignore became the first driver to win back-to-back races at Thompson since Ted Christopher scored four consecutive wins at the track from 2010-11.

The race was relatively calm through the first half mark with only three cautions. However, business picked up in the field over the final 75 laps of the contest with the yellow flag displayed for several multi-car accidents. The most significant of those incidents came on Lap 124.

Silk was leading the race with Donny Lia, who led the first half of the race before pitting under caution, second and Tommy Barrett Jr. third. Patrick Emerling spun in Turn 1 collecting both Lia and Barrett ending their night.

Coby took the lead past Silk on the ensuing restart on Lap 134 and remained out front for just two laps until Bonsignore made his move past the points leader on Lap 136 where he remained the rest of the night.

Timmy Solomito finished sixth with Christopher seventh and Todd Szegedy eighth. Glen Reen and Spencer Davis completed the top 10.

With the win, Bonsignore was able to slice five points off of Coby’s lead entering the night and will head to Bristol Motor Speedway for next Wednesday’s Bush’s Beans 150 just three points (367-364) out of the top spot.

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour-Budweiser King of Beers 150
Unofficial Results
Thursday
At Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park
Thompson, Conn.
Lap length: 0.625 miles
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (9) Justin Bonsignore, Holtsville, NY, Chevrolet, 150 laps, 78.763 mph.
2. (16) Matt Hirschman, Northampton, PA, Chevrolet, 150.
3. (4) Doug Coby, Milford, Conn., Chevrolet, 150.
4. (8) Ryan Preece, Berlin, Conn., Ford, 150.
5. (11) Ron Silk, Norwalk, CT, Chevrolet, 150.
6. (5) Timmy Solomito, Islip, N.Y., Chevrolet, 150.
7. (19) Ted Christopher, Plainville, Conn., Chevrolet, 150.
8. (13) Todd Szegedy, Ridgefield, Conn, Chevrolet, 150.
9. (17) Glen Reen, Wilbraham, Mass., Chevrolet, 150.
10. (18) Spencer Davis, Dawsonville, Ga., Pontiac, 150.
11. (12) Keith Rocco, Wallingford, Conn., Chevrolet, 150.
12. (24) Gary McDonald, Ronkonkoma, N.Y., Pontiac, 150.
13. (21) Jamie Tomaino, Howell, N.J., Chevrolet, 149.
14. (22) Jimmy Zacharias, Candor, N.Y., Chevrolet, 149.
15. (23) Wade Cole, Hartland, Conn., Chevrolet, 148.
16. (15) Woody Pitkat, Stafford, Conn., Chevrolet, 147.
17. (20) John Beatty, Jr., Merrick, N.Y., Chevrolet, 142.
18. (6) Eric Goodale, Riverhead, N.Y., Chevrolet, 137, accident.
19. (2) Ron Yuhas, Jr., Groton, Conn., Chevrolet, 137, accident.
20. (7) Patrick Emerling, Orchard Park, NY, Chevrolet, 133.
21. (14) Rowan Pennink, Huntingdon Valley, Pa., Chevrolet, 129, accident.
22. (1) Donny Lia, Jericho, NY, Dodge, 124, accident.
23. (3) Tommy Barrett, Jr., Millis, Mass., Chevrolet, 123, accident.
24. (25) Melissa Fifield, Wakefield, N.H., Chevrolet, 105, brakes.
25. (10) Bobby Santos, Franklin, Mass., Chevrolet, 13, accident.

Race Statistics
Time of Race: 1 hour 11 minutes 25 seconds
Margin of Victory: 0.316 seconds
Fastest Qualifier: D.Lia (119.706 mph, 18.796 seconds)
Caution Flags: 8 for 37 laps.
Lead Changes: 4 among 5 drivers.
Lap Leaders: D. Lia 1-75; G. Reen 76-82; R. Silk 83-133; D. Coby 134-135; J. Bonsignore 136-150.
Standings: 1. D. Coby, 367; 2. J. Bonsignore, 364; 3. T. Christopher, 346; 4. B. Santos, 329; 5. R. Preece, 327; 6. R. Silk, 327; 7. M. Hirschman, 305; 8. T. Solomito, 304; 9. W. Pitkat, 303; 10. E. Goodale, 299.

TC breaks his winless VMRS streak at Waterford in the Brady Bunch entry.

 

 

Ted Christopher finally ended his win less streak Valenti Modified Racing Series streak at Waterford's Wings and Wheels event. (Credit: Yankee Racer photo.)

Ted Christopher finally ended his win less streak Valenti Modified Racing Series streak at Waterford’s Wings and Wheels event. (Credit: Yankee Racer photo.)

By Lou Modestino

Veteran driver Ted Christopher of Plainville, Connecticut put an end to a two-year winless streak when he won the Valenti Modified Racing Series 100-lap ‘Wings & Wheels’ race at Waterford (CT) Speedbowl, Saturday, August 9. He was at the wheel of the Brady Bunch entry out of Stoughton. Christopher’s last series win was July 29, 2012. Continue reading

Pitkat can now claim a NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour victory at Stafford

Woody Pitkat finally won his first NASCAR When Modified Tour race at his home track-Stafford Motor Speedway. (Credit: NASCAR Home Tracks  photo)

Woody Pitkat finally won his first NASCAR When Modified Tour race at his home track-Stafford Motor Speedway. (Credit: NASCAR Home Tracks photo)

By Lou Modestino

After winning 71 times at Stafford Motor Speedway in weekly competition, there was never any doubt that Woody Pitkat knew his way around his home track. Now Pitkat can add a NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour win to his résumé.

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