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08/21/2013

STEFANIK ADDS BRISTOL TO WINS LIST
74th Career Victory For 7-Time Whelen Modified Tour Champion
Mike Stefanik says he is coming to the end of the road, but showed his old form Wednesday night at Bristol Motor Speedway.

The 55-year-old seven-time NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion took the lead from Todd Szegedy with 11 laps to go in the TitanRoof 150 and went on to collect his second win of the season in the annual combination event with the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour. The victory also extended his Whelen Modified Tour career record for wins to 74.

“I’m playing it cool right now, but I’m freaking out inside,” said Stefanik. “This is a huge, huge win in my career. This is right at the top of the list, if not the top.”

Szegedy settled for second place for his second runner-up finish at Bristol in as many years. Ron Yuhas Jr. followed in third which equals his best career finish first established at Thompson (Conn.) Speedway in 2007. Whelen Modified Tour points leader Ryan Preece finished in the fourth position with NASCAR Sprint Cup Series competitor Ryan Newman just behind in fifth.

Woody Pitkat, Eric Goodale, Justin Bonsignore, Burt Myers and Jimmy Zacharias completed the top 10. Myers was the top-finishing Southern Modified Tour competitor.

Coors Light Pole Award winner Donny Lia led the first 91 circuits but was involved in an accident on Lap 92 and was scored in 30th in the final rundown.

The race had three lead changes among four drivers with 10 caution periods. The race was shortened from the scheduled 150 laps to 135 due to time constraints.

In the Whelen Modified Tour championship standings Preece extended his lead on Doug Coby to 28 points with four races to go in the season while George Brunnhoelzl III leads Kyle Ebersole by 20 tallies in the Southern Modified Tour season standings with Burt Myers trailing at 21 points off the pace.

The NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour is back on the track on Saturday, Aug. 31 for the Newport News Shipbuilding/Bayport Credit Union 150 on Saturday, Aug. 31 at Langley Speedway in Hampton, Va., while the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour will return to Riverhead (N.Y.) Raceway for the Green Earth Technologies 200 on Saturday, Sept. 14.
 
 

NASCAR WHELEN MODIFIED TOUR / NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour
TitanRoof 150 Unofficial Results
Wednesday At Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tenn.
Lap length: 0.533 miles

  (Start position in parentheses)
  1. (18) Mike Stefanik, Coventry, R.I., Chevrolet, 135 laps, 57.744 mph.
  2.   (5) Todd Szegedy, Ridgefield, Conn., Ford, 135.
  3. (16) Ron Yuhas, Jr., Groton, Conn., Chevrolet, 135.
  4.   (3) Ryan Preece, Berlin, Conn., Ford, 135.
  5. (19) Ryan Newman, South Bend, In., Chevrolet, 135.
  6. (14) Woody Pitkat, Stafford, Conn., Pontiac, 135.
  7.   (4) Eric Goodale, Riverhead, N.Y., Chevrolet, 135.
  8. (10) Justin Bonsignore, Holtsville, N.Y., Chevrolet, 135.
  9.   (9) Burt Myers, Walnut Grove, N.C., Ford, 135.
10. (21) Jimmy Zacharias, Candor, N.Y., Chevrolet, 135.
11. (26) Chuck Hossfeld, Ransomville, N.Y., Chevrolet, 135.
12. (24) Ron Silk, Norwalk, Conn., Chevrolet, 135.
13. (25) Kyle Ebersole, Hummelstown, Pa., Ford, 135.
14. (11) George Brunnhoelzl III, West Babylon, N.Y., Chevrolet, 135.
15. (23) John Smith, Mount Airy, N.C., Chevrolet, 135.
16.   (7) Tim Brown, Cana, Va., Chevrolet, 135.
17.   (8) Ted Christopher, Plainville, Conn., Chevrolet, 135.
18. (33) Ken Heagy, Calverton, N.Y., Ford, 134.
19. (13) Bryan Dauzat, Alexandria, La., Chevrolet, 134.
20. (32) Gary Putnam, Concord, N.C., Chevrolet, 133.
21. (29) Ed Flemke, Jr., Southington, Conn., Chevrolet, 133.
22. (31) Jamie Tomaino, Howell, N.J., Chevrolet, 132.
23.   (6) Doug Coby, Milford, Conn., Chevrolet, 130.
24. (20) Eric Berndt, Cromwell, Conn., Chevrolet, 129, accident.
25. (15) Andy Seuss, Hampstead, N.H., Chevrolet, 125, accident.
26. (35) Wade Cole, Riverton, Conn., Chevrolet, 111, too slow.
27. (36) Jeremy Gerstner, Wesley Chapel, Fla., Chevrolet, 109.
28. (22) Rob Fuller, Boylston, Mass., Chevrolet, 104, accident.
29. (27) Luke Fleming, Mt. Airy, N.C., Ford, 102, accident.
30.   (1) Donny Lia, Jericho, N.Y., Dodge, 93, accident.
31. (30) Cole Powell, Mount Brydges, Ontario, Chevrolet, 93.
32. (17) Bobby Santos, Franklin, Mass., Chevrolet, 77, fire.
33. (12) Rowan Pennink, Huntingdon Valley, Pa., Chevrolet, 76, accident.
34. (28) Jason Myers, Walnut Cove, N.C., Ford, 32, accident.
35. (34) J.R. Bertuccio, Centereach, N.Y., Chevrolet, 30, accident.
36.   (2) Bryon Chew, Mattituck, N.Y., Chevrolet, 9, accident.

Race Statistics
Time of Race: 1 hour 14 minutes 46 seconds
Margin of Victory: 0.092 seconds
Fastest Qualifier: D. Lia (128.867 mph, 14.806 seconds)
Caution Flags: 10 for 49 laps.
Lead Changes: 3 among 4 drivers.
Lap Leaders: D. Lia 1-91; R. Preece 92-102; T. Szegedy 103-124; M. Stefanik 125-135.

NWMT Standings: Ryan Preece 406, Doug Coby 378, Mike Stefanik 358, Rowan Pennink 343, Ron Silk 334, Woody Pitkat 332, Ted Christopher 331, Donny Lia 330, Justin Bonsignore 325, Todd Szegedy 320

NWSMT Standings: George Brunnhoelzl, III 296, Kyle Ebersole 276, Burt Myers 275, Tim Brown 261, Andy Seuss 256, Jason Myers 245, Gary Putnam 244, John Smith 240, Luke Fleming * 237, Bryan Dauzat 220

  
  Source: Shon Sbarra / NASCAR
 Posted: August 21, 2013

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